right to pardon himself should the russia cushion probe make it necessary but he says there will be no need since there is it is unconstitutional and he is innocent. good evening, john roberts. a week from today, president trump us had to sit down for a historic summit with the leader of north korea, but even as he prepares for that meeting, president still very much has the russia investigation on his mind. president trump began his 500th day in office by igniting a firestorm of legal and political debate. diving back into the russia investigation. any breakfast wheat, insisting, as has been stated by numerous legal scholars, i have the absolute right to pardon myself but why would i do that when i have done nothing wrong? in a conference call with supporters, president trump double down on a morning tweet that the mueller probe is totally unconstitutional. president trump: it s not even constitutional. in my opinion. the pardon issue surfaced in the letter president
while he has not ben clear on what it does mean, he is clear of what it does not mean. he won t touch a potential armed deal with the saudiss. but the republicans had a message for the president, if you don t act, we will. i believe that the trump administration will do something, and the president has said that, but if he doesn t, congress will, and that i will tell you with 100% certainty, and almost full unanimity across the board with the republicans and the democrats and a strong congressional response if the saudis lured him into the consulate and murdered him and cut up the body and disposed of it. there is a strong conkoresh nal response. well, severe action needs to be taken, and the congress is going to take it upon themselves to take that action if it turns out as the press reporting seems to indicate that saudi arabia was involved. let s go live now to cnn s bor are ris sanchez outside of the white house. and boris, privately president trump has been hesitan
only sound over the wind, those are smoke alarms. their batteries still alive in nearly every home and hotel without electricity. when the sun goes down in mexico beach again tonight, it will be pitch dark, the only thing you ll be able to hear is the wind and the beeping. now, this is what mexico beach looks like in the daytime. look at that. heavy equipment attacking piles of debris and rubble from the thousands of houses and buildings that just blew apart in the storm. today florida s governor rick scott and head of fema walked through what s left of the coastal towns. hurricane s death toll has climbed to 18 people this weekend. let s go live to cnn s martin savidge in mexico beach. tell us what people who live there are telling you. how are they getting by? reporter: they are getting by, really, barely. many of them have realized there s no way their own community is going to sustain them anymore. there s no sewer, no electricity, no running water, no television. anyth