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Clearly back here robert mueller and the special counsel will continue their work investigating the russian collusion in this election. think robert muellers not going to be distracted but once the president gets involved in these meetings and these conversations, in my view, thats going to be front and center on the minds of the foreign leaders. >> lonnie, so much is at stake as it relates to north korea but, you know, trump is going to be peppered with lots of russia-related questions. whether...

The -- with donna brazile and exposing some of the activity that happened during the primary process and the general election with regard to hillary clinton and the fund-raising agreement she had with the democratic national convention. i do think that is certainly worth looking into. >> its not illegal, right, its just kind of inside baseball? >> its not. did it put the scale of hillary clinton over bernie sanders? but in my view, let the past be the past. hillary clinton is not president. she ...

In a march 2016 meeting that trump meet russian president vladimir putin. j.d. gordon, a former national security adviser to the campaign who was in that room for that meeting, tells cnn that trump heard out papadopoulos. another source tells cnn that session, a top campaign national security adviser and surrogate, rejected the idea. the president responded by saying he doesnt remember much of the meeting. >> i dont remember much about that meeting. it was a very unimportant meeting being, took ...

Hes there today and tomorrow. certainly when he gets to china in the middle of the trip, thats going to be an issue as well. for the president, this is a very, very important trip, make no mistake about it, and its important for him and his team to stay focused, although it will be very difficult, given the ongoing investigation here in the united states. >> also, the president, you know, tweeted out that the department of justice should be going after, you know, the democrats, this right before...

Jim sciutto, cnn, washington. >> all right, i want to bring in now anna stewart, a cnn political commentator and former communications director for ted cruz. good to see you. and lonnie chen is a former public policy director for mitt romney, good to see you as well. all right, so alice, you first, as the president spends the next couple of weeks abroad, he may want the cloud of this investigation to dissipate but, you know, how might it color the thinking or perhaps even the demeanor of some of...

Relates to the special counsel investigation into his campaigns ties to russia. and the president was asked specifically does he think that he may try and change things with the special counsel, perhaps fire robert mueller and his team, and this is how he responded before he left on this trip. >> i dont know. im really not involved with the justice department. id like to let it run itself. but honestly, they should be looking at the democrats. they should be looking at podesta and all of that di...

Foreign trip since taking office. they met with u.s. military leaders and visited the "uss arizona" memorial to honor the americans killed at pearl harbor. first stop after hawaii japan. the first of five asian countries the president will be visiting. hell meet with asian leaders increasingly concerned by a nuclear armed north korea and of course the inflammatory rhetoric between north koreas unpredictable leader and president trump. also threatening to overshadow the trip, the intensifying rus...

Campaign supervisor who "the washington post" identified as clovis about a potential trip to russia to meet russian officials. the supervisor responded, encouraging papadopoulos to make the trip. papadopoulos account was unsealed the same day as indictments of former campaign chairman manafort and his deputy rick gates in relation to their lobbying work for the ukraine government. in the indictments, the government alleges that they received tens of millions of dollars for their work. and to hid...