And 4 00 a. M. , we start with the breaking news in canada, where 14 people are dead this after a bus carrying a hockey team and a semi truck collided. 14 others were hurt in the accident. The broncos team was on their way to a playoff game. Witnesses say it took several hours for victims to be pulled from the wreckage. Hockey is a way of life here and local teams are idolized. The broncos posted a recent photo. All in their late teens, but it is not clear who was on this bus. A Team Statement said, quote, the organization experienced an incredible tragedy. The broncos bus was involved in a terrible accident which has resulted in multiple fatalities and serious injuries. The canadian Prime MinisterJustin Trudeau tweeted condolences saying i cannot imagine what these parents are going through and my heart goes out to even affected by this terrible tragedy. Of course well continue to follow this breaking story here on cnn. A new round of u. S. Sanctions to tell you about, this time targeting the russian president s inner circle, all in partly in retaliation for u. S. Election meddling. On the list seven powerful oligarchs with close ties to Vladimir Putin, some of the wealthiest in the country. Also named, 12 companies the oligarchs either own or control and to drive the point home the sanctions also target 17 senior russian government officials. Not to be forgotten in all of this, the special counsel probe into the 2016 election meddling also focusing on oligarchs and possible connections between members of the Trump Campaign. Jessica schneider explains for us. Reporter tonight several prominent russians who have been sanctioned by the Trump Administration have ties to President Trumps associates and could be of interest to robert mueller. On the list, a billionaire who agreed to invest nearly 19 million in a failed Business Venture with Paul Manafort and his deputy rick gates. Is it true that he owed you millions when he was the head of the Trump Campaign . Reporter he wouldnt answer questions from cnns Matthew Chance when confronted last year. The Washington Post previously reported manafort offered to provide him with private briefings when manafort was Trump Campaign chair than. Also on the sanction list, aleksandr torshin, a top deputy with long standing ties National Rifle association and there is an investigation to see whether he used the nra to illegally funnel funds to the Trump Campaign. The nra says no foreign funds went to election spending. Torshin had a brief intersection with donald trump jr. And also reportedly played a role in arranging a meeting between trump and putin that same rear. And an oils and metals tie cycos also targeted. He attended the inauguration and two associates donated to the event. He also attended the same dinner in moscow where Michael Flynn sat near Vladimir Putin in december 2015 according to nbc. There is thought, though not proven yet, that there may have been back channels used by ol ga ollie ghaigarchs to fund the tr campaign. Reporter cnn reported that muellers team has pinpointed at least three russian oligarchs for questioning. One stopped in new york city and agents searched his electronics. There is a clear connection not only between manafort, gates and the ollie daigarchs but now mueller looking at the oligarchs directly and interviewing them in an effort to understand what happened. So it is a widening net for mueller and a tightening noose for manafort. Reporter manafort has pleaded not guilty to criminal indictments in virginia and washington, d. C. Stemming from the mueller probe. And now cnn has learned that muellers team is using information obtained during the manafort investigation to continue to look for alleged criminal activity. In fact, prosecutors revealed that they have a search warrant that gave them access to five at t phone numbers and that warrant is somehow related to Paul Manafort. That was Jessica Schneider reporting for us. More now on the mueller investigation. Cnn has learned exclusively attorneys for the u. S. President have started preparing him for a possible interview with the special counsel. A white house official and person familiar with the situation says the legal team is in the initial stage of preparing mr. Trump for an interview. Keep in mind the president has not formally agreed to talk with mueller. Lets bring in Nic Robertson live in moscow with us. Lets start with richard quests interview with one. Ru of the russians targeted, chairman of the bank. He says all of this is a big misunderstanding. Lets listen. I did nothing wrong to america, to american interests. I was always trying to promote Good Business relationship with american banks, with american investors. So im punished because American Administration conceded that the russian government con duskted the wrong policy, it showed the high level of misunderstanding on part of the American Administration of the intention of the russian government, of the russian leadership. Very unfortunate. I think we should stop somewhere because we are going from bad to worse and if not for us, but for the sake of our children, who deserve the better world and peaceful world, we should stop somewhere. So i dont have any feeling of revenge. I dont even recommend my government to retaliate because weve already had tit for tat expulsion of diplomats. And now against the russian businessmen, i think we should stop somewhere and start to rebuild our relationship. Kostin there saying that this is a point where both nations should take a pause and find a way to rebuild the relationship. But the greater question here, this round of sanctions described as targeting the russian president s inner circle, explain how targeting these oligarchs directly affects mr. Putins bottom line. Reporter well, i think you heard in that interview there precisely what these sanctions are intended to do. They are intended to have the people that are closest to president putin and on that sanctions list his soninlaw for example, and others who are very close to him, just as we heard in that interview with richard quest, who are going to say and said in that interview this is time to stop, that we need to stop in, we need to leave a better place for our children. Of course the way that he is framing it is slightly different to the way that, you know, that american and british diplomats would hope that it is framed because they are hoping that this is a message that goes to president putin across his business table at the kremlin or around the dinner table if it is a more social setting, the people around him who are his Close Friends who have the most influence over him get a message to him that this has to stop. That is the effort here. When it talks about affecting the bottom line, the arms exporter here in russia has said that the sanctions are essentially unfair competition, that they show precisely what the nature of the sanctions are supposed to do, which is remove their ability to sell russianmade weapons around the world. Again, that is the message that is intended to be sent. There is a financial cost to pay and that financial cost, the message of that financial cost has to be communicated to president putin and the kremlin in a way that they will understand. So when we hear these types of statements that are emerging in this context, that is the hope. That is the hope that actually this is sent more to Vladimir Putin than a Public International complaint. So that is the impact, but now lets talk about russias response, russia saying that it will be a harsh response. Given that it cant necessarily be a symmetrical response, what are you hearing about what course that nation could take . Reporter it was given the issue was given, these new sanctions, were given about 30 seconds or so on state Television News last night, which is generally indicative of the fact that the government hasnt decided on its position. This is a weekend, easter weekend here. So perhaps this weekend we wont get many details of what the government plans to do, but we heard the Foreign Ministry in a statement saying that they will respond in a harsh way. They say that the theft of property and money is robbery when you take away peoples money and their ability to do business that is in effect robbery. So that is part of the narrative that i think will emerge. But the trade minister said that the government will support those affected by this. Weve heard other Officials Saying that people will find a way of working around these sanctions. But i dont think weve heard the full response from the government yet. But very clear they are not backing down. This escalation, if you will, in terms of rhetoric and actions at the moment is begetting a response from the russian government and all indications from the Foreign Ministry, they will not shy away from trying to respond in alike manner. The icy relations that were seeing between western nations and russia on a variety of different issues quite frankly, but how is that playing in the minds of everyday russians there . Reporter well, the recommend lynn, if you will, and russian state media of which the kremlin has a very significant role in shaping is able to shape the narrative for the population here. And the narrative has been on the issue of the poisoning of Sergei Skripal in the uk, russia didnt do it. On the issue of u. S. Sanctions which are for wide ranging number of reasons, meddling in the u. S. Elections, meddling in other elections in 2017 in europe, annexation of crimea, involvement in ukraine, all of these issues, the use or the support of the use of chemical weapons, that is the implicit line by Bashar Al Assad in syria, all these things that the west is angry and frustrated with russia about for not curtailing, not dialing back those actions and activities, that is the rationale behind these latest sanctions. But that is not the way that its being told to people here. People here are being told essentially that the government hasnt done anything wrong in syria, wasnt involved in that poisoning. And these latest sanctions then the message seems to emerge that they are in effect to punish russian businesses just so that western businesses, american businesses, can hoover up some of those business, the arms industry being one point in case. So i think that the message that people will receive here is one that is very finely tuned by the kremlin because that is the way that opinion here is shaped and formed and that is partly, if you will, the reason why president putin was returned so resoundingly with such a high proportion of the voter turnout in the recent elections. And that is something that weve heard in statements here from the government pointing towards when russia is under pressure, they turn to their president and they say, Officials Say, just look at the latest results, that shows that we are behind the president. The country will rally behind the president. So the message from say the media is the message that helps achieve that. It is always good to get that context from you, nic, thank you so much for your insight today there live in moscow. Now, another update on that former spy who was poisoned in england, doctors treating Sergei Skripal say now that he is no longer in Critical Condition and improving rapidly, his daughter yulia in stable condition now. Moscow denies that it had anything to do with the poisoning. Ugs m. S. Markets fell sharpn friday, at one point the dow plunged more than 700 points. It closed the day down at 527 points, wiping out all of the gains for the week. Nasdaq and s p fell more than 2 , although a weaker than expected jobs report primed the fall. Talk of a trade war with china also having an impact on the markets this after President Trump threatened china with 100 billion in tariffs. On top of the 50 billion that hed already threatened. The president s new economic adviser larry kudlow tried to tamp down the fears saying there was no trade war and all the talk of tariffs only a negotiating tactic, proposals. That eased the free fall somewhat, but only until treasury secretary Steve Mnuchin said, quote, there is the potential of a trade war. Listen. The tariffs will take some period of time to go in to effect. There will be public comments. So while were in the period before the tariffs go on, well continue to have discussions. But there is the potential of a trade war. And let me just be clear, it is not a trade war. The president wants reciprocal trade. To talk more about this, lets bring in peter matthews, professor of Political Science at cypress college. A pleasure to have you on the show. Good to be here. The white house is saying this is not a trade war. If not, the question, are they playing chicken here and why . Is this a negotiation tactic in your view . It is the beginning of a trade war and they are playing chicken and a negotiating tactic, all three things. But it could end up in a disaster. We had the tariff after the depression which made the depression far worse than what it had been and it was put on there by republicans, senator and congressman, in order to protect american industry which was not needed and ended up all of the other countries many put tariffs and it escalated. And it is happening today with china and it wont end very well. So lets talk about the white house pushing sanctions forward on a list of russian oligarchs, one of whom married the russian president s daughter. These are the actions but the president s words dont quite match those actions. Your thoughts. Well, his words are a lot milder than his actions. And im wondering why that is happening, but it is true that several russian on oligarchs are closely tied to the kremlin were sanctioned. And that will be another problem as far as relations, but on the other hand, we cant be letting these folks influence the american elections and there has to be some retaliation for what happened in a measured way. Thats what i would suggest. But it is getting closer to the kremlin themselves because these are kremlin associates. And the oligarchs in russia are different than wealthy people in america because they are connected to the government. The government has a lot of leverage over the oligarchs as well, not just the other way around as more the case here. So you also want to go along with what the kremg lylin wants many cases. So as far as the russian president is concerned, are these mixed messages . Certainly it seems that way. It would be that way probably to mr. Putin as well. So you really want to know exactly what trump is doing, what the congress doing. Dont forget, the congress has a different message than the president at times. And this is very confusing for many leaders in the world. We dont know how putin will take it and it is very dangerous because right now these two countries are in the worst relationship they have been in since the beginning of russia after the soviet union fell and that is not a good place to be with two Nuclear Super powers that with miscalculation could start another conflict in many ways. And finally roger stone spoke to Anderson Cooper earlier been asked whether the president would speak to the special Counsel Robert Mueller if invited to do so, heres what he had to say. Lets listen. In your opinion, should the president ever sit down with the special counsel . I have written and said on info wars repeatedly that i thought it was perjury trap, that there is every possibility the special counsel is looking at some process related crime that doesnt relate to russia. I obviously believe the special counsel has political bias has demonstrated by the fbi Text Messages and emails that have surfaced and political nature of this investigation. So i think it is very dangerous for the president to do so. Again there roger stone, a man who clearly has the president s ear. Peter, the question to you, this advice that he is giving the president , what do you make of it . Well, i think that he is correct that there is a big danger if trump sits down with mueller and he ends up whether under oath or not not at the timing the truth or waffling on something that seems like it is not fully the truth. That can be prosecuted as a felony or he can be charged and then brought in to be impeached based on a report that mueller would write up. So he cannot in any way say the wrong thing that could seem to be an untruth in any way at all. And with trump, he has a very difficult time giving the same story which is true, it should be true, in the same way the next day. He changes the story, he comes out and lies at times. So a real danger if he does testify to mueller, there could be Serious Problems for him. And that is why roger stone advised him not to do it. Peter matthews, thank you for your time and perspective. Still ahead here, the latest on the violence along the israel gaza border. We have a live report ahead from jerusalem. Plus, one of bollywoods biggest stars fights to stay out of prison. The latest on his plea hearing. Well, heres to first dates you look amazing. And you look amazingly comfortable. When your vneck looks more like a uneck. Thats when you know, its halfwashed. Add downy to keep your collars from stretching. Unlike detergent alone, downy conditions to smooth and strengthen fibers. So, next time dont halfwash it. Downy and its done. And im the founder of ugmonk. Before shipstation it was crazy. Its gr