The latest news from around the world with host Fredricka Whitfield. Passed. A little better prioritization of spending. I certainly dont like playing shutdown politics. And how damaging would that be for republicans ahead of the november races . I dont think it would be helpful, so lets try and avoid it. Reporter now, fred, sources close to so mume of my cnn colleagues on capitol hill have heard from people close to the republican leadership. House Speaker Paul Ryan and Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell had a meeting with President Trump earlier this week telling him that Appropriation Bills were moving forward smoothly in a bipartisan fashion. They told him they didnt want anything to distract or derail potentially the Supreme Court nomination of brett kavanaugh. A Government Shutdown certainly would. Sources indicated the president was receptive to their message, but obviously on twitter he is threatening one yet again, fred. All right, Boris Sanchez in new jersey. Thank you so much. So this Court Ordered deadline to reunite children separated
The latest news from around the world with host Fredricka Whitfield. Mother and daughter, who had traveled here for a month from el el salvador. They were briefly detained, never separated. They were getting on a bus from mcallen to go meet family in indianapolis. Theyre there now awaiting their first court date. But there you see, fred, timing is everything for what these families are having to endure. So much uncertainty still ahead for so many. And such a variety of experiences too. All right. Kaylee hartung, thank you so much. So the president will also make a big push for republican candidatin candidates this week. Hes hosting rallies in pennsylvania and florida, two states the president won in 2016, but with just 100 days until midterm elections, democrats are gearing up to flip as many seats as they can. Cnns john king has been analyzing how republicans could maintain control of both houses of congress and how drrtds could pu democrats could pull off a congressional upset. 100 days now until the midterm elections and new cnn
rankings give the democrats even more reason to feel bullish about their odds of retaking the big prize, control of the house of representatives. To the Campaign Trail in a second. First, though, a reminder of the current State Of Play. Lets look at the house as we speak today. 235 republicans. Thats the majority. You see the red seats. Democrats in the minority with 193. But thats the State Of Play here in washington. Lets take a look at hour new rankings on the Campaign Trail. You will see 235 republican seats. We rank only 158 of them as solid republican going into the final stretch of the campaign. 29 likely, 18 lean republican. You see the yellow, the gold. Thats 27 tossup seats. Strong number for the democrats. 182 solid, 9 likely, 12 leaning democratic seats. How do the democrats get to the majority . Heres their dream scenario. Win the likelies, win the leans. If they could sweep these tossups, thats the gold, 230 if the democrats essentially run the board. Well in excess of what they need to be the majority. A lot can happen between now and then, but heading into this final stretch, democrats believe their odds are quite good of retaking the biggest prize this november, control of the house. All right. John king, thank you so much for that. My next guest is a democrat running for reelection in illinois. Thank you so much for being with me. How are you feeling going into midterms . Just 100 days away. I feel good. I think theres a lot of energy out there among democrats. I think that the question is whether thats going to translate into votes. I think it is. I think people are very aware of the Kons Kwenconsequences of no. I think 2016 is seared in the memory of a lot of democrats. I think people see democrats increasingly connecting to the Working Families that are so important for victories in all of those tossup seats and all the other tossup seats we need. I want to talk to you about
the president s approach 100 days out. Hes tweeted out, says hes willing to shut down the government over funding for his border wall. How do you see that as beneficial strategy for republicans . I think that would be a tremendous mistake for the president for two reasons. Its bad policy and bad politics. People are very, very, very upset about our current immigration policies. The separation of children from their parents just being the latest example of really, really bad policies. I just visited some of these children that have yet to be reunited with their parents. I visited them on friday. Its a heartwrenching example of Immigration Policy thats gone in a very bad direction. Then, you know, most democrats and indeed many republicans are opposed to a wall in the first place. Its just a bad approach to handling our Immigration Policy. So then what will be the consensus for democrats to try to win over perhaps more moderate voters in districts that could potentially flip . I think the best way to win over these voters is to talk about those bread and butter issues that affect Working Families. For instance, health care. This president and the administration have really tried to destabilize the insurance markets, hurting a lot of people. Premiums have skyrocketed since the president tried to repeal the aca. The tax bill is very unpopular in a lot of parts of illinois where i represent. A lot of the benefits are going to the top 1 of income holders. And its saddling future generations with trillions of dollars in debt. Then the last thing, as people are very upset that the president appears to hold himself above the law. Theyre upset about the fact that the russians did interfere in our democracy. Were not doing ourselves to protect ourselves from the russians. The president and some of his allies in congress are attacking the fbi, the very people that are trying to protect our democracy from the russians and other malign actors. So in addition to showcasing some of those issues, how much are democrats kind of pinning their hopes on new blood . You know, such as alexandra ocasiocortez and her stunning upset in new york . Is there a feeling that going after, you know, the younger, more diverse candidates is advantageous . I think we need a congress that reflects the diversity of our country. The fact that so many diverse candidates have ended up winning their primaries on the democratic side and are running in the General Election is a good thing. I think that the more that we have candidates that reflect their constituency, the better. I think that were going to end up taking the majority because of that. The economy, the economy always an incredible motivation in any race, midterm or General Election. And this strong economic report out this past week with the gdp at 4. 1 , the economy is growing at the fastest pace on record since 2014. So this will be an advantage for republicans. Does this mean democrats will stay away from this, find a way in which to see this as an asset for you . What . No, i think obviously a lot of people know that the recovery started during the obama administration. Thats in part why he was reelected. The president was in 2012. Its continued into the trump presidency. I think the president currently should continue to build on what he inherited. But the question is this. Do Working Families feel like they are included in the economy . Do they feel like theyre on The Up Escalator of the economy, so to speak . A lot of folks feel pinched in the middle class. I just passed a bill in congress in the senate and the house, and now its going to be signed into law which basically tries to modernize our career Technical Education system for the twothirds of americans who are not going to get a Fouryear College degree. Its so important we focus on the priorities of those Working Families and continue to connect with them. If we do, we will likely get their attention for the other issues that we care about as well. Congressman, thanks so much. Good to see you. Thank you so much. All right. Straight ahead in the newsroom, heartbreak in california as a fastmoving wildfire claims the lives of three more people, the fire Scorchesing Hundreds Of Homes and buildings. And he said, he said. Rudy giuliani now accusing Michael Cohen of doctoring the tape of the president seemingly
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reporter well, fred, i want to show you the front page of the local newspaper because i think it pretty much tells the story here. It says no end in sight, which is a very helpless feeling for the people in this community because they dont know when theyre going to be able to get back into their homes, and for those who have been evacuated, they dont know if theyll have a home to go back to. Its a very helpless feeling. The reason why theres no end in sight, thats because the fire is burning basically in all directions. Combined with the fact you have absolutely brutal fire conditions, it remains very hot, tripledigit temperatures at least through the middle of the week. Then at night, it gets very windy as this area remains under a red flag warning. In addition to all that, you talked about the missing people. Right now that number stands at a dozen, which is a very scary number, but that does not mean that those folks are presumed dead. It simply could be a mun ka Communications Issue where people had to leave their homes at a moments notice and forgot to bring their cell phone and
havent been able to get in touch with relatives. So officials are optimistic that as time progresses, that hopefully that number will be reduced. Fred . Oh, my goodness. So dan, what about support coming in for these Firefighter Teams that are working around the clock . You mentioned no end in sight. Its very dry. Humidity very low. What are they up against, and what kind of assistance are these teams needing . Reporter well, right now they do have a lot of firefighters battling this blaze. Of course, they work in shifts. The number is at 4,000. They really cant get enough firefighters in here, though. They can use all the help that they can get. And one thing i might add, fred, is that this region in many ways just feels paralyzed because you have 38,000 people who are under this evacuation order. Its really impossible to get a hotel in the area. Many of the Evacuation Shelters are also reaching maximum capacity. As i said, with that headline,
no end in sight, it just amounts to a feeling of frustration and nobody knows when this is going to end. All right, dan simon. Thank you so much in redding. Still ahead, Rudy Giuliani accuses Michael Cohen of tampering with secretly recorded conversations with President Trump involving a payment to a former Playboy Model to concealed a alleged affair. What an Audio Forensics expert has to say about that possibility next. When i received the diagnoses, i knew at that exact moment. Im beating this. My main focus was to find a team of doctors. Its not just picking a surgeon, its picking the care team and feeling secure in where you are. Visit cancercenter. Com breast
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swipe at the credibility of former Trump Attorney and fixer Michael Cohen. Cohen dropped a bombshell with his claim that candidate trump knew in advance about the june 2016 trump tower meeting. Thats the one where the russians had promised dirt on hillary clinton. There was also the release of that secretly recorded tape of cohen and trump. They were discussing a potential payout related to former Playboy Model Karen Mcdougal over her allegations of an affair with trump. Giuliani responded by calling Michael Cohen a pathological liar. Heres what he said earlier today. You called him an honest, honorable lawyer just a few weeks ago. What changed . How did i know . Why would i have not thought he was . Ive never had a bad dealing with michael. I was being straight and honest. I didnt know that he taped conversations surreptitiously. I didnt know he would grossly violate the attorneyclient privilege. I didnt know he would mislead
dozens of reporters. How much of the evidence that the fbi seized from Michael Cohens place of work and residence relates to the president , beyond tapes . Well, let me see if i can make it about as clear as possible. We know of Something Like 183 unique conversations on tape. One of those is with the president of the United States. Thats the threeminute one involving the mcdougal payment. There are 12 others, maybe 11 or 12 others, out of the 183 in this tthe president is discussed at any length by cohen, mostly with reporters. All clearly corroborating what the president has said in detail on many of those tweets. In other words, that he didnt know about the payments to either one when it happened,
that he only found out later, that cohen made them not for the campaign he didnt like the campaign. He says very derogatory things about the campaign. He said i only made it because i personally love the president and melania. And thats why i made the payments, which takes it right out of the Campaign Contribution arsenal. So these are tapes i want you to read. I want you to hear them pip didnt think id be able to get them out publicly. Somehow he and his lawyer have this crazy idea just throw it all out there. I think they also dont realize its going to hurt them with the prosecutors. When i was a prosecutor, i didnt want some guy giving out all the evidence to the press. All right. Lets talk about this. So what would be the motivation by the trickling of this kind of tape . Wouldnt this potentially undermine the investigation by allowing this tape to get out . Seems to be a game of chess
and not checkers. Look, legal pundits have been arguing the legality and ethics of releasing this tape. Should a lawyer tape a client . Legally able to do that in new york. Oneparty Consent State. Ethically, theres some arguments both ways. Look, the only reason that i could see that the cohen team, meaning lanny davis as his attorney, would be leaking these tapes out would be maybe to press for the Special Prosecutor to start working to cut a deal for Michael Cohen. Now, its interesting. I was a huge fan of Rudy Giuliani. I was in Lower Manhattan on September 11th of 2001. He was americas mayor. To see him in this political surrogacy role, its so beneath him. Hes going to argue for the president and say there was something on these tapes. If its abruptly cut, thats
different. You can argue context, but thats not an altered tape. Thats giulianis argument, that it has altered. Cnn hired an Audio Forensics expert who previewed the recording. This was his take. Well, the clip is incomplete. Weve got the beginning, i believe. I can see a Start Signature at the beginning of this recording. In other words, when the recorder was engaged. Where the dialogue just abruptly ends and some new conversation comes in, there is a splicer and edit there. Those two pieces are cut together. I can clearly see that. Im certain any other forensic expert with the same qualifications would agree with me. So what does that mean to the uninitiated . That means that this is not an original, its not a master, and its not a complete recording. It means their conversation may well have continued beyond
that abrupt ending and that other call that comes in. Thats a high degree of probability that thats the case. And i think that matches common sense as well. It seems like theyre having a conversation and then something happened to the recording. What it is, we dont know and we cant tell from this. It seems to end on the word check. Giuliani is arguing that it was doctored, meaning somehow it was edited, somehow he would be alleging that trumps voice, you know, was cleverly tucked in. How would investigators know about the content, the originality of this material . So lets put this into laymans terms. We just watched the expert chris cuomo had on. Heres a recording device. Lets say were in a oneparty Consent State like new york. I would like to tape you. Once i start it, if i am working for the fbi while this conversation is going on, this conversation were looking at to prove criminal activity, i
cannot disengage the tape and then reengage the tape again. That creates a signature. That signature, Forensics Experts can go through that, listen to the audiotape and determine that. Thats vastly different than taking a full tape and cutting it where someone argues it was taken out of context. You can argue the person making the tape is trying to take something out of context or take something away. If its just cut or trimmed, then what the government is going to say is give us the full tape. What about the value of the content of this exchange, whats being said . There is some dialogue about and you hear the thencandidate, now president s voice talking about using a check as opposed to cash. How is that valuable to the investigation or this probe . Great question. So this conversation apparently took place two months before the November Of 2016 election. If it can be proven, and fred, this is where the devil lies in the details. If it can be proven that President Trump was trying to make this payoff so that he could be in a better election position, then you could argue that this was inappropriate behavior. But youve got to prove intent. If theres a tape we have not seen yet that comes out where he goes, we need to do this before the election, people could argue that. Again, this is going to be one of those things where its going to be left to the voter because whether or not they can prove intent on this and actually charge him with something, ive listened to a lot of much smarter legal folks than me, and theyve argued its just not there yet. So the president hasnt testified. He hasnt been deposed. But he has tweeted. He has said verbally in many ways, you know, that i knew nothing about it. That has been kind of the theme. If the tape or in the tape, we hear him saying, you know, check, not cash. That clearly says he does know something about it. So how does that equip robb muellers team in its investigation . Again, you have to prove that
he was agreeing, authorizing, or directing mr. Cohen to make this payment because it needed to be done before the election. If they cant do that, hey, we can look at it and say its tawdry behavior, its unseemly, but then its not illegal. Thats what the issue is going to be. Youve got mr. Cohen saying one thing, mr. Trump tweeting something else. Its like that seinfeld thing. Its not a lie if you believe it. It seems like everybody seems to believe what theyre saying. Its going to be difficult for the Special Prosecutor to get to the bottom of this, but we trust he will. That may not necessarily be under the umbrella of the russia probe, but instead going into a different direction about misuse of you know, potential misuse of campaign funds. Campaign finance funding, thats a huge issue in this. Thats the only reason if they can prove that intent, then it becomes an illegality. If not, unseemly but not illegal. All right, james. Always good to see you. Thank you so much. Straight ahead in the newsroom, growing outrage after
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circumstances of how this happened, just generically that, you know, one guard was attacked and another guard then shot and killed. But so many other questions arise. You know, youre pinpointing on their vulnerability. When you talk about the population of animals that are under distress, you know, talk to me about that, how that species is under distress, whether its because of the climate or whether its because of, you know, dwindling food supply and how that might have altered the behavior potentially of this animal. Yeah, you bring up a lot of interesting points. This is a species that youve just said, accurately so, is under distress. It is being stressed because its environment is changing because of warming seas. The perennial ice that these bears depend upon has all but
disappeared. This is ice thats supposed to be there permanently. A polar bear has the ability to swim 60 miles a day, yet they are drowning in open water because the ancient ice they relied on as a species has gone away. So yes, oftentimes polar bears will be foraging for foods where they normally would not be. But this is polar bear habitat. When you are in this ecosystem as a tourist or as an explorer or a scientist, you have the responsibility to follow the protocols to ensure that you stay safe and you dont interfere with the wild behavior of polar bears. And thats at the core of a lot of the angry response online. People saying, wait a minute, the polar bear is in its habitat. Tourists come along. Their lives are threatened or the guards life is threatened, then the only alternative is to kill. Another question is why not a
tranquilizer if there is that feeling, you know, that the guard or tourist lives might be in danger . Right. Thats an interesting question. Why not use a tranquilizer . I think if they were in that desperate situation where Life And Limb was at stake, they took the most drastic decision one could take. I will tell you its no easy task using a tranquilizer. Sometimes it requires multiple shots to sedate the animal. I have actually worked on filming polar bears in the arctic. It was quite a challenge to work with these remarkable creatures. But to your earlier point, to discuss how critically endangered they are, when i think of polar bears, i think of The Ultimate Iconic Symbol of the arctic, this ecosystem. What really breaks my heart today is we now live in a world where we dont prioritize species as much. Our own government isnt
focusing on protecting species like previous administrations. Not only are these animals under stress from natural changes, from manmade changes, but also from a Department Of Interior that doesnt embrace their importance like we have in the past. Very important creatures. A lot of lessons to learn here. Youre in their home, their backyard. Respect them and their space. Jeff corwin, thanks so much for being with us. All right. Top stories were following for you this hour. Civil rights icon and georgia congressman john lewis is in the hospital. Lewis became ill on a flight to atlanta yesterday according to a local cnn affiliate. His spokeswoman told cnn that he is under routine observation and expected to be released sometime today. A manhunt is under way in new orleans after two suspects opened fire killing three people and wounding several others three miles from the french quarter. Police say the suspects approached the victims from behind and started shooting with
a rifle and a handgun before fleeing the scene. One of the seven wounded is in critical conditions. And a Mississippi Police department has fired an officer who used a stun gun on a handcuffed suspect. Authorities say the Police Officer hit the suspect with his forearm and then later pressed his stun gun into the mans back, shocking him. The suspect was complying with orders during his arrest, and the police chief says starks actions were an excessive use of force. Straight ahead in the newsroom, russia flexing its Military Might. Well show you how much of its new fire power is aimed at matching the u. S. Connected. R whole family or keep tabs on them. He skipped orientation for the beach . He takes after me. Join tmobile, buy an iphone 8, get an iphone 8 on us. Reporter strategic parody means parody with the u. S. And its nato allies. Russia showcasing a submarine nicknamed the carrier killer, designed to hunt u. S. Aircraft carriers. A new Stealth Frigate and a spy vessel aimed at countering american missile technology. Vladimir putins message to the west is clear. Even though russias Military Might not be as big and well funded as militaries in the west, it can still be a threat to america and its nato allies. Last week russia also showing off new missile technology, including a Hypersonic Missile the kremlin says can beat American Defense systems. All this right after both President Trump and Vladimir Putin discussed working together to prevent a new arms race at their recent summit in helsinki, a point putin reiterated this past week. Translator russia and the United States have a stake in that. The whole world has a stake in
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weve heard the Trump Administration talk about alternate facts, and that version of reality is front and center in this weeks state of the cartoonian. Its 2018, but this week to a lot of the president s critics it started to sound a bit like 1984. Just remember what youre seeing and what youre reading is not whats happening. That might be a bit extreme, but what is actually taking place in President Trumps version of reality . I mean, we do know for one that there are televisions hooked up that only show one channel. Your Approval Rating is soaring. In this dystopian or utopian future, the White House Press corps would only have friendly faces. You looked very strong at the end of that press conference. And no poll would ever drop below 100 approval. Hes the most powerful, most popular republican in the history of the party. In this alternate reality, there would be a mcdonalds on
every corner, and every day would be november 8th, 2016. We won the Electoral College by a lot, 306223, i believe. In this alternate reality, Special Counsel would have a whole new spelling and even special Counsel Robert Mueller would agree with the president s conclusion. A russian hoax. Its a witch hunt. But thats not the world in which we live. Even the biggest reality tv star cannot totally escape reality. I care deeply about the rule of law. Thanks so much, jake. All right. Be sure to tune in tonight for an all new episode of the 2000s. From the launch of the ipod to the rise of social media, it was a decade marked by the explosion of tech ideas. All kinds of things have changed because of the smartphone. So there are new rules. Are you allowed to have your phone at the dinner table . Should you be looking at your phone on the sidewalk on a busy
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