In new york. This as her campaign is touting 110 now retired generals and admirals backing her. Mean while, donald trump is taking his remarkable embrace of Vladimir Putin to russian owned air waves, declaring the russian leader is probably not meddling in the u. S. Election, contrary to what u. S. Intelligence conversation, contrary to what Republican HouseSpeaker Paul Ryan says. I dont know i mean, ive been hearing about it. Ive been reading about it. I think its probably unlikely. I think maybe maybe the democrats are putting that out. Who knows. But i think that its pretty unlikely. But, you know, who knows. I hope that if they are doing something, i hope that somebodys going to find out so they can end it. Because that would not be appropriate at all. So the Trump Campaign now claims they did not know this interview was airing on a kremlinowned television network. They say they thought it was just a pod cost done as a favor for Donald Trumps friend larry king. Cnn washington correspondent jeff zeleny here with the very latest, jeff. Good morning, guys. Weve seen a lot of blurred lines in this campaign. This is without a doubt a remarkable break from the traditions of American Politics here now. So many republicans alarmed, democrats outraged, with trumps embrace of Vladimir Putin and raising questions about American Foreign policy on russia today, as you said. Hillary clinton is leading charge the in this criticism. Yesterday on the Campaign Trail in charlotte, this is what she said. That is not just unpatriotic. Its not just insulting to the office and the man who holds the office. It is scary. It is dangerous. With north korea now in the news as well today, real events in real time are suddenly injecting themselves into this president ial campaign. Certainly with the 15year anniversary of 9 11 on sunday. Hillary clinton is now going to be at ground zero were told. President ial campaigns at this moment become real events and were seeing how candidates are reacting to them. Both candidates off the trail on sunday, september 11th. Hillary clinton as of now, we just learned shes going to go for the ceremony. Not in a political capacity, just to be part of the ceremony or take part in the ceremony. Stick around. We have a lot to discuss. Joining us now, cnn Political Commentator christine quinn, a Hillary Clinton supporter and vice chair of the New York State democratic party. Carol higby, donald trump supporter. Alex burns, cnn political analyst and National Political reporter for the new york times. So carl, you heard jeff talk about how some republicans are alarmed by the language that donald trump is using about Vladimir Putin. One of those republicans is South Carolina senator Lindsey Graham. Let me read you. Its pretty dramatic. Other than destroying democraciness own country, having opposition people killed, and being the ben effecter of the butcher of damascus, hes a good guy. Talking about Vladimir Putin right there. Your reaction to senator graham . I think trump was clear. He doesnt support the type of government. He doesnt support how putin is doing things. He says clearly he has been being a good leader. Imagine whos going to get a better response from putin. Someone who said hey, look, i dont agree with you on everything but youre doing a good job in your own right. Why make the comparison . Why do you want to compliment anyone if this is the type of person he is . Cant you say in two different sentences i dont like the leadership of donald i dont like the leadership of barack obama and you dont have to say anything about russia . Russias a huge power out there that we want to get along with somehow, some way. Donald trump is billion that relationship for when hes president. I dont think ive i dont know, maybe i missed it, but has he ever criticized Vladimir Putin for his crackdowns on the press, for the Russian Takeover Of Crcrimea . Saying i dont agree with the way he runs his government but i think hes a great leader in his style. In what universe are we missing something . In what universe does this help donald trump . Well, i think like a lot of things donald trump does, its not clear theres any immediate political benefit to him to behave like this but he does tend to see the world in a binary between strength and weakness and a binary between people who are nice to hip and people who are not nice to him so viewed through that lens Vladimir Putin is clearly a strong leader and clearly nice to donald trump so this is where you land. To be clear, to what carl just said, donald trump didnt say he disagrees with the way putin is running his country. He said they have a different system. I dont necessarily love the system. Hes clearly been a very effective leader. What i know has offended a lot of republicans, especially people who have been harshly critical of Barack Obamas approach to russia and Hillary Clintons handling of russia as secretary of state, they see putin as disastrous for his country, who has presided over the collapse of his countrys economy and his countrys moral standing in the world. Christine, youre eager to get in here. Were talking about here, Vladimir Putin, is a dictator, a brutal dictator who has oppressed his own people. So, look, if you want to have a conversation at some point with the president and talk strategically from a Military Perspective or can you work with somebody on this and that, that may or may not be appropriate given who youre talking about at what time. To say a person who is a dictator, wouho has shut down t free press, Who Oppressed his people, has killed opposition, is one of the worst oppressors of the lgbq community out there, seems to imply the donald trump does not know the definition of dictator. In america, we do not herald people who oppress their citizens relentlessly. Im so flat yglad you said t because why is Hillary Clinton receiving donations from the Clinton Foundation from oppressive regimes like youre talking about . Hillary Clinton Campaign oh, theyre closely tied. But just stick on the question. Stick on the question. Well, thats the typical trump pivot. Thats the typical Hillary Clinton pivot when she doesnt want to talk about something, welcome to president ial politics. How can the Trump Campaign stand up and say its a good thing and double down on praising a dictator . And lets talk about would you use another term other than strong leader . Because strong leader you were a navy s. E. A. L. Yeah i dont see you i have respect for putin. Respect in what way . He stands up for what he thinks is right. Everything you disagree with. He doesnt stand up. He kills people if they dont adegree with him. Putin has a very tight rein on his people and his country. I dont agree with his type of government. Because hes a dictator. Dictators do by definition. Leading the charge on this criticism. At the very same time, were hearing from her campaign they want to make a pivot to be more positive. How does that work . They want to do both. President ial campaigns are often about doing both things. They want to be positive because he likability is still really low. Shes going to be giving a series of speeches starting next weekend. Other speeches about National Service and other things. Talking about what she would do and less of what donald trump, why he would be bad, that shes still going to keep calling him out because that is the way both of these candidates have decided to win is by disqualifying the other person. Its a question of judgment. The Commander In Chief audition thats been going on all week and all campaign and now will be going on anew with north korea, a threat, and it is a question of judgment. Shes trying to show republicans out there the who, you know, may be resistant to him that he is not he does not have the judgment and putin is the latest example here of why can i ask you, because im a little hazy on whats happening today. Today shes meeting with a bunch of people, National Security leaders bipartisan. Well, bipartisan, most of whom have supported her, but whats the idea here . Shes trying, again, to show that she is president ial and she has a Bipartisan Group of people around her. David petraeus is one of the people. Michael chertoff, the Homeland Security secretary in the bush administration, will be at the meeting as well. She will, i assume, be talking about this Vladimir Putin episode like she did yesterday and north korea. Shes trying to show she has the chops already to be the Commander In Chief. And donald trump does not. But interestingly, well be hearing from donald trump again today as well. And he so far has embraced putin and we usually dont see him walk things back. But he may. Well just have to see what he says. On the subject of walking things back. On the subject of walking things back. Here is the latest. One of the latest attacks from clinton. She was at an event talking about her faith. She brought up donald trump pushing the birther conspiracy. Listen to this. We are facing a candidate with a long history of Racial Discrimination in his business. Who traffics in toxic Conspiracy Theories like the lie that President Obama is not a true american. If he doesnt even respect all americans, how can he serve all americans . So carl, this morning kellyanne conway, Donald TrumpsCampaign Manager, says that donald trump believes President Obama is born in the united states. Also Rudy Giuliani said the very same. Why hasnt donald trump said it . Do you think he needs to . Literally have no comment on the birther conspiracy. Do you think he was born in america, President Obama . You know what, probably. Probably . Yeah. Probably . Yeah, probably. Why probably . Youve seen his Birth Certificate. What do you mean probably . Probably. Why are you im not going to put any effort into the fact that barack obama was born out of the country. I just dont care at this point. You really dont believe the president of the united states, the office to which you served and swore allegiance, that man no, i swore allegiance to america. But he is your Commander In Chief. I dont know which president you served under. They are the Commander In Chief. You do not believe the present president of the united states, at the end of his second term, duly elected thats why i dont care, because its the end of his second term. You dont believe he was born in america . Carl, it keeps going because people continue to have doubts. Thats why its still out there. And trump wont answer the quote. So it doesnt matter now. Hes at the end of his second term. It does matter. You know why else it does matter he spent a ton of money doing it, if he wants once a Birth Certificate is produced, to deny, to refuse to accept he was born in america, which he has not acknowledged to this day as far as i know, it is a statement. You covered the Trump Campaign aggressively. Kellyanne conway, the Campaign Manager, said President Obama was born in america. Mike pence says it. What gives . Im old enough to remember that Paul Manafort said donald trump is going to be a very different candidate. Youre a very old man. Old as the hills. That Immigration Speech we heard from three different advisers. Ultimately the only person who speaks for donald trump is donald trump. Clearly the campaign wants to move into this direction. I dont know why donald trump hasnt come out and cleared it up himself. It is kind of a mystery. I do think the notion that its irrelevant at this point for a lot of voter it s, especially f the black voters who donald trump purports to want to court right now this is seen as a grievous disrespect to an historic president so not addressing that head on is really puzzling. Which is why Hillary Clinton raised it last night in kansas city. It was at a National Convention of the baptist church. She was raising it for a reason, to remind africanamerican voters there that donald trump has questioned this. It is one of the reasons that donald trump s support among africanamericans has fallen. What if trump comes out and says i made a mistake, i now believe he was born in the united states. Is the Clinton Campaign prepared for that . Maybe then and only then will we all stop talking about it. Average voters i dont think care as much about it. It is puzzling why he still hasnt taken this step. Kellyanne conway said this. This election is not going to turn on the Birther Question. Guys, we have to the Birther Question really shows how slow his africanamerican outreach is. If you were really concerned about bringing in africanamericans and making them part of your coalition, why would you stand by a patent he incorrect in my opinion, racist statement . His Campaign Says hes not standing by that statement but he just isnt talking about it anymore. Promise the questions will continue though. Guys, thanks. Disturbing revelations about the terrorist attacks in paris. Getting word up to 40 suspects involved are still at large. Details ahead. Plus, Global Outrage after north korea said it pulled off its Biggest Nuclear threat yet. 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All right, north korea is claiming to have successfully tested a nuclear device. This is the fifth since its program began. North korea says this is its largest one yet. The news is sending a new wave of concern across the globe on really what the hermit country might be up to and up to next. Lets bring in cnn Pentagon Correspondent barbara starr, gordon chang, the author of nuclear showdown. North korea takes on the world and also a columnist with the daily beast. Barbara, lay out what happened here. Well the north koreans are saying they tested a Nuclear Warhead. If they are telling the truth, it just doesnt get more serious, because this is the critical component they need, a miniaturized Nuclear Warhead, to put on a missile, to put on a launcher, that would be able some day to attack the united states, let alone japan and south korea. We are seeing reaction across the pacific. We are seeing a very interesting reaction from the white house. A short time ago, a statement, a very lengthy detailed statement from President Obama. I just want to read one part of it, where he says the commitment to provide extended deterrents guaranteed by the full spectrum of u. S. Defense capabilities is going to be maintained. The full spectrum of u. S. Defense capabilities. My sorurces are telling me this morning that means what you call strategic deterrents and strategic deterrents means the president is signaling dont forget the u. S. Also has Nuclear Weapons that north korea would be deterred, they would not be allowed to have this kind of program. So this is a serious move, serious escalation in the program if its true and a serious response from the united states. So big picture here, you know,