And christi paul. Happy new day to you. The new report says the president of the United States working to conceal what happens in private meetings with russian president Vladimir Putin. According to the Washington Post, even high Ranking Members of his own administration are kept in the dark. The post reports it has happened five times in two years. In at least one case, he even went so far, they say, as to take notes away from his interpreter, telling him not to talk about what happened, which means no detailed record, classified or the, of what was said in these meetings. Here is what the president said when he was asked if he was a secret agent. I think its the most insulting thing ive ever been asked. I think its the most insulting article ive ever had written. And if you read the article, youd see that they found absolutely nothing. The question here why not just say no . The president did not say that. According to the report, Administration Officials are trying to find out what
Now. Thanks again for joining us. The top u. S. Diplomat is in saudi arabia trying to sure up support for President Trumps middle east policy. Mike pompeo is set to meet soon with the saudi crowned prince. The u. S. Will likely want to focus on iran and syria, but pompeo has been dogged by questions about the murder of the journalist jamal khassogi. Ill say what we have said, americas position privately and publicly was the same. This was an outrageous act. An unacceptable murder. Those will be held accountable. Were determined to get to the facts as quickly and comprehensively as we can. We had a policy remarkably consistent with respect to this. We like the rest of the world value human rights all across the globe. The u. S. Has not been consistent on the case. Many lawmakers and intelligence officials believed the saudi crowned prince ordered this killing and the white house and President Trump in particular have been hesitant to embrace that conclusion. Staying in the region, mr. P
Interpreters to secrecy and making sure there is no written record of at least one private meeting with putin according to u. S. Officials. Another report from the New York Times that claims the fbi was so concerned after President Trump fired fbi director james comey that they launched a counterintelligence investigation into the president himself. They were working to find out if trump was actually knowingly unbelievably working to benefit the russian government. This extraordinary moment last night on trump friendly fox news, a show host asking the president pointblank, this yes or no question, and listen to his answer. Are you now or have you ever worked for russia, mr. President . I think its the most unsulting thing ive ever been asked. I think its the most insulting article ive ever had written. And if you read the article, youd say they found absolutely nothing. We could play the entire answer. But after nearly two minutes you still wont hear him flatly deny that he is or is no
Firing to the russia investigation. Heres one of those moments. Regardless of recommendation, i was going to fire comey. Knowing there was no good time to do it. And in fact, when i decided to just do it, i said to myself, i said, you know, this russia thing, with trump and russia is a made up story, its an excuse, by the democrats, for having lost an election, that they should have won. And the second instance, a draft letter, the president intended to send to comey, listing the reasons that he was firing him. But his lawyer successfully blocked trump from sending it, according to the times. The white house is calling the bomb shell report absurd and it sparked an angry tirade from the president , via twitter, this morning. Cnns erika orderen joins me right now, and what more can you tell us about the investigation and its status . This is actually one probe that has two different elements. The first is the obstruction of justice criminal inquiry, and the second is what you described,