this is according to what intelligence people you have talked to? according to actually u.s. diplomats and other officials that dealt with him over the years. not only that, but we did an earlier story that was about a meeting at trump tower in december where kushner, the son-in-law of the president, also met with kizliak, and kizliak also reported that conversation and the contents of that proved to be accurate. to those that read a conspiracy, that perhaps president trump is behind this leak because based on what he said, his anger about jeff sessions in that article in the new york times, you have had this information about the intercepts for sometime? yeah, no, and, frankly, it has been rather obvious to people who were looking at it when members of congress, democrats particularly, started making public calls saying they believed there was a third meeting and asking for an investigation of the third meeting. comey testified in early june in which he basically said, you kno
denying any involvement. the kremlin spokesmen tells cnn, these like other similar accusations are based on nothing and are pure slander. but emmanuel macron s campaign says the hack is meant to, quote, undermine democracy like it happened in the u.s. this hour the french electoral commission is asking the media not to publish details out of concerns it could sway sunday s outcome. also this morning, former presidential adviser carter page has sharp words for the senate intel committee telling them to ask the obama administration for his russian communications. this after promising to cooperate with officials. and a new report from the washington post says senior members of the trump transition team warned michael flynn about his contact with russia s ambassador, sergei kes lee yak. we re covering all these stories including the french election from every angle and with our reporters and panelists across the globe. let s start with cnn s issa