Candidate who is making Climate Change the center of his campaign joins me on his sweeping new plan. And mother of Otto Warmbier breaking her silence talking about the 2 million u. S. Pledge to north korea and what she saw when she looked in her sons eyes. And we start with the breaking news that President Trump spoke at length today with russian president Vladimir Putin. Its their first call since the end of the russia investigation and, yes, the Mueller Report did come up in their conversation. Now, remember, President Trump said im sorry, president putin rather said that russia never meddled with the 2016 election, though the Mueller Report said this, quote, the russian government interfered in the 2016 president ial election in sweeping and systematic fashion. I want to bring in our kaitlan collins. She is at the white house. Kaitlan, do we know what exactly they discussed, for how long and what they didnt discuss . Well, pam, Sarah Sanders said this call lasted a little over an hour, but she said only briefly did they discuss the Mueller Report. Of course, this is the first call between the two leaders since that report was released recently to the public, and she said it came up briefly. They talked about it in a sense that they were ready to move on from the russia investigation, something that the president at times has hampered his interaction with other world leaders, but when she was asked about the big part of that report, the first part with russian interference in the election and whether or not the president brought that up with Vladimir Putin and not just the collusion aspect of the report, Sarah Sanders did not answer that question but pivoted to criticizing the Obama Administration for how they responded to election interference and said that the trump interference is doing more than they did to combat that. She didnt get into whether or not President Trump confronted Vladimir Putin over the fact that the Mueller Report reveals they hacked into these democratic emails, that they south to sow, any kind of interference in the election and to sow confusion. Thats what we did not get to hear what exactly President Trump said about that, if he brought it up at all. Now, pam, they talked about a myriad of topics, north korea, potential new nuclear agreements, but, of course, the other big one was venezuela, and whats happening right now because in recent days the secretary of state mike pompeo said it was the russian government who convinced maduro to stay in venezuela when he was prepared to leave which is something that, of course, the United States is voicing support for juan guaido in all of this, so she said that they talked about that and that during that the president told putin that he wanted it to be a peaceful transition of power. He talked about getting aid to the venezuelan people, but what she didnt say is what putins response to that was and whether or not the russians are going to back off their support for nicolas maduro. That is something, pam, were still waiting to see. So just to be clear, kaitlan, because as you pointed out Mueller Report said that russias interference was systematic and sweeping, the fbi director recently said that russias interference is a significant counterintelligence threat but just to be clear, Sarah Sanders did not say that the president brought that up explicitly with Vladimir Putin, correct . She was asked directly. Did the president talk about russian interference in the election . She didnt say no, that they didnt talk about it, but she didnt answer the question fully. Instead talking about what they are doing, and, pam, we should note on that front, there have been concerns about whether or not the president is taking this election interference seriously because his top intelligence officials said it will happen again, and though weve been told by sources that there is a significant effort under way in the administration to combat election interference, the president himself has not held a cabinet level meeting that the media has been told about Election Security and election interference at the white house since last july. Hmm. As we know, kaitlan, one of the reasons he doesnt like to discuss it because he believes it undermines the legitimacy of his election victory. Kaitlan collins at the white house, thank you so much for bringing us the very latest on the phone call between president putin and President Trump. I want to turn now to the economy and good news for the president. The economy still on a tear. The job market in the u. S. Is now about as good as it gets. The Unemployment Rate is at its lowest level in nearly half a century, and the dow rising at this news. Kroe Christine Romans has all the numbers for us. Reporter another strong report from the labor market here. 263,000 net new jobs created in april and the Unemployment Rate down to a new generational low at 3. 6 . This is the lowest since 1969. These are incredible numbers that we continue to watch. This is 103 months in a row now of job creation and 31 months of 5 or below for the Unemployment Rate. That shows a strong market for job hunters and for people who are looking for a raise. 3. 2 was the wage number in this report. When you look at other Inflation Numbers just under 2 , that shows you that the paycheck actually is delivering a little bit more for the American Worker after years of stagnant paychecks. Where are the jobs . They are in business and information systems. They are in construction. 33,000 net new jobs there. Manufacturing bears some watching. 4,000 new jobs in manufacturing. Last month was a little bit of weakness in the manufacturing number. Well watching this space to see if perhaps this this renaissance in manufacturing under the Trump Administration is beginning to slow under the bite of those tariffs. Pamela . All right. Christine romans in new york, thank you so much. I want to bring in mark zandi now. Hes the chief economist at moodys analytics and has worked in the past with republicans and democrats. Great to have you on. First of all, the bottom line question is the question doing as well as it looks on paper here . Reporter yeah, its strong. The job market in particular is humming. 3. 6 unemployment, a 50year low. Lots of jobs. Broadbased across lots of Different Industries so, yeah, its a very good job market. Thats a big question. I mean, who is feeling the booming economy the most . Is it across the board . Is it a certain part of the population . Can you kind of break that down for us. Yeah, sure. So it you know, when youre creating that many jobs everyone is benefiting, so all regions of the country, all parts of the income distribution. One very positive thing is that lower income, lower paid workers are actually doing better than other income groups, and one reason for that is the minimum wage increases in many parts of the country. Thats helped to lift the wages of the folks in the bottom part of pay scales, but it is very broadbased. There are a few blemishes out there, so, for example, if you work in brick and mortar retailing, you know, youre really struggling with online, and so that sector is laying offal workers, and, of course, a lot of people work there, but, you know, theres a lot more to like about the economy than to be worried about at this point. And we know there are many different factors that help create a booming economy, but what do you make of this . What do you think that the main impetus is for this . Well, you know, the one thing is that weve never real boomed. You know, this is a tenyear long economic expansion, and, you know, one of the raps against this expansion was that we never really got going. We never had a period of very, very strong growth and booming stock market and inflationary pressures, higher interest rates. You know, weve had bits and pieces of that but, you know, nothing like in past economic expansions so its felt a little bit, you know, inadequate somehow the expansion, but, you know, ironically thats its strength. It never got to a place where the at least not so far, where weve had bubbles or excesses that result mat lit causes of economic downturns. Having said all of that, you know, when you have a 3. 6 Unemployment Rate, that is very low, and i do think questions about the sustainability of this expansion are starting to rise. I think were probably closer to the end of the expansion than the beginning for sure. Mark zandi, thank you so much. Thanks. Well, democrats draw a line in the sand in the fight over the unredacted Mueller Report as well as related evidence. How judiciary chairman jerry nadler is giving attorney general bill barr until 9 00 a. M. Monday to respond to the request or face the contempt of congress. I want to bring in Congressional CorrespondentPhil Mattingly following all the developments on capitol hill. Phil, first off chairman nadler sent out this letter outlining the democrats current position and what does it say, and how is this likely to play how the . A new offer and concrete threat. The chairman jerry nadler saying the committee and Committee Staff is willing to negotiate with the Justice Department about receiving the full unredacted Mueller Report and the underlying materials by prioritizing what they would get first. In this case in particular it would be interviews, contemporaneous notes, but the push is still to receive all of the information and for the attorney general to go to court to obtain the grand jury information to be able to send to congress. Theres not exactly a lot of compromising here. They are saying they are giving them time to work things out. There is also a deadline, and there is also a threat. I want to read real quick from the letter from jerry nadler. It says the committee is prepared to make every realistic effort to reach accommodation with the department, but if the department persists and its in its baseless ignoring of a legal subpoena, they will take further action come 9 00 a. M. Monday. Theres no indication they will comply with the subpoena. They sent a letter to capitol hill saying they did not plan on complying because they didnt believe it had legislative intent. What happens then . There will probably not be any more offers. They will probably move straight towards trying to hold the attorney general in contem. One of the big questions, of course, is what does that actually mean . Does that set something with some teeth and the reality is no, probably no. The commit woe vote on it and the house floor would vote on it but remember back to the Obama Administration, eric holder, the sitting attorney general was held in contempt by republicans over the fast and furious investigation. He maintained his position. He still came up to capitol hill to testify and i do think its important to note that what they are doing here broadly and with this left specifically today, this is a long game. They are playing for the courts here. They understand that this will almost certainly end in the court and they are creating a paper trail that shows they are trying to some degree, even if the Justice Department isnt likely to comply. All right. Phil mattingly. That a lot of information. Thanks for breaking it down for us. 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Julian castro and mayor Pete Buttigieg and Mary Ann Williamson and senator elizabeth warren. Senator Bernie Sanders announced his campaign on the radio. Nine candidates turned to social media or youtube. Senator cory booker, former Vice President joe biden, senator Kirsten Gillibrand and jay inslee. Former senator mike gravel, beto orouke and tell vice was a medium of joyce for congressman Eric Swalwell and Tulsi Gabbard and congressman tim ryan and seth moulton. John delaney made his announcement in a newspaper oped. Did you get all that . The crowded field of Democratic Candidates appears to be a record for the current significance fem of primaries and caucuses according to polifact and how many is too many and is that helpful or hurting to the partys chances of defeating President Trump. I want to bring in a. B. Stoddard, associate editor and columnist for real clear politics and the Communications Director for the Democratic National committee. Ladies, thanks so much for coming on. So the question when you go through all those names, all these different candidates getting into the race, is it helpful, a. B. , or hurtful to the party to have so many candidates running at once in. Its hurtful, and its going to be sochis job to say its great and everyone is entering with energy and ideas, its great and will stimulate a huge debate and help the party ultimately, but what happened in 2016 was you had all these conterpco con