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This hour, ill speak with former u. S. Attorney, preet bharara. First, lets go to sarah murray with more on the papadopoulos sentencing. He got two weeks in prison and a fine. Thats right, wolf. It seems the judge did really believe George Papadopoulos felt bald for lying to investigators and so he will be incarcerated, but not for long. Tonight, George Papadopoulos, a former Foreign Policy adviser to the Trump Campaign, sentenced to two weeks in prison and a 9500 fine. Papadopoulos expressing regret for lying to investigators about his kremlin linked contacts, telling the judge, people point and snicker and i am terribly depressed. His lawyer argued for leniency, saying his client was nay eve and a fool. Its a rigell witch hunt. But claiming trumps comments had done more to harm the investigation than his clients lies. The 31yearold, now the first member of the president s team to be sentenced as part of the russia vest xwags and the whus and its allies had been b eager to down play papadopoulos role in the campaign. It was a volunteer position and again, no activity was ever done in an official capacity. I have no idea why people would think that a volunteer coffee boy like George Papadopoulos would get to the top of this campaign. It was papadopoulos who reveal today a diplomat that he had been told the russians had thousands of emails about hillary clinton. That helped set off an fbi investigation that became Robert Muellers special counsel probe. During the 2016, the young adviser attended a meeting of trumps new National Security Team Including donald trump and Jeff Sessions. Papadopoulos pitched a meeting between then candidate trump and putin. Sessions would later say he discouraged papadopoulos from setting up the meeting. But papadopoulos cently contradicted that, saying sessions seemed enthusiastic and a trumpputin meeting. Responsible e roger stone is still under scrutiny. A comedian and radio show host testifying before the grand jury friday. He claimed he was his back channel to wikileaks, which russia intelligence used to circulate information about the democrats in 201. However the hell did i ever get involved in this mess. A nice guy like me doing in a place like this. He fielded questions before the grand jury. Mainly about his relationship with stone. All with his dog at his side. Bianca didnt bark one time. She was so good in there. Now back on the issue of George Papadopoulos, attorney general Jeff Sessions attorney put out a statement saying when it comes to what happened in that campaign, session stands by his testimony that he discouraged him from setting it up. Only got two weeks in jail, a 9500 fine. I guess he was very, very smart to plead guilty and cooperate. Thanks very much. Lets bring in our colleague, jake tapper trk ak of the lead and the state of the union. Jake, you had a chance to sit down with papadopoulos for an extended interview. Were going to see more of that later tonight. But tell us how that went. It was interesting because b obviously one of the big questions, mysteries, is once George Papadopoulos learned from this professor that the russians were claiming they had Hillary Clintons emails, remember, this is before anyone else knew that thirddegrs happened, the n is, who else did he tell . Anyone in the Trump Campaign . There are reports in the New York Times that a former Trump Campaign staffer remembers papadopoulos sharing that information, but no one has seen any evidence of that. Another interesting thing that happened though was when i pressed him on that, he qualifieded it. He said he didnt remember telling anyone about it, but couldnt say it for sure. Couldnt guarantee it. So that remains an open question. The other thing i thought was interesting is that he said basically that attorney general Jeff Sessions wasnt honest when he testified before congress about the march 016 meeting when he suggested that candidate trump and putin should meet. Take a listen. When did you first meet trump . March 31st at the National Security meeting. A photo of you at the table. Senator session ss there. What was discussed that the meeting in terms of russia, in terms of meeting with putin . As far as i remember, it was i who wrought up anything regarding russia. I was under the impression that an individual i had met in rome, the socalled professor, was able to provide high level connections in russia that would result in some sort of summit or meeting. Mostly for a photo op. So i sat down and you know, i looked the candidates, i looked at candidate trump directly in his eyes and said i can do this for you if its in your interest and the campaigns interest and the collective energy in the room, of course there were some dissenters, but the collective energy in the room seemed to be interested. Was donald trump interested . Candidate, he gave me sort of a nod. He wasnt committed either way. But i took it as he was thinking. Senator Jeff Sessions was there, too. Yes. At the table. What was his response . My recollection was that the senator was enthusiast iic abou meeting between the candidate and president putin. So you say that then now attorney general sessions was enthusiastic about the idea of candidate trump meeting putin b, but he has said the opposite. He says, he testified before congress saying he quote pushed back. When you raised the possibility of a meeting with russia. Thats not true youre saying. I dont remember that. You dont remember him pushing back. You remember him say iing this a good idea. I remember him being enthusiastic about a potential meeting between the candidate and president putin after i raised the question. The lawyer for Jeff Sessions says that the attorney general stands by his testimony before congress ten months ago. When which he said that he pushed back. Of course, wolf, its a question of who do you believe . Sessions has had to go back to congress and mend testimony as you might recall. On the other hand, George Papadopoulos pleaded guilty and was convicted and is going to jail for lying to the fbi. So its up to you to decide who you believe. We have a courtroom sketch of papadopoulos in the courtroom kissing his wife. Only two weeks in jail and 9500 fine if he had decided not to plead guilty and cooperate and it had gone before a jury, he could have gotten b and if he had been convicted, he could be serving a pretty long prison term. Robert mueller and the special counsel, they asked for up to six months in prison for lying to the fbi. They say he by lying really impeded the investigation. So the judge in believing George Papadopoulos and his performed demonstrated contrition, i wouldnt call it a rebuff to mueller, but he certainly didnt take his advice and guidance in sentencing him for only six, only two weeks as opposed to six months. Good point. Thank you very much. Jake for that. An Important Note to our viewers. You can watch much more of jakes intersview tonight. The mysterious case of George Papadopoulos. It will air at 11 00 p. M. Eastern later tonight. Meanwhile, President Trump commented on the sentencing just a little while ago in a rather mocking tweet. Lets duoto jeff. Jeff, tell us more about the president s response. Good evening. A sign of how close the president and his advisers are watching these sentencings unfold, it was just a few minutes after it was announced, the president weighing in like this. Lets take a look. He said 14 days for 28 million. 2 million a day. No collusion. A great day for america. Thats all he said without elaboration of course. We presume he is talking to the cost of this investigation. At 28 million, but that is in fact incorrect. The entire cost of the whole russia investigation is about 17 million or so. The entire cost of bob muellers was around 7 million or so this summer, but the despite that, it was interesting the president weighing in on this. Earlier today when flying aboard air force one, he was asked about George Papadopoulos. He said i dont know him. I barely know him. He distanced himself from him. He was only at one meeting with him during the campaign, but all of this is comeing as this whit house watching this so carefully. Coming on the heel of the president asking his department of justice to investigate and find the author of the New York Times oped. One thing he didnt say, what crime did they b possibly commit. President trump asking attorney general Jeff Sessions tonight to investigate and unmas b k k the author of the anonymous essay. Speaking to reporters aboard air force one today, the president calling in a matter of National Security. Not simply as outrage publicly saying hes ill informed, impetuous and reckless inside the white house. I would say jeff should be investigated the author of the piece was because i believe its National Security. The president is telling supporters their decision in 2016 is being subverted by a bureaucrat. Deep state operatives who defied the voter to push their own secret agendas are truly a threat to democracy itself. I think its backfired. Seriously. Yet the president made clear he is seething. The latest act of resistance is the oped published in the failing New York Times by an anonymous really anonymous, gutless coward. Struggling to say anonymous, but adding today is search is still on for the person responsible for the oped. Were going to take a look at what he had, what he gave, what hes talking about. Also where he is right now. Eventually, the name of this sick person will come out. Asked how criticizing his presidency presents a danger to National Security, he explained. Supposing i have a high level National Security and he has got a clearance. And he goes into a high level meeting concerning china or russia or north korea or something and that guy goes in. I dont want him in those meetings. Two months before the midterm elections, former president obama stepped back on the political stage today with his own message to the anonymous trump official. Theyre not doing us a service. By actively promoting 90 of the crazy stuff thats coming out of this white house and then saying dont worry, were preventing the other 10 . Thats not how things are supposed to work. This is not normal. These are extraordinary times. And theyre dangerous times. Obama has largely remained publicly silent about his successor until today. In a speech in illinois where he called on republicans to take notice of how trump treats the rule of law. It should not be a partisan issue to say we do not pressure the attorney general or the fbi to use the criminal Justice System as a cajole to punish our political opponents. Who has not spoken to obama since his Inauguration Day responded like this. I washed it, but i fell asleep. I found hes very good, very good for sleeping. But trump made clear hes also worried about democrats in the midterm elections, planting early seeds of an argument against impeachment. We will impeach him, but he didnt do anything wrong. It doesnt matter, we will impeach him. But i say how do you impeach somebody thats doing a great job, that hasnt done anything wrong . If it happens, its your fault because you didnt go out to vote. So far, thats all the president has said about sentencing of papadopoulos and he was a former Foreign Policy aide. Weve seen that famous photograph of them from the campaign. And the president was telling reporters earlier today on air force one thats the only time he saw him. He said i dont know him. I distanced myself from him. I saw him sitting on one picture at a table with me. The only thing i know about him, but i guess they caught him up in a couple of lies. He pleaded guilty to lying fbi, but it is one side the president made this tweet mocking this 14day prison sentence just moments before he was set to take the stage at a Campaign Event in south dakota. Hes out there now. Well see if he talks about that during this hour, wolf. Certainly though paying very careful attention to bob muellers case. As they should. Thank you, jeff. Joining us now, preet, who was fired by President Trump as the u. S. Attorney in new york. Thanks so much for joining us. Is there any legal basis for the president s demand that the attorney general jeff session open a full scale investigation into who mowrote this oped in the New York Times . No, zero. If you can contribute a number less than zero, you would have to use a number less than zero. No crime was committed here so theres no crime to be investigated. No disclosure of classified information. No one was even liabled in this piece of literature that was put in to the New York Times and even if there was a claim of liable, thats not a criminal matter the Justice Department is supposed to investigate. A pr exercise by the president of the United States who deoesnt seem to understand how the first ament works although he exercises his on on a fairly regular basis in a way thats destructive. So the idea he would have someone investigated is intolerable in a democratic society. I would like the know the identity of the person. I would prefer they actually identify himself or herself and come out publicly and resign in that way, but thats not the same as saying that person should be investigated by the attorney general of the ice. Top officials in the Trump Administration they were the author of this article in the New York Times. Im sure the president is looking very closely not only at the denials issued by these individuals, but who hasnt issued a denial. Youre a former federal prosecutor. If you were on the case right now, how would you interpret what the president said today, would you see that as an order from the president to launch an investigation . I dont think so. I oversaw an office and would not direct them to start commence investigations by issuing a tweet on a social media platform. I would call them to my office and discuss Going Forward or not on a case. So i dont know if the president separately called attorney general sessions. My understanding is they dont speak much and theyre not very cordial with each other, but i would do what a former colleague said today. Issue a oneword statement saying no, i will not do that. I dont know anybody with a law license who thinks its appropriate to launch a criminal investigation of someone who simply made some statements, whether you like them or not, under the cloak of an nehmety which is permitted. Theres no basis for an investigation here. And i dont know if the president has separately in the proper course of how you manage Agency Issued a directive, but i would not take it as an order if it was on twitter. The president goes further, hes throwing out the word, treason. Clearly, theres nothing treasonous about criticizing the president ooempb if you work for him. Treason is a major crime. Just reich like the president doesnt seem to understand what the rule of law means even though he knows the words, even though aware there is a First Amendment. Aware of the word treason, which he seems to define based on how he uses the term, as personal betrayal of him. Its not the equivalent of acting against your country against an enemy who has been against a war thats been declared. I think the word by the way, some wont like my say this, it gets banded about casually. Also by people on the other side. It has a technical legal term. One of the worst things you could call someone as a legal matter. Youre entitled to the ultimate penalty if convicted in a court of lew of treason and i dont think the fact theres been personal treachery by someone who works at administration rises to the level of treason, but he likes to put out very aggressive and provock ty statements about his enemies. Ultimate penalty is the death sentence. Serious crime, on one hand, the president wants squjeff sessiono go after his, the president s political enemies. On the other hand, he wants sessions to lay off his friends. Just a few days ago as you know, preet, the president criticized the attorney general for not blocking criminal charges against two republican congressmen. What do you make of that suggestion . Well, i think its outrageous. Its one of the most outrageous things that the president has suggested. I was very vocal about it as the day progressed. The Justice Department has not intended to be you know the personal attack dog of the president of the United States. We have neutral laws. Neutral and nonpartisan enforcement of those laws. It doesnt matter if youre a democratic of republican. So he develops a narrative thats very dangerous and suggests to people that we are not going to let the ideal of america is supposed to be, that close tore a bah na that republic where it takes control of the nation and starts to order people who have guns and arms and subpoena power to go after enemies and a couple of other things that the president suggested in that tweet was that somehow, this was a an ol standing obama era investigation of two republican congressmen. I cant speak to duncan hunter. I happen to be the United States attorney in the Southern District of new york during the o pbama era. The basis for the charges against Chris Collins as you can read in the Public Document was based on conduct that was committed. Actually on the white house lawn in june of 2017 which was not the obama era. The person who brought the charge ss the president s open Republican Hand picked successor to me and to june kim in the Southern District of new york. So this narrative that somehow someone is exercising some kind of political vendetta against him that should have been stopped by his Republican Attorney general just because there were republicans involved who if you read the indictments, committed very serious crime, presumed innocent, but it does not look good for them because theres an election coming. Its fundamentally outrageous and against the rule of law. Ill let you and our viewers know the u. S. Attorney in california who files the charges against duncan hunter, also a Trump Administration appointee. A trump u. S. Attorney in california. Going forward with those charges. Thank you so much for joining uu us. Sure. Just ahead, more on the russia investigation. Former adviser is conditiosente the president making new demands of his embattled attorney general and president obama warning americans that the dysfunction of the Trump Administration not normal. Well talk about the impact of his first direct public rebuke of the man who replaced him in the white house. If you have psoriasis,. Little things can be a big deal. Thats why theres otezla. Otezla is not a cream. Its a pill that treats moderate to Severe Plaque Psoriasis differently. With otezla, 75 clearer skin is achievable. Dont use if youre allergic to otezla. It may cause severe diarrhea, nausea, or vomiting. Otezla is associated with. An increased risk of depression. Tell your doctor if you have  a history of depression or suicidal thoughts,. Or if these feelings develop. Some people taking otezla reported weight loss. Your doctor should monitor your weight and may stop treatment. Upper respiratory tract infection and headache may occur. 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Attorney just pointed out, unless theres allegation that someo the president seems to think the Justice Department and attorney general, they are there to serve the president s political agenda, other requirements, does he not understand the role of the role of the Justice Department and attorney general . Just within the past week, we have another data point, the president s tweet about Chris Collins and duncan hunter, the two congressmen charged with crimes by the Justice Department and President Trump suggested the Justice Department should have held off on charging them considering republicans political prospects in the midterm election. So time and again, the president has shown a complete disregard for the independents in the j Justice Department and has seemingly ignored that the justice didnt doesnt work for him personally. They are work for the american people. Doesnt Jeff Sessions understand that the republicans need every vote they can get, these two congressmen who have been charged with crimes, now not necessarily that easy. So he was clearly upset about that. Also suggested that whoever wrote that article in the New York Times may have committed treason, so explain to our viewers because youre a legal expert, what that means, treason. As a technical, legal matter, it requires we be at war, so you wage ar against the United States or provide aid and comfort to the enemy. So this is not a situation in which actual legal treason is at issue. Beyond that, when we think about it, we think about it as a betrayal of the United States. Donald trump is not the United States. Donald trump is just a guy who works for us. And so when ever trump equates a personal betrayal, a personal embarrassment with betrayal of the nation, when ever he talks about it being a National Security issue instead of an embarrassing moment, thats a misunderstanding about the fundamental role of the United States in our constitutional structure. The president only a lilt l while ago spoke out once again ant this. Listen to this. Hey, mike, and john, could you do me a favor, when people say stuff bad about you, you can sue them . Would you pluz do that . Wasnt that be nice . Two senators, but go ahead. What do you think . Well, first of all, the way he talks about treason and how often he uses that word really underscores my belief that in many ways, he sees himself as a wartime president only that the war is against essentially blue u america and all the americans and parts of america that are outside of his core coalition. But on the liable laws, it fits in with you know, rebecca was talking about and everyone else, this broader pattern. That the president works to delegitimize, hollow out from the inside, any institution he believes can threaten him or resist what he wants. And that ranges from the independent judiciary to the media. It is interesting that you have the two republican senators up there on the stage having to kind of now answer what they think about that. They have allowed them to be pulled into these waters day by day, week by week, by not resisting or raising objections each time the president shatters a norm about the use of executive power of the independent administration of justice. I think he has correctly taken the message that no matter how far he goes, they will paddle after him. You know, susan and laura, youre both lawyers, so you appreciate the president saying to these two is that right , cre laws. If youre right, you win. Create some, he wants the senate to create the whole issue. When ever he talks about bulking up or create iing new liable laws, hes talking about an assault on the First Amendment. We by fifurcate it. Private and public individuals that are only entitled to a limited amount of protection. This is in order to protect the First Amendment and rights of a free press because its so important to hold our lead rs account bable. He is a public individual. He is accountable to the american people. So when f he talks about sort of using congress and wanting congress to protect him, its sort of, its part in parcel of this larger theme of him not being able to understand hes not just donald trump anymore. Hes the president. Liable laws are a function of state laws. Always this constant push and pull where he throws around legal terms and legal concepts on things that dont apply. Its just, its kind of confounding. I think he uses it as authority or something thats sort of adding some gravitas on things that have no applicability whatsoever. You would think he would be well briefed abl liable laws in the United States, what treason means, but throwing out all these ideas apashtly because hes seething not only because of this oped in the New York Times, but also the bob woodward book thats about to come out. I take it east still upset about the very extraordinary funeral for john mccain. Thats right. Its been a difficult week or so in the world of donald trump from his perspective. He feels and there have been other points where this has been the case. Its sort of this bunker mentality. He starting to lash out and go on these rants. Still disturbing to hear this language from the president of the United States. To think about the political impact of this, every time the president goes down one of these roads of threatening the independent of justice, theres a deep state by thwarting me and by thwarting me, he says they are forcing you into a corner. The problem theyve got is that that argument increases the inaingety. There are no ektive checks op this president. They may have teffect of activ e activating supporters, but driving away more of the swing voters who are the principle concerns for republicans in trying to hold the house. Really extraordinary developments unfolding. Stick around. Theres more news were following. The former president of the United States, barack obama, breaking his silence with a blistering indictment of the trump era. It did not start with donald trump. He is a symptom. Not the cause. When we were dating, we used to get excited about things like concert tickets or a new snowboard. Matt whoo whoo jen but that all changed when we bought a house. 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Former president barack obama is breaking his silence with a sharp and rare critique of President Trump. Our National Correspondent is on the campus of the university of illinois where the former president spoke to students. Athe athena, we can expect to hear more from the former president as we get closer and closer to the midterms, right . Hi, wolf, thats right. Todays event is one of several planned for the next couple of months. An aide told me the president worked on the speech up until the last minute. He was making edits on the flight here. And after months of staying out of politics, he seemed eager to reingauge in a Pivotal Moment in american democracy. He eulogized senator mccain last weekend, but went much further today, touching on a number of recent headlines and mentioning President Trump by name in a political speech for the First Time Since leaving office. The politics of division and resentment and paranoia has unfortunately found a home in the republican party. Making his first foray into the midterm season, delivering a blistering rebuke of his successors political tactics an calling him out by name. It did not start with donald trump. He is a symptom. Not the cause. Hes just capitalizing on resentments that politicians has been fanning for years. The former president who has spoken with the current president since Inauguration Day, warning the country is at a critical moment with with americas democracy at stake and urging ordinary people to get involved. You need to vote because our democracy depends on it. A glance of recent headlines should tell you this moment is different. The stakes really are higher. The consequences of any of us sitting on the sidelines are more dire. He slammed republicans in congress for failing to act as a check and balance on trufr. Republicans who know better in congress and theyre there, theyre quoted saying yeah, we know this is kind of crazy. Are still bending over backwards to shield this behavior from scrutiny or consequence. The former president also f refre reinced a New York Times oped who said there are people wor g working inside the administration to thwart trumps worst impulses. Thats not a check, im being serious here, thats not how our democracy is supposed to work. These people arenelecteded. Theyre not accountable. Theyre not doing us a service. By actively promoting 90 of the crazy stuff coming out of this white house. And then saying dont worry, were preventing the other 10 obama argued that preventing nearly 3,000 americans from dying in a hurricane and its aftermath, a reference to hurricane marias toll on puerto rico, should not be a partisan issue and neither should protecting freedom of the press or denouncing hate, a reference to obamas both sides are to blame response to last years events in charlottesville, virginia. Were sure as heck supposed to stand up clearly to nads nazi sympathizers. How hard can that be . Say iing that nazis are bad. He talk ed about the importance of f showing up. Not only on the campaign trail, reaching voters in all corners of the country, but also showing up at the polls. These are extraordinary times. And theyre dangerous times. But heres the good news. In two months, we have the chance not the certainty, but the chance, to restore some semblance of sanity to our politics. Whats going to fix our democracy is you. Now todays speech kicks off a Campaign Swing that will take the former president so perhaps the most popular spokesman for the Democratic Party the to orange county, california, to rally with seven House Democrats who are running for the house. Hes also going to do something in pennsylvania and ohio in the coming weeks and as for President Trumps response to the message we heard today from president obama, trump said quote, i watched it, but fell asleep. I found hes very good for sleeping. Wolf. Thank you. 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Jim acosta is reporting that at least aides to the president believe they have narrowed this down to a few people it could be but there is no question the president simply may not be convinced at that. He called on his attorney general today to investigate this for the doj to launch an investigation to unmask this author. But we are learning that at least aides close to the president believe they are narrowing down the possibilities. Wolf, it is just possibilities. We may never know exactly who wrote that. So it is an open question if aides to the president are trying to appease him by saying, we may know who it is or if they have a lead on this. But certainly the president has been stewing about this all day long and talked to reporters about it on air force one and now flying back to washington here and hell be here in a few hours or so. Certainly watching all of the News Coverage of this but they believe they are narrowing it down but the long list is certainly long so well see if that person is ever identified. Jeff zeleny. Thanks for the update. A cnn exclusive. Were about to go inside of north korea to see what has changed since the trumpkim summit. K in the u. S. Its americas most popular street name. But allstate agents know thats where the similarity stops. If youre on park street in reno, nevada, the high winds of the Washoe Zephyr could damage your siding. And thats very different than living on park ave in sheboygan, wisconsin, where ice dams could cause water damage. But no matter what park you live on, one of 10,000 local allstate agents knows yours. Now that you know the truth, are you in good hands . Oh oh ozempic® vo people with type 2 diabetes are excited about the potential of onceweekly ozempic®. 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From missiles and tanks aimed at the United States with messages about north korea growing the economy but when you talk to people here, their burning hatred for america wont go away overnight. At the height of u. S. north Korea Tensions last year when fire and fury rhetoric was at a fever pitch, antiamerican propaganda was everywhere from missiles blowing up the capitol to a personal attack on President Trump. This propaganda says the workers are motivated by the burning hatred for the United States and it reads, lets tear apart the mentaldy deranged u. S. President donald trump. What a difference a year makes. This is the first time back in pyongyang since President Trumps meeting with kim jongun. Almost three months since the june 12th meeting, north Korea Nuclear program is still here. What is not here, at least as far as we can tell, images like this a year ago here you couldnt turn a corner without seeing antiamerican propaganda and this is about building a socialist economy, even the missile imagery has faded into the background. Government guides are always with us in north korea. Showing us exactly what the state wants us to see. This time it is all about the economy. Nice to see you again. Reporter i visit the same pyongyang factory and the sim worker i met two years ago. A lot of people would describe to me emotions like burning hatred when they talked about america. Do people still feel that way now or is it changing . Our burning hit red wont go away overnight. She said. Americans are approaching us diplomatically but they are not very sincere. Workers like kim would be surrounded by antiu. S. Slogans, not any more. This one here said compete with the world, challenge the world, overtake the world. A lot different than nuclear annihilation. What happened to all of the signs . Those posters were everywhere, she says. They may be gone now, but that hatred is still deep in our hearts. We dont have any illusions about the americans, we cant let down our guard. Reporter here in north korea taking down posters is much easier than building up trust. That fundamental lack of trust underscores the difficulty facing the american nucleegotia because they want security and a peace treaty before they give up thur nukes. And there have some promising developments. President trump said he is expecting yet another letter, a positive letter he thinks from kim jongun. Theyve been using very colorful pleasant language back and forth with each other, on twitter or their communications but that hasnt trickled down on the ground here yet, wolf. And were expecting to see not only a military parade in pyongyang this weekend but the first mass games in five years, tens of thousands of people flipping cards in the mayday stadium sending their countrys message to the world. Should be extraordinary. Great reporting. Will ripley in the north korea capital pyongyang. Well stay in close touch. And thanks very much for watching. Erin Burnett Outfront starts right now. Outfront next, breaking news, the white house narrowing down the list of suspects behind the scathing New York Times oped as Kellyanne Conway said the president thinks the person who is on the National Security team. And president tru preside hammering President Trump again but could it fire up the trump base and a close associate of roger stone who today appeared before Robert Mueller grand jury will join me live. What did mueller want to know . Lets go outfront. Good evening. Im kate baldwin in for erin burnett. Outfront,