Quick answer of being prolife. Thank you for watching. Cnn tonight with don lemon starts right now. There he is again. Great words right there. I think thats what i said before the break, right . You said it plays right into that. I have to tell you i was atten event this weekend with a friend who happens to be white. She turned to me and said do you ever does it do you notice or are you aware, does it make you uncomfortable that youre, like, one maybe the only person of color in the room . And i just people have asked me that before, and i said im not uncomfortable about it. I am aware of it, but it happens all the time. And she said well, i wasnt aware of it until i was invited to a Birthday Party where everyone was a person of color. Everyone was black and i was the only white person, and i said is this what its like. She said is this what its like for my friends of color all the time who even in most places yu go, restaurants, everywhere you
country as we were growing up. And thats just how it is here. Again, we need to really all work on that. I do think angela has a point. We need to really come to some sort of consensus on race or really deal with it, or its not going to get any better at all. And its not going to get better by not talking about it. We always put the hope in our kids and future. Look, youre a great example. People should not treat you by the color of your skin. If they get to know you, there are plenty of reasons not to like you. I knew you were going to say that. A really good, true reasons. I was going to say youre a nice guy, but i take that back. Youre an im just kidding. I love you, buddy. Chris cuomo, everyone. Contract cnn tonight. President trump on the road again but this is something. Listen. In helsinki i had a great meeting with putin. We discussed everything. I had a great meeting. We got along really well. By the way, thats a good thing, not a bad thing. Thats a really good thing. Now were being hindered by the russian hoax. Its a hoax. Okay . Ill tell you what. Russias very unhappy that trump won. That i can tell you. So if russia is actually unhappy that trump won, then somebody forgot to tell Vladimir Putin. President putin did you want President Trump to win the election and did you direct any of your officials to help him do that . Translator yes, i did. Yes, i did, because he talked about bringing the u. S. russia relationship back to normal. There you have it from putin himself. Its not fake news. You cant say his own words. He wanted trump to win the election. And that may shed light on the big question tonight. Why wont President Trump call out putin for Election Interference . Thats what a strong leader would do. Right . Instead this white house put on a display today in the briefing room. A display intended to send a message to the American People. That message is to convince you that this administration actually takes russias attacks on our democracy seriously. So they trot it out one top official after another. Every one of them pointing the finger at russia, which is all well and good, but obviously there is one person missing. Want to guess who it is . President donald trump who no matter what the members of his administration say cant bring himself to blame russia for anything without walking it back in the same breath. Lets compare the director of
national intelligence, what he said today to what President Trump said after that disastrous helsinki summit. Here it is. The Intelligence Community continues to be concerned about the threats of upcoming u. S. Elections. Both the midterms and the president ial elections of 2020. In regards to russian involvement in the midterm elections, we continue to see a pervasive messaging campaign by russia to try to weaken and divide the United States. I accept our Intelligence Communitys conclusion that russias meddling in the 2016 election took place. Could be other people also. Theres a lot of people out there. There was no collusion. No collusion. Could be a 400pound man in someones basement. Youve heard that one. And then theres the homeland
security secretary saying our democracy it is being targeted. Our democracy itself is in the cross hairs. It has become clear they are the target of our adversaries who seek as the dni said to sew d discord and undermine our way of life. Do you hold russia responsible . I hold both countries responsible. I think that the United States has been foolish. I think weve all been foolish. And what about this . This is from the fbi director christopher ray. As i have said consistently, russia attempted to interfere with the last election, and continues to engage in maligned Influence Operations to this day. This is a threat we need to take extremely seriously and to tackle and respond to with fierce determination and focus. I dont think anybody knows it was russia that broke into the dnc. Shes saying russia, but maybe it was. I mean, it could be russia, but it could also be china. It also could be somebody sitting on their bed that weighs 400 pounds. Okay . Theres the 400pound thing. Then as a candidate and now more than a year and a half into his presidency donald trump has let russia off the hook again and again. Calling into question the assessments of his own intelligence chiefs that russia interfered in the 2016 election and will do the same thing again. Even in todays lets call it what it really is, kabuki theater in the briefing room, the National Security adviser john bolton could only point to what putin said about Election Interference, not what President Trump said. In fact, President Putin said, i thought at the Press Conference but certainly in the expanded bilateral meeting when the two leaders got together
with their senior advisers, President Putin said the first issue that President Trump raised was election meddling. So take off your describabtr or like donald trump or dont. Whatever. What does it tell you when the president of the United States sends out members of his own administration to make the case he should be making himself. That russia attacked our democracy. Russia interfered in the 2016 president ial election. Russia is constantly working to divide america. The facts are there. The Intelligence Agencies are saying it. They all are saying it. And theyre doing a pretty good job of it, russia is. So why doesnt this president , why wont he in the words of his own fbi director, take the threat seriously . Its no coincidence that all of this is happening as the Mueller Investigation is moving into the oval office, as mueller is pressing for a sitdown interview with the president himself. As former Trump Campaign manager
paul manafort is on trial. The first trial to come out of the Mueller Investigation. And as the president brands the whole thing a witch hunt. The fact is this is no witch hunt. Robert mueller is doing what the president should be doing. Hes working to get the facts. The truth about what russia did in 2016. And about what russia is still doing right now. Thats the only way, the only way we can defend our democracy. Im going to bring in chris soliza and josh campbell. Gentlemen, good evening. Thank you for joining us on this lovely evening. Chris, why Isnt The President as forceful or direct as his Intelligence Team . He doesnt believe it . Despite all evidence to the contrary. Look, i think at this point when donald trump says it, lets take him at his word. Over and over and over again he
has not been able to say russia sought to interfere in the 2016 president ial election. My Intelligence Community tells me they did so because they wanted to help me and hurt hillary clinton. That election is over with, but the threat isnt. We need to figure out as a country how to protect our democracy. All the clips you played would have been a lot of other people, china or a 400pound guy, he cant simply say it because he doesnt believe it. If you need evidence, the show of force, four big major figures in the Trump Administration coming out and saying russia interfered in the election. We need to stop them. This is a threat to our democracy. Hours later that clip you played donald trump in pennsylvania says all a hoax. If the boss doesnt believe it, theres no way that the administration is as focussed on it as they could be. Right. Because theres no urgency
behind it. The big guy is not saying you guys take care of this. Make sure of course. Josh, what do i have for you . This is what you tweeted today. You said if trump privately tole putin to stop interfering in the u. S. Elections and the Intel Community continues to see russia efforts to interfere in efforts, then putin is either Disrespecting Trump or didnt get the message. Most likely President Trump doesnt see it that way. Well, he may not see it that way, but i think he should be focussed on the fact that he does not look good. This is simple if you think about it. We heard today from our u. S. Intelligence Community Officials that russia is continuing to interfere in u. S. Elections. So that either means one of two things. Either the president actually sat down with Vladimir Putin and scolded him and said cut it out and putin ignored him or the message was not delivered. Either way it should be concerning for the american citizens. It either means were being lied
to and the message wasnt conveyed forcefully or the power of the presidency isnt what it once was and even after being scolded by the president of the United States, someone like Vladimir Putin thinks he can continue interfering with our elections without repercussions. I want to play him at a rally tonight. I got along great with putin and everybody said wow, that was great. A couple hours later i started hearing these reports that they wanted me to walk up and go like this. Son of a they wanted me to go up and have a boxing match. I said what ever happened to diplomacy . So, well, theres a lot of things there. I mean, theres i mean, theres a wide gap between diplomacy and a boxing match. No one asking him or thought he would have a boxing match. They just thought he would stand up and be a man as the president
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your expertise. You were there for water gate. Im going to get your impressions on all of this relating to that and the latest on whats going on with this whole russia investigation. Good evening. Thank you for joining us. John, the oligarchs Attorney Says the conversations about an interview with the Special Counsel have been going on for nearly a year. We also know mueller is offering the president s legal team new parameters for a meeting with him. What does that tell you about where mueller is in his investigation . Is it a sign of wrapping things up or we dont know . I dont think we know for certain. This is an airtight investigation, but i think its interesting he wants to get to the source of the meeting that is a key meeting that june 9th meeting in the trump towers, and one of the key players is setting it up. He wants to get to the source and find out whats behind it. I suspect this fellow who travels the world wants to
cooperate or might doesnt want to be subject to an Interpoll Sans against himself. So he may come in voluntarily. Karl, according to the attorney, muellers team is interested in discussing the Trump Tower Meeting and the talks around the building of a trump tower in moscow. Right . They were talking about building a trump tower there. What does that tell you about muellers focus . This may be the real sleeper of the whole Mueller Investigation, because clearly on its face the Trump Tower Meeting was convened for the purpose of collusion and collaboration and conspireing. And with don junior and in the letter im going to read. Im going to do something untelevision like and read the letter that brought this meeting about. He just called and ask me to
contact you with something interesting. The Crown Prosecutor of russia met with his father this morning and in their meeting offered to provide the Trump Campaign with official documents and information that would incriminate hillary in her dealings with russia and would be very useful to your father. This is obviously very high level and sensitive information, but its part of russia and its Government Support for mr. Trump helped by aras and emin. Whats the best way to handle this . Thats perhaps the most important document in this whole investigation. And if donald trump, indeed, means it, that he did not collude and people in his family did not collude, it is very easy for him to call these two people, aman and his father, good friends of the president , call them up and say i want you to come talk to mr. Mueller. Testify in my behalf. Tell them this is, indeed, a witch hunt and this letter does not mean what it says. Trump has the ability right here to put this perhaps behind him if he wants to be honest about the this, well, but it tells you something about where mueller is. This is not just an investigation about obstruction of justice. This is about collusion. Yes. And youre right. So listen, john. More details now. The New York Times is reporting President Trump pushed his lawyers to try to reach an agreement with mueller about sitting for an interview. Do you believe this president wants to sit down with the Special Counsel or does he want it to seem that way to the public . I think its the latter phase of the question. He wants it to seem that he wants to sit down. Im sure his lawyers dont want him to sit down. But, you know, the man has such an ego. He might sincerely believe that he can somehow turn mueller to
think his own investigation is a witch hunt. I doubt that he can do that. But trumps imagination seems to have no boundaries. Yeah. That is an interesting way of putting it. Stick around and join the conversation. Were going to continue to talk about it. More on the russia investigation and all the new details coming out on it today. Well be right back. No, no, no, no, no. Cancel. Cancel. Please. Aaagh being in the know is a good thing. Thats why discover will alert you if your Social Security number is found on any one of thousands of risky sites. Since joining ninehahi, ubmonths ago,o. My priority has been to listen to you. To cities and communities,
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