These aircraft come in close proximity to one another. All right, ryan brown reporting from the pentagon. Thanks very much. Remember, important programming note. Stay with cnn later tonight for a very timely debate on tax reform. Thats coming up, 9 00 p. M. Eastern. Thats it for me. Thanks for watching. Erin Burnett Outfront starts right now. Outfront next, breaking news. North korea firing what could be its most powerful missile yet, one that could reach washington, d. C. Plus, the president s reality show. Today, trump staging a white house meeting like an episode of The Apprentice playing roulette with a Government Shutdown. And trump going after senator Elizabeth Warren, raising questions about what he said about his own heritage. Why did he say hes of swedish descent when he actually isnt . Lets go outfront. Good afternoon. Im erin burnett. Outfront tonight, breaking news. North korea with a record breaking Missile Launch that potentially puts washington,
d. C. In range. Kim jongu
Would the media like to hear Mick Mulvaneys report or would you find it extraordinarily boring and therefore not fit for camera . Yes, please. Would you like to hear it . Yes, please. Why dont we do this. Well say grace afterwards. We are actually going t use that as an opportunity to take a bit of a break here. President trump there, weekly cabinet meeting, calling on his Budget Director Mick Mulvaney for a presentation. We will go back when the president starts to take some questions there from reporters who have assembled in the room. Craig melvin here once again from mcallen, texas. You heard President Trump there going on a bit about the economy, going on a bit about the bad hand he has been dealt with regards to iran, with regards to north korea as well, and, of course, with regards to mexico. All of this coming just less than a day really after President Trump did an aboutface on his Policy Of Separating children from their parents as they illegally try to
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Indepth interviews with leading newsmakers, plus discussions with Americas preeminent political minds. Important meeting because i never even heard that. As far as you know, this is all of it. This is everything. This is everything. All right. So who do you believe . Joining me now to break this down, former state Department Senior adviser. Paul butler, Professor Of Law at georgetown law school. Former fbi agent. Clint watts author of messing with the enemy. David k johnson and former watergate prosecutor. Wow, we just have an embarrassment of riches. Im going to go Around The Horn and talk about. Im going to start with you paul. Just on how this changes the legal case. Trump tower meeting. June 3. Donald trump jr. Gets email from Rob Goldstone saying moscow supports his fathers candidacy. He responded if its what you say it is, i love it. Trump junior and goldstone finalize a date. Same day trump teases this major speech. June 8 russian intelligence
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On the Border Detention Centers to try and find some answers. Now, every president , every party has left their fingerprints on the state of our Immigration System today. The reagan administrations Amnesty Policy Drew Widespread Backlash and still gives some nservatives pause today. The Bush Administration had its faults. The administration struggled to handle a spike in migrations amid mass deportations. But at the moment, the Current Administration is separating families from their children at our bor with mexico, not because of a law, but because this administration has chosen to do so. So far despite nearly 2000 children being separated from their families, whats missing from this story are a flood of images of these Young Children. It was images of children, after all, that spurred the president to change course in syria. So far, this young toddler has become the face of this policy. Stop and look at her for just a moment. And remember that there are thousands thousands of other f
John roberts start us off tonight. Busy day tonight. We wouldnt have it any other way. Late today, the Homeland Security secretary Kirstjen Nielsen appeared at the white house and pointed to a dramatic increase in the number of people crossing the border illegally. More than 50,000 a month for the past three months. 400 increase in the number of socalled family units. But the new Administration Practice of criminally prosecuting people who come across the border illegally has created a very large political problem for the white house. With a storm of outrage growing over the separation of children from illegal immigrants, President Trump today laid the blame squarely on the democrats. I say it very strongly. It is the democrats fault. They are obstructionist. And they are obstructing. Democrats outraged at the Zero Tolerance policy at the border were people who cross illegally are held for criminal
prosecution and separated from any children they may have brought with them. Even some r