He then added this. Based on the fact that no president has been tougher on russia than me, they will be pushing very hard for the democrats. They definitely dont want trump. They didnt dont want trump, he said. Even though last week russias president admitted he did favor mr. Trump, at least in the last election, which is what Intelligence Agencies had been saying for a long time, but putin finallied a mid it. President putin, did you want President Trump to win the election . And did you direct any of your officials to help him do that . Translator yes, i did, because he talked about bringing the u. S. russia relationship back to normal. Now President Trump says the russians actually dont like him, despite what President Putin just said. Which is weird because not only did truputin say he liked trump the last election, but because of that Helsinki Summit, Relation Ares with russia had suddenly changed in matter of hours. He said that. It was recorded. Everyone heard that. Lets play it. The intelligence community. Just yesterday he launched plans to yank the Security Clearances of former top intelligence officials, some of whom were the very people who warned him about russian interference during the 2016 campaign. He continues to attack the russia probe, calls the russia story a hoax, but now he is also warning about the russian threat, except with this democratic twist. So what changed . Well, today Secretary Of State pompeo was asked what happened between clo Behind Closed Doors between the two president s. What is your understanding of the agreements that were made between President Trump and President Putin there . The president has been clear about some of the things that were agreed to. Were going to put together a business council. Well start processes. There were many things that came from what i view as an incredibly important meeting between President Trump and President Putin, one that im i think the world will have benefitted from when history is written. Not easy to write history, though, when there is no one actually taking notes. In any case, its hard to glean much from that. Pompeo doesnt say he knows all of what was discussed. He said the president has been
he just said he met and spoke with them. Not surprising, the russians have been interested to fill this information vacuum. Russias ambassador saying President Putin and trump reached key deals during their talk on key issues in syria and ukraine. Thats where we are tonight, russias leader suddenly seeming more transparent than americas. And if that does not make you concerned, im not sure what will. Russia took a step to reducing their limited transparency further. What have you learned, jeff . Anderson, were learning tonight that the white house is going to change its policy toward reading out these phone calls and these meetings that the president makes with foreign leaders. Our Kaitlan Collins is reporting tonight that the white house is either temporarily or permanently changing its practice of sending out those readouts of meeting. Now this is separate from the Helsinki Summit, but this is also very interesting and very important for this reason. The president , of course, talks to many world leaders, but theyve not always been as good as previous president s in terms of reading out and explaining the fact that the phone call happened for one, and two, what
meeting. Do we get the white house to release any more information about what actually went on inside that room . We dont. And the story, frankly, has become the fact that we do not know what else was discussed. You heard the Secretary Of State, mike pompeo. Talking earlier today. He called it an incredibly important meeting. Thats about the extent of the readout we have gotten from the meeting. We have gotten flor the russian side in terms of what they talked about generally. But anderson, this could change tomorrow. The Secretary Of State is going to the Senate Foreign relations committee. He is going to be grilled tomorrow on exactly what happened in the meeting. So hell have to have some type of answer. This is going to be in a public forum here. But as of now, the white house has given very constant information about what has happened privately. Of course everything publicly has changed several times. So who knows what happened privately. And as far as the next meeting between President Trump and putin, has anything been agreed upon . It has not. The kremlin today acknowledged that they had been invited. But that was one incredible step short of accepting the
invitation. And this could be something of an embarrassment for the white house if the kremlin does not accept it. This was extended. The invitation was extended very hastily last week on twitter. John bolton, the National Security adviser was instructed by the president to invite putin here to washington. That was not received that well by republicans, certainly on capitol hill. Speaker paul ryan said today Vladimir Putin is not welcome on capitol hill. John cornyn, the number two republican in the senate said this meeting should not happen. Should it be placed on the back burner. So we do not know if the meet willing happen, when it will happen. But if the kremlin does not accept the president s invitation, anderson, that will certainly make the white house look sort of foolish. Usually all of these things are agreed upon privately before theyre announced publicly. Jeff zeleny, thank you very much. Latest reactions as well as the claim that russia is now targeting democrats working for democrats. Showing Us Democratic congressman adam schiff. Congressman schiff, i wonder what your reaction, this move by
the white house to stop announcing calls with foreign leaders. To some people it may not sound like a big deal. It certainly sounds like chipping away at transparency. It certainly is chip away at transparence it is. I think its the impact of some of his conversations leaking in the past, leaking do not congratulate putin, and then of course he goes and congratulates him. This is a president who doesnt trust his own staff, doesnt trust really anybody around him. This is why he wanted to go into that meeting with putin without any witnesses. And you know, watching mike pompeo and Sarah Huckabee sanders try to answer the question what did the president commit to or what did they even discuss, you know, its not difficult to read between the lines, both of them saying basically we have no idea. We really have no idea what they talked about, except in the most general terms. Well, i guarantee you the russians have a very specific idea of what the president had to say. And they are framing that discussion now in the absence of any commentary by the united
states. And this is the other problem, that is if they cease to do any readouts of phone conversations, we may not know they take place at all. And if they do take place and a Foreign Government decides to set the agenda of what was discussed, we wont have necessarily any pushback from the United States. Its also amazing that i mean, in any other time, you know, a oneonone meeting with a foreign leader might not seem like such a dangerous thing for a president of the United States to do, but the idea that its President Trump is the one briefing the Secretary Of State, the secretary of defense, anybody at the white house about what was actually discussed when we know the president has in the past said things to Sarah Sanders or others that turned out not to be the case or he reversed it later after they went out publicly and said, well, this is what happened, and then the president undercuts them the very next day. So if hes the only narrater of
events to the secretary of defense, the Secretary Of State, hes not necessarily the most reliable of narraters. Well, thats certainly the case, even when he says things publicly, he tries to reinvent them afterwards. Even when he said would, he now he shes meant wouldnt. Of course there is nobody to correct the record on anything that was said privately with Vladimir Putin. But this is just it. The president really doesnt want a witness. Hes not willing to stand behind publicly what he is saying privately, and that ought to concern all of us, because weve already seen the damage that he did publicly. But its extraordinary. You know, even as a member of congress, i know this is true for my colleagues, when we have important meetings, we want someone else there, in large part because if there is followup to be done, we dont want to rely solely on our own recollection. We also dont want to rely solely on our impression of what the other party said. So i always want staff present
and to be able to say, okay, how do we operationalize this and what than, and what did you think of this comment. Were getting none of the benefit of that. The president is getting none of the benefit of that. And i think that is obviously to the detriment of our country. Im wondering what you make of the president s invitation to putin to come to the white house. This fall Ambassador Nikki Haley very clearly said the u. S. Doesnt trust putin or russia. Im not sure she is speaking for the president there. She also said you cant get to the end of the other side if you dont have those conversations, meaning those kind of conversations with russias leader. There a chance another meeting could be a good thing . Well, you know, if the russians are hesitant at all a, its because the Helsinki Summit could not have gone better for them, and they may view this as an effort by the president to somehow redeem himself. But in terms of Ambassador Nikki Haleys comments, she often strikes me as the ambassador to the United Nations from a country of her imagination representing a president of her imagination who bears no resemblance to this president ,
because plainly, what shes articulating is not the view of this president. This president thinks putin is a chum and admires his strength and talks about the strengths of his denials. In the trump world, if you deny something, it didnt happen. Thats all that matters. People admit anything are just losers. But of course thats not how the real world works. And last, i want to ask about the president s tweet today that russia will be pushing, in his words, very hard for democrats in the midterms because nobody has been tougher on russia than President Trump. Does that i dont know where thats coming from. It just seems in stark contrast to what putin said last week and what mr. Trump himself said last week, which is in the four hours since the summit began, is there has been essentially a reset on relations. Honestly, anderson, where it comes from is the fifth grade. Its a version of i know you are but what am i. For this president to claim nobody is tougher on russia, who has denigrated nato and who has talked about inviting russia back into the 2k3g8, he is a dr come true for the russians and the idea that the russians oh, dont want mr. Difficult, tough trump is a complete fiction, and it would be laughable if it was coming from somebody other than the president of the United States. Philip blum made the point that this could be the groundwork to blame russia if the democrats take the house or the senate in november. You know, thats always a possibility, that he is laying the mattress to blame the russians for a loss in the mid terms. But honestly, i think that may give him more credit than is due. I think this is just what the president does, which is whatever you level against me, i level back at you, but i do it doubly hard. That seems to be whats going on here. Congressman schiff, i appreciate your time. Thank you. Thanks, anderson. Joining us now cnn intelligence and analyst bob baer. Also mike rogers, former House Intelligence Committee chairman. I wonder what you make of this practice of the white house of formally disclosing calls with foreign leaders. Listen, i think its very, very worse for a couple of reasons. If there were in Fact Concessions remember, Foreign Minister lavrov of russia said there were important concession made by the president or the president of the United States, and then this week we found out through a third party that the president had called turkey, he had called israel, which tells me something is cooking on syria, i just think finding out from foreign partners is always a bad idea. It advantages their narrative. And with Vladimir Putin, we have to understand something. This guy is a master at information warfare. And so any advantage he has in that, and thats not targeting the United States necessarily,
foreign intelligence service, people who are cooperating with the cia around the world, theyre going to get messages that are very, very different than they might hear today. Thats what concerns me about really shutting down the ability for the United States to put its spin on these phone calls so that you dont get this problem where somebody walks out and said oh, the United States made serious concessions here. Well, bob, it does seem like the white house and the president just dont place, a, all that much importance on transparency, and dont trust the people around them. Well, exactly, anderson. He looks at the federal bureaucracy as the deep state. He truly believes that. He doesnt trust the National Security council. He doesnt trust rank and file state department. He didnt want a transcript from helsinki because he was convinced it would leak out. Hes doing Foreign Policy himself, and relying on his memory, of course, is not going to work. And you have Vladimir Putin, who i have no doubt made a transcript of that meeting and is going around the kremlin now
and say look what i won. He has gone out to the oligarchs and said look, this is a great breakthrough. Sanctions are going to come off. Who knows what he is saying. But onesided like this, we just dont know what the president agreed to, and the russians are out. You can trust it in the ukraine, i got everything i want. You guys give up now. The americans are on our side. Its undermining our Foreign Policy. Chairman rogers, its an interesting idea and other former intelligence people have also suggested the idea that the russians may have a recording from inside that meeting. Whats significant about that, not only to bob baers point, but also if, in fact, the president then came out, or the white house came out and said, well, this is what happened in that meeting. Here are the things that were discussed, and then it turns out thats at odds with, you know, a transcript that comes out of russia or a recording that comes out of russia, that would be damaging for the president and for the credibility of the presidency. It would. But i dont think how this is going to play out. I think putin had this thing
scripted pretty well. He gets to come out and say anything he wants that happened in that meeting. He gets to talk about the fact, again, when lavrov came out and said really big concessions were made by the United States. He didnt say what they were. So now they get to over the next few days, few weeks, they get to dribble out what they want as far as concession and say, well, really, thats what happened in this meeting. Im guessing that if there was a recording, it probably went in the bottom of the drawer. Remember, lets say that putin comes in and says, you know that referendum in ukraine, we caught to talk about that. And trump, remember, this is the guy who walked out of this meeting and thought it was great idea to turn over u. S. Citizens to russians for interrogation, including a former ambassador. If in that meeting, you can only imagine he is not prepared for the meeting. He said that. He probably doesnt have a great grasp because he wasnt getting briefed by his entire of his National Security council and National Security team. So putin says how about that
referendum in ukraine. He says yeah, thats something we should talk about. Bam, he comes out and putin gets to define that. He gets to say guess what . He agreed to some referendum in ukraine about should russia be there or not. I guarantee you that is on russian terms, not u. S. Terms. Thats why this kind of an action to me is really soft mark. Its boneheaded. You have great people around you. The president needs to listen to them. And this needs to be a policy. And i think bob was right when he said hes kind of going at it alone. Yeah. He really wants to go at it alone in turkey. He wants to go at it alone in israel, because he thinks he is smarter than everyone else in the room. My mother always said when youre the smartest guy in the room or think you are, time to find a new room. I think the president needs to slow down and think about the consequences of what hes doing. I mean, just listening to you talk, i got to say, its nuts that this is real, that this is actually this is what were discussing, you know, were not talking about some college student. This is the president of the United States, the most
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the fly. Its called the special Collection Service. Back to talk about it if they can, bob baer and mike rogers. Bob, gathering this intelligence, i dont know, is there anything you can say about how that would work . I assume the u. S. In the past has intercepted russian communications, and thats one way for them to hear what happened in this meeting between the president s. Well, anderson, if there was a transcript, it would have been sent back to moscow in diplomatic communications. It would be highly encrypted. Were not going to ever see that. That would surprise me. But on the other hand, what we do know about the russians, people in the inner circle of putin do get on the telephone and talk, whether they think its encrypted or not. We can pick this up, and we can pick up bits and pieces of it, at least putins version of the meeting. And so the intelligence community, the best read theyre going to get at the National Security agency is from these intercepted phone calls. And thats not a great secret, by the way. Right. I should point out the russians are very i should point out what youre saying is wellknown to the russians. Its obviously in the past there has been lots of reporting about intercepts even in the yeah. The indictments against the russians talk about overhearing phone conversations. Exactly, anderson. There you know, the russians are sloppy. What can i say . Its not the old kgb. They talk on the phone. They gossip, the oligarchs in the kremlin talk about it. Just like the steele report, the first dossier on trump was picked up thanks to these a lot of intercepts and gossiping. So were going to hear some version of that meeting in the National Security agency is the place to pick up those transcripts. Chairman roger, Sarah Huckabee sanders did say yesterday the president has met and spoken with his National Security director, the Secretary Of State, the director of national intelligence, the defense secretary since his meeting with putin. We dont know what he told them. She didnt say yes, he briefed them, he gave them a complete rundown, he told them word for word what was set, just that they met and spoke. If any of this information with putin, we just dont know if it was disclosed. I hate to say it, but it was hard to watch the Secretary Of State try to walk through that minefield today, and it was very clear that he still doesnt have a good appreciation of what happened in that meeting. To me, at least, from watching his comments. And this is why this is a problem, again. If you recall when the president came back from north korea said hey, denuclearization, its all done, here we go. I dont know what the big deal was. We got this done. And about 30 seconds later, the north koreans were saying oh, no, no, we never agreed to that. We never agreed to that. And so youre going to get the same thing. So if the president comes out and says hey, i got an agreement from putin to do to completely pull out of syria and give us take assad with them, guarantee you that the russians are going to say no, i would
never agree to that. Even if that was the discussion. We dont know. Thats why these meetings are so dangerous when you just kind of wing it and go on your own. Thats why you need the complete National Security infrastructure around you to have these discussions. So that you dont walk yourself into this problem. Yeah. And that is another. This is why i think the president did away with the announcing at least the kind of and by the way, these reports from these foreign Leader Phone Calls pretty boring stuff. But what it does, it puts everybody on the same the same page. Thats really important as youre trying to move forward in these really delicate negotiations. Mike rogers, bob baer, thank you. Good discussion. Coming up next, why the president s speech to veterans today made one former white house insider think of authoritarian regimes instead of american president s. David gergen talks about that. And the president s call to disregard what you see on the news or what you hear. With best inclass towing 2018 ford f150. Best inclass payload and best inclass torque the f150 lineup has the capability to get big things to big places bigtime. And things just got bigger. F150 is now motor trends 2018 truck of the year. This is the new 2018 ford f150. It doesnt just raise the bar, pal. It is the bar. Withwhat sore back . Sk. What bum knee . Advil is relief thats fast strength that lasts youll ask. What pain . With advil with tripadvisor, finding your Perfect Hotel at the lowest price. Is as easy as dates, deals, done simply enter your destination and dates. And see all the hotels for your stay tripadvisor searches over 200 booking sites. To show you the lowest prices. So you can get the best deal on the right hotel for you. Dates, deals, done tripadvisor. Visit tripadvisor. Com
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heavily on a robust debate with different Points Of View being freely expressed. Thats the whole essence of the first amendment. And the president for a while now, but more relentlessly is trying to suppress the voices of democracy, suppress the voices of the press, denigrate the press. You cant believe what you hear or see, only believe me. Stick with us. This from a president who routinely lies, five, six, seven times a day according to various studies by the Washington Post and others. He issues most untruthful statements. So its sort of the height of hypocrisy in some ways too, but it also comes, anderson, ill be brief, it comes on the heels of just saying yesterday that the white house wants to strip National Security officials of the past from any access to confidential information if they are critical of him. Thats the standard. Weve never done that before. We only strip people of their Security Clearances when they violate National Security. Thats not what we have here. And today this attorney general, of all people, in front of a group of High School Students joining him in a chant, lock her up,. Yeah. You put all that together, and historians and people who study democracy will say this is the road to authoritarianism. We cant go too far down this road. Its very dangerous. Gloria, as ridiculous as what the president said sounds to many people, he says these things because they actually work. At least some of his supporters actually will believe him over what they is see or what they read or what institutions say or what the fbi says or whatever. You know, in covering donald trump for as long as we have, i think one thing has become clear. Its not about whether something is true or false, anderson, its about whether he thinks it works for him. And that is what he believes. He believes that this works for him. So he can stand before the Veterans Of Foreign Wars and talk about the media and say dont believe that crap, which is the word that he used, because he knows that his base
believes him more than the socalled mainstream media. And he is going to keep doing it until It Doesnt Work for him anymore, and then hell do something else. And he does this very frequently when his back is up against the wall, it gets worse and worse. So, look, he has taken some criticism over his performance at the Helsinki Summit. Republicans are mad at him over trade tariffs, and so he is feeling a little bit of the heat here, and so why not blame it on the media, because its the easiest thing for him to do, and it works. And david, obviously, look, President Trump wont be president forever. Hell be oneterm or twoterm president. But these kind of things, these kind of ideas that you cant and shouldnt trust institutions or the press, they can do damage that lasts for years beyond a trump presidency. Absolutely. And when you actually then control the courts too in terms of the judges, and you appoint judges on a partisan basis, youre going build into the
system a series of practices and traditions that are so antithetical to the american experience. And, again, could really seriously undermine our democracy. The health of a democracy depends upon citizens actively engaged in trying to protect the best of it. And here weve got a president who is ripping it up. Hes not its not the things he is doing in this area are so illegal, it is that they erode the kind of standards and beliefs and values we have as a people and drive us more and more into a polarized, cynical society. Its also, gloria, as you said none of it is something which doesnt serve his interests but instead serves the interest fofs United States of america. Its all stuff that just serves his interests. Absolutely. And, look, donald trump ran for president running against institutions, and he he campaigned against every institution we know. And as president , he has
governed against every institution we know. He criticize his own government, his own Justice Department because it doesnt serve him. He criticizes congress because very often it doesnt serve him. He criticizes the fourth estate, the media because very often it doesnt serve him. It is all about what serves him. I mean, he is not somebody who will go out there and do something because it will serve the greater interest of the american people, although he will say that. Gloria borger, david gergen, thank you. Thank you. Sure. One other quick note about another break between the Republican Senate Intelligence Committee and the Republican House counterpart. Senate Committee Chairman richard burr telling cnn today he believes there were, quote, Sound Reasons for judges to approve the foreign Intelligence Surveillance act, the fisa warrant on former Campaign Advisory carter page. It puts him at odds with devin nunes to trigger the chain of
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hid or ignored data showing some environmental protections were actually working at two National Monuments. The monuments are in utah, and last year President Trump erased some environmental protections in both, easing the way for the federal lands to be opened up for business, mining and logging. With the details, cnn Senior Investigative correspondent drew griffin. Reporter shortly after president obama established bares Ears National Monument and expanded Escalante National monument, the government noted positive change. Tourism was up. Vandalism in the protected areas was down, and paleontologists, amateur and professional were making incredible finds. The Department Of Interior memo outlined it all in may of 2017, showing just how well the protections were working. It is reasonable to conclude that visitation would be less if the lands had not been designated as a monument, the memo read. More vandalism would have likely occurred, and one region of
grand escalante contains a plethora of pail logical specimen. 12 new Dinosaur Species have been discovered since designation. There was one big problem. All of that good news did not fit in with President Trumps decision to strip away protections and open up those protected lands to business. So what did interior department do with all that information . Well, they buried it, and it was hidden until now. By accident, all of this was recently revealed, including the proposed redactions in an errant document dumped to a Freedom Of Information Act request by the center for western priorities. Oh, its obvious when you look at the documents there are big, red outlines, big boxes around what they tried to redact. It was clearly just an error on the Production End where they failed to actually hit the final Redact Button in adobe acrobat. Reporter the Department Of Interior tried to recall the documents, but it was too late. Allowing aaron wise and other environmental watchdogs to see exactly how trumps politically appointed interior Department Staff was working. It shows that all of their claims around the National Monuments review were false. Secretary zinke said there was no outcome that was preordained. These documents said definitively that the outcome was preordained and appointees were going out of their way to hide information that didnt make their case. This really is incredibly embarrassing for the interior department. Reporter in another example, this one involving offshore protections, interior didnt want the public to see this document about a protected area off the coast of new england that says these areas support fisheries for a variety of species of fish and shellfish, providing income and employment throughout the northeastern United States. A newly released email says
this section, while accurate, seems to me to undercut the case for the commercial fishing closure being harmful. I suggest in the attached deleting most of it for that reason are. You shouldnt be able to redact basic facts just because you dont like those basic facts. Drew, has the Department Of Interior explained why they were trying to hide this information . Is there some legitimate purpose . Anderson, there are rules that allow some redactions to take place, but we have no idea why the Department Of Interior would delete things like tourism is up or Dinosaur Bones were found. The interior department so far hasnt responded to any of this. And its not the first time that ryan zinky and his staff have failed to disclose or hide information from the public. This comes actually on the heels of another cnn report which found interior secretary ryan zinke i cannot fully disclosing meetings on his calendar, and we also revealed in a cnn investigation how the now fired epa administrator scott pruitt also deliberately altered his public calendar to hide meetings and events from
the public. Its a troubling pattern that one government ethicist told me today that looks like these Trump Appointees are trying to create their own version of reality. Anderson . So much for transparency. Drew, thanks very much. Well, there is new polling from voters eight days ogg on the meeting from President Trump and russian president Vladimir Putin. It comes from quinnipiac university. 52 edit was a failure for the u. S. 27 said it was a success. A big majority believes it was a big success for russia. Just 8 said it was failure for russia. 73 Series Success for russia. Thats what the majority of voters think. What about veterans, including some who served when the soviet union was enemy number one . Gary tuchman got a chance to find out firsthand. He spoke with veterans who were at the vfw event in missouri where the president spoke today. Take a look. Reporter thousands of american heroes. Where did you serve and when . I served in vietnam, 6869 era. Bosnia and iraq. The vietnam wahrr era. Vietnam and two tours in korea. World war ii as a veteran. Engineering gunner on a b24 bomber. Reporter all these heros in one place at the Vfw Convention In kansas city where their Commander In Chief was speaking, a Commander In Chief who inspires vastly different opinions here about what he did and what he said while standing next to Vladimir Putin in finland. Iraq and bosnia Army Veteran Michael griffin, the State Commander of the arkansas vfw, voted for donald trump. When you heard President Trump cast blame on the United States standing next to putin, how did it make you feel . Saddened. Weve given a lot for this country, and i do not think that our leaders should should put those words out. Reporter were you surprised . Yes. Reporter had you ever had a superior when you served in iraq or bosnia cast blame on the United States for anything . Never. Reporter maria is the first
female vfw State Commander in hawaii. She wont say who she voted for in 2016, but shares that observation. Have you ever had a Superior Put Blame on the United States no. Reporter navy veteran who served in the Straits Of Hormuz did not vote for President Trump and also was not pleased with mr. Trumps performance in finland. Quinnip i felt a little embarrassed. I really did. My president s before would never have said that. Reporter purple heart recipient john hoffman who voted for donald trump has a very different feeling. He said, quote, i hold both countries responsible. I think the United States has been foolish. I think weve all been foolish. I think were all to blame. When you heard him put blame on the United States as a veteran, as a purple heard recipient in vietnam, did that trouble you in any way, shape or form. No, sir, it doesnt. Why not . Dont think were perfect. I think weve made some mistakes. I think part of vietnam was a mistake. Reporter World War Ii Army veteran burt madison is 95 years old and quite modest. Im no hero. Im a survivor. I lost 150 guys on one mission. Im lucky to be around talking about it. Reporter when he talks about the job the president did in finland, he sticks by him. I did a silent prayer. I said i hope this comes into a friendship with russia because them and china, theyre our best hope for survival in this world. Reporter they have different opinions about the president , but they have all served their country valiantly. And like this trump voter, want the best for their nation. Im just upset that theres fighting between the republicans and democrats instead of talking with each other civilly. Reporter people who go to a vfw convention are generally, anderson, very patriotic. Thats why there was a lot of excitement as people came to see the Commander In Chief in person, and indeed many parts of
his speech today were well received by republicans, democrats and independents, when he spoke about veterans, about the future of this country. However when he turned to the political rally aspect of it, when he criticized and when he slammed and when he ridiculed, it made many people uncomfortable. There were people laughing with the president , but many others, republicans, democrats, and independents say they wish that the diatribes were left for another day. Anderson . Good hearing about the service of so many of those Men And Women. Thanks for be there. I want to check in with chris cuomo. Anderson, we got some big news tonight. Were going to be talking about what the president says but in a very different context. We have one of the secret tapes that was made by trumps former lawyer, michael cohen, and it is the one that is the subject of so much controversy. What did the president know about the payment to the former playmate that you interviewed, Karen Mcdougal . When did he know it . What did he know about the arrangements that his lawyer was
making perhaps to buy back some potentially damaging information from the National Enquirer . This is the tape theyve been talking about. Were going to let people hear it for themselves and come to their own decisions. Wow. Definitely want to tune in for that. Thanks very much. Thats in just about seven minutes from now. In other news, singer demi lovato hospitalized after an apparent drug overdose. Shes been open about herr battles with substance abuse. The latest on what we know tonight next. With tripadvisor, finding your Perfect Hotel at the lowest price. Is as easy as dates, deals, done simply enter your destination and dates. And see all the hotels for your stay tripadvisor searches over 200 booking sites. To show you the lowest prices. So you can get the best deal on the right hotel for you. Dates, deals, done tripadvisor. Visit tripadvisor. Com
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six years of sobriety. Miguel marquez joins us from los angeles with the latest, which seems to be good. What have you learned, miguel . Reporter yeah, it does. In just the last couple of minutes weve learned from a senior Law Enforcement official telling cnn that she is in stable condition here at cedarssinai hospital, that she is breathing and conscious. So all very, very encouraging information. It was about noon when police and fire from los angeles rushed to her Hollywood Hills home. A source close to the family saying it was an apparent overdose. We dont know exactly what the drug is, but certainly people will be breathing a little easier knowing that she is in stable condition, breathing and conscious at this hour. And as we mentioned, she struggled with addiction. Shes been public about that struggle, right . Reporter yeah. I mean, look, from everything, shes used this as part of her career. So everything from drug addiction to alcohol to eating disorders and Mental Health, shes had quite a few demons to
wrestle with in the past. In march, she said she had been sober for six years. A few weeks ago she revealed she had relapsed, and she released the single sober. One of the lines, im sorry that im here again. I promise that ill get help. Certainly many of her fans hoping tonight that she will do exactly that. Anderson . Certainly wish her the best. Miguel, thanks very much. Before we go, a quick reminder. Dont miss Our New Interactive Daily Newscast on facebook. You get to pick the stories that we cover. You can watch full circle week nights at 6 25 p. M. Eastern time at facebook. Com Anderson Cooper full circle. Ill see you there tomorrow and again, of course, at 8 00 p. M. Eastern right here on cnn for another edition of 360. I hope you joan us for that. The news continues. I want to hand it over to chris cuomo whos got a big exclusive tonight. Cuomo prime time starts right now. Chris . Anderson, thank you very much. Appreciate it. It is a big night here. Im chris cuomo. Welcome to prime time. We have one of the michael cohen
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