Thats right, fred. Lets start with the president saying that he believes he would be within his rights to ask attorney general bill barr to look into former Vice President joe biden and his son, hunter biden. This stemmed from events that took place in 2016, when joe biden was in office. Then Vice President biden was one of several western leaders to push for the ouster of ukraines then top prosecutor. That ukrainian investigator at the time, or around this time, was looking into a Ukrainian Energy company in which hunter biden had a financial interest. Biden was not alone in pressuring this ukrainian official to step down. There is no evidence that joe bidens actions were connected to his sons business activities. Nonetheless, trump said he could be interested in having the attorney general investigate this. In the same interview, he acknowledged Vice President joe biden, at the moment, looks poised to be the most likely democrat to face him in the 2020 election. This also comes as the president s personal attorney, rudy giuliani, is backpedaling rapidly on plans to travel to ukraine and talk about the investigation with ukrainian officials. Giuliani went from defending that decision to this morning, telling our colleague mike warren, hes decided not to have the trip because they could be misrepresented, fred. The democrats, well, theyve issued a new round of subpoenas for the president s taxes. What is the white house saying about that . Reporter thats right, fred. This is an escalating fight between the white house and congress. Its one of several battles that the white house is waging right now against congressional oversight. On friday, the democrat iic chairman of the house ways and means committeei issued subpoens to the chair of the irs and Steve Mnuchin for the tax returns. Steve mnuchin has said to the committee that he doesnt believe theres a legitimate legislative purpose for the lawmakers trying to get these tax returns. The white house and the Treasury Department, theyve tried to characterize this as a partisan exercise. The Trump Administration not relenting any time soon on their position that they are not going to be making the president s tax returns public, fred. What more can you tell us about the white house request, that former White House Counsel Don Mcgahn not be able to testify . Reporter fred, the white house, according to sources, pressured former White House Counsel Don Mcgahn to come out publicly and say that the president did not obstruct justice. Sources tell cnn that mcgahn told special counsel Robert Muellers investigators that he believed the president didnt obstruct justice. Mcgahn, through his attorney, declined to announce it publicly. Sources also told cnn that the president was upset about mcgahns refusal to come out and say that publicly. This all underscores the measure that is the white house has taken to try to portray muellers report as exonerating the president , even though it explicitly did not on the question of obstruction. An attorney though for mcgahn saying that at the time, the former white House Counsel did not perceive the white house as threatening mcgahn to make that public statement. Fred . Sarah westwood, thank you so much. With me now, a former federal prosecutor and cnn legal analyst. And lynn swede from the times. Being okay with the attorney general investigating joe biden. This as joe biden has his meteoric rise to the front of the pack of the democratic field. As a former federal prosecutor, explain, you know, the legal and ethical problems with this kind of discussion or okay. I have to say, its shocking to me. I dont think we should be okay with that in any way. In fact im sorry. Im having problems. Little feedback . You can answer the question. Pull out the ear piece so you dont see yourself. It is outrageous, that the president of the United States is calling on his political opponent to be investigated. Were not getting condemnation from both sides of the aisle. Thats really what shocks me most. Frankly, theres supposed to be a wall between the Justice Department and the president on issues like this. This should be a widely condemned as an abuse of power by both sides. Lynn, it is extraordinary to hear this because in the Mueller Report, there were at least ten attempts of obstruction being cited. Youve got that, you know. People are still simmering over that. Then you have the president , who is potentially trying to interfere or encourage something that would seem like an overreach or potential obstruction. Why doesnt the white house feel comfortable in saying this out loud . I dont know if the white house writ large really feels comfortable, or if they just have to be silent. I hope that people listening understand that this is not normal behavior of a president. The Mueller Report outlined ten episodes of attempted or potential obstruction of justice, with a finding still potentially to be made by congress, if it ever gets there, by the house, if it goes toward impeachment. But if you had any doubt, one would think, if you were President Trump, you stay out of trouble. If you get nailed for if you get busted and renato knows this, its rare, if im arrested for robbing the bank on monday, maybe i shouldnt go rob the bank on tuesday. So there is just this heres whats remarkable in history, the president seems unaware of what hes doing. What i really would want to know with this twitter tirade this morning, does he have a tweet deck or what . Is he sitting there doing word searches, to find everybody who might be tweeting something he considers deemed worthy of retweeting . Yeah. Renato, youve got that, then you have the former white House Counsel, don mcgahn, you know, refusing to publicly state the president did not obstruct that, by the urging of the white house. Renato, are you able to hear me . I think theyre still trying to work out audio with renato. Lynn, to you. The issue about the former White House Counsel Don Mcgahn, and the president asking or really not the president directly but, you know, emmitt flood asking, you know, mcgahn to make a statement. Then mcgahns representation saying, no, were not going to do that. I mean, is this not an attempt to obstruct justice . Well, its not how that is not the protocol. I dont want to use the word, for the moment, obstruct justice, because that is a legal term. I want listeners to appreciate its not how an elected official from an alderman to our president conducts business. You do not ask people to make exonerating statements for you. You dont ask people to investigate your enemies. You let the chips fall where they are. You have oversight in some ways over who you appoint, but knowing that you asked somebody to issue statements is maybe, to the most ge benign explanation,u thought you were controlling messaging management. In this case, you crossed a line. Renato, as it pertains to the former counsel, don mcgahn, you know, there was an urging by House Democrats who want him to testify. The white house saying, no, you know, wanting to exert, you know, executive privilege to keep him from doing so. If don mcgahn had been who cooperating with the Mueller Report, could he, as a citizen, be prevented from talking for the white house . I dont think there will be a an easy way for the white house to stop him from testifying. But the democrats have not received all of the materials relating to don mcgahn. They havent received his interview reports and so on that are cited in the Mueller Report. They can ask him questions. I think they will be able to, despite the white houses attempts to delay that or to ultimately try to block that. What questions are they going to ask him . I think theyll have to be very careful with the questions that they ask. I think the main fight is going to be over whether or not the interview reports, the notes of his conversations with the president and so far, are going to be turned over. All right. Renato, lynn, thanks to both of you. Thanks for rolling with it. Still ahead, russia, north korea, iran, President Trump facing political pressure from across the globe. How can the president handle the growing conflicts now front and center on his agenda . Later, hundreds of thousands of gallons of oil spilling out near houston. Its the result of an oil tanker colliding with two barges. The latest on the damage and the cleanup efforts. Last year, the department of Veterans Affairs partnered with tmobile for business, to help care for veterans everywhere. 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That should be enough to get most areas through the worst of this flooding. The renewed rainfall and Severe Weather is going to be hampering efforts in another problem in the Houston Ship Channel on friday afternoon. A vessel collided with two barges carrying 50,000 barrels of gasoline blend stock. One of those barges leaked about 9,000 barrels of gasoline blend stock into the Houston Ship Channel. Emergency crews are in the process of trying to contain that spill. Officials also say that one of the other barges carrying a 25,000 barrel container is capsized but has not ruptured. Theyre trying to contain that and make sure none of that oil or gasoline spills into the Houston Ship Channel, as well. There is around the clock air monitoring going on, although officials here in texas say that none of those levels have come back harmful for residents in the area. 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Seized a coal ship headed for north korea, saying it breached sanctions against kim jonguns region. It adds to the mountain of Foreign Affairs issues facing the white house. Not the least of which is a growing crisis with iran. A trade war with china and a u. S. Backed candidate struggling for power in venezuela. I want to bring in sam, former Senior Adviser in the obama administration. Lets begin with north korea. Trump has said that he is still with kim jongun, but is kim abandoning his relationship with trump and looking for other allies . Reporter it certa it certainly feels that way. You mentioned the threats facing the president right now. Theres never any shortage of threats imapacts National Security. There is a reason i didnt sleep for four years when i worked at the white house. The difference now is a lot of the threats are of the president s own making. North korea, the Intelligence Community has been very clear that north korea will not denuclearize. They will not give up their weapons of mass destruction. President trump, months ago, said that they were naive and didnt know what they were talking about. Only now that kim is launching the missile tests, he is acknowledging, perhaps theyre right. If the president engaged in the National Security process, listened to his team, and did something other than operate based on pearsonal hunches and feelings, theres been less for the team to be dealing with right now. Skeptics always said kim jongun isnt going to abandon his missiles program. Hes not likely to denuclearize, though the white house is saying it felt that the president , particularly, feeling it was promising it could achieve that. Now, what will be the president s strategy . What will be, you know, the objective of any other dialogue with kim jongun . Well, i think the first step would be trying to multilateralize any response we have to kims latest test. Secretary of state pompeo is heading to russia shortly. Under any other administration, i would say that that trip was a really smart idea because Vladimir Putin does have a much closer relationship with kim jongun. I would tack on a trip to china, as well. Again, because of chinas relationship with kim jongun. Such that russia, china, the United States, and the International Community could have a coordinated response to kim jongun, perhaps at the United Nations or elsewhere. The problem is, President Trump has already absolved kim jongun of guilt it comes to these missile tests. Hes already suspended new sanctions on north korea based upon transgressions that the Treasury Department has identified them as undertaking. So the best thing that the president can do now is consult with his team before he issues more statements by tweet and try to engage an International Coalition to engage with north korea. Iran now. The u. S. Moving a Navy Strike Group and bombers to the area. Iran says it is pulling back on the terms of the 2015 nuclear agreement. Where is this going . Well, it really shows that when President Trump goes big, he goes home empty handed. He violated the jcpoa, the iran deal, because he said it wasnt broad enough. It didnt cover other areas of iranian illegal activity. Thats true, it didnt. I helped work on the early days of the deal, and it was narrowly focused on Irans Nuclear program. What we have now is a situation in which iran is continuing its illegal activity in supporting terrorism, cyber space, and abusing its own people, and launching ballistic missiles, while theyre saying that they may, in fact, start nuclearizing again because of the pressure that the United States has put on them. The United States has not given iran an offramp. Secretary of state pompeo laid out an onerous 12step plan with a list of demands iran had to meet on a broad range of issues before we start negotiating. Instead of keeping a deal that minimized one threat, a nuclear threat, the president tried to get a bigger and better deal. Instead, is empty handed. We have a situation, fred, where we have a nuclearizing north korea, a potentially renuclearizing iran, not to mention a trade war with china and all the remember business the team has to focus on. So on iran, is iran, you know, sending a signal to trump, that theyre not likely to take him up on his offer of, you know, a phone call that hes opened to talking now . The president puts a lot of faith in the power of his own phone calls, but i dont think that the Iranian Regime is keen to jump on the phone with President Trump. They have their own politics, too. The Iranian Regime took a massive hit domestically when the president , frankly, humiliated them and withdrew from a deal they took a lot of pain to sell domestically. At the same time, i dont think anybody trusts the president s word on much of anything anymore. He has violated so many deals. He has flipflopped on so many issues. Reestablishing the credibility of what the president says is a massive undertaking for the National Security team. When we started the back channel negotiations with iran during president obamas first administration, we had to spend time convincing the iranians that we meant what we said. Just like we tested their credibility. At this time, i dont think the Iranian Regime has much faith in the president s word on these issues. Does it seem like, to you, that the president feels that his credibility is null and void . You know, on the global stage. I dont think he really cares because i think that he just, again, views these agreements, views these negotiations, to an extent, as a way to score political points. North korea, he fails to acknowledge its failed because he is keen on solving the problem with north korea. He refuses to acknowledge he has contributed to the rising threat from iran because he withdrew from the Iranian Nuclear deal. Now, iran is saying that theyll enrich uranium and theyll store material in country. Humility is a characteristic that we should hope that all president s have. Instead of sitting down with his team and honestly acknowledging where we are, the president is doggedly sticking to policies that hes using on the campaign trail. Yeah. If not null and void, then at least credibility has taken a big hit. That seems to be the signal many countries are sending. Sam, thank you so much. Appreciate it. Thanks, fred. Ahead, were 18 months from election day 2020. Many democrats on the trail are already polling out their plans for rolling, rather, out their plans. Can their vision resonate with voters this early in the campaign . Well discuss next. En your flight gets in late, its never too early for coffee. Oh no no no. 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What it takes to protect. ® several democratic president ial hopefuls are on the move today and making appearances in multiple states and puerto rico. Massachusetts senator Elizabeth Warren landed on the cover of Time Magazine with the caption, i have a plan for that. Cory booker began his day in orangeburg, south carolina, where he opened a new campaign office. Tonight, hell appear on the ax files with david axelrod. When im president of the United States, im taking a fight to this issue like folks have never seen before. Were better than this as a country. It is a uniquely american problem. No one else has this carnagecar. More have died now than the revolutionary wars. Were not just giving thoughts and prayers, which to me is [ bleep ]. Im sorry to say that as a man of faith. I was taught faith without works is dead. Im going to bring everything i have to solve this problem. It is solvable, and we know it. Joining me right now, cnn police datical congressmemmenta. Mia, it looks like the candidates are trying hard to distinguish themselves, particularly as you have the former Vice President , who is leading the pack. Yeah. So one of the things that i would like to mention is that in order for anybody to win, theyre going to have to try and win some republicans also. Theyre going to have to go into the president s base and win republicans, like me. One of the problems i know cory. I know cory very well. I have the same concerns about the violence that has been occurring in our nation, especially as a mother with three children in school. Thats a big issue. One of the things i would love to hear him talk about is the responsibility for the administration to prosecute the cases that are brought to them by the atf. One of the things that has been very frustrating is, under eric holder, there was 25 less cases brought to the that the administration prosecuted or the Justice Department prosecuted than the previous administration. It is important for the administration, or the future administration, to have some sort of accountability, to make sure theyre actually prosecuting criminals, so that they go to jail or they cant commit these crimes. Then, iesha, if its not supporting policy, there is an issue of supporting each other. I mean, early on, when the field would say, you know, 10 or 12, the democrats were saying, were not going to fight each other. Now, you have 21. Bernie sanders not necessarily showing a whole lot of love, you know, for joe biden. Beto orourke now not commenting on supporting every single democratic candidate. Take a listen. I think Party Loyalty matters. It does. This country comes before anything else. It is not unconditional. I know it is not unconditional. I cant take a pledge to support every democrat in the country. Im asking you for new hampshire. I need to know about them first, right . Would you want me to make a blanket commitment about people i know nothing about, who ive never met . Iesha, whats going on here . Is this just the beginning . What was going on here is that the democratic hopefuls are intending to have conversations about policy. At least most of them. I think what we get a little bit from beto here, saying, hey, what a minute, i want to align with people who have ideas that i share. What were seeing out of cory booker, what were seeing out of Elizabeth Warren, of course, because she has lots of plans, is democrats are actually and i would say americans j s generally are looking for people who have ideas to solve the problems we face, and who are ambitious and aspirational in thinking about who we can be as a nation. What are the steps towards us getting there . That is the point of the conversation. Thats what democrats want to hear. I think this conversation about, you know, whether there is going to be infighting, rivalry, what have you, it is a competition. Yeah, theres 20 something democrats in the field. Theyre all running because they believe they can do better at the job. I think healthy competition is important. At the end of the day though, when we get to the Convention Next summer, my expectation as a democrat is that all of the candidates, who ultimately fell by the wayside, would fall in line and support the person we put up for president in that convention. You know, a conversation is super premature about down balloting and who is doing what where. I think three things the democrats want is someone who has a plan, someone whos plan is ambitious, going to solve problems, and certainly, theyll want to see the entire field rally behind the presumptive nominee. Is there a worry the ideas will be dwarfed by a growing antitrump sentiment . Well, look, no one is going to win this presidency on hatred of the administration alone. I mean, if you think about if you looked at the last poll, 56 of americans dont even want to talk about impeachment. Theyre tired of that. I think beto actually has a point here. His job, at the end of the day, hes going to get into hes looking forward into the general election. This is not just about supporting every democrat. This is about supporting americans. When you become a member of the administration, you are the president for everyone. Now, its about making sure that the United States of america and the people have a voice, inst d actually, you know is it trumps competition . Well, i think heres the first thing. In order to get through this primary, which is what the candidates have to do before they get to donald trump, in order to get through the primary, theyll have the excite and mobilize the Democratic Base. There are a lot of people in the Democratic Base who feel they havent been seen or heard. Certainly, theres a lot of lip service being given to issues. The outcome, specifically for people of color, young people who are settled with student loan debt, the outcomes in their lives have not changed. Theyve been the same for decades upon decades. A lot of these candidates will have to answer for it because they have records over a course of time. What the candidate wills has wio do is excite and energize the Democratic Base. When it comes to the general, making sure they can maintain enthusiasm from democrats. Hillary clinton, a lot of her challenges were 9 of the democrats who voted for obama stayed home. Not that they voted for trump. Thats not why Hillary Clinton lost. She lost because democrats stayed home. In order to actually win at a national scale, these candidates will have to get through the primary by getting people riled up, then maintain that enthusiasm and energy so the base comes out en masse. What we know in this country is people who share the views of the vast majority of the candidates are the majority. Hillary clinton got 3 million more votes than donald trump. The way our system works out with the electoral college, doesnt necessarily make a win a win, unfortunately. I believe it is all about mobilizing people to turn out. Thats what these candidates need to be focused on. Not getting into some muck and mud with donald trump. Quickly, mia, last word . I agree with that. I mean, this is not, at the end of the day, that battle is going to happen. I think that the more people come up with ideas, ideas that actually can cross party lines, the better off theyre going to be. Theyre trying to differentiate themselves. Again, this is not going to be no one is going to win this presidency on hatred of the current president. They want someone who is going to be a leader and who is going to talk about their own ideas. Mia love, iesha moody mills, good to see you and happy mothers day to you and all the important moms in your life. Dont miss tonights episode of the ax files. David axelrod sits down with senator cory booker for a conversation about the race and possible impeachment proceedings in washington. Thats tonight, 7 00 eastern, only on cnn. The water. The exercise. The fiber. Month after month, and i still have belly pain and recurring constipation. So i asked my doctor what else i could do, and i said yesss to linzess. Linzess treats adults with ibs with constipation or chronic constipation. Linzess is not a laxative, it works differently. It helps relieve belly pain and lets you have more frequent and complete bowel movements. 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The administration also began the process of raisiing tariffs on essentially all remaining imports, approximately 300 billion. Now, the china are vowing to take necessary countermeasures, saying tariffs must go before a deal can be reached. Cnn correspondent Polo Sandoval joining me now. Polo, what does all of this mean for u. S. Businesses and consumers . Fred, eventually, for consumers, were going to have to see, right . This announcement was just made midnight yesterday. As far as the business is, i can tell you there are many throughout the United States that are already taking a hit. That includes even the owners of various bike businesses. Take a listen. Reporter step inside ryans new york city showroom, and youll see the unintended consequences of a trade war. With this new tariff, it is inevitable, we have to increase the price on this model. Reporter like many of americas small to mediumsized businesses, the Brooklyn Bicycle Company is already dealing with the burden of increased chinese import tariffs. These bikes are assembled in china, using foreign made components to keep the cost down for the consumer. The Trump Administrations 10 tariff hike on 200 billion worth of goods forced him to raise prices. This was a 449 bike last summer. It is now 499. Reporter on friday, the white house announced the 10 will increase to 25 , a change that will result in another price hike. For every 100 we spend on bicycles, 5. 50 we pay in duties. Weve been paying an extra 10 since september. With this additional tariff, it is now another 15. Were talking 30. 50 for every single bicycle we import on 100. Not for every bike. Every 100, 30. 50. On a 200 our cast ost at facto 61 were paying in duties to the government. Reporter some of his customers will be paying more for the same bike. It is difficult for me. 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I applaud the administration were what theyre doing. I just think six months, nine months in, its becoming really difficult. Come on already with these negotiations. Lets move ahead. Reporter may be asking, why doesnt zagata do what the president wishes could be done, build the bicycles in the United States . It is simply not that easy. You see, most of the components that it takes to build that bicycle, the spokes, the wheel, the saddle, et cetera, a lot of those different items, fred, they come from asian countries. Even if you were to import them into the United States and actually build the bike here, technically, youd still be subject to that 25 tariff. No way around it. All right. Polo sandoval, thank you so much. Coming up, a 14yearold student dragged by a school bus. Now, his mother is suing, alleging racial animus. The latest on the case, next. Lf Veterans Affairs partnered with tmobile for business, to help care for veterans everywhere. 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For about 20 seconds, the boys body is dangling outside the bus, held up only by the straps of his backpack. As the driver is driving, he looks over three times, as hes going forward. Driving forward, hes looking. Looks. He looks over. He knew what he was doing. The children were animated. He knew exactly what he was doing. Brenda mayes is the mother of the 7th grader. She says her son called her sounding, quote, terrified and embarrassed. He felt pressure across his chest, but he didnt have injuries. He could tell where he had been pinched there. Reporter mayes believes this was no accident but was done on purpose by the bus driver. In a lawsuit that names the davis School District, its the transportation director, roberts, and the bus driver as defendant. Mayes says the bus driver has a history of Racial Discrimination. It was all race. Racial discrimination. Racial assault. It was unconstitutional. The School District approved it because they did nothing, okay, until this event. Reporter in a statement, the School District says, quote, when issues of discrimination are raised at any time, theyre investigated thoroughly. The School District takes any claim seriously and does not tolerate Racial Discrimination in our schools. Roberts has no comment. The bus driver, who was forced to retire after the incident, had this to say. Would you say youre racist . Not at all, no. Look at my dog. Hes as black as can be. Reporter mayes says a criminal investigation into his actions is ongoing. Stephanie elam, cnn. A look at the top stories now. An american hostage is among those rescued after being kidnapped in west africa may 1st. The u. S. Military assisted in the operation. These two men from france and a south korean woman were also rescued. One of them describing the ordeal as hell. The french minister for the armed forces says four terrorists were killed in the operation. New allegations in the disappearance of 4yearold davis. 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