In washington and the offer to trade sex for access and the box that they foupd when they tried to arrest her and the final nail of the Supreme Court says hell put the final nail in federal rules by independent counsels of what it could mean for his no, ma nomination. We start with President Trump today of the controversy that he created on monday with the startling claim contradicting the intelligence agencies. The president moments ago. Is russia still targeting the u. S. . There is been no president ever as tough as i have been on russia. All you have to do is look at the numbers and look at what we have done and sanctions and look at ambassadors and not there, look at unfortunately what happened in syria recently. I think President Trump knows that better than anybody and certainly better than the media. He understands it and hes not happy about it. He should not be happy about it because there is never been a president as tough on russia as i have been. Okay, thank you very much.
The coats says the threat is ongoing. Do you agree with in a . I accept them this is what he does, hes been doing a good job. I have tremendous faith in dan coats, and if he says that, i would accept that. I will tell you, though, it better not be. It better not be. I think i did great at the nune frens. I think it was a strong news conference. You have people saying i should have walked up and started screaming in his face. Were living in the real world. Do you think any intelligence agencies, u. S. Intelligence agencies are out to get you . Certainly in the past, its been terrible. You look at brennan, clapper, hayden. You look at comey, certainly i cant have any confidence in the past. But i can have a lot of confidence in the present and future, because its getting to be now where were putting our people in. I guess if President Trump doesnt have a lot of confidence in me, well the feeling is mutual and i consider myself in very good company when he criticizes me along with the lik
Positions on her lawsuit against the president with mr. Trump now ready to end their nondisclosure agreement. But daniels lawyer says the president only wants to avoid being deposed. Michael avenatti joins me this hour. And parading kims power. Kim jongun marks his countrys 70th birthday with a show of military might, but chooses not to display his big Ballistic Missiles. And President Trump has received a new letter from kim. What does it say . Wolf blitzer is off today. Im jim acosta and youre in the situation room. This is cnn breaking news. Breaking news this hour. Troubling new numbers for President Trump and our exclusive new cnn poll. While the white house tries to discredit damning portrayals of the president painted by members of his own team, our survey finds only 32 of americans believe the president is honest and trustworthy. Also breaking, the National Hurricane center has just put out a new forecast for hurricane florence, a category 4 storm thats already prompting mandat
So that im going to do that right away. Ive spoken to Allen Weisselberg about how to set the whole thing up with funding. All the stuff. All the stuff. Im all over that. I spoke to allen about it. When it comes time for the financing which will be what financing . Well have to pay for cash. No, no, no, no. The president this morning calling attention to that abrupt edit of the audio at the end and taking a jab at cohen asking what kind of lawyer would tape a client . Remember, donald trump and his handlers have long denied any knowledge of a payoff just days before the election. His spokeswoman hope hicks told the wall street journal, we have no knowledge of any of this, she said of miss mcdougles claim of an affair with mr. Trump was totally untrue. M. J. , help us break down what this clatape says and doest say. The Audio Quality is not great. We are already seeing a significant dispute on one of the parts of the tape that we heard at the very end. If you listen carefully, you heard
Baby, drill . Lets go outfront. Good evening. Im erin burnett. Outfront tonight, breaking news. A cnn exclusive this hour. President trump suspending white house protocol. Tonight, he says, no longer going to release summaries of his calls with foreign leaders. Its a major break from longstanding white house protocol. This breaking news from our Kaitlan Collins coming as russian president putin gives trump what appears to be the runaround. But the kremlin, as they tell you things, right, says its received trumps highly touted invitation for a second summit in washington, d. C. Tonight a russian aide, though, saying putins not ready. Telling reporters, quote, i think it would be wise to let the dust settle and then we can discuss all of these questions in a business night way, but not now. Not now . That is hardly an embrace of an invitation to come to the white house. I mean, you know, trump didnt seem to be aware of that, because hes still plowing full steam ahead with his summit. He