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Recapitulate what they do in the one-on-one. if there is an odd statement or a digression, an anomaly, this will come out in the was during the larger meeting. >> a complicated big story, ambassador, and you have boiled it down into terms everyone can understand. i appreciate you joining us on cnn. its been very valuable. >> don, thanks so much. its been fun. >> much more on our breaking news tonight. the historic summit and how it could rearrange the global balance of power. ordinary vers. a lo...

Was no need for him to suggest it. it was an odd statement at that point. >> it was an odd statement from a president who has never said anything about the scope of that, and yet he comes out of the blue here. the conversation today was going to be the president was going to leave early because he doesnt want to sit and lecture on climate change by the other leaders. the president is going to be told hes wrong by just about everybody else at the table on trade. >> just to add to that, i do not h...

That also suggests that she is not just an average lawyer who represents private clients, but someone whose degree of influence within and over the russian state is greater than that. >> fascinating. on the american front here, david, the other things that were in the house gop report were interesting for other reasons. thats the best way i can put it. let me explain. well start with kellyanne conways odd statement earlier this year. >> so calling every person and go ahead and run a lie detector...

Reasons. thats the best way i can put it. well start with kellyanne conways odd statement earlier this year. >> so calling every person and go ahead and run a lie detecter on them. why dont they do that? >> well, they may. they may not. there are many different ways to discover who is leaking. >> many ways to discover who is leaking. this is one of the trump versus trump issues, because a lot of the leaks by definition are from very top people in very small rooms in the trump white house. im rea...

Little more of what the president said, a short bite, regarding jeff sessions. then were going to turn to add a very special guest by phone, i believe, in the coming moments. a lawyer who knows a lot about michael cohen. in fact, let me jump right to him. michael avenatti, stormy daniels lawyer joins me by phone. michael, you and i spoke on thursday when the president made the odd statement on air force one, ask michael cohen about all of this. tonight, the breaking news as the fbi appears to be...

The least. you have to look at this not from manaforts perspective but from gatess perspective. if you read these indictments, the case is overwhelming. its not a difficult case to prove in court. its a hard case to investigate, but not a hard case to prove in court. so gates had to make a racial choi -- rational choice. and he gets the chance, knots the promise, but the chance to stay out of jail. so that manafort would make a statement like that for him making a decision about his own future, ...

Its a hard case to investigate, but not a hard case to prove in court. and so gates had to make a rational choice. he did. what he gets out of it is some finality and the chance, not the promise, but the chance to stay out of jail. and so the notion that manafort would take a shot at him for making a rational choice about his own, gatess own future seems kind of silly and desperate. its an odd statement to say the least. >> is it an irrational question to wonder if manafort has been assured thro...

To do that. let me talk about north korea. last night the president tweeted -- sorry. excuse me. north korean leader kim jong-un just stated that the nuclear button is on his desk at all times. will someone from his depleted and food starved regime please inform him that i do have a nuclear button. my button works. north korea and south korea have reopened their phone line today. thats a really important thing. then you have trumps tweet, which is getting attention from the media. its much more ...

I believe we have -- youll have to ask those folks, but i think they know the real answer. they have more legislation passed, including the record was harry truman a long time ago. >> reporter: research team took a look at the numbers and they just dont add up. this is not in the ballpark of being true. the president in his first year has gotten 96 bills through congress. harry truman had more than double that. when we pull back the lens even further, president trump had fewer things get through...

>> i dont remember much about that meeting. it was a very unimportant meeting. it took place a long time ago. dont remember much about it. >> kind of an odd statement, considering how the president described his suburb memory just last week. >> there is no hesitation. one of the great memories of all time. >> one of the great memories of all time. the president might not recall the papadopoulos offer, but another former adviser at that march 2016 meeting does. j.d. gordon told cnn that not only ...