happening now, breaking news. more cohen testimony. the president s longtime lawyer wrapped up his third straight day appearing before congress, revealing he will answer more questions next week. lawmakers are set to interview a russian-born businessman connected to the president and to the kremlin. kushner s clearance. new reporting tonight that president trump personally ordered a top secret security clearance for his son-in-law and senior adviser overruling concerns among officials and within the white house. crossing the red line. after michael cohen publically accused the president of crimes, house democrats now are digging deeper into areas mr. trump warned investigators not to go. will his children and his chief financial officer now be subpoenaed? failure to summit.
the president siding as he did over interference in the election and with the saudis over the death of jamal khashoggi. as the president left, he could hear questions he avoided, a reminder of the potential new crisis he will face once he lands back in washington. back in alaska, as the president side stepped the summit when he addressed u.s. troops, he did work in praise for the air defense system. if i learn so much about norad so many years ago, studying different things. i love this world. reporter: the president s only success from the trip was that he was able to avoidancie i avoid answering questions about stormy daniels and the plan for wikileaks to release
answer that. that is under investigation. that s significant perhaps. it could indicate that there s an obstruction probe out of the southern district of new york. we don t know specifically. it was that and there was the other thing that they were asking questions members of the committee were asking questions about other parts of donald trump s business, perhaps maybe insurance fraud of some kind. these were questions he said he could not answer because of the southern district of new york s investigation. clearly, they have a lot still going on there in new york. see what happens with robert mueller s report. we anticipate that could be emerging fairly soon as well. shimon, thank you very much. this hour, president trump is heading home from vietnam with a one two punch in the gut. in addition to being publically accused of crimes by his formerly loyal fixer, mr. trump failed to strike a denuclearization deal with his new pal the dictator kim jong-un. let s go to jim acosta. h
gives up his nukes. translator: kim is risking a lot. if he makes concessions, then trump s successor could say everything this clown trump signed is against our national interests. kim will end up in a gadhafi like situation. reporter: while the russians have publicly been backing the talks, even saying that the u.s. consulted with moscow before the summit, putin wants to lead the diplomatic effort to denuclearize north korea, his spokesman taking a swipe at president trump s negotiating style. translator: every step should go with flexibilities, certain small agreements. it is impossible to immediately set sights on a quick fix solution. reporter: and saying a putin/kim summit is already in the works. translator: this meeting is on the agenda. there are no exact agreements right now, but we will continue to coordinate this with our north korean counterparts through diplomatic channels. reporter: the russians noting
cohen s testimony on capitol hill i am not protecting mr. trump anymore. reporter: the president cherry picked from his former fixer s comments, accusing him of lying, except for the part about inclucolluding with the russians. it was interesting because he didn t lie about one thing. he said, no collusion with the russian hoax. i said, i wonder why he didn t lie about that, too? reporter: during a news conference, the president was only asked one question about cohen s testimony. that s because the president largely avoided the white house press and randomly fielded questions from reporters he had never seen before. including several representatives from chinese and russian state media. as well as a few favorites from back home. what are you doing here? reporter: the president did reveal why his talks broke down as the summit ended without any concessions from the dictator. they wanted sanctions lifted in their entirety. we couldn t do that.