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newsroom starts right now. our top story, u.s. president donald trump fighting back against the latest accusations from lhis former attorney michael cohen. the president again denied having prior knowledge of a 2016 meeting at trump tower between his top campaign advisers and russians. according to our sources, cohen says the president knew about it. if cohen is telling the truth, it could be problematic for the white house. there are at least 20 instances over the past year in which mr. trump and his advisers have said mr. trump was not aware of the meeting. here are just a few examples. did you tell your father anything about this? it was such a nothing. there was nothing to tell. donald trump jr. put it all out today. did you he know the time that they had the meeting? no, i didn t know anything about the meeting. let s focus on what the president was aware. nothing. it must have been a very unborn meeting because i never h
U.s. president trump says there is no truth to the accusation he knew in advance of a 2016 meeting with russians at trump tower. mr. trump suggested his former attorney michael cohen made up the claim because cohen is under criminal investigation. russian president vladimir putin says he is ready to visit washington. however, that invitation has been pushed to next year by the white house. mr. putin also invited the u.s. president to moscow, but says any meeting between them must have what he calls necessary conditions. new data shows the u.s. economy grew at its fastest rate since 2014. in the last three months, the annualized u.s. gdp was 4.1%, that surge is a result of a number of factors and let s look at them. business investment rose as companies invested some of the money they saved from tax cuts. consumer spending and government spending both increased.