british publicist setting up the meeting that offered dirt on hillary clinton to which don junior said, if it s what you say, i love it. more than a week later, the new york times interviewed the president himself and was asked about the mystery meeting between trump and putin back in germany. the president said, quote, it was not a long conversation, but it was, you know, could be 15 minutes, just talked about things. actually, it was very interesting, we talked about adoption. so the president then even tried to brush aside concern about that trump tower meeting saying, quote, i think most politicians i was just with a lot of people. they said, who wouldn t have take not a meeting like ha? joining me now is jill wine-banks, former federal prosecutor. thanks for joining me. let s talk about the significance of this. does it matter that rudy giuliani, the president s own lawyer, is now once again moving the goal posts when it comes to how long the president and michael cohen were
dirt on hillary clinton to which don jr. said, if it is what you say, i love it. okay, remember these dates. now, a week later, july 19th. a week later, the new york times interviewed the president himself and was asked with the mystery meeting between trump and putin in germany. the president said it was not a long conversation but it was, you know, could be 15 minutes. just talked about things. actually, it was very interesting. weadoption. the president tried to brush aside concern. saying i think most politicians, i was just with a lot of people. they said who wouldn t have taken a meeting like that. as the president says, he s tougher than any other president on russia. here s what trump being tough on someone sounds like. we have people that are in many cases i actually think they re sick people because some of the stories are so bad. obama can say all he wants but he allowed russia to take crimea.
$130,000. for you to sit and potentially perjure your self-to protect michael cohen or otherwise admit you directed this, then you get to the campaign finance issues, it s not a road worth going. joey jackson, m.j. lee, thank you very much. another major story this morning, the mystery train that led to a mystery meeting? who is driving the train? kim jong-un or donald trump? diplomatic drama overnight, confirmation that north korean leader kim jong-un did meet with chinese leading xi jinping. it s one major step in kim s choreographed march onto the world stage. president trump is saying there s a good chance he ll choose peace and denuclearization under maximum pressure from washington. the white house is celebrating what it considers its first trade deal, this one with south korea. cnn s abby phillip with the latest. first, on the north korea activity overnight. reporter: john, this is a
it s quite interesting to me that the president continues to ask for loyalty or to attest the loyalty of senior law enforcement officers in the country and then turn around and say that those who maintain their independence are illicitly or unlawfully biased against him. it s a certain irony that i think belies the president s true motives here. he s not motivated by the best interest of the country, he s thinking about himself and himself alone and we as americans need to understand that our rule of law is critical to ensuring our basic rights and that s what s at stake here. yeah. evan, one more quick topic here. this is on cia director mike pompeo recently met with the russian spy chief. mystery meeting. raising some eyebrows. chuck schumer questioned the meeting to which pompeo responded today it was a way to quote keep americans safe.