National intelligence, he found out on a stage in aspen while being interviewed by nbc. We have breaking news. It was announced on twitter vladamir putin is coming to the white house in the fall. Say that again. Vladamir putin coming to the did i hear you . Yeah. Okay. Thats going to be special. Director coats was not told of the decision to invite putin to washington this fall nor does he by his own admission know what went on with helsinki in that meeting oneonone with vladamir putin, nor do we. And well talk about the claim trump is making about how tough he is on the russians and these summit plans were being rolled out and whether this rewards putin for bad behavior, the Justice Department issued a dire warning about bad behavior by russia and others. Ongoing bad blaifr behavior a threat unfolding as we speak. Word of it came at the aspen forum the same place coats learned about the invite. You were in the room when coats found out about the putin invite. Talk about how this unfol
So what were about to report to you right now is something you kind of already know. Donald trumps one of the leastpopular president s ever. Along with something that is actually really underappreciated by the political and media class that Donald Trumps problems with governing and his aides crimes are now weighing down his presidency. So while its become sort of fashionable in political circles to say things like, trump is teflon, his base never wavers in a new poll tonight, his approval has fallen to 36 . A drop of 6 in this new cnn poll. A full 61 of americans view him unfavorably. And it gets worse. With those who stock strongly disapprove of trump at 48 . Those are the kinds of voters who are likely to turn out against trump in november. Independents also giving up on trump. You can see it in this chart. They were all the way up at 47 just last month. And what youre looking at is a key data point slide. A huge shift to 31 that actually marks, get this, an alltime low for trump amo
Truth . I dont accept that its about believing they can change, that they can be forgiven that its an extension of some kind of divine clemency. I dont buy it. I think it was an organization protecting itself. I think it was working as an organization of man, not as a hand of god. I think that the proof is in the facts. And this was laid out by this grand jury, who came out with their report today, don, telling people, listen to us, we know there is compassion fatigue, we know its too icky, Pay Attention. Because it only gets worse. And thats the truth. We got to change laws like this. Its not a partisan issue. Youre right on. I have nothing to say except for, organizations protecting themselves, thats what were going to talk about right now. Good. Thank you very much, sir. See you later. This is cnn tonight. Im don lemon. On that note, what President Trump what he did today is straight out of a dictators playbook. Revoking the security clearance of former cia chief john brennan is not
Plus, the big question as Robert Mueller tries to wrap up the investigation. The new report out, were any americans involved . We begin with a protest in helsinki, finland where President Trump and putin will meet for their summit. That will be under way in 24 hours from now, precisely. Theres more from the president on the significance of this meeting, however stopping short of what he expected from it. Here is a clip from the interview this morning. What is your goal from the Putin Meeting . Ill let you know after the meeting. I have absolutely agreed to have a meeting. Its a good thing to meet. I believe in meeting. Nothing bad is going to come out of it. Maybe some good will come out. Im going in with low expectations. I cant tell you whats going to happen. I can tell you what i would be asking for and well see if something comes of it. The private oneonone meeting without anyone else present. Here is what was said on the russian channel rt. President putin understands english. He
Stage with one of our enemies. I cant believe it. I wish it werent true, but it is. And now weve got the move past that and figure out what the hell do we do now. Well, lets hope in the news cycle, you know, this doesnt just become next week, its over and were onto i dont think so. Not on our watch. This matters too much. And im going to watch your show right now. This is cnn tonight. Im don lemon. And what we all saw and heard in helsinki tonight is really frightening. An absolutely shameful display by an american president with the whole world watching. Mr. President , you tweeted this morning its u. S. Foolishness, stupidity and the Mueller Probe responsible for the decline in relations with russia. Do you hold russia responsible for anything in particular and if so what would you consider them responsible for . Yes, i do. I hold both countries responsible. I think the United States has been foolish, weve all been foolish. But i do feel we have both made some mistakes. I think that