And video you have to see. Police arresting a man for taunting a wild bison. Caught on tape. Watch this. Dont you try it oh, god, no, no, no, oh, no. Oh, no. Oh, god. Oh, god, no with no, i cant watch. That bison was taking no bs from that guy. Yellow stone officials warning visitors to stay 25 yards from the bison. Authorities say this was the mans third arrest in fact in a woke for causing disturbances while he visited several national parks. We are live in the cnn newsroom im ana cabrera in new york. So much to talk about. Lets get to breaking news. The first lady of the United StatesMelania Trump choosing apparently to support the man her husband is insulting on twitter. President Trump Badmouthing Nba superstar lebron james after an interview replayed on cnn. Tweets. Ana. And boris, a familiar face also spotted boarding Air Force One earlier someone who used to work in the white house. Tell us more about this. Reporter sacrificing appearance from former Director Of Communications hope hicks. She surprised the press by showing up not only in new jersey but then boarding Air Force One. Apparently on her way to this rally in ohio. You recall hicks resigned one day after she testified to congress that she had told white lies for President Trump. He she left the administration about a month later. Perhaps not that surprising considering we know that President Trump has contact with former campaign and administration officials, corey lewandowski. Anthony scaramucci. Roger stone to make a few. But surprising to see hope hicks relatively Out Of The Blue ana. Boris sanchez, you are on top of it. Lets play a small part of the interview that President Trump was responding to when he insulted the intelligence of both james and cnn anchor my colleague don lemon. The fourtime Nba Most Valuable Player james making it clear how he feels about the president. Watch. He has kind of used sport to kind of divide us. Do you think he uses black thmts as a scapegoat. At times. At times. And more often than not i believe he uses anything thats popular to try to negate from people thinking about the positive things they can be doing. Here with me now White House Reporter kate bennett and senior Media Correspondent Host of reliable sources brian stelter. You cover the first lady day in and day out why do you think she wanted to way weigh in here. This is the first lady who acts and thinks independently and when we think she zigs she
channel she wants. Thachs the last time there was a public disagreement. Again in public between the two involving the reports over what she was watching on tv, watching cnn apparently. Thut this latest flap into context. There is no greater mystery in the world than recommends between husband and wife. Thats true in all marriages. Im not here to Saiko Analyze The President s marriage. But anybody looking at this stops for a moment and says the easier thing would have been to ignore the requests for comment today. But i think partly maybe her office wanted to respond because both don lemon and his response to the president and cnn in the Public Relations statement both used the be best hashtag. Be best, the Initiative Melania has been promoting that includes positive social media use. And combatting bullying. Yes. In the cybersphere. Maybe thats why she seized
on this and decided to speak out. Its astonishing and gets people wondering about the marriage. And all of this comes at a time where the president feels under siege. We have seen this at his rallies where he is engaging in a lot of resentment and grievance politics. There is a New Washington pos story out today saying he is channelling inner frustration into a ravenous maw of grievous invektive. He is angry about a number of things including the mueller probe. You have him rage tweeting at night complaining about don lemon and lebron james. And his wife telling him to knock it off. She doesnt speak out often, kate, which is what makes this really poignant. She is perhaps most vocal when she disagrees with her husband. Thats an interesting point. This isnt a first lady we hear from a lot. She is pretty quiet, not a big speech give. Typically this isnt someone we hear from. I think what brian says is interesting. Its hard to examine the marriage of any couple. But we have watched Melania Trump try to assert independence and fire wak she has said on the Campaign Trail i to tell him the tweets will get new trouble. He is a grown up he does his own thing. She has said before i am my own person. I am strong. Dont feel sorry for me, et cetera. This might be her way. And i think it is, of fighting not back but sort of expressing an opinion that might not be the reflection exactly of her her husband thinks but its what she thinks and feels. Its important the first lady is able to do that. And she does it despite the fallout. She is not sitting in her room watching the coverage she moved on. Well the president was sitting in his room apparently watching the coverage on cnn
last night when the statement we heard from lebron james aired. And i am going to read that part for you. Because when i hear this and i read this he writes he says what ive noticed over the past few months he has used sports to kind of divide us. And thats something that i cant relate to. I mean thats not exactly superthe critical of the president. I dont think the president could look at that tweet and say that statement thats not true, broien. It wasnt the most outspoken criticism of President Trump. It was mild when it comes to highprofile athletes critical of the president. It goes both ways. We see the president single out high profile athletes for criticism. Almost always africanamerican athletes. Look at the on the l. A. Times right now it says trump faces new accusations of racism amp mocking lebron james intelligence. There is that brand of criticism today. Saying why is the president both with don lemon and Lebron James Tarring Two africanamericans . People can debate that all day. But its clear again and again that the president goes after athletes. And seems to want the culture war moments. Lebron also said in the interview when don said well do you want to sit down with the president . Lebron said no i would not. I do not want to sit down next to him. I wouldnt want to talk to him. That is showing how deeply polarized right now. Some of the most famous have no interest in an audience with the protective placement. Good to have you with us. In a little more than an hour the president will be speaking at the rally in ohio. Live pictures from louis center ohio inside a High School Gymnasium the president will help rally voters to help elect a republican candidate locked in a tight race in a district the president won by 11 points in 2016. Will the appearance here help avoid the gop loss . We will talk about it in the cnn newsroom. And packages. And its also a story about people. People who rely on us every day to deliver their dreams theyre handing us more than mail theyre handing us their business and while we make more ecommerce deliveries to homes than anyone else in the country, we never forget. That your business is our business the United States postal service. Priority you tremfya® is Fors Caadults with moderate to severe plaque psoriasis. Im ready. The latest news and information from around the world with host Ana Cabrera. Campaign rally. He is there to rally support for Republican Congressional candidate troy balderson. You see him on the left abhe was leaving new jersey not long ago. We just brought that to you last hour. The ral wery is last minute. Aides telling cnn they are trying to schedule more rallies to boost the president s mood, keep his mind off russia. And his appearance cant hurt. The district he will be in is red through and three. He easily won it in 2016 by 11 points. Look at the latest poll. The republican is ahead by one point. Certainly not what the gop wants to see. Lets talk about what could happen here. What this means in the bigger picture. With sus former the nsc correct for china and. And cnn political analyst and Senior Editor for the atlantic Ron Brownants. Ron, starting with you and what the president did just before heading to the rally, insulting
district. But it is now on the knifes edge. Larnlly because of the recoil from President Trump among ordinarily republican leaning white collar suburban voters who view his values his morals the way he talks about race as essentially unfebl. The npr marris pole. Two thirds of College Educated whites said they were embarrassed by President Trump. That sentiment is exactly why he has to go there. Thats what made it competitive. And david, this reminds me of something are senator Kamala Harris said at the conference last night she said russia new americas weaknesses citing racism, antisemitism and sexism as a way to divide americans. The russian know the truths. Because check it out. They attacked demographically and geographically. And theyre still trying to divide us and conquer. The russians know racism and
other forms of hate have always been americas achilles heel. And we need to deal with that weakness. Do you think russia is watching, david what happened in the last 24 hours of this feud between the president and lebron james, the first lady getting involved and smiling right now . Absolutely. You see there is an old truism in intelligence that a Covert Action Program cant create something. It has to build on the environmental conditions already there. And what we saw in 2016 is the russians exploiting these differences. But we do have a parallel to this, which is the nfl take a knee controversy. And the hashtags on twitter and all of the facebook posts. A lot of this was amplified and promoted by russian bots and trolls. There is no reason to suggestion that this has change. The russians havent learned
up and sent a clear signal about how real the threat is and that its ongoing he is directly undercutting them. When we are trying to deter an adversary one of the things thats important is that that adversary believe our word and believe when we say there will be consequences there will. And unfortunately Vladimir Putin is seeing mixed messages from the president and from his cabinet. And similarly, the American People for the reasons that you just talked about, the fact that they are the russians are exploiting these vulnerabilities in our society, what we need to do to make ourselves less vul they were abel is in part Build Resilience but we cant do that if the American People are getting a mixed message about whether the threat is real. The president has to get onboard board with the program. And we know the u. S. Is really vulnerable to attacks, especially when it comes to cyberattacks. Yet we have politico reporting the that the fisher is struggling to retain top Cybersecurity Talent including
the agent tasked with disrupting digital threats from russia and elsewhere, close to 20 have left in the last five years. Is there reporting how concerning is that. One of the things we need to get on top of this threat is a coordinated whole of government strategy. And until the white house is really focused on this as a plm, can really unify whats being done in the different agencies we are not going to bring all of the talent across the u. S. Government to bear number one. Number two, the kind of talent leaving, you know, the fbi, the cybersecurity experts, its similar to what we have seen in other parts of the government where we atrophy the expertise that we need most to counter the threats of today. And that is absolutely leaving us more and more vulnerable. Ron we could learn this week or sometime make in the next week if the president sits down with Robert Mueller. His lawyers are cautions again the sitdown. But if trump wants to sit down with mueller will he get what he
wants . Because he is not known for listening to advisers. Thats a good question. Im not sure we no he that he really wants to. I think its in his interest to put out the story that he is anxious to talk to the Special Counsel but its only the kind of supercautious lawyers that are preventing him to from doing so. Because to the public the fact that the president doesnt want to talk hirntly as it should be you know, eyebrow raising. The idea that the president does not feel comfortable discussing his actions both durng the Campaign Campaign in office with a Special Counsel. We have not had the issue litigated. Ultimately if it is litigated there were potentially be five republican appointed Supreme Court justices. Interesting to see how it plays out. But injury previous president s viewed it at untenable. Bill clinton sat down with ken starr not for this kind of interview because of the message it sends to the public. Its a striking statement by the statement and indeed by the majority in congress if they
allow it to go by allow him to evade this interview without raising any alarms over that. David ill give you a quick final thought on the potential trump mueller oneonone. We have been surprised up to this point every time that mueller has dropped an indictment or every time we learn about how far along he is in the investigation. It wouldnt surprise me if gulini is making up this stuff about the president deciding within ten days if he is going to sit down. Thats for pr purposes. Whats actually happening Behind The Scenes has stayed close to muellers vest and he has not given any signals. David preece. Laura rosenberger Ron Brownants stay with me because i want to talk about the democrats strategy to win back washington, the internal battle raging on. The party battling over how far left tos too far left to win over voters. We will talk about that next in the cnn newsroom. Gold in a different box. In fact, most patients who saw 90 clearer skin at 28 weeks stayed clearer through 48 weeks. Tremfya® works better than humira® at providing clearer skin, and more patients were symptom free with tremfya®. Tremfya® may lower your ability to fight infections and may increase your risk of infections. Before treatment, your doctor should check you for infections and tuberculosis. Tell your doctor if you have an infection or have symptoms such as fever, sweats, chills, muscle aches or cough. Before starting tremfya® tell your doctor if you plan to or have recently received a vaccine. Ask your doctor about tremfya®. Tremfya®. Because you deserve to stay clearer. Janssen wants to help you explore cost support options. California Billionaire Tom Styer who has spent millions running ads nationwide urging the impeachment of donald j. Trump. Why Hasnt Congress started impeachment proceedings. All the Immigration Talk now worries mainstream establishment democrats. Running a hypothesisle kpoin when we could talk to the American People how corrupt the administration is, i think that thats a productive way to go right now. The fear talking impeachment before the Special Counsels investigation is complete could turn off independents and moderates ahead of the midterms and beyond. Is there any concern that that fissure between the far left and the center is going to hurt candidates in november, and possibly the president ial contend erps in 2020. I dont think we should be quite so clever about pollsters. And i think the people the political establishment in washington, d. C. Should get back to much simpler questions which is are we telling the truth about the most important things in america . Are we standing up for the American People . Potential 2020 contend erps making their way to net roots, senator Elizabeth Warren a corey booker and camilla hairs. Voting for abdul sadi for governor is the right thing to do. And selfprovesed cortez who upset the established democrat in primary stumping for progressives nationwide. We dont believe the way forward for progressives and democrats is to go moderate. We want to see candidates who are bold, visionary and who speak to the people. Republicans painting that net roots as mainstream and talking
points sent to reporters the Republican NationalCommittee Call it a former early fringed progressive move movement a key force in moving the Exactic Party further left. Do you think the democrat irk party has moved left . Or is this a more open tent these days. I do think that its moving more left. I dont think that progressivism or liberalism is is a farout idea anymore. Our thanks though Margle Marcus and Ron Brownants is with me now. You have written a lot about this fork in the road that democrats face. Do they target mostly white moderate voters . Or do they try to energize the groups fired up against