Transcripts For CNNW CNN Newsroom With Fredricka Whitfield 2

Transcripts For CNNW CNN Newsroom With Fredricka Whitfield 20180721

Had treated putin and even some republicans who typically withhold their criticism of trump when he breaks with them on issues of gop orthodoxy like trade and immigration had slammed trumps approach to the summit. The white house has revealed few details about what trump and putin discussed five days after the helsinki meeting and republicans and democrats alike are apprehensive to say the least about moving forward with plans for a second summit before they even know results of the first and perhaps in a sign of that apprehension, gop congressional leaders have already made clear that putin will not be receiving an invitation to visit the hospital when hes here in washington next year or later this year, fred. All right. Sarah westwood, thanks so much. Now for a look at how the Trump Administration is handling the news of a second summit, cnns Global Affairs correspondent joining me with more on that. What message are you hearing from the world of diplomacy and those circles . Well, fred, i would say theres a lot of confusion and frustration on the part of Administration Officials who dont know what went on at the summit. Theres been no instructions from the trump white house, theres been kind of no coordinated messaging strategy. Usually theres more of a Strategic Campaign to lay out the benefits of the summit and what was agreed to and what the next policy steps are. Theres really been none of it here. Secretary of state mike pompeo may be one of the only people that, you know, in addition to maybe some of President Trumps other top aides who know what went on. Secretary pompeo had lunch with President Trump yesterday and take a listen, excuse me, take a listen to what secretary pompeo said yesterday at the United Nations about talk about a possible second summit with Vladimir Putin. Im happy that the two leaders of two very important countries are continuing to meet. Those conversationings are incredibly important. We have our Senior Leaders meeting all across the world where we have deep disagreements with. It is incredibly valuable to the people of the United States of america, president putin and President Trump continued to engage in dialogue to resolve the difficult issues that our countries face between each other. I think this makes enormous sense and im very hopeful that meeting will take place this fall. Now, a lot flowery words about the summit but nothing in terms of what its building on from the first summit. I think thats what confounding not just the Administration Officials but the american public. Its hard to see why there should be a second summit when nobody knows what happened to the first. Of course, everybody realizes that the u. S. And russia need to talk. Theres a lot of important issues like ukraine, like syria, like nuclear proliferation. But at the same time, you havent really heard anything from President Trump himself. Only the russians who are shaping the narrative here about how wonderful it was and what was agreed to. All right, thanks. I want to bring in congressman john garamendi, a democrat from california, a member of the House Armed Services committee. Congressman, good to see you. Good afternoon. You are, right, you are still one of those lawmakers who does want to see the interpreters, you know, questioned by your committee. Well, i dont think were ever going to hear from the interpreter but what we have to hear from is the president. What did he agree to . I think all of our heads are spinning. This is the most incredible week i guess actually following on previous incredible weeks. The president of the United States sat down with an adversary who is actively engaged today in trying to disrupt the 2018 elections and also continues to engage today in hacking into our vital infrastructures. The electrical grid and on and on. There is a cyber war going on. And we have heard zero, nothing, from the president about this, other than would or wouldnt. I mean this is just not right. This is a very dangerous situation. And to invite putin back to the United States, to sit him down in the white house and literally kowtow to him is unacceptable. It is simply unacceptable. So were hearing on the global stage dribblings coming from russia. Theyre leading the narrative on what may have been discussed. What may have been agreed upon. Is it your feeling that the white house is now putting its energies into an upcoming, a part two meeting in the fall somewhere around midterm elections and we may never hear anything concrete. We may never hear details coming from the white house about what happened last week. Well, what we have heard from the russians is deeply disturbing. Theres talk about the american continuation of pulling out. What exactly was agreed to in syria. Theres talk about some sort of a referendum in ukraine. All of these things are terribly important and, frankly, very disturbing. Ill give you one more example. The secretary of state says its good that they had dialogue, but then through the spokesperson with the white house, that nothing was concretely agreed upon. What do you worry about with all of that language . Everything. Everything. Ill give you a specific example. The republicans in the senate and the house are pushing to complete the National Defense authorization act. This is the annual 700 billion legislation that tells the military what equipment it has what it needs for everything from Eastern Europe to the war in syria and iraq and afghanistan, as well as dealing with the terrorism organizations around the nation. Our National Defense. The issues of missile defense. The issues of nuclear armaments. All of those things are in there and presumably, at least from the russians, all these things were discussed. Do we need to modify in any way the National Defense authorization act to pull back or increase our presence in any one of these areas . We do not know. And yet the republicans want to wrap all of this up. It is not right. It is not the way congress should act. And we must and we should have information. The president and pompeo has given us zero, nothing. Only the russians. So the u. S. Senate has unanimously put in protections in place to make sure former u. S. Ambassador or any u. S. Diplomat would not be handed over to the russians, you know, for grilling, questioning, et cetera. What other questions do you believe could be legislated at this juncture, not knowing about what details did take place what agreements may have transpired during that meeting. Can there be any other protections legislated . Well, thats precisely what im saying with regard to the defense. The National Defense authorization act. We may need to write into it. Not just a resolution by the senate, but write into actual law a bill that the president will absolutely have to sign. But do you see that happening is that something that can happen immediately or long term . Yes, it can happen this next week because the Conference Committee is in process, at least according to the republicans finalizing it and putting it on the house floor this coming week. We dont need to have this thing done tomorrow. It doesnt have to be done until october the 1st. We absolutely need to know. Yes, maybe we do need to write into it that no, mr. President , you cannot turn over our diplomats to russia. And no, were not going to allow the russians to come here and question mueller. Were not going to do that. If it takes a law, then we can do it in the National Defense authorization act along with dozens, it not hundreds of other things that are apparently in process of being discussed between putin and the president. We dont know. What does your gut say about why the white house would commit, would publicly say, by way of the secretary of state, that theres an upcoming meeting between putin and trump without details of what happened in helsinki and this meeting would happen at the white house last fall. Whats your answer as to why . For pompeo, he is trying to deal with a very erratic unstable and unpredictable boss, the president of the United States, mr. Trump. So hes doing his very best to be a good soldier, as he was and, okay, i understand that, but that is not a good reason for america and for the congress to simply acquiesce. It is inexplicable why the president , on the face of the terrible turnout or terrible results of the helsinki summit, that the president would march right back into that field in the face of the fact that russia is continuing at this moment, according to the National Defense director, mr. Coats, continuing to interfere in the american election, which is just 3 1 2 months or 4 months away. And that the president is sitting down with the man that is doing that . It makes no sense whatsoever. We were concerned going into the helsinki summit and, keep in mind, it is not clear that the president fully supports nato. Montenegro. A member of nato. The president literally threw montenegro under the bus, and then having to extract montenegro from that terrible situation, what did the president say, well, maybe we wouldnt defend montenegro. Seemed like at the did make it clear where he stood on that, only to then make it unclear by trying to clarify. Precisely the problem. All right, congressman, thank you so much for your time. A day of fun on the water turned to tragedy. Coming up, the latest as investigators piece together the moment that a duck boat capsized killing more than a dozen on board. Later, a doctor for former president george h. W. 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All 17 victims ranging from the age of 1 to 76 have been identified. A mother who lost nine family members including her own three children is speaking out. And when the wave swept over, the last thing i heard my sisterinlaw yell was grab the baby. I said, jesus, please, keep me, keep me, so i can get to my children. Keep me and i can swim and i was swimming as fast as i could. And i couldnt reach i could not reach the life jackets. My gosh. Cnn correspondent kayleigh h hartung join us live from branson, missouri. What is the latest on the investigation . Four of the 14 survivors are hospitalized including tea coleman who ju just heard from. Investigators speaking with her other survivors, First Responders, as well as any eyewitnesses will be key to that investigation Going Forward but this is going to be a long process. The ntsb leading this investigation, one their officials telling us it could be so long as a year before theyre ready to release a report, plaining how and why that boat c capsized and sank and what led to the deaths of those 17 people. Tia coleman, as you just heard her shed some light on the question that will be asked, what about the life jackets . As she explains it, she said the crew on that duck boat told them where the life jackets are but told them not to worry about it because they wouldnt need them. Then when the swells began to come into the boat, they were all instructed to keep their seats. She says when that boat is found, she believes all of the life jackets will still be on board. That boat still at the bottom of Table Rock Lake behind me, 80 feet deep. Initially sank in 40 foot waters and then landed on its wheels and rolled down to a depth of 80 feet. That process, too, of safely getting the boat out of the water preserved in condition necessary for the investigation, for it to be useful in the investigation, will take a little bit of time. Those discussions under way now. It could happen as soon as monday. Fred, the story that tia coleman shares with us is just its so stunning to hear. That she and her family, 11 members of the coleman family, traveled here from indianapolis, like so many people do, this is a popular vacation destination in the ozarks, but only two of them will return home. And kaylee, it is a very comprehensive investigation, but why is it that investigators, you know, picked that earmark of one year, that it might take them a year in order to get answers . It was unclear. We asked. They said she hoped they would be able to give a preliminary report in the coming weeks, maybe in a month. Investigators from the ntsb will be here in branson at least for the next week, conducting those interviews with survivors and eyewitnesses and First Responders and collecting any of the perishable evidence, but then they told us it will just take time and at this point, they said it is true eoo early give a better time line. There are so many questions that need to be answered. The question for lawmakers now is what will they be doing in the meantime . If its going to take the ntsb one year to determine how and why, what will lawmakers do in the meantime to ensure Something Like this never happens again. Kaylee hartung, thank you so much. Secret recordings, Michael Cohen says he has proof President Trump knew about alleged payments to an alleged mistress. On the tapes. Im a fighter. Always have been. When i found out i had agerelated macular degeneration, amd, i wanted to fight back. My doctor and i came up with a plan. It includes preservision. 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