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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
Six months and then another six months of a sister thaafter tha out. and the u.s. is threatening more tariffs, but the presidents of russia and china are promising the opposite. vladimir putin and xi jinping were both at a bric summit this week, the leaders signed a joints declaration promising open and inclusive trading. for years china has sought better economic and military ties in africa and president xi is capping off an africa tour. for more on this, i m joined now from johannesburg by collin coleman, managing director for sub saharan africa and partner at goldman sachs. thanks so much for joining us. we ll begin with president xi jinping kicking off this year s summit, critical of the u.s. for escalating tariffs on foreign products. is the trade war hurting emerging economies, those of the