atkinson that will air later. rick gates pleading not guilty to a number of charges. man a forty is putting up his trump talkower apartment and several other properties to give him to travel. the judge may consider that request in a hearing tomorrow. let s talk to errol louis and julian zeleny who both have stayed with us here. good morning, jgentlemen. in this cheryl atkinson interview, the president was asked about whether he would fire robert mueller. this was his response. well, i hope he is treating everything fairly and if he is, i m going to be very happy because when you talk about innocent, i am truly not involved in any collusion with russia. believe me, the last thing i can think of to be involved in. and went on to say he is not under investigation. so when she asked him if he
the president, listen to this warning. reporter: together with our allies, americans warriors are prepared to defend our nation using the full ranged of our unmatched capabilities. no one, no dictator, no regime, and no nation should underestimate ever american resolve. cnn international correspondent alexandria field is with us in tokyo right now. good morning to you. he, obviously, didn t call out north korea by name here but we can be pretty clear who that is addressed to, yes? reporter: right. he didn t nimes to name north korea and we know the issue that looms largest over this trip. even while the president talks about trade relationships is to cultivate support for the leaders in this region what he sees as his policy tworoward
the region, including china, are more willing to assist and try to rein in north korea. errol, we wondered whether north korea might do something like launch a missile. there was a missile launch but it wasn t north korea. it was launched against one of our allies in the middle east, saudi arabia. president trump commented on it. he seemed to suggest that that shot was taken by iran. that was a quote. we understand that there is a proxy war going on here but that rhetoric, does it help with the u.s. relations in that region and abroad? well, no, not at all. in fact, i mean, one of the things that goes on that is really been quite striking in asia and to a lesser extent in the middle east is the president is seeking to up-end decades of regional approaches to these very tough situations with a series of bilateral trade agreement and series of sort of one-on-one personal diplomacy. we are goings for whether or not that yields any fruit, but by trying to exchange the tpp for a series
scene, all of the main players are in the shower together! why? look at brian stelter s face. cnn senior media correspondent and host of reliable sources one mr. brian stelter. was that your initial reaction to that? i don t know if i m supposed to laugh or cry. let s take a look at the clip. we can judge it for ourselves. president trump said in an interview airing this morning that as far as he knows, he is not under investigation. obviously, robert mueller probe is the biggest overall story of the week and here is how snl had some fun with it. i want mike to get his hands dirty too because if i m going down, i m taking the church lady with me. mike, say cheese. here we go. you say anything about this, mike, i ll text that photo straight to jesus. mr. president, can t you just pardon me? unfortunately, it s not that
would fire robert moo you willer, he didn t really answer the question but what do you make, errol, of his response? well, listen. when the president says he is not under investigation, that ship sailed a long time appearing. the same issue he talked about with james comey before he fired him. ridiculous at this point. my goodness. his campaign manager is under indictment and under house arrest as is his top assistant. we have a campaign staffer or adviser has pleading guilty to a felony involving exactly that, dealing with the russians. for the president to say that he personally is not under investigation is absolutely meaningless. what this was always about was finding out what level of involvement was going on and all kinds of advisers from his national security adviser to his attorney general to his own son. all involved in all kinds of