Get a jump on the days news with Christine Romans and Dave Briggs. Russias largest Arms Expo Set to Desk Plisplay the fighter je hyper sonic missile. Another way they want to challenge america. Guys. Fascinating. Fred live for us this morning in russia. Thank you. Three minutes past the hour. Imagine a world where you and your allies are under investigation, but you get to dictate how the investigation proceeds. President trump using monday about pushing Robert Mueller aside and running the russia investigation himself. In an interview, the president has chosen not to get involved in the probe. He says i dont have to stay out as you know. I can go in and i could do whatever. I could run it if i want. Jeff mason was on the reuters team that interviewed the president. He was out of it. It was better if he did. It is interesting. He was making it clear he viewed it as a decision and he made the
decision to stay out. It wasnt the only option he had. President trump also said he is concerne
All the big moments and the networks new mission. Welcome back to early start. Im dave briggs. Im christine romans. It is tuesday, august 21st. 5 00 a. M. In the east. Lets start with the latest. Conservative think tanks in the u. S. Senate. United States Senate the latest targets of hackers linked to military intelligence. Microsoft stopped the attack last week. The company took control of six web sites operated by the same group behind the 2016 dnc hack. Lets bring in fred pleitgen. Reporter the organization that were talking about, the Hacking Group, called fancy bear. That is the group that hacked into the dnc and Hillary Clinton campaign in 2016. U. S. Intelligence highly likely believes this group is linked and possibly directed by Russian Military intelligence known as the gru. As far as the organizations and groups targeted by the attack, apparently, parts of the senate and then two think tanks. Hudson institute and International Republican institute. Both critical of President
Get a jump on the days news with Christine Romans and Dave Briggs. The russian investigation. Thats now off the table the president Praising Manafort as a good man, but at the same distancings from his former campaign chairman. I still feel its a very sad thing that happens. It has nothing to do with washington collusion. This started as russian collusion. This has absolutely nothing to do. Its a witch hunt. It is a disgrace. In West Virginia last night the president whipped up the crowd with his attack on the Special Counsel. Russian witch hunt. We got a whole big combination where is the tlugs . You know, theyre still looking for collusion. Where is the collusion . Find some collusion. Despite all the devastating news for the president. His supporters still revived some familiar chances at this rally last night. Tomorrow, following charges from using Campaign Finance money for personal purchases. In one instance, buying clothing at a golf course and re reporting the purchase as balls
Anderson Cooper takes viewers beyond the headlines with indepth reporting and investigations. Emmen asked that i schedule a meeting with you. I believe youre aware of the meeting, wondered if 3 00 p. M. Or later on thursday works for you. In case you missed it that is a russian government attorney flying over from moscow. It was all about a promise of dirt on hillary clinton. Heres don jr. , how about 3 00 at our office. Thanks for your help setting it up. Those arent Alternative Facts those are just facts, those were the detroits they were looking for. More now on the Breaking News, the president s interview with reuters. There certainly seems to be a dramatic ramping up of the rhetoric of the president when it comes to mueller, his team and the probe overall. We seem to be through the Looking Glass here tonight. One thing can you say about their view of the truth here, it seems to be pretty important to the president when he said to
reuters that he views sitting down with special Cou
To live without you only heartbreak for me inspiring way to start the morning. Good morning. Im ryan nobles. I cant get enough of it. Her voice. Im christine romans. It is 4 00 a. M. In the east. Lets start with politics. President trump is not done using security clearances. Officials confirms the white house is considering stripping more clearances in the coming days despite the furor over the retaliation against john brennan. Several colleagues are rallying behind him now. Several issued a new statement. Among them, six former cia chiefs. Including all five from 1997 until brennan came in. They write, quote, the president s actions regarding john brennan and threats of similar action against other former officials has nothing to do with who should and should not hold security clearances and everything to do with the attempt to stifle free speech. This is a signal to other former and current officials and that signal is inappropriate and deeply regrettable. The statement came hours a