the only knowable part of the deal that trump considered with putin. and so, i don t think putin could do worse to us. except back on the mueller probe, obviously, it is all related, before the helsinki summit, the latest cnn poll showed mueller s public support dropped to 41% last month. it was, you know, above at least starting 50%. i mean, that tells you something about how successful the president and his team were about chipping away at support and the question is whether or not this changes it. and the tide will turn. think about how consistent they were and the messaging of a witch hunt and all of a sudden you saw in the joint presser with putin this oh my god, maybe it s not a witch hunt. maybe there s some there there there. like all the way there. if nothing else, it created a
michael cohen s tape recordings may not be the only potential pitfall troubling the president s legal team. one source tells cnn their client s, quote, erratic behavior in helsinki with russian president vladimir putin may be giving them new pause. i want to bring in cnn s gloria borger who i worked with this reporting on. and, gloria, let s start with the things that we re hearing, concerns inside the president s legal team that it could make the president and i say it, the helsinki summit and that performance, seem less sympathetic and conceivably embolden mueller. right. the lawyers were feeling that they had the wind at the back, dana. you know this. they looked at that attorney general report that panned the fbi, they looked at public opinion that was heading in their direction and against the
and i think today is probably keep a low profile. less said the better. john dean, thank you so much for your insight. and the history that you bring. appreciate it. and up next, cnn has new reporting about concerns inside trump land about the helsinki summit hurting president trump s case with the russia investigation. (burke) at farmers, we ve seen almost everything so we know how to cover almost anything. even a cactus calamity . (man 1) i read that the saguaro can live to be two hundred years old. (woman) how old do you think that one is? (man 1) my guess would be, about. (man 2) i d say about two hundred. (man 1) yeah. (burke) gives houseplant a whole new meaning. and we covered it.