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The mothers. they were in groups of three and four. they were friends and families who are trying to protect themselves. or innocent. the devastation is evident everywhere in monte abandoned cars litter the streets some with the keys still in the ignition. firefighters have managed to bring the fires under control but they warn that new fires could flare up at any time in the dried out to rain turkey and many countries in the e.u. have offered assistance. and correspondent yanis public dimitrios...

Lets begin with abby phillip at the white house. abby, lets begin with this key departure, hope hixon the way out. >> thats right, john. its hard to overstate how important hope hicks is to this building, to the president and how stunning her departure is. it comes in a week where shes the second senior aide to leave the white house and at a time when the president is under siege now more than ever. she has been with him since before the campaign. shes known here in the white house as a gatekeep...

Just had a long and very good talk with president moon of south korea. things are going very well. time and location of meeting with north korea is being set. also spoke to prime minister abe of japan to inform him of the ongoing negotiations. >> cnn white house correspondent abby philip is at the white house for you. abby, lets begin with you. what are you hearing from washington regarding this conversation? >> reporter: well, the white house hasnt yet released a full readout of the conversatio...

President left for a speech scheduled for next hour, in new hampshire. the subject opioids. we will have more on that later. over the weekend and early today, a much more pug nacious president. he fired off eight tweets. in them, he attacked the mueller probe and for the very first time, he mentioned the special counsel by name. he also trashed two former cop fbi officials. one of woman andrew mccabe was fired late friday night. the most provocative were those on his team, suggesting the preside...

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Ill tell you why. because while it may not prevent an attack, it may save lives in an attack. >> so the big question this morning, the big unknown really is how far will the president go? also, how far will the nra let this go? we might know soon from the nra at some point this morning, maybe in just minutes. the executive director of the nra gives a significant address. wayne lapierre will speak to this key conservative conference. these are live pictures. these will be his first comments since...

Democrats though? democrats will meet in the next hour to discuss where they stand on all of this. also new this morning, from the white house, what seems to be a choreographed series of statements that the president is very busy, very involved, both involved and busy, in all of the negotiations. this after reports that many republicans including administration officials would rather he stay on the sidelines during all of this, practice what is called a game of hide and tweet here. lets begin,...

Ladies. difficult day, but we will get through it together. >> sandra: good to have you, lets begin. talking about school safety. this comes after he held a listening session at the white house for students, teachers, and parents affected by gun violence. he listened to their consumed my concerns and endorsed a certain gun control measures, tweeting this morning, i will be strongly pushing up background checks with an emphasis on mental health. raise the age to 21, and end the sale of a bum stoc...

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Schedule, there will be no public events, and we will see if he will make a comment about this, but for right now we are continuing to see the fallout from the book about the relationships inside the west wing. >> its stunning. as you said, the book is not even out yet. kaitlan collins at the white house. thank you very much. here with us, bill crystal, and deputy culture editor of the "new york times," and the author of the book on bannon, devils bannon, josh green. i certainly dont have tphaom...