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from the ukraine/russian boarder. half an hour away from the opening of the markets. yesterday they took a massive dive after the feds announcement of another interest rate hike. cnbcs andrew ross sorkin will join us shortly. mike barnicle back with us for the hour. we begin with the lawsuit from the state of new york against donald trump. his eldest children and the trump organization alleging years of fraud. the state is seeking $250 million in damages and wants to bar the family f...

Morning? >> a lot. she threw the book at them, an over 200-page book in the form of this lawsuit. its a civil case. viewers have heard shes not one of the type of legal officials who can throw you in jail, so she sues, takes you to court. but she is in a way trying to put the trump organization in jail and put donald trump, the officers, including the indicted cfo, convicted in the d.a. case and his children on ice so they couldnt run this company or any company in new york. that is a big penalt...

With the wording of what he said with kim jong-un, did not deny it despite following it up in the middle of the interview, denies it 49 hours later. is there a person here? >> there i see a pattern with a communications operation that isnt really operating on all cylinders. ordinarily, "the wall street journal" interview was published friday morning. >> right. >> and most white houses that i have covered would have immediately put out a staying saying there was a misinterpretation here. instead ...

State crown, which only three people are even allowed to touch. >> its much smaller, isnt is it? i mean, it was the same height. that is when me father wore it. it. >> was huge then. >> yes. very unwieldy. >> britains longest reigning monarch talking about wearing such a crown with its lavish diamonds and precious stones. >> once you put it on, it stays. >> you have to keep your head very still. >> yes. and you cant look down do read the speech. you have to take the speech up. because if you did...

Spoke to someone at the white house who not only didnt deny it but you said i think the base will be okay with this. they are almost taking this as a victory lap. true or false? >> reporter: yeah. thats exactly right. not only was the would you say not denying it, the president spent the day these comments happened, phoning friends and allies to see how they felt the remark was playing out in the media, what they thought the reaction to this was. and someone told my colleague the president was l...

And thats not debatable. >> yeah. look, you have seen a lot of republicans in the room initially saying i dont recall what was exactly said. or not willing to say things in public. they would put themselves on the record of what they heard the president saying what they thought about it. this is a close alternative that allows for some room of equivocation. it is the lesser of two evils in their mind right now. the fact that this has dragged on so long. and you have a he said/he said about what ...

Jong-un. both the journal and the white house released audio of this same interview. the white house insists the president did not say that. they said he said id have. >> him stating something almost impossible to believe after all the hostility which he has a good relationship or any relationship, versus him saying ill be able to do it better. >> right. so it matters. the white house didnt dispute this, right? at the end of the interview he said how much he enjoyed it and he was going to do it ...

>> and i probably have a very good relationship with kim jong-un of north korea. >> wes, what do you hear? >> i think i hear the -- him saying it the way the journal initially reported it. look, i can see why someone might suggest there is a little ambiguity there. it can be hard to figure out contractions or not when speaking. i think this is the battle the white house has chose tone fight. it speaks to a vulnerable they perceive they have. there have been so many questions about the presidents...

He said. sometimes the thing you hit on the most is the thing youre most concerned about. >> just in the interest of progress, give it to him. he wasnt saying he has a great relationship with the guy right now which would be a preposterous notion. this is once again the president giving in his own way. on the eve of mlk day, he express said a preference for having white people in this country instead of brown people. they say they play everything. play the recording of that meeting. lets see wha...

The only time you really get a sense of her character. for this one she took us behind the scenes of the greatest state occasion of them all here in the uk. >> question elizabeth watching footage of her own coronation for the first time since being crowned 65 years ago. her majesty speaking about it in this coach weighing four tons bound for westminster abby. >> it is is not very comfortable. >> were you in it for a long time? >> around london. we must have gone four or five miles. the horses po...