Being with me. Im fredricka whitfield. President trump is spending the weekend at the golf resort in bed minu bedminister, new jersey. The news of a booming economy and the president fulfilling a Campaign Promise overshadowed by the latest bombshell in the russia investigation. The man who once said he would take a bullet for trump is now telling special counsel mueller the president knew about that infamous 2016 Trump Tower Meeting ahead of time. This is something the president has repeatedly denied. And now the president is doubling down on that denial. Cnns White House Reporter Sarah Westwood joins us live from new jersey near the president s golf club where he is spending the weekend. How is the president handling
this . Reporter President Trump is settling in for a weekend facing many Unanswered Questions about that 2016 Trump Tower Meeting involving his son, donald trump, and a russian lawyer. Trump refused to answer questions about those claims from his attorney Michael Cohen. T
shift, claiming cohen is simply lying about the meeting in order to extricate himself from legal troubles. and of course all of this comes against the backdrop of an otherwise successful week for trump by any measure. the president made strides in trade talks with the european union. he attended the reopening of a steel mill that was saved by his tariffs. he touted the reliease of robus economic numbers on friday. but as has frequently been the case, fred, president trump s domestic agenda and his economic message were once again overshadowed by developments in the russia investigation. fred. all right, sarah westwood, thank you so much, in new jersey. so if michael cohen s claim is true it would demolish all the stories the president and his team have been telling about that meeting. and it could become a central piece in robert mueller s russia investigation. cnn s randi kaye has a look at how we got to this point.