Attorney last year has changed. The attorney said donald trump had nothing to do with the meeting but now Something Different. Reporter new reports tonight from the white house over President Trumps hands on role, crafting an explanations of his sons meeting with runner over the 2016 election. The president weighed in on my information he could. Reporter the white house acknowledging for the first time the president helped write a statement his son donald trump jr. , soninlaw Jared Kushner and Paul Manafort has with the russians and others in the trump tower. The president dictated that busy leading statement. He certainly didnt dictate but he weighed in and offered suggestion like any father would do. Reporter his own lawyer assisted mr. Trump didnt write the statement saying the meeting about russian adoption. I wasnt involved in the statement drafting at all nor was the president , im assuming that was between mr. Donald trump jr. , between don junior and his lawyer. Reporter the at
Irresponsible, and is continuing to give threats not only to the United States, but to all of their allies. Something is going to have to be done. This morning the president alluded to recent sanctions placed on the rogue nation and took a swipe at the north korean dictator saying i spoke with president moon of south korea last night and asked him how rocket man is doing. Long gas lines forming in south korea. Too bad. Athena jones live from the president s golf club where he is spending a good part of today wherever he heads to manhattan. The president has been critical of the un in the past. Might this message change the tone at all . You are right. The president has been quite a skeptic of the United Nations. He made no secret of that and we heard him on the campaign trail delivering harsh criticisms and we called the utter weakness and incompetenc incompetency. The he said the un is not a friend of freedom and democracy and not a friend to the United States. We should hear the pres
The world. Im john vause live in los angeles where it has just turned 10 00 here on the west coast. At this hour, air force one is expected to touch down in beijing. The third and possibly most important stop on the u. S. President s 12day visit to asia. But before arriving in china, mr. Trump called on beijing to do a lot more to end the Nuclear Threat from north korea. During an address to south koreas National Assembly, the president offered the North Koreans a Better Future through diplomacy. But he also directly warned kim jongun not to mistake american restraint for weakness. Today i hope i speak not only for our countries, but for all civilized nations. When i say to the north, do not underestimate us. And do not try us. North korea officials were apparently closely watching what the president had to say. Even before the speech they told cnns will ripley, who was in pyongyang, we dont care about what the mad dog may utter because weve already heard enough. For more on this were
With russias ambassador during the president ial transition. Flynn is also cooperating with the special counsel investigation. He is talking. He has flipped in a move widely interpreted as his only play in order to guarantee he and his son, Michael Flynn jr. Avoid jail time for a series of questionable, and potential illegal, activities. This also means this is just the beginning and likely to go only higher. Not long after this news brokers sources told cnn a very Senior Member of president Donald Trumps transition team, mentioned in the court documents, the person who directed flynn, that official is the president s soninlaw, Jared Kushner. We also learned that another Senior Member described in this is former trump advisor kt mcfarland. The charge against flynn is the first against someone in the Trump White House for a crime that occurred while he was employed in the white house as National Security adviser. Flynn is now the fourth member connected to the Trump Campaign to be charg
President s first term. We need people of good faith and different political floss i philosophies and come together and tell the president to stop this, stop it now. Separation an anxiety. America take is inward look at immigration and how it inu mainly treats people facing asylum. Im martin savidge. Im christi paul. Holding on line one . Kim jongun. President trump teases a possible call with the north korean dictator tied. A dilemma facing reporters how to accurately cover the president without giving more oxygen to his false claims. Late in the hour, a priceless fathers day gift. A 132,000 bill for a smash statue. Your new day starts right now. First up this morning, democrats mobilizing, responding forcefully to President Trump blaming him for their own policy change. The separation of childrens from parents at the border becoming a bargaining chip it seems. Becomes such as senator ron widwide wid wid widenwiden says they will tour facilities along the u. S. mexico border and stop