Have been unending and unceasing. I dont think people are taking it very seriously. This is new day weekend with Victor Blackwell and christi paul. Good morning. Im rene marsh in for centennial olympic park. Good morning to you. Im Victor Blackwell. Happy fathers day to all of the dad out there. A tragic search for the missing sailors who were aboard a u. S. Navy warship in a collision off the coast of japan. All sailors have been found dead in compartments of the uss fitzgerald. A Navy Official says the captain of the damaged destroyer is, quote, lucky to be alive. For more lets bring in cnns Alexander Field who is in japan, the base of the uss fitzgerald. What have you learned . Reporter this is a tragic loss that they are coming to grips with. They have held on to hope more than a day following this inexplicable crash between a u. S. Warship and container ship some three times its size. Seven Service Members had been reported missing and there were searches in the water and by air a
King salmon right there in those images, but as the world watches, the president takes his first steps into diplomacy on a grand world stage. The storm cloud over the white house is growing. With two new explosive reports. Current and former government sources tell cnn that during the 2016 campaign, russian officials bragged about their relationship with former nsa advisor Michael Flynn and believed that they could use flynn to influence donald trump. And the New York Times reporting that during the president s meeting with russian officials early this month, right there in the white house, the president trash talked fbi director james comey and said firing the firing rather was done of what President Trump described as comey as a nut job and that the firing eased, quote, great pressure of the investigation. Russias foreign minister now denying that topic was even discussed in that room. And amid these new details, it begs the question, does this foreign tour come at the exact right mo
Our ted barrett, our stealth senate producer says the expectation is, first there will be a vote, that the democrats will get, which is going to be to send all of this back to the committees. Which is not going to pass because its a democratic measure and it will probably be party line. That is obviously to make a point. The point being, this is not doing right theres john mccain on his cell phone. This is live outside of his office. Hes been critical when it comes to this. Right. Let me move on to why john mccain is important on this particular want to see if he was going to say anything. On this particular measure. And the answer is because he knows been reporting for hours now, the question has been, whether or not republicans like john mccain, Lindsey Graham, others, who do not like this skinny bill at all. They say its bad policy. It would be bad if it became the law. They do not want it to become the law. What they have been looking for is an assurance from the House Speaker that
We are in new york, you are live in the cnn newsroom, thank you so much for being here. Right now, President Trump left louisiana, wrapping up a trip to the gulf coast area devastated by Tropical Storm harvey, and lake charles where he was last, he and the first lady just met with some of the First Responders in the civilian volunteers who went to texas, in fact, and helped rescue stranded flood victims. They spent the first part of the day in houston. This is video from that visit where they stopped first at a local church helping load emergency supplies for those in need, and then at rng stadium, he met with evacuations and served lunch. This trip comes four days after the first visit to the storm zone. He landed first in Corpus Christi thursday, accused of being detached in the trip, but that certainly has not been the case today. Weve seen him hug and kiss children, pause for selfies. He shook hands with people in the affected neighborhoods, and good news from beaumont, texas today
Cooperation. Robert mueller and his teams m. O. Is to keep quiet and keep things under wraps, dont talk to the media. They have to do something to show what they are coming up with. The Mueller Office will be up and running well into 2018, if not through the whole year. Good morning, thank you for joining us. Im rene marsh in for christi paul. Im victor blackwell. Our top story, the crittal investment in the russia investigation. We are learning that special Counsel Robert Mueller has filed the first charges in the russian meddling in the 2016 election and probable collusion with the Trump Campaign and the sources telling cnn and say that anyone charged in the investigation could be taken into custody as early as monday. It is a landmark moment in the investigation into russian meddling in the 2016 election. Sources briefed on the matter say a federal grand jury in washington approved the first charges in the investigation led by special Counsel Robert Mueller. A spokesperson declined