The latest news from around the world with hosts John Berman and Poppy Harlow. Does not change even as this Story Changes dramatically. We know there could be legal consequences. That aside, are there political . Well, thats one of the interesting things because weve weve seen these tweets over the past couple of days. This tweet about Jeff Sessions which a lot of legal analysts and experts have said, boy, that could really do you damage in a court of law, that could be obstruction, that could contradict the other statements. But in the court of Public Opinion and what President Trump believes and what his advisers believe is that attacking this investigation is really the best way to succeed in that court of Public Opinion. And there was definitely a shift after the Michael Cohen raid and weve seen in recent months about the president racheting up his attacks on this Mueller Investigation and im told that is because he very much believes and his lawyers advised him that this as a sitting president not going to be trial that plays out in a court of law. It will be if anything comes of this, a trial that plays outs in the court of Public Opiniondown the investigation. You dont see repudiation of comments, they are running in lock step with him now. They are motivated to come out in 2018 and try to take the house back and i thnk you would see a racheting up of investigations and see subpoenas and certainly a lot more oversight from the hill if democrats won the house and majority in 2018. All of that said, im not sure it would be a sure fire bet. I think the prospect of impeachment could backfire as well. I dont think we know at this point. I think we would be careful not to make too much implications because its a long way to november. The Mueller Probe could be done by then and still see more lingering action and see democrats take over. The president is out on the Campaign Trail saying were going to see a red wave not a blue wave, according to his numbers as well. You even saw adam schiff, the ranking democrat on the Intelligence Committee in a vocal opponent of the president say over the weekend, again, warning fellow democrats dont run on this, dont run on impeachment for precisely the
point you make. Lets listen to Something Else the president aesz lawyer said over the weekend. Chocking all of his denials about the Trump Tower Meeting and et cetera and intent, up to Bad Information. Heres more. I think its very important to point out in a situation like this, you have over time facts develop, thats what investigations do. Facts develop, facts are facts, right, you either know them or dont and it is very possible that a lawyer for the president could be kept in the dark about facts. But do facts develop over time . Of courbviously not. Facts dont develop they are set in stone. At the very best this was a reckless statement on the part of the jay seck colow and at the worst it was a bold faced lie. I think what were seeing here is that the president is a bad client. Theres a reason why there are
many white color criminal Defense Attorneys who have turned down this representation. Its not a good thing when your client lies to you. You cannot adequately represent your clients interest when you are getting Bad Information as it were from your client. Josh, one final thought. As the president and his legal team decide if hes going to sit down for an interview with mueller, that decision, who knows when its going to come. They keep seeming to say a few weeks. They have been saying theres nothing else here. Weve given all of these documents, et cetera, you had the former white House Counsel to president obama now professor at nyu over the weekend saying that trumps attorneys argument that he shouldnt have to do an interview with mueller because he doesnt know anything, doesnt that now change that he said on twitter this was to get dirt on my opponent, essentially, doesnt that change . Well, a lot of episodes that the president provides acknowledgement, one of the key players in a certain situation,
whether from the firing of james comey, episodes around michael flynn, his pressure on Jeff Sessions to try to force that Attorney General to resign. Theres certainly a case to be made that the president could provide unique information because he was one of the key players. That said, the interview is not a sure thing at this point. The president as we reported and others have as well, continues to wants to do it. He seems to think he can talk special Counsel Robert Mueller into seeing it his way. I think his lawyers seeing his depositions over the years, seeing his tendency not to always tell the truth to say it lightly are more concerned about an interview with special counsel. And weve kind of been in a hold here, theyve been proposals, lots of negotiations and were still really nowhere firm and its august. I think youll see in the next few weeks something will have to materialize because were approaching election season and midterms and i think the president wants this investigation over with and i think theyll have to make
that Doesnt Matter when he wants it over with, its up to muellers time line here. Thank you all very much. Certainly will prolong it if he doesnt do an interview. Very fair point. Have to wrap it up to do one. Fair point. Thank you all. Still to come, President Trump and kim jongun, hopeful for a second summit between the two leaders. High stakes battle in ohio down to the wire. President s party is struggling to hold on a seat that has gone republican for last two decades and this but youre a fan of the president , think hes doing a good job . I izhes doing a lot better t what obama did. Where did that come from . Bill weir is in sturgis, at the Worlds Largest motorcycle rally. Ivor of Alzheimers Disease is out there. And the Alzheimers Association is going to make it happen. But we wont get there without you. Join the fight with the Alzheimers Association. You might or joints. Hing for your heart. But do you take something for your brain. With an ingredient originally discovered in jellyfish, prevagen has been shown in Clinical Trials to improve shortterm memory. Prevagen. Healthier brain. Better life. Agent beekman was one step ahead of them. Dits stole the lockbox from the wells fargo stagecoach, because he hid his customers gold in a different box. And the bandits, well, they got rocks. We protected your money then and were dedicated to helping protect it today. Like alerting you to certain Card Activity we find suspicious. If its not your purchase, well help you resolve it. Its a new day at wells fargo. But its a lot like our first day. Its the Ford Summer Sales event and now is the best time to buy. Man on tablet preparing classic campfire trout. Say what . Trout. Trout. Alright. You dont think i need both . Why does he have that axe . Make summer go right with ford, americas bestselling brand. Now get 0 financing for 72 months plus 1,000 ford credit bonus cash on a great selection of suvs. During the Ford Summer Sales event, get our best offer of the season 0 financing for 72 months plus 1,000 ford credit bonus cash. 0 financing for 72 months add the activia 2 week probiotic challenge to your healthy routine and see how activia yogurt with its billions of live and active probiotics may help support your Digestive Health so you can take on your day. Start the activia probiotic challenge today. It works or its free
believes theres a strong possibility of a second summit between kim jongun and President Trump. That source also says it could happen sometime later this year. No exact mention of a date though, will ripably joins me, and let me be clear, this is not the white house saying this. This is someone close to the kim regime. Whats your read on it and why would they want to put forth Something Like this . When you look whats been happening over the last week, the official lines between the u. S. And north korea have been increasingly harsh, mike pompeo was calling on nations to continue enforcing sanctions against north korea, of violating u. N. Security Council Resolutions and growing its Nuclear Program which is backed up by u. S. Intelligence. And not following through on the June 12th Agreement in singapore. If things dont happen in terms of sanctions relief and peace
tra treaty they may walk away. They still flatter him and say that President Trump wants progress but its u. S. Politics getting in the way. And of course President Trump sent a very nice tweet to kim jongun last week thanking him for his nice letter and saying i was wondering if this was a hint, ill see you soon. Now the source is telling me in fact it is a strong possibility at least from the north korean perspective that there will be a second meeting between trump and kim sometime later this year and north koreans are pushing for this to happen before the midterm elections in november. They think that trump wants to tout north korea as success before the midterms and they want to give them that opportunity. They hope that direct negotiations between kim and trum much will get the north koreans a better deal in the end. We have to watch and see what happens. That is soon if that were to be the case. Will riply, thank you for reporting and important context. At midnight tonight, the u. S. Will reimpose sanctions on iran. Months after President Trump announced he was pulling u. S. Out of the iran nuclear agreement, the white house is expected to provide more details
in a call starting right now, this hour, well bring you those when we get them. The president also readying his response directly at the president and lets go to the state department. Michelle kosinski joins me for more. This is the first action after pulling out of the iran agreement that they would slap back these sanctions. But this is just part one, right, michelle. The tougher sanctions come in november. Yeah, i mean this targets irans ability to bank the american dollar, which is a big deal. Aviation, that is expected to have an impact in the meantime leading up to this, so Many Companies and European Companies included have gotten out of iran. So the white house wants to emphasize that they believe their regime is working but then this is kind of like a show that the u. S. Is serious about doing this, including that the u. S. Will sanction European Companieseven if they continue to do business. November 4th is when the as sanctions come back on to iran against its oil sectors and Energy Sectors and central bank. Thats expected to have a bigger impact as irans economy is in deep, deep trouble and its been facing increasing protests now going on for days, poppy. Thank you very much, well get into this more next hour and let us know what does come up on the call going on right now with the white house. Ahead, a crucial vote in ohio tomorrow, a neck in neck race to tell us a lot about the upcoming mid terms, what should be a safe seat for republicans is not looking safe at all next. I dont keep track of regrets. And i dont add up the years. But what i do count on is boost®. Delicious boost® high protein nuritional drink now has 33 more protein, along with 26 Essential Vitamins and minerals boost® high protein. Be up for life. Morning. Morning. What do we got . Keep an eye on that branch. Might get windy. Have a good shift. Fire pit. Last use 0600. Id stay close. Morning. Get ready to switch. Protected by flo. Should say, protected by alan and jamie. Right . Should it . When you bundle home and auto. Run, alan . You get more than just savings. You get roundtheclock protection. You get more than just savings. At t provides edgetoedge intelligence, covering virtually every part of your healthcare business. So that if she has a Heart Problem the staff needs to know, they will theyll drop everything can you take a look at her vitals . Share the data with other specialists yeah, im looking at them now. Theyll drop everything hey. Take care of this baby yeah, that procedure seems right. That one too. At t provides edge to edge intelligence. It can do so much for your business, the list goes on and on. Thats the power of. When your patients tests come back. [beep] [beep] [beep] our members shop a little differently. So we reward every purchase. Lets see what kate sent. For you. For all of us. Thats for me. Navy federal credit union open to the armed forces, the dod, veterans, and their families. In a special Special Election toex, republicans in ohio risk losing a seat in the district they have controlled for three decades. Thats why President Trump made a special trip there for a rally this weekend. We must elect troy balderson. We have to elect troy. I need your vote august 7th. The Special Election is an Ohio 12th District and last major race before the midterm and may reveal a lot about what well see in november. In fact it is john kasich, says it should be an easy win for rpz. Listen. The chaos that seems to surround donald trump unnerved a lot of people. Its kind of shocking, this should be a slam dunk and its
not. Joining me now david urban, former Trump Campaign strategist. Thanks for being with me, david. Thanks for having me, poppy. How are you . Im good. Kasich is right, look at the polling numbers, balderson at 44 and Danny Oconnor at 43 in a district that the president won by 11 points and district the republicans have held on almost as long as ive been alive, three decades. Is kasich right, this isnt a slam dunk because of the president . Not surprisingly governor kasich is taking a jab at the president and given their rocky past, i dont think thats any surprise. And poppy, look, in all of these races, all of these Special Elections especially candidates matter. Candidates matter to a great deal. If you go back and think about where the democrats have been successful this these tight races and Ralph North Rum and conner lam in pennsylvania and danny obrien and these folks oconnor im sorry, Danny Oconnor. These folks are a far cry from candidates like ocasiocortez, they are Blue Dog Democrats both Danny Oconnor as well as conner lam both have said they would not vote for nancy pelosi for speaker. They are trying to distance themselves from the Democratic Party that means run as republicans. That may be but your party needs to have the stronger candidate in the critical districts if youre going to win. I want your reaction to what else kasich said. You heard this interview with george stephanopoulos, why he is supporting a republican candidate and then something stunning. He came out against this border separation policy. He came out against the tariffs and came out for fixing social security. You know, on his website or whatever, i asked him the other
day, why are you bringing trump in . I dont have anything to do with it. Is he surprised President Trump was come and didnt want to come . Did you invite trump in here for president . He said no, i didnt. So i think donald trump decides where he wants to go and they think they are firing up the base. Either the republican candidate balderson didnt ask the president of the United States for help in this very tight race or he did and he doesnt want to admit it. Thats your read . Poppy, listen, i dont i dont know what conversation he had with the president or didnt have with the president but i cant imagine Somebody Running for a house seat that would not want the president of the United States to come in, especially in ohio 12 as you pointed out. The president carried so decisively. Look, that race was a very, very tight race its a place where you do face uphill challenges from for example suburban women. You know that. Right, no, listen, exactly. I think that you need to get make sure as you know, need to make sure your base turns out in these low number kind of Special Elections race thats held in august when most people are out on vacation someplace with their families, its going to be a pretty low turnout. So one of the strategies here, make sure your base turns out and turns out forcefully. Thats why the president is there. It sounds like youre preparing for a potential loss and what the narrative should be on that if you do lose. Youre saying its august, no one is watching but ohio 12 matters. No, it does matter greatly, poppy. Each one of these seats matters a great deal. Look, the repu