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Far. in just the last few weeks, more than 3,400 day lie high temperature records broken or tied. including unprecedented numbers in the north. montreal, canada, 92. in the sahara desert, thermometers at 124 degrees this month. so are we ready for triple digit dgts and consequences? here in redding, the answer is, no. >> it seems like fire to me left -- theres nothing. >> reporter: and you can see that the fire continues to smolder in places. jake, folks continuing to brace for more problems as ...

>> certainly, certainly. >> you heard steve bannon say he doesnt think its possible donald trump jr. didnt tell his dad about the meeting if not before. you think that maybe he did but it would have been after? >> i would be surprised if when you have paul manafort, you have jared kushner and you have don jr. in this meeting if the president wasnt made aware about it sometime after the fact if not before. with that said, i cant -- im not in trump tower, jake. i havent been in there since 2015. a...

Will lie. i think hell tell the truth. >> reporter: democrats said this opens a new front in the russia probe. >> effectively brings the collusion conclusion to the presidents feet. >> reporter: capping the very very turbulent week is this bit of remarkable news. reporting this afternoon, a photo of robert mueller waiting to board a flight at reagan national airport in d.c. and look behind him. that same gate, donald trump jr. wearing that green t-shirt and baseball cap. muellers office says if ...

President and the white house deny that he had known about that meeting at least 15 times. i guess just a question for you. i wonder what you think. who do you believe? >> if michael cohen starts to lie, that would be the worst time considering theres court cases involved but to me i think we get so caught up in this and the question of the meeting not just who knew and when and did people associated with the trump campaign knowingly accept or solicit stolen information? we get caught up in this...

People say he plays loose and fast with the truth. at the end of the day its a lie and so why should we believe the president now? that is the issue when he tells so many false truths, so many lies about very small things, from crowd sizes to the tie he wore yesterday. so, in this case, i believe michael cohen. now, the facts will come out. whens done in the dark will always come to light, jake. i dont believe the president here. >> jeffrey toobin? >> well, i think that the key issue that we nee...

30, 40 minutes. he is done cabinet meetings with the full pool spray thats lasted longer than the election security meeting today. were a little over 100 days from the midterm elections if folks dont think and the folks working for the candidates are potential target, i think theyre living in an alternate reality. i know people working that the democratic national committee and dccc, it was terrible, absolutely terrible for them personally and i just hope that we dont see the same thing this fal...

Goldstone saying if its true -- that is that the russian government has the information it wants to provide, if its true i love it. doesnt donald trump jr. want to please his father? doesnt he tell his father this meeting is coming? as you have pointed out, this speech is planned about precisely the subject that was going to be discussed at this meeting at trump tower. the idea that donald trump has never been told about this? i mean, it just has always seemed implausible to me. >> yeah. >> and ...

Hes almost negotiating against himself. and i dont know what motives lanny davis has right now. this does not serve his clients interest. i could tell you having dealt with these prosecutors they do not like information leaked out. they dont want to negotiate in public. so how is this really serving michaels interest by doing this? >> good question. sam, thank you so much. have a good weekend. >> thank you, jake. even after the fbi raided the apartment, mike cool hen reportedly said he would j...

Jr., his son-in-law jared kushner and former chair paul manafort in which a russian government lawyer with ties to the kremlin expected to offer dirt on hillary clinton. the presidents former fixer prepared to share the details with robert mueller were told if the statement of cohen and given the past this is a considerable if, if the statement is credible. but when debating whens telling the truth about this, it is also worth pointing out that the american people have been lied to time and time...

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