Open to lifting sanctions against russia. Trump telling the wall street journal quote if you get along and if russia is helping us, why would anybody have sanctions if somebodys doing some really great things. This goes against most republicans in congress, who either agree with the current sanctions against moscow, or want to pass even more. This as House Democrats are blasting fbi director james comey, after having a classified meeting with him over russian hacking. Some saying that what happened behind closed doors in the meeting is making them question whether comey is fit for office. But do those same democrats really want donald trump to pick the next head of the fbi . Well have more on that ahead in a moment. But we begin with the president elect firing back at civil rights icon, congressman john lewis, for saying he does not see trump as a legitimate president. Lewis was an icon of the Civil Rights Movement, marching alongside dr. Martin luther king jr. , and in 1965, he was al
Reporter six days after taking office, President Donald Trump is facing his first diplomatic assistantostandoff. The president of mexico and myself have agreed to cancel our planned meeting scheduled for next week. Reporter thats not how mexico sees it. Mexican president Enrique Pena Nieto said he was cancelling the meeting alerting the white house in a message op twitter. Trump learned about it making his way to philadelphia, his first trip aboard air force one, presenting his agenda to Congressional Republicans who are skeptical of how to pay for a border wall. Unless mexico is going to treat the United States fairly with respect, such a meeting would be fruitless and i want to go a different route. We have no choice. Reporter the firestorm between the two leaders has been escalating since their first meeting in august. We did discuss the wall. We didnt discuss payment of the wall. Ta will be for a later date. Reporter that date has now arrived. Paying for the wall is at the heart of
To substainate the president s allegation. The president s tweet storm came as a surprise. Its not uncommon for the president to wake up in the morning and begin tweeting, he began tweeting 6 30 a. M. They reported to a Breitbart News circulating around the news. He claimed that president obama worked to undermine trumps president ial campaign and administration including through variation investigation on russian and possible ties. This officials said that story on Breitbart News infuriated the president. The president social media director and adviser dan tweeted out a link to that news story which lends kre densz to the idea that the president was basing the tweet on that news story. A spokesman for president obama said he would have had nothing to with ordering wiretaps. These are getting attention from democrats and republicans. South Carolina Republican talked about this. Listen. I dont know if its true or not but if it is true, it would be the biggest political scandal since wat
Were following it all. Rudy giulianis eyepopping interview with cnn, as well as the president s memorial day weekend activities. Theyve been punctuated by tweets against his enemies and the special counsels investigation. This hour, ill speak with congressman ted lieu, a member of the judiciary and the Foreign Affairs committees and our correspondents and analysts are also standing by for us. First, i want to go to cnn senior white house correspondent, pamela browne. Pamela, the president was at Arlington National cemetery today, which is customary, but the russia investigation really never seemed to be far from his mind. Reporter thats right, brianna. As President Trump continues to attack the mueller investigation, even on this memorial day, his own attorney Rudy Giuliani, made this stunning admission that part of the strategy in undermining the probe is to sway Public Opinion. President trump commemorating memorial day at Arlington National cemetery. This is a very special day and t
Place . And tweet stormy. Porn star Stormy Daniels launches a tweet storm, firing back at critics questioning her motives and insulting her career. Daniels says she never claimed to be a victim. What about the other women whose cases against President Trump have working their way through the courts . We want to welcome our viewers in the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. Announcer this is cnn breaking news. Were following multiple breaking stories this hour, including new details of the topics special Counsel Robert Mueller wants to ask President Trump about as part of the russia investigation. Sources are now telling cnn that there are four areas of interest to muellers team. Senator Richard Blumenthal of the Judiciary Committee, hes here. Hes standing by to talk about the breaking news, along with our experts and analysts. First, lets get straight to our senior white house correspondent, Pamela Browne. Pamela, tell our viewers what the