Corroborated, and they can be corroborated by the intelligence agency. The threat is enough to bring Paul Manafort and donald trump jr. To the table. I want to thank sean spicer, not only on behalf of myself, the president and administration. I just think it was within the best interest of our communications department, our press organization to not have too many cooks in the kitchen. I like the team. Let me rephrase it. I love the team. I think hes got some of the best political instincts in the world. And perhaps in history. Announcer this is new day weekend with Victor Blackwell and christi paul. You know, we are always grateful to see you on saturday and sunday. Thank you so much for being here. Just days after President Trump aired his frustrations about his attorney general Jeff Sessions is nation new scrutinies over russia this morning. And this morning, the slamming the Washington Post over new reports of leaked intelligence intercepts. They say that russias ambassador told his
Welcome to early start. Im dave briggs. And im christine romans. It is 4 00 a. M. In the east. Good morning early birds. The white house is pushing back on criticism this morning after it emerged that President Trump had a second undisclosed discussion with Vladimir Putin. It happened july 7 at a dinner for World Leaders at the g20 in germany. The white house only going public after they were asked about the discussion. White house also acknowledging the only witness to this oneonone chat with russias translator. Just russias translator. The u. S. Translator at the dinner only spoke japanese. The conversation raising some Big Questions about what exactly was discussed and why the meeting was never disclosed. President trump responding to coverage of the revelation with a fiery series of tweets. Our reporting begins with sara murray at the white house. Reporter good morning. Another meeting between President Trump and Vladimir Putin coming to light yesterday. This one was after they hel
Talk about campaignrelated matters including trumps position on policy issues important to moscow. This directly contradicts how sessions described their conversation. I want to bring in white house report erica tlan collins. Kaitlan, how is President Trump responding to this new report on sessions. Reporter well, it should be no surprise hes tweeting about it. In fact, he tweeted about it this morning along with a slew of other things. Lets put that tweet on the screen. Trump said a new intelligence leak from the amazon the Washington Post, this time against attorney general Jeff Sessions, these illegal leaks like comeys must stop. Now, its worth noting that in this tweet the president is not denying the substance of this the Washington Post report, but hes saying he believes the leaks are the problem. Now, Jeff Sessions has repeatedly said publicly that he did not discuss anything related to the Trump Campaign when he met with russian officials last year. Now, that contradicts this t
President is also investigating or taking a look at issues related to pardoning potentially his aides and family members if necessary. And the report does say that the president has even inquired about the ability to pardon himself. This morning when asked about it the president s lawyer called that reporting, quote, nonsense. We are covering all of the developments this busy friday morning. Lets get to capitol hill where we find our Suzanne Malveaux. And before that joe johns is at the white house. Good morning, joe. Reporter good morning, poppy. So that question of whether the president has the power to pardon aides, family members and certainly himself is somewhat of an open question in the courts. It has not been settled. Many legal experts question whether its possible. And it comes on the heels, that report does, of reporting by bloomberg that the personal finances of the president of the United States are now being investigated, which would be an important turn in the investigat
Mueller . The Washington Post and the New York Times report aides are scouring the backgrounds of mueller and his staf, searching for conflicts of interest they can use to undercut the probe. The Washington Post also reporting the president has asked about his power to pardon aides, family members, even himself. One adviser said the president was curious about the reach of his pardoning authority. This follows the earlier attacks on mueller and those involved in the investigation. Reporter christine and miguel, mt. Trump and the white house increasingly focused on the investigation into the russian meddling of the 2016 election. There are indications that the scope is expanding. President trump talked about Robert Mueller and the idea he could be looking into the trump familys finances. The president said he thought that would be outside of the r purview of that. The legal team is look at strategies here. The washington host and New York Times are both reporting that the president is a