Obama won big. Le pen was praise bid President Trump. This san election with far reaching consequences. And swe have a team of reporters and analysts standing by. I want to begin with cnns Senior International correspondent Jim Bitterman in paris. The big question here at home in the u. S. , explain why this election is so significant. To america. I think there is a number of ways, the fact is that emanuel macron is very pro business. He is pro trade. I think hell be a person that is going to be formidable in terms of the leadership at the European Union. And were going to see the youngest leader opposed to the oldest leader of the United States, youngest leader in french history going back to napoleon compared to the oldest leader donald trump for the United States. Sitting down at the table with each other and the first week of july at the g20 meetings. So its going to be very interesting contrast. It will be a generational contrast. But its also going to have a lot in. And there is
Misleading statement of his sons meeting with a russian lawyer. A meeting set up under the promise of delivering information damaging to hillary clinton. The report from the Washington Post said the president orchestrated the first public explanation of that meeting. It raises questions about whether he did it to mislead the press and american people. So far this morning not a peep from the president on that story. No statements. Not ta on twitter. Is general kelly controlling the message from the west wing on day two . Anthony scaramucci is discipline the new order the day. Lets go to the white house where we find joe johns on a busy tuesday morning. The good morning. Reporter good morning, poppy. Sources familiar with the thinking of the president s legal team have said many times that based on publicly available information there was no reason to think the president had any legal problems, even with the appointment of a special council. The question now is whether that could be chan
Its just one question in whats shaping up to be an historic day. President trump still seething over the recusing. He put out a statement that says attorney general Jeff Sessions has taken a weak position on Hillary Clinton crimes. Also, senator john mccain makes a dramatic return to capitol hill today to cast the vote on the moving ahead of Health Care Reform just days after being diagnosed with cancer, brain cancer. Mccains surprising return expected to add emotion and pressure to a vote that is still too close to call. And Jared Kushner is headed back to capitol hill. The this time to tell the House Intelligence Committee what he told Senate Investigators yesterday, that he did not collude with the russians. Lets again at the white house. At the president has had a lot to say, a lot to write this morning before 9 00 a. M. Lets focus first on the attorney general. Reporter thats right. Poppy, a number of tweets this morning. The president sending signals loud and clear about his disp
Other stuff go. The statement that don junior issued is true. This is all discussion, frankly, of no consequence. It appears he actually drafted the language in a way to intentionally deceive the American People. This is new day with chris cuomo and alisyn camerota. Good morning. Welcome to your new day. Up first, a growing number of Senate Republicans are defying President Trump. The president suggested they allow the aca to collapse by withholding needed funding, not only might that violet the law and the constitution, but it put the party in a pickle. Instead, republicans are working with democrats to stabilize Insurance Markets, and congress is charting its own course to focus on tax reform and the debt ceiling. This as the white house concedes President Trump was involved in crafting his sons misleading initial statement about that meeting with a russian lawyer. That admission contradicts repeated denials from the president s legal team. Lets begin our coverage with cnns joe johns
In the east. Lets start in washington. Special counsels russia investigation is zeroing in on Michael Flynn. As first reported by cnn, senior trump adviser Jared Kushner, the president s soninlaw met earlier this 0 month with special counsel Robert Muellers team. A source familiar dwrr with the meeting tells us flynn was the main topic of conversation. Source says investigators wanted to see if kushner has information that might clear him of wrongdoing. This after the lawyer told the legal Team Last Week he would to longer share information about the investigation with them. That is just one of the ind indications a possible plea deal might be in the works. Pamela brown with more. Reporter good morning. Cnn has learned that Jared Kushner, the president s son in it law and Senior Adviser has met with Robert Muellers team special counsel earlier this month. Jar rud kushner and Michael Flynn worked together closely. Flynn was the former National Security advisor so their schedules would i