jeopardy. again, your book, russian roulette, got it right this time, the inside story of putin s war on america and the election of donald trump. michael. issakoff thank you for joining us. thank you. for people in hawaii, the worst may be yet to come. as tropical storm lane lashes the hawaiian islands dumping just a ton of rain. we ll go live to honolulu where flooding and landslide remain a major threat. but first coming this labor day, a cnn special event, the television premiere of rbg as we look at the life of supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg. we examine how the experience of all american women has changed over the years. today how equality in marriage has evolved. conventional expectations of marriage were very different when ruth bader we had marty ginsburg. back then men supported families financially while women took care of the home. the law reflected that.
american people as donald trump s boy who fought against him, attacked his enemies and would do anything for him. and now his theory is, i had to tape him, ethical or unethical, because i had to protect myself. he could have just not done whatever he thinks he needs protection from. so eyes ghe s got some work to think, when it comes over to winning the american audience. the truth may set him free. depending on what state you re in in the united states, it may be legal or it may not. it is legal here in new york to record someone without them knowing it. only the person doing the recording has to know. chris, thank you so much. i ll see you tomorrow. great job. let s bring in now cnn white house correspondent kaitlan collins, chief correspondent of yahoo news, and the inside story of putin s war on america and the adviser to donald trump.
with michael cohen and i had wars with him when i was on new day, but i think he has a tough battle in front of him pr-wise. because he is known to the american people as donald trump s boy who fought against him, attacked his enemies and would do anything for him. and now his theory is, i had to tape him, ethical or unethical, because i had to protect myself. he could have just not done whatever he thinks he needs protection from. so he s got some work to do, i think, when it comes over to winning the american audience. the truth may set him free. depending on what state you re in in the united states, it may be legal or it may not. it is legal here in new york to record someone without them knowing it. only the person doing the recording has to know. chris, thank you so much. i ll see you tomorrow. great job. let s bring in now cnn white house correspondent kaitlan collins, chief correspondent of yahoo news, and the inside story of putin s war on america and the adviser to dona
he s also an msnbc global affairs analyst. and just because i don t want to be taken for a fool here, i m bringing in michael isikoff as well, chief investigative correspondent for yahoo! news. he s the co-author of russian roulette, the inside story of putin s war on america and the election of donald trump. these three gentlemen know a great deal about espionage, about russia, about the attempts to hack america. i have to say it s with some regret, jon, that i have to call upon you. you and i have talked a few times this week, as of malcolm and i and michael and i to straighten this out. the president and sarah huckabee sanders cannot get away with this idea that they said one thing he said one thing in front of the entire world, did not correct himself in the space of that press conference in helsinki next to vladimir putin, did not correct himself in interviews he did immediately
president. he never mentioned his political ambitions. it sounds like utter nonsense. let s discuss now with cnn national security analyst steve hall, retired chief of cia russian operation. global affairs analyst, max booth, the author of the road not taken. and a coauthor of russian roulette, the inside story of putin s war on america and the election of donald trump. i m glad all of you are here, but also, michael, i ll get to you in a moment but michael has some interesting reporting that s in the book that sort of contradicts what happened today, what was said today. steven, you just heard from putin, but you say there s got to be something because nothing like this has ever happened. first of all, just as a matter of how the russians work, yes they absolutely must have kompromat on a guy like trump. they will follow any guy of any