Youre live in the cnn newsroom. Im ana cabrera in new york np President Trump coming off several days of helsinki fallout. Secret tapes about center fold hush money. Who knew what about the Infamous Trump tower meeting. Michael cohen trumps former lawyer saying the president knew ahead of time balance the headaches for the president against news that the American Economy is soaring. And thats the kind of roller the white house rode this week. Boris sanchez is it in new jersey near the president s golf course. This is called by our analyst the week that Michael Cohen officially declared war on donald trump. To do officials see it that way. According to the president s attorney, rudy giuliani, he foresaw Michael Cohen doing Something Like this, saying he was expect being this of the
business. Administration officials hope the president doesnt continue wading into the russia investigation. Sources told cnn that aides try to keep the president busy, trying to keep him on the road and focused on the economic message. This week the president touted a strong economic numbers and the trade deal announced with the eu. It appears though that the president is not going to let this go as the russia investigation and the questions that linger around it will be a cloud over this administration. Ana. Boris sanchez, thank you. Before the spoke to former Defense Secretary and cia director Michael Panetta about cohens claim about trump knowing about the meeting as well as the plans for the second summit between President Trump and Vladimir Putin. Here is the conversation. Mr. Secretary always good to have you with us. I want to tap into your experience working in the white house. When you look at this weeks headlines, the new claim that the president of the united
states had knowledge of and approved of accepting russian help during the campaign, how does this affect the work of this administration . Well, it raises obviously a lot of issues about just exactly what what that relationship was, what kind of assistance obviously was provided directly to the campaign. Those are issues obviously that bob mueller is considering in his investigation. And im sure he is going to be looking very closely at those issues, because they relate to the whole question of whether or not there was any collusion between the Trump Campaign or the president himself and the russians. The ongoing questions about the president s connections to russia, now we have russian president Vladimir Putin saying he is ready to go to washington. He invited President Trump to moscow. But there has to be, quote, necessary conditions. Whats your reaction to that . Well, the concern is that this last summit in helsinki was about as close as you could get to a Foreign Policy disaster, because the president throughout that trip obviously made, i believe, some serious mistakes. He criticized nato. He criticized great britain. He criticized germany. He said that the eu was our foe. And then at the summit at this very private meeting, to which we really still dont know what went on, he then had a Press Conference at which he said he trusted the russians more than he trusted our own Intelligence Agencies with regards to the issue of interference in our elections. There is just a lot of questions that were raised by that summit that i think need to be answered before there is another meeting. Discussed in their twohour closeddoor meeting. President s have a prerogative to kmoos who is meeting or not. Im confident youve had private one union on one. I just asked a simple question. I just. Cant he wanted eat up myself minutes. The president disclosed what he said to Vladimir Putin about russian interference in our elections. And he said that he is confident that as a result of that conversation vladimir understands that it wont be tolerated. Secretary panetta, do you believe he truly knows what was discussed . No, i dont. I think the fact that that the president and putin met alone, that only the two of them obviously plus the interpreters to some extent but the two of them know what went on in the meeting. Even secretary pompeo himself in that response did not indicate that he had been fully briefed about all of the areas that had
been covered in that discussion. It has been one year since john kelly took over as President Trumps Chief Of Staff and cnns latest reporting is that he has become a shadow of dominant figure he once was. A source saying kelly has been sidelined from Big Decisions and that kelly still doesnt read twitter unless shown one of the president s messages and is it still doesnt watch the television. Gazing instead at the large lincoln portrait he had hung in his office. Pure you were a Chief Of Staff would you have resigned by now. Thats a question every Chief Of Staff has to respond based on their own instincts of right and wrong. I know john kelly. He served me as my Military Aide when i was secretary of defense. He is a good man. I think he tried to put in place some degree of discipline, some kind of order in terms of a
chain of command, some kind of a better approach to Policy Development within the white house. I think the biggest problem is that he is working for a president who is very difficult to discipline, who doesnt accept discipline, had who thinks he should operate on his Gut Indistinct and doesnt want to accept the advise of others, doesnt want to accept any kind of the traditions or rules that guided past president s. Why would kelly want to stay in that position non. I think john kelly is a marine. He is committed to service of this country. I think he he believes that his presence at least provides some degree of discipline in an otherwise chaotic presidency. He is not obviously his relationship with the president will determine whether he should stay or not. If he has lost the trust of the president , then obviously that would impact on his ability to do the job of Chief Of Staff. Whether thats happened or not is an issue between john kelly and the president. Earlier this week, the president the threatened to revoke the Security Clearances of former Government Officials who have been very critical of his policies, among them former cia director john brennan and general michael hayden. Former dni james clapper. Form secretary susan rice. And james comey who doesnt have a clearance anymore. Whats your gut reaction to all of that . I i think its against the basic values we protect in in country with regards to the ability of people to enjoy free speech and to say what they think. Thats the strength of america. And to have a president be offended by those kinds of comments and then try to retaliate by taking in reSecurity Clearances away from them, i think its an abuse of his power. I think this president like past president s has to be big enough to be able to take those that disagree with him to understand that there is going to be criticisms about the things he does, and to be and to continue to do what he might believe is right for the country. Thats thats the nature of our democracy. And i think he weakens our democracy when he threatens to do Something Like taking away the Security Clearances of those that have been critical to him. Secretary leon panetta, thank you so much. Thank you. Coming up, small children among the missing now after a wildfire explodes in california leaving incredible destruction behind. I cant believe its gone. All those memories, childhood memories. Eres some signs. It came from the toaster. Now you can quit cable. Switch to directv and now get a 100 reward card. More for your quitting cable thing. Thats our thing. Call 1 800 directv. The carr fire in Northern California claimed at least two lives and nearly doubled in size. President trump approved an Emergency Declaration in the state. The fires are fueled by high temperatures, erratic winds, heavy vegetation. People are fleeing for their lives as their homes and neighborhoods burst into flames. Two people dead, 500 structures destroyed. And since the fire exploded overnight nearly 81,000 acres have now burned. Cnns dan simon on the ground in california. We see the destruction behind you. Fill us in. Yes, the destruction is incredible. We were just driving along the main highway and came across this subdivision. This is keswick estates. Orwell, the president draws parallels to a distoep yan novel after telling a crowd dont believe what you see. With tough food, your dentures may slip and fall. New fixodent ultramax hold gives you the strongest hold ever
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lights are flashing. All americans of all parties must denounce this even if trump wont. This comes as the president convened the First Security meeting. Anden Alex Marquardt reports not much came out of it. Facing growing criticism he Hasnt Focus Ds on the Election Cybersecurity Threat the president met with the Security Team in the white house Situation Room to discuss election interference. So far the administration vague on the details. Just rest assured there are actions under way to protect our our elections or to expose any external any by anybody external efforts to influence the american public, to show false news, that sort of thing. It comes as missouri senator Clair Mccaskill accusing russian operatives of trying to hack into her office. Saying while the attack isnt
successful its outrageous they can get away with it this. Oop ive said it before and ill say it again put isnt a thug and bully. Mccaskill is one of the most vulnerable democrats. A senior microsoft confirmed that three 2018 candidates have been targeted by the same group of russian Intelligence Officers targeting democrats in 2016. They were all people because of their positions might have been interesting targets from an Espionage Standpoint as well as an election disruption standpoint. The hackers used fake microsoft pages and socalled fibering attacks. The company is on high alert for similar pages which they say they take down when discovers. Its the campaigns rather than the Voting Systems that are vulnerable targets. Fact of the matter is that the Campaign Staff will never get to the level of the adversaries and stair them down. We are talk talking about the most sophisticated cyber operators in the world. Russian intelligence. The iranians, north koreans. The Trump Administration has come under fire for not announcing a comprehensive coordinated plan to thwart cyberthreats. I think its an embarrassment that this white house has not made Election Security a top priority and has not put the kind of attention and focus on it that we need. In may, the cybercoordinator role on the National Security councils was eliminated as top intelligence officials sounding the ararm. Comparing the state of danks to the months before the 9 11 attacks. Im here to say the Warning Lights are blinking red again. Today the dlnl infrastructure serving this country is literally under attack. The department of Homeland Security oversees the defense of the countrys voting infrastructure. But on ofstie its less clear with the nsa fbi and military all taking leading roles. We really need more Connective Tissue between people gathering intelligence, people doing law enforcement, and people charged with protecting
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