Berman is in singapore, where the whole world will be watching for this unprecedented handshake between two leaders. President trump and kim jongun meeting face to face for the first time. No one else except their translators will be in the room. Talks are moving faster than expected. Faster than expected many very careful language from the secretary of state, mike pompeo, then put out an official statement by the white house which said, discussions with this working group a going more quickly than expected, s very different than better than expected. We dont know if these talks are going well. There are some signals the u. S. Negotiators are realizing it might be hard to push north korea toward specifics. And the specifics really really count. What we have seen over the last few hours has been remarkable. This surreal spectacle. With kim jongun taking a surprise late night walk about with his entourage, a motorcade tour of the city. He was met by crowds and chees s in some places. Thi
Thousand words. It was the photo to sum up u. S. Relations with allies. Welcome to early start. Im dave briggs. Im christine romans. It is 4 00 a. M. In the east. 4 00 p. M. In singapore. Trump was colleelected to disru. He did that this weekend. Threw out the playbook and writing his rules on the global stage. Now doing something no sitting u. S. President has ever done. He will meet facetoface with the leader of north korea. It is Late Afternoon in sipping importa afternoon in singapore. President trump met for a working lunch with officials. He is joined by top aides and including secretary of state mike pompeo and chief of staff john kelly and adviser john bolton. President trump says this is a onetime shot to achieve peace and prosperity for his people. I think within the first minute ill know. How . My touch. My feel. Thats what i do. I think ill know pretty quickly whether or not in my opinion something positive will happen. North korean state media reporting kim is open to disc
Pillars that the president laid out. Dana new data from a showing a surge in the number of family and unaccompanied minor border crossings arrests. Those numbers rising significantly compared with the same time last year. The acting ic director is pushing back against liberal criticism with some surprising information. Look at the numbers last year, 72 of arrests were convicted criminals. If you look at criminal history, those that work computer pending charges, 89 of everyone we arrested had a criminal history. Dana democratic mayor of philadelphia celebrating a court ruling against the Trump Administration on sanctuary cities by doing this. The white house is calling those dance moves quite disgusting. The arrest of an illegal immigrant, new york city pizza delivery man, is making headlines. Pablo villavicencio facing deportation after being detained earlier this month while dropping up food at a military base. Guards discovering and acting ic warrant while doing a background check.
And somebody in san jose is 522 million richer this morning, before taxes. One jackpot winner in last nights Mega Millions drawing, as evidence by the fact im here, its not me. Im not regretting the 10 i spent on that, my financial analyst. All right, if it makes you happy. Welcome to early start. Im dave briggs. Im christine romans. It is july 25th, 4 00 a. M. In the east. Michael cohens flip on donald trump is all but complete this morning. A cnn exclusive breaking overnight. The attorney for cohen, President Trumps fixer has presented eyeopening audio to cnn. Candidate trump and cohen discuss buying the rights to a playboy models story of her alleged affair with mr. Trump years earlier. Just before the election, the Trump Campaign denied any knowledge of a planned payoff to karen mcdougal, but the 2016 recording seems to confirm mr. Trump knew at the time about the proposal. Listen now as cohen tells trump about his plans to set up a company to purchase the story rights from America
Wieselberg about how to set the whole thing up so, what are we going to pay with funding yes. And its all the stuff all the stuff, because you know, you never know where that company, you never know where hes going to be he gets it correct. So, im all over that. I spoke with allen about it. When it comes time for the fansing, it will be listen what financing . Well have to pay wont pay with cash . No, no, no, no. Ive got no, no, no the audio at the end is muddled, and it is unclear whether mr. Trump suggests paying with cash or not paying. The president s attorney, rudy giuliani, has said no payment ever came from his client. Giuliani tells the Washington Post it sounds like cohen is explaining something to trump that he doesnt understand. And now giuliani disputes that the recording shows mr. Trump knew about the mcdougal deal at all. I dont think anyone can suggest that this represents anything where the president did anything wrong. I question the strategy of doing this, of trying t