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The latest news from around the world with host Fredricka Whitfield. Right . But it has to be potentially damaging. I was a senior republican senator, im not attacking the Koch Brothers because theyre still good donors of mine, so why stir up that . Why talk about lebron james or our own don lemon . The president does, you know, get involved in a lot of things. It would be much better if he left it. He could have an opportunity to speak if he really wants to and his attorneys are advising against the president being interviewed by bob mueller but apparently they are still working on questions of parameters, et cetera. Do you see, shan, that the president just simply cannot resist, even if his attorneys say dont do it, he cant resist but talk about it facetoface with bob mueller. I think he definitely has a Discipline Problem in terms of message and i think thats why his lawyers are so worried about him sitting down with mueller. Why is he so insistent that he would want to. I think thats a spintype issue and they want to set the stage for if mueller, who does not want to litigate all the way to the supreme court, can he obstruction but of lying to the fbi. The its very dangerous for him. Mueller may need it because he wants to know about corruptible intent, but mueller may also be thinking that if he lies to us, thats a strong allegation, much like the bank fraud in manaforts case. Jack, last word. How important is the outcome for the president . I think its important but its not related to him whatsoever, and everybody agrees with that, but i also think that one of the things that scotts overlooking, when andrew weissman, who goes to the Hillary Clinton Victory Party and nine of the prosecutors that are on the team mueller has selected have donated to Hillary Clinton, i think that there is a part so they cant have political beliefs . They dont have political bias. They have political beliefs. The gentleman will yield. Let me say this. There are a lot of fine democrats and republicans in this town, and there are a lot of fine independents. Its incredible, incredible that bob mueller couldnt find some of the independents, but instead got nine partisan donors to in that state as republicans fight to maintain control of the house. Aides say they want to hold more rallies just like this because this lifts the president s spirits, and it keeps his mind off the thing that he really doesnt want to talk about, the russia probe. Cnn White House Reporter Sarah Westwood joining us now from new jersey near where the president s golf course and resort is in bedminster, so what message might we expect from the president this evening from ohio . Reporter well, fred, were likely to hear President Trump reprise some of his Signature Attacks on democrats and the media when he leaves his Golf Property later today to campaign for troy balderson. Trump has been active on twitter this morning, tweeting out his support for him and the candidates positions on issues like border security. Trump also took a swipe at House Minority leader, nancy pelosi, who republicans have sought to use as a foil in this race and in dozens of house races across the country. Trump had also gone after pelosi during his rally in pennsylvania on thursday, and hes likely to do so again today from ohio, where opposition to the House Minority leader has factored heavily into baldersons campaign strategy. Trump has held those two rallies so far this week and sources tell cnn that white house aides hope to fill the president s schedule with even more political events in order to take his mind off the russia investigation as trump is said to be growing increasingly frustrated with the pace of the russia probe and the coverage to the manafort trial, so this could be a muchneeded distraction for President Trump as republicans struggle to stop democrats from notching yet another victory in a district like ohios 12th that trump won easily in 2016. A respite perhaps if only for a moment. Serious accusations that north korea is violating u. N. Sanctions and even ignoring an arms embargo. Well hear what could happen next. And the nra says it is in jeopardy of shutting down some of its operations. Details on the financial troubles of the countrys largest progun organization. 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You know, mike pompeo there accusi accusing russia of helping north korea evade sanctions. Is north korea getting away with Skirting Sanctions . I think they definitely are and theres an Inconvenient Truth that we have to be cleareyed about. Russia and china are stymieing any efforts to hold north korea accountable for their Sanctions Evasion. We know that the president very successfully, at least, designed a maximum pressure campaign. President trump has said it was unprecedented, hes right. He led efforts to really put unprecedented pressure on north korea, but the truth is that at this point, russia and china have made very clear that they are going to block any additional measures at the u. N. Security council to hold north korea accountable for Sanctions Evasion so we have reports coming out that north korea is doing everything to flout international sanctions. Theyre illegally importing and exporting. Theyre sharing or sending arms around the world. But theres not much that we can do about it because of what russia and china are unwilling to do at the United Nations. So, jim, this friendly exchange, if you want to call it that, of letters this week between north korea and the u. S. , you know, by way of, you know, the counterparts such as mike pompeo, what does this mean to you . What do you suppose the information or the rhetoric that is being exchanged that way . How helpful to the process might it be . Its not helpful, and let me politely disagree with sam. I dont think the Center Of Gravity here is russia and china as far as the sanctions go. I know those people on the u. N. Panel of experts, ive met with them, ive briefed them. This is the same report theyve been giving for years and years, which is really that theres lax Sanctions Enforcement. Its been true for a while. My guess is their next reports going to say the same thing. The real locus here, the Center Of Gravity is really what should be happening which is a negotiation between pompeo and the north koreans. Mr. Pompeo is being undercut by his own president because the president will tweet niez nice things about north korea, north koreas great, and then pompeo shows up and tries to play the heavy, and the north koreans sort of laugh at him because they know the president likes north korea and says nice things about them. So rather than focus on sanctions, we should be focusing on getting an agreement. That thing in singapore wasnt an agreement. It was some nice words on one piece of paper. The iran nuclear deal, 159 pages, negotiated over 3 years, that was an agreement. And so we need to the north koreans arent going to give everything up before sanctions relief. This is going to have to be a reciprocal process where they do stuff and we do stuff, but none of this happens until we have an agreement, an actual agreement, and so negotiations have to begin in order to get that agreement. Right, but there is one difference here, jim, and i obviously this report has been happening for years, there has been this is a the swiss cheese of Sanctions Enforcement in many ways. But the difference is that the United Nations did put unprecedented pressure through their Sanctions Resolutions on north korea, particularly with respect to a fuel embargo, that some could argue helped lead north korea to the negotiating table, and now this negotiating table, as you pointed out, is an openended process about talks, were talking about talks at this point, but if sanctions arent being enforced and north korea is still having access to revenue, access to products, the incentive for them to sit down at the table in any kind of meaningful way is lessened. I would disagree and say ive interviewed north korean defectors about sanctions and i really doubt that sanctions are the cause of what this outcome is. But i will say this. When did the north koreans last do something that was a positive step . When they destroyed that engine test site. They did it two days or a day after the Washington Post had a big story saying the president was getting frustrated and angry with the north koreans. That tells me the north koreans are going to ratchet this according to whether they think trump is angry or pleased with them, and so the administration has to get its act together and have a consistent message and the president has to stop undercutting pompeo. All right. Both very strong sentiments. Jim walsh, samantha, we value you both. Thank you so much. Thank you. All right. The National Rifle Association Says it is facing major financial trouble, so bad that it may be, quote, unable to exist. 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