The latest news from around the world with host Fredricka Whitfield. Lawyer. Hes been lying all week. Hes been lying for years. I mean z now, fred, President Trump has not answered directly cnns questions about Michael Cohens claims, nor about that personal private recording he apparently made of a conversation that he had with President Trump. He has, however, tweeted about Michael Cohen. At one point suggesting that cohen could potentially be making up stories to get him out of legal troubles connected to his taxi business, fred. Boris sanchez, thanks so much. All right, so how did we get here . Lets go back to the week this all happened in june of 2016. Here are the facts. We know the publicist rob goldstone, the man who helped orchestrate the meeting, emailed donald trump jr. To offer incriminating information on hillary clinton. Then just a few days later, then candidate trump offered up this message just two days before
from it. The big question, how much did donald trump know and when did he know it . Team trump has denied time and time again that donald trump knew anything. When did the president learn that that meeting had taken place . I believe in the last couple of days is my understanding. One key point is this is not a situation where the president was involved in this meeting, was not aware of the meeting did not attend this meeting. He didnt know about this meeting until a few days ago . Yes, thats correct. Did you tell your father anything about this . It was such a nothing there was nothing to tell. I wouldnt have even remembered it until you start scouring through the stuff. It was literally a waste of 20 minutes, with is a shame. Did you know at the time . No, i didnt know anything about it. But it must have been a very unimportant meeting because i never even heard about it. No one told you a word, nothing . Nobody. No, nobody i didnt know that. Its a very unimportant sounded like a very
unimportant all right, joining me right now, cnn reporter erica orden and cnn legal analyst and bob muellers foreimer special assistant michael zelden. Cohen said there are no reports of this moment. Instead the reference is its from his recollection. Then perhaps how might it be proven that donald trump did know about this meeting in trump tower . Right. So Michael Cohens statement that trump knew and approved of the meeting, which are two different things. Knowing and approving makes it much more get some greater involvement. But there are going to be witnesses potentially who can corroborate this. Don jr. And manafort and jared kushner, they may not be compelling witnesses but there are others who havent been
identified yet. That may be relevant. Then i have a list of things, fredricka, who i think may be indications of corroboration. One, hope hicks may know something about this. She would be, to me, a key witness to know what, if anything, the president knew beforehand. We know she was on Air Force One when they were writing the statement after the fact, but what did he know before the fact . We know there was calling to a blocked number. That, once unblocked, will perhaps be corroborate of this. And then as you said, the june 7th statement and just the general nature of the father son relationship on this campaign i think would be indications of possible knowledge. I think most importantly if there are other people in the room, as cohens testimony seems to be, we node to know who they are and what was told to them. And then erica, in addition to, you know, who else was there, what their stories are, it is an issue of credibility. You know, donald trump, is he more believable or is Michael Cohen more believable here . Their Track Records on telling truth are to be compared. Ideally if youre a prosecutor, youre to want to avoid a situation in which it comes down to one persons word against the other especially if other people have established credibility issues. Prosecutors would be looking to evaluate or examine any of the other resources that michael was pointing out, any con tem pa rarious notes and any other records. If cohen is telling the truth that the president , then candidate, did know about it, and, in fact, even endorsed this meeting, what are the potential consequences if, indeed, donald trump was not telling the truth . That he did indeed know about
this . There are obviously political consequences for the president for lying to the American Public. Ken starr thought that bill clintons lying to the American Public was an impeachable offense. But my role here is not political. As a legal matter, if the president and his son solicited a thing of value from a foreign national, a contribution in kind, if you will, then that techniqcally violates the Campaign Finance laws. It could be civil. It could be criminal. If the conduct of the meeting, organizers and participants was seen by mueller or anybody else to be some sort of conspiracy to defraud the federal election commission, that could be a criminal offense as well. Im not sure that prosecutors would bring a case like this, but as a technical Black Letter Law statutory violation there are two, the statute that is
implicated. Erica, the trump team has changed its story a lot. It was about adoptions. To we didnt get anything from this meeting. Don jr. Saying, you know, it was a waste of 20 minutes. It was a shame. But then, still, the big mystery would be the intent, how do investigators go about that . Sure. Of course an investigator cant climb inside someones head and figure out what they were thinking at the time so they would look to all these things that were discussing, what someone knew, when they knew it, what they said to other people at the time and how they acted in response to that information would be ways that prosecutors or investigators cant determine someones intent. Then i wonder, you know, michael how does muellers team look at this Public Campaign on
behalf of the president to go at the credibility of Michael Cohen, to leave him out, you know, in isolation, to try to discredit him at all. Doesnt that also help direct investigators about, you know, what is this all about . So i think, fred what you raise is this issue of whether the president can be properly investigating and, you know, theoretically charged with obstructing justice through a series of acts, one of those series of acts being the use of twitter and other public denunciations of his critics. I think that mueller and his team will be looking at these this type of Mosaic Theory of obstruction of justice. Im not sure its a compelling, you know, theory. But i think this will fit into that examination and theyll have to see what pieces of the puzzle they have and then make a
determination of whether that would rise to the level of Obstructive Behavior and, if so, what to do about it. Part of that whole may samos people around donald trump or someone in his orbit is chief Financial OfficerAllen Whistleburg is one of those people, so that he was subpoenaed to testify in this Michael Cohen probe tells you what . Well, wiselburg is the longtime chief Financial Officer for the trump organizations. Hes the one who is reputed to have paid Stormy Daniels and was consulted about the payment to karen mcdougal. If thats all the Southern District of new york is interested in, its really, you know, not much. But if the other district of new york is engaged in a broad ranging financial Crimes Investigation of the trump organization, then wiselburgs
importance to them becomes paramount. Because it also means he reportedly was also part of the Tax Preparations for donald trump too, so he knows everything potentially about how he handled his money and business, right . That would be correct, yes. All right, michael zelden, erica, good to see you both. As if this trump tower bombshell wasnt enough, russias president Vladimir Putin has just invited President Trump to moscow under certain conditions and what does that mean . Plus, a frantic search for three people missing after deadly wildfires. 500 buildings have burned to the ground and more are at risk. Well take you there live. This is not a bed. Its a hightech revolution in sleep. The new sleep number 360 smart bed. It intelligently senses your movement and automatically adjusts on each side to keep you both comfortable. And snoring . How smart is that . Smarter sleep. To help you lose your dad bod, train for that marathon, and wake up with the patience of a saint. The new sleep number 360 smart bed, from 999. Smarter sleep will change your life. I knew at that exact moment. Im beating this. My main focus was to find a team of doctors. Its not just picking a surgeon, its picking the care team and feeling secure in where you are. Visit cancercenter. Com breast
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invitation is now thats going to happen next year and now the kremlin comes back and says actually weve extended invitation and President Putin saying he told President Trump that at helsinki. The interesting part of this i think is what russia is saying we can do this, weve thought about it, we can do it, but we want some conditions to be met. Now the kremlin hasnt spelled out what the conditions are but you can bet its a lot to do with the economy, the sanctions on russia now, the sanctions for meddling in the 2016 elections in the United States, attacking the United States democracy. The invasion of ukraine, the illegal annexation of crimea. European union has sanctions on russia as well as the United States and it is hurting the russian economy so undoubtedly putin is looking for a way to get relief. If he wants to continue to have these meetings with President Trump, he needs to be able to show the russian people hes getting something out of it. Some substance. Not just the razzmatazz and the
handshakes. In fact this was President Putin yesterday about trump. Translator you can critique him for what he does and many people do that. But one thing is clear, he is willing to fulfill his campaign promises. So they are, you know, publicly revealing they kind of like each other, respect each other. Yes, you could also say look, you con say that, for sure. I think you can also look at it this way. You know, putin is a calculator, he is a spy, he knows what he wants out of washington, he knows what he wants out of President Trump, and he knows what happens to people who criticize trump. If he came at him attacking him saying lift the sanctions, hows that going to fly . We know trump doesnt respond well to criticism. Putins clearly figured that out and clearly figured out praise is the shortest way to get what he wants out of President Trump and thats the most important thing to him. He needs to deliver for himself and for the russian people. So yes, it is he is showing
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heart surgeon who treated former president h. W. Bush, was likely targeted. One of his friends who attended the funeral talked about the man he knew. Just very down to earth guy. There is video of a suspect but police have not made any arrests. What is the latest . Yes, as you were saying, those friends and family saying goodbye to dr. Hausknecht at this church which is less than two miles away from that shooting site, a very busy part of downtown houston. The Texas Medical Center where so many people commute to work at hospitals or to go see their doctors, dr. Hausknecht was one of those people communitying on his yellow bicycle. When i spoke to workers at that Construction Site right next to where he was killed, the manager there tells me he recognized that bike on Surveillance Video when Police Released this video
showing a possible gunman following dr. Hausknecht on the bike. He instantly knew who was because that doctor would go by that site every single day and say hi to those workers. Even though there were about 500 on site at the time, they couldnt hear anything because of their loud equipment and how big that structure was they were building. Neighbors and people in the area have been ever since then getting everyone together to look at their own surveillance footage. Police say they do feel confident that they will be able to make an arrest eventually. Just because of how many people did see that gunman. They were able to put together a sketch of the man who they believe is an hispanic man about 510 in his 30s. Hes believed to have gone down a Residential Street Nearby and police arent saying much after that, other than they think there is that high probability they might have been targeted. Friends and family just cant understand why anyone would target this doctor. He was beloved in the community. When his sons were younger, he was the scout master would plan vacations and trips for these boys, loved to grill salmon for his friends and loved gardening, spent every waking moment in that garden, his wife told me. And one thing she said if you want to honor his legacy, just be compassionate, be kind and caring. What a terrible tragedy. All right, thank you so much, sonya. Cbs president and Ceo Les Moonves is the latest highpowered Media Executive to face allegations of Sexual Harassment now. An investigation by the new yorker detailed allegations by six women of harassment, intimidation and retaliation. Cnn has not independently confirmed the allegations and moonves denies them. One of his accusers, actress
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were times decades ago when i may have made some women uncomfortable by making advances. Those were mistakes and i regret them imimmensely. I always understood and respected and abided by the principle no means no. And have never used my position to harm or hinder anyones career. In another story, pope francis has accepted the resignation of Cardinal Theo door mccarrick following a decades of allegation of sexual abuse. He was informed in june that the church was investigating a claim of abuse from a teenager almost 50 years ago. An attorney for the accuser says his client was molested twice by mccarrick. At the time, mccarrick issued a statement saying, quote, while i have absolutely no recollection of this reported abuse and
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former company. He claims the board mistreated him after he said the n word earlier this year during a Media TrainingConference Call with a marketing firm. He claims that firm asked him point blank if he is racist and how he would separate himself from online hate groups. He responded by saying kfcs Colonel Sanders used the n word and never faced backlash. That led the board to remove shnatter as chairman, removed from other Marketing Materials and kicked out of his office. Hes now seeking documents to try to prove the Company Fired him without a proper investigation. Papa johns responded, saying, in part, we are saddened and disappointed that John Schnatter has filed a needless and wasteful lawsuit in an attempt to district from his own words and actions. Avery free man, civil rights attorney and law profession, from cleveland, and richard herman, law professor, joining
us from las vegas. Good to see you both. Richard, schntatters lawsuit says hes seeking documents explaining the heavy handed way in which the company has treated him since the publication of a story that falsely accused him of using a racial slur. End quote. This, although he admitted to using the n word and later apologized, so given his reasoning of why he says it was used, does he have a case . I think he does, fred. I think this is it smears of a coup. Im starting to believe that the more i read about this. This is the Third LargestPizza Delivery Company in the United States. He started this business in 84. He started it. Hes worth about over 800 million himself personally. But he built this company from scratch, fred, and, okay, he had
an issue condemning the nfl owners with the whole issue concerning the players kneeling and he blamed that on decreased revenues because again papa johns was the pizza for the nfl. As a result of that, he stepped down as ceo. Now he has this diversity Training Session with a marketing Training Company where a lot of ideas are going back and forth, including the Marketing Company suggesting that Papa Johns Hire kanye west as a spokesman for them and schnatter was no, you cant do that, because he uses the n word in his songs. We dont know the exact conversation, fred. We dont know how the word came out. We dont know what his intentions were when he said it. Thats his point. There was no internal investigation. The board breached their fiduciary duty. You cant just fire someone. There was no vote of the shareholders. I wouldnt be surprised if he works his way back into this company. Oh, boy. Boy, oh, boy. Avery, why are you saying oh boy . Im not looking at the same case. Look, after november, he made some remarks about the nfl ownership and stock started to take a dive as well as viewership in the nfl. Thats legitimate. Then he says he did use the n word but he says it was diversity training. Then he says he didnt. Then he compares himself to Colonel Sanders. Oh, my goodness. Yes, you know, on one level, fredricka, hes going to get some of the documents. At the end of the day, Corporate Law requires the board to be responsive to the shareholders. I think he is out. The stocks have plummeted. I think the appropriate action was to get rid of him and frankly hes going to need a lot more pepperoni to be successful in any kind of litigation. So richard, how do you see, you know, these, you know, books or records or documents if he
does indeed get them because hes arguing that they has unfettered rights, you know, in which to get them, how might that potentially help his case . It will, fred, because the position taken by the board is wobbly at best. Listen, he has a right. Hes a shareholder. He owns 29 of the stock of of this corporation, fred, and shareholders have the rights to view the books and records. What hes trying to prove is the board acted not even handed, they acted outside the scope of their authority, they acted not in how theyve done things in the past. In other word, this looks like a coup. So what people dont like this guy internally so they went after him now and they cant just do it. You need a vote of the shareholders. You need to vote in a certain corporate way. They did not do that, fred. Hes got grounds here. This is not going away. Hes worth over 800 million. So what . Hes got major lawyers on his side. So what . Do you know what was said on the phone with the Marketing Company . Have you heard his words . He says hes not a racist. Thats what he says. You heard the Marketing Company so is he really owed that . We heard the Marking Company say well, no, he claims the Marketing Company was trying to shake him down, the corporation down, for 6 million. He did. Fine, give them he paid them 2 million. Im telling you, his face is associated with papa johns. Stocks are taking a nosedive. If theyre going to protect sharehold shareholders, hes got to go. Hes not going to be able to conglomerate other shareholders. Take his 800 million and open up something else. But if papa johns is going to survive, and theres a real question, you got to have that guy gone. Think the board is absolutely right. One has to wonder if hes
still a shareholder, then he still would be privy to information. Does he have to not information make a motion for any of this information, or does it simply have to be handed over, richard . No, they is there have to gi him. And they can color it any way they want but he has every right to do this. And when he does, hes going to unveil the fact that they acted really outside the scope of their authority and not in the fiduciary interest of a corporation. Thats whats going to come out here, fred. Hell probably eventually end up taking over the company. N word. Dont forget about the n word. Hes out. Hes gone. And then saying Colonel Sanders used it, what on earth does that have to do with anything in terms of his role . Colonel sanders. This is pizza. Hes finished. We dont know the context
within which he said the n word. Thats so critical here and we dont know it. Okay, all right. Thats why you need an investigation. 42 reduction in stock, goodbye. Still more to come. All right, appreciate it, good two Police Officers from an atlanta suburb have been fired after their body cams caught them using a Coin Toss App to decide whether or not to arrest a woman accused of speeding. Head or tail. Okay. This is tail, right . Yeah. So, release. 23. So, the woman was arrested anyway, and the police chief in roswell, georgia, said that officers need to refrain from conduct that destroys public respect. Cops accused the woman of going 80 miles an hour in a 45 zone, but werent using a radar gun at
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Trade Tariffs from china kick in. Cnns scott mclean looks at how that trade battle has put farmers in a tough spot. Reporter fredricka, President Trump was in iowa this week to promote a new white House Workforce Development initiative but perhaps the workers who were listening most intently were farmers. Thats because the president is leading a new trade war against china thats putting American Farmers on the front line, whether they like it or not. Iowa is known for its field of dreams, but these days, it isnt here. Corn and Soybean Prices have been stubbornly low for years and now it seems washington has made things worse. President trumps hardline approach has sparked an escalating trade war with china prompting a 25 tariff on american soybeans, which sent prices to a tenyear low. This is just an openended conflict and who knows where its going to end . Reporter iowans overwhelmingly voted for President Trump but clark porter, whose family has farmed here for over a century wasnt
one of them. You saw this coming from a mile away. Yeah. Reporter this week, the white house announced a 12 billion assistance plan to help farmers like porter. How does it feel, though, to be essentially taking Government Assistance . Its absolutely it was absolutely unnecessary. Its i dont think that we should have even gotten into this position. Reporter hes not alone. The president of the Iowa Farmers Union called trumps approach extremely reckless and kim reynolds, the republican governor up for reelection, warned that nobody wins in a trade war. This week, she politely pushed the president to make a deal and fast. We need to get things done sooner rather than later, so that was my message. Reporter things are getting done, but with europe. After a brief trade spat, trump touted his deal to make a deal on free trade with the bloc. We just opened up europe for you farmers. Youre not going to be too angry with trump. Reporter a deal with europe is far from finished. Neither is the trade war with china. But for all of the president S Trade War Skeptics in iowa, he still has plenty of believers, like david danker and his son, hunter, who farm corn and soybeans. I think this should have been done a long time ago. It will hurt for shortterm, but in the long run, i think it will work out better for everybody. Reporter how do you think this ends . China gets hungry and calls the u. S. And wants to hopefully get some more soybeans. Reporter can you envision a scenario where america doesnt win . I think us not winning would be probably us going to back back to the way it was before the tariffs and the trade war. Reporter the good news is that many iowa farmers say theyre expecting a Pretty Healthy size harvest this year but with higher Production Volume usually comes lower prices. That 12 billion federal aid package will help in the shortterm, but farmers may need even more cash if this Trade Battle Doesnt End soon. Fredricka