Being with me. Im fredricka whitfield. President trump is spending the weekend at the golf resort in bed minu bedminister, new jersey. The news of a booming economy and the president fulfilling a Campaign Promise overshadowed by the latest bombshell in the russia investigation. The man who once said he would take a bullet for trump is now telling special counsel mueller the president knew about that infamous 2016 Trump Tower Meeting ahead of time. This is something the president has repeatedly denied. And now the president is doubling down on that denial. Cnns White House Reporter Sarah Westwood joins us live from new jersey near the president s golf club where he is spending the weekend. How is the president handling
this . Reporter President Trump is settling in for a weekend facing many Unanswered Questions about that 2016 Trump Tower Meeting involving his son, donald trump, and a russian lawyer. Trump refused to answer questions about those claims from his attorney Michael Cohen. T
Never involved in any collusion with russia. But the senators say they cut short the sitdown because of something the lawyers said. And bracing for the worst. Millions of americans now in danger as a category five hurricane heads toward puerto rico. The words from the government, evacuate or day. Lets get to it. Were getting new reports on the powerful earthquake that hit mexico city in the last 20 minutes. Weve gotten new video as well. This is coming in to us from television stations in mexico. The earthquake a 7. 1 according to the United States Geological Survey. It struck, as i said, sometime in the last 20 minutes or so. This is the first video that came in to us from one of the local television stations. You can see what appears to be dust around buildings, possibly smoke. At this point, were not sure. Theres no reports of fires. To the next video. Well show you more. This is from inside telemundos news studios in mexico city. Listen. The earthquake set off alarms across mexico
And the russian government. I spoke not too long ago with a source close to the Trump Transition Team who says two things. One, that he believes the source that the Mueller Investigation did illegally he put it obtain the emails. He also says they were used as part of the ongoing russia probe which is noteworthy. As a result we have seen a rare Public Comment from the special counsels spokesman about this defending Robert Muellers practices, his processes. I want everyone to stay with me one second. We are going to try to rerack that tape and play it for all of our panel so everyone can have a chance to weigh in. Let me introduce who will be with us to have this discussion. We have with us cynthia alkazny, former prosecutor. Frank figliosi and Pulitzer Prize winning journalist charlie savage, author of power wars and an msnbc contributor. Let me go ahead and play it so we can follow up on the discussion. [ inaudible ] not looking good. Its not looking good. Its quite sad to see that. S
Been a contentious trip abroad in a new interview labeling longtime allies in europe as a foe of the United States. Lets get right to the big meeting, though. The president arriving in finland a short time ago. In just over 13 hours from now, he will be all alone in a room with Vladimir Putin and no aides, no other officials, and seemingly no real agenda for what he hopes to achieve. Whats your goal from the Putin Meeting . Ill let you know after the meeting. I have absolutely it was mutually agreed lets have a meeting. I think its a good thing to meet. I do believe in meeting. I dont expect anything. I frankly dont expect i go in with very low expectations. I think that getting along with russia is a good thing, but its possible we wont. I think were greatly hampered by this whole witch hunt thats going on in the United States, the russian witch hunt. The rigged situation. And while the president doesnt seem to have an agenda, you can bet former kgb officer Vladimir Putin does. Making
Happening now, breaking news. Migrant camp. President trump insists the u. S. Wont be a Holding Facility for undocumented immigrants. They struggle to defend separating families at the border. The backlash is growing. Some republicans warn innocent children are being treated immorally. The fbi director flatly rejects the president s attacks on the special counsel. A Senate Hearing on the handling of the clinton email probe morphing into a partisan match over the russia investigation. New details tonight on another offer to provide the trump camp with dirt on Hillary Clinton. Roger stone now admits he took part in a secret meeting with a russian back in 2016. Why didnt he tell that to congressional investigators . Pardon delays. Rudy giuliani is advising the president not to use his pardon power now hinting he might grant clemency once the investigation is over. We want to welcome our viewers in the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer. You are in the situation room. This