Bar barbara starr. President biden is meeting with World Leaders at the G7 Summit where theyre expected to focus on the global economy, working together there also to fight the pandemic. Stand up to adversaries such as russia. Our Cnn Justice Correspondent joins me now on the main story this morning and that is revelations about investigations under trumps Justice Department. Tell us the scope of the records that were sought and who exactly was targeted. This was wideranging, jim. You know, put simply, this was really a roundup of records from former President Trumps biggest adversaries, the two that we know of so far, House Intelligence Committee democrat and the current chairman, these are Democrats Trump has repeatedly railed against. And, in fact, the former president repeatedly said that Congressman Schiff in particular should be investigated since he led the Russia Investigation in his committee. So now we know the fbi in fact subpoenaed apple in april sorry, February 2018 for da
At this hour, shocking revelations about how the Doj Weaponized its power under donald trump. Targeting democratic lawmakers, their staff, even their Family Members. It is the latest example of the very real threat facing our democracy. The Trump Justice Department subpoenaed apple from data from 100 counts as part of a leak investigation. Fl among the targets, House Intel Chair Adam Schiff and eric swalwell. The doj is Looking for the source of News Stories which revealed connections between trump associates and russia. That data did not tie the committee to the leaks. Chairman schiff called the revelations a terrible abuse of power. He is set to brief House Democrats on the Trump Doj subpoenas in the next hour. Cnns Whitney Wild joining us now with the very latest on this major story. So whitney, right now what do we know . This is a whirlwind 15 hours. Zb absolutely. There was a Gag Order that expanded for years. Three Times Doj renewed that Gag Order to keep this information a secr
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Thanks so much for joining me today on this busy news friday. next week even more. i m jim sciutto. i hope you have a great weekend. at this hour with erica hill today starts right now. hello, everyone. here s what we re watching at this hour. a bombshell report on just what was happening at the justice department during the trump administration. secret investigation to find the source of leaks and investigation targeting democrats in congress. president budiden hinting at meeting but first critical meeting with his g7 at lies. what do we need to know before younger children can be vaccinated. of shots in the coming months may be too soon. but what does that mean for the fight against the pandemic?
An agreement on a global minimum tax, for example. a 15% president biden, of course, is supported that as are all the others. but the biggest part of this, i think, is the relationships that are building. president trump who, of course, for four years really rattled this establishment no longer here. president biden wants to say america is back and show that is the case. but of course all of this is leading into his meeting next week with russian president putin. he was asked earlier this morning about what that meeting would look like. mr. president, what is your message to putin? i will deliver it. so says he says he ll tell you us after he delivers it. this follows just a couple days ago. he said i will let putin know what he needs to know. so clearly a lot of talk about tough talk, if if you will. but the pount ofint of meeting s of democracy first is to create