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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
Doesn t permit an american pastor to return to the united states. andrew brown son andrew brunson is under house arrest. he was arrested in 2016 in a crackdown after the attempted coup in the country. he says he is not guilty of charges including espionage and having terrorist links. now a senior u.s. official says president trump asked israel s prime minister to help secure brunson s release with a prisoner swap. turkey says they never made any kind of deal. there was a work group established to address and resolve the outstanding legal issues between the u.s. and turkey regarding both the brunson case and the atilla case, the jailed banker in the united states. so anything negotiated is being done under that working group and there has been no such deal