The latest news from around the world with host Brooke Baldwin. Tr review the changing narrative on this famous sitdown meeting. First, dont forget the initial line was, there was no meeting, right . Remember, it took place back in june of 2016. Not a peep about this. And then take a look at this from donald trump jr. So don jr. , this is nine months after it happened, quoting him, did i meet with people that were russian . Im sure, im sure i did, but none that were set up. And certainly none that i was representing the campaign in any way, shape or form. That was then. Then in july of last year, the New York Times broke this story. And the story became that, yes, there was a meeting, but it was on russian adoptions or more accurately sanctions. Very soon after the trump team was then forced to fess up that the meeting was actually to get dirt on Hillary Clinton, and then the public was told, okay, yes, there was this meeting, but no dirt on Hillary Clinton actually came from it. Don jr. Reportedly said this
about the russian lawyer with the supposed clinton dirt, quote, her statements were vague, ambiguous and made no sense. Today the president and his attorney Say Collusion is not a crime. So jeff toobin, back over to you on this. First, just legal definitions. Its not collusion technically here, right . It would be conspiracy. It would be some kind of conspiracy, right. And its also true that lawyers affiliated with trump, including jay seculo, have said that for months that collusion is not a crime. What is interesting today is yesterday on new day Rudy Giuliani made a big point of saying collusion is not a by pr. Unfortunately, were sort of getting into legal similar eman here. If you are assisting a Foreign Government to intervene in an
american election, that is unlawful. That is an illegal conspiracy. That crime is not called collusion in the law books, but Illegal Campaign contributions by the foreign countries, foreign companies, that would be a crime. Hacking by foreign entities or anyone in the American Campaign is assisting is a crime. So collusion by that word is not a crime, but a conspiracy to violate Campaign Finance laws and other laws, that is a crime. And that is really what the Mueller Investigation is all about. Okay. So since Rudy Giuliani sat down with allison yesterday and this whole collusion is not a crime has become a thing, and i want to ask you, if this fits more of a pattern of Rudy Giuliani going on tv, dropping these bombs, maybe trying to get out in front of a story, lessen the shock value, what would they be trying to get out ahead of in this
case . You know, im not really sure. I actually was in the studio with allison and David Gregory when this so i was watching the interview live. And i didnt get the impression that Rudy Giuliani was, like, intentionally moving the goalpost. It seemed like a more of a Stream Of Consciousness thing. Less strategy, more Stream Of Consciousness. Yeah, and its also a position that the president and his defenders have been saying for a number of months. Its not like some new idea that collusion is not a crime. Whats interesting is the president picked it up. And now that there is substantial evidence that there were at least some contacts between the Trump Campaign and the russians, maybe the sort of next line of defense is, well, maybe there was collusion, but collusion itself is not a crime. Okay. Im trying, im working with you here, brooke. Thats what i think is going on. I got you. But all the confusion, so if mueller says that he wouldnt indict a sitting president , im just playing this forward, and giuliani and trump, they learn his fate, they know it comes down to the pr battle, right . Isnt that really the war that theyre waging, court of public opinion, giuliani going on tv, trump reiterating a tweet. Absolutely. And i think this is a very important point. Is that the resolution of Robert Muellers investigation of the president is not going to be in a courtroom. There will be no prosecution. That is not Justice Department policy. And, of course, its not clear that the president committed any crime anyway. So hes going to issue a report in some form that will go to rod rosenstein, congress, its unclear exactly how it will be released. But once thats released, the Trump Supporters will respond to it. And i have every belief that like Everything Else in theTrump Presidency, 40 of the people are going to believe donald trump. Somewhere around 55 of the people are not going to believe donald trump. And were going to be more and less where we are. Its going to be a Public Relations battle, but, you know, one anomaly of the Trump Presidency is just knowing that no one seems to change their mind regardless of what the news is. Well talk to you throughout the entire thing, jeffrey toobin, thank you. Just months before the midterms, facebook discovering dozens of fake accounts seeming to be run by the russians. See what messages they were spreading and who is being targeted . Also, stunning testimony. Some Trump Administration officials repeat the claim that facilities for Migrant Children are like summer camp. And at least one admits he warned the white house that the policy of separating families could cause lasting damage. We will play this Heated Exchange for you with senators and grill them on capitol hill. Also ahead, president
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learn it was russians doing this. The event was called no unite the right. The people communicated with the real Life American citizens in five facebook groups who all agreed to cohost the event. 2,600 facebook users said they were interested in attending. And that, brooke, was just one of 30 events that the fake accounts set up many the past year. As for who is behind it, again, facebook not sure its russians, but it has all the hallmarks of the activities the russians did around the president ial elections, a few differences, this time the pages didnt lead directly back to russian i. P. Addresses. They also used thirdparty services to buy ads to try to boost their posts and encourage people to follow these pages. So what is facebook doing about it . Well, theyre telling us about it. Theyre telling us they shut down the sites, but more importantly were going back to everybody who linked into these things, right . So if youre home and thought you were linking into this
resistance group, youre going to get a message from facebook saying, hey, this wasnt real. This wasnt a resistant group. It was most likely russians behind the whole thing. Brooke . Wow, drew griffin, thank you so much, on facebook. And now to this stunning new testimony on the separation of migrant kids from their families at the southern border. The number of detained children whose parents are no longer in the country now stands at 510. That number from a health and Human Services official testifying before a senate panel today. We also heard from other top officials about the treatment of these children in these facilities and an i. C. E. Official comparing it to a summer camp. I think the best way to describe them is to be more like a summer camp. These individuals have access to 24 7 food and water. They have educational opportunities. They have recreational opportunities, both structured
as well as unstructured. You would send your child to these centers . I yes . No . Thats a difficult question to answer. I would its difficult to put myself in the position of an individual who takes a dangerous journey, in which their child can be harmed, let alone whether i would send my children but these are summer camps, so, you know lets go to sunlen, our congressional correspondent. Summer camp . Reporter its one of the eyebrow raising moments coming from capitol hill today. One is from commander Jonathan White from hhs today who acknowledged while testifying up on capitol hill that he raised a number of concerns internally in advance of this zerotolerance policy taking place. Concerns internally about the trauma potentially that it could have on the children being
separated from their families. The harm, he says, the psychological injuries that could come to children. And this was certainly an Interesting Exchange with Senator Blumenthal that was prompted by blumenthals question. Did anyone within the administration say, maybe this wasnt a good idea . Heres what he had to say in response. During the Dlib Ative Process deliberative process over the last year, we raised concerns over any policy that would result in Family Separation Due to concerns we had about the best interest of the child as well as about whether that would be operationally supportable with the bed capacity we had. Now, im going to translate that into what i would call lehmans the administration tht kids would suffer as a result, that pain would be inflicted,
correct . Separation of children from their parents entails significant risk to children. Its traumatic for any child separated from his or her parents, am i correct . I say that as a parent of four children. Theres no question. Theres no question that separation of children from parents entails significant potential for traumatic psychological injury to the child. Reporter those words, psychological injury to the child are significant coming from the hhs official, especially as they continue to grapple, not only the fallout with status of many of the children, but at the bear minimum the full accounting for what is going on with the kids that have been separated from their parents. You mentioned briefly at the top that we did indeed get new figures from the administration today. Commander white said that 510 separated children have parents who are no longer in the u. S. Of those 510, 81 of the children have been discharged,
potentially to a family member. So that means 429 children still remain at hhs care, but youre right to say thats a small uptick in the number. 510 compared to the last time we saw the metric point was 463. So it shows a small increase, but the number is going in the wrong direction. Brooke . Sunlen, thank you. As the president gets ready to leave for a campaign rally, cnn is learning hes nervous the democrats could take back the house this fall. Hear his oneman plan to make sure that doesnt happen. And the president goes to War On Twitter with one of the most dominant forces in republican fundraising. Why hes calling the Koch Brothers a total joke. Your Brain Changes as you get older. But prevagen helps your brain with an ingredient originally discovered. In jellyfish. In clinical trials, prevagen has been shown to improve shortterm memory. Prevagen. Healthier brain. Better life. Chicken thats right, chicken . candace new Chicken Creations from starkist. Buffalo Style Chicken in a pouch bold choice, charlie just tear, eat. Mmmmm. And go try all of my Chicken Creations chicken so lets promote our Summer Travel deal on choicehotels. Com like this. Surfs up. Earn a 50 gift card when you stay just twice this summer. Or, badda book. Badda boom. Book now at choicehotels. Com i knew at that exact moment. Im beating this. My main focus was to find a team of doctors. Its not just picking a surgeon, its picking the care team and feeling secure in where you are. Visit cancercenter. Com breast
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that the news seeped out by design. Absolutely. Spread like wildfire. By the white house, by the white house, when they want the word out, they want the word out. And it is clear that john kelly has gotten a lot of publicity either, a, hes leaving, or b, nobody listens to him anymore. And you cant function that way. And i think there was probably a conversation in which he said, i cant function this way, let me know. Of course, the president said, i want you to stay. It doesnt mean kellys going to stay. But it means at least he gets his sort of mojo back a little bit. And his authority back a little bit. And when and if he decides to leave, he can do it on his own terms. So thats john kelly. Lets go to the president s latest tweet. This is what he says, i dont care what the political ramifications are. Our Immigration Laws and Border Security have been a comp