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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
Helsinki summit was a moment when many people thought that it was beyond the pale of what you would expect from an american president to really challenge the authority of his own intelligence agencies when sitting next to putin. but there are so many dimensions right now that i think the russia investigation is one that has been the primary focus has been within the united states. we always appreciate your in-cites, leslie vinjamuri, thank you. thank you. one final note before we move on to other news. and you can file this in the small world category. look who shared a gate friday at washington s reagan national airport. seated on the left, yes, that is special counsel robert mueller. on the right a short distance away in a teal shirt, donald trump jr. no indication the two men were aware of each other or that they did interacted, but came close. ahead here, a deadly inferno