It provides new insight to what we went wrong. Good morning. Welcome to early start. Im dave briggs. Im christine romans. One year ago today, Robert Mueller was appointed special counsel in the russia investigation. There are important issues marking the milestone. Rudy giuliani said he did not indict a sitting president. Rudy giuliani said all they can do is write a report. They acknowledge that to us after battling with us. It is a point giuliani reiterated on fox. We will see what legal rem y remedies are available to us. Including if they subpoena us, challenge the subpoena. I dont think they agree to the process question. The same reason they cannot indict him, they cannot issue a subpoena to him. Clinton opposed a subpoena and voluntarily complied. If muellers team said if the president cannot be indicted, he is not necessarily in the clear. Guidelines say a sitting president cannot be indicted. That has never been tested in court. Not clear if muellers team is prepared tie on that challenge. If it has criminal evidence against President Trump is unclear. A few questions answered. Plenty of new ones raised after the release of thousands of pages of interviews with participants in the 2016 meeting in june in trump tower with Campaign Officials and russian lawyer. Now five of the eight people in the meeting including donald trump jr. And what they thought the meeting would be about and how they reacted when they learned and what happened when the meeting went public. What did the president know about the meeting and when . Satellite radra murray with a c at the senate intel documents. Reporter good morning, dave and christine. The dirt on Hillary Clinton turned to frustration for top members of the Trump Campaign when the information came up short. Releasing 2,000 pages of interviews of the 2016 trump tower meeting with the russian lawyer and trump junior and Jared Kushner and Campaign Chairman paul manafort. The meeting did not go the way they expected. When the russian lawyer talked about adoptions rather than dirt on clinton, kushner appeared agitated. The man who arranged it apologized for quote wasting our time. The president s son insisted he did not tell his father about the meeting before or offer of incriminating information on clinton because i would not bring him anything unsubstantiated. He never told his father about the meeting, on june 6th, trump junior made an 11minute phone call to a blocked number. Corey lewandowski testified the president s deresidence has a blocked number. The trump team was flailing for a response. They croafted a misleading one when the president was returning from germany. Saying it was focused on adoptions. There was no reason of clinton dirt. As a special counsel probes the meeting it is unclear how involved the president was in crafting it. His father may have commented through hope hicks. The former communications director. He said he did not request his fathers assistance saying hicks quote asked if i wanted to speak to him and i chose not to. Thank you, sara. The Senate Intel Committee breaking with house colleagues by backing with the assessment that russia meddled in the 2016 election. Chairman richard burr said committee has spent 14 months reviewing the sources and we see no reason to dispute the conclusions. The house Intel Committee disagree was the Intelligence Community that Vladimir Putin was trying to help trump. Republican Congress Member mike conway ran the russia investigation. He supports the conclusion and downplayed the differences. And President Trump acknowledging for the first time he repaid his lawyer Michael Cohen more than 100,000 for expenses during the 2016 election. Mr. Trump does not specify the repayment and the lawyers have confirmed cohen was reimbursed for the 130,000 payoff to stormy daniels. The president s representatives say they listed the payment in an issue of transparency. You may find the disclosure relevant. Any inquiry you may be pursuing. He revealed the repayment on fox news a few weeks ago to get ahead of the financial disclosure. The president hosts secretarygeneral at the white house this morning. Natos web site says there is a joint News Conference as 3 00. There has not been a White House Briefing since monday. Former secretary of state Rex Tillerson taking a not so subtle jab at his former boss. Telling cadets at the Virginia Military institute. Respect for truth an pis paramo to democracy. If our leaders seek to conceal the truth or we become accepting of alternative realities that are no longer grouped in facts grounded in facts, then we are on a pathway to relinquishing our freedom. When we go wobbly on the truth, we go would bbly on america. The former secretary said the pursuit of americas future must be fact base and not wishful thinking. The u. S. And china want round two of trade talks. The toughest china critic wont have a leading role. Adviser Peter Navarro will not be a principle player. Treasury secretary Steve Mnuchin will lead the talks. Navarro has an issue over trade with the president. Navarro is the protectionist voice. Mnuchin is free trade. Sources tell cnn navarro fought with mnuchin shouting over the direction of trade talks. The argument took place out of view of chinese officials. As chinas top economic officials meet with trumps team, they will miss another deadline for a deal. Naftas deal is supposed to be today. Negotiations are far from over. The writing on the wall is there will not be a new nafta rewrite this year. The clash with navarro and mnuchin seemed months in the making. The president likes to hear what Peter Navarro has to say. He has had protectionist tendencies for years. Especially with china. The president will say where is my peter. Not many other allies. Jer only aome adams coming aid of a passenger on the delta flight. The crew asked if there was a doctor on board. There was. It was him. Adams said he was glad to assist. Though it is not clear what happened on the flight. Airline says the flight intervened when the passenger became ill. He has served in the Administration Since last september. The counterpuncher in chief shows restraint with the president saying north korea is threatening to cancel talks. Live from seoul next. If youre not serious about doing a deal with the president , if you are not willing to give up your nukes for a better life, then dont do it. If you play President Trump, we will have a war and you will lose it. Stark warning from lindsey graham. After the threat of pulling out of the singapore summit. When asked about the status with the meeting with kim jongun. We havent seen anything. We havent heard anything. We will see what happens. Whatever it is. Dialogue is ongoing to keep the summit on track. Lets go live to seoul and bring in ivan watson. Ivan, good morning. A familiar refrain from donald trump. We understand there is dialogue back and forth. Is there any . Reporter there may be something behind the scenes that we dont see. We have to infer. North korea asserted itself by pulling out of the talks on wednesday and pulling out of the summit with donald trump next month. They are showing they are not pushovers and the negotiating process will not be as easy as some expected. Second, with President Trumps response, that says something, too. He did not do his trademark counterpunch. He is not blasting kim jongun on his twitter. He was restrained considering north korea called the National Security advisor john bolton repugnant and accused the Trump Administration of repeating the same mistakes of past american president s. That suggests a waitandsee approach. That is what we see from the south koreans who pulled the north koreas rhetoric growing pains. Bolton who is the target of criticism, he has made a bet in a fox radio news interview that the summit is probably still going to go ahead, but it will be short if north korea is not willing to give up nuclear weapons. In the end, we have to wait and see who blinks first. And nothing new about the name calling. They have been calling him names since 2003. Ivan watson live for us. Thank you. Breaking news. The first time we are seeing video from the deadly ambush that killed four american soldiers in niger last fall. We want to warn you. Some of this may be difficult to watch. The 23minute video seen by congress was given to cnn by the pentagon. It contains drone footage of the body of Sergeant Ladavid Johnson retrieved from under the thorn tree. This shows troops who escaped the isis ambush and escaped into a swamp. They were going after a nearby isis commander. The stated mission was to survey the area. 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He could face a 10 year prison sentence. He is the fourth person to be charged in the price fixing probe. In 2016, the Vice President of sales pleaded guilty for his role in the scheme. Michigan State University reaching a 500 million sett settlement with the girls assaulted by larry nassar. It deals with accusations against michigan state. Not usa gymnastics or the u. S. Olympic committee. A bizarre story out of texas. A 25yearold man faces charges for posing as a teenager so he could play high school basketball. Police say sydney portley lied about being displaced by hurricane harvey. The rouse ended when a coach from ten years earlier recognized him. There was no indication or replaying it in my mind as far as what he portrayed himself as and to abuse that. You cant as a normal thinking person process that. It is not something you would think about. He was arrested on a felony charge of tampering with government records. Police are investigating claims he was in a relationship with a 14yearold girl at the school. The nbas western conference finals tied at 11 after the rockets blew out golden state in game two 127105. The series moves to oakland for game three sunday. Warriors have won 15 straight at home in the post season. Tied the longest streak in history. Aaron gordon with 27 off the bench. Ahead, the president s lawyer was told by the special counsels team the president cannot be indicted. So what is Robert Muellers move here if he does find wrongdoing . N make it happen. But we wont get there without you. Visit alz. Org to join the fight. Rudy giuliani says the special counsels own team admits it cant indedict the president. What does that mean for the president . One year into the mueller investigation, what does that mean for the probe and investigation . And testimony leading the intriguing meeting with the trump tower lawyer meet and how it ties into the russia investigation. And breaking overnight. Video from the pentagon of the deadly ambush that killed four american soldiers in niger. It provides new insight to what went wrong. Good morning. Welcome to early start. Im christine romans. Im dave briggs. One year ago today, Robert Mueller was appointed special counsel in the russia investigation. There are important issues marking the milestone. Rudy giuliani said he did not cannot indict a sitting president. Rudy giuliani said all they can do is write a report. They cant indict. They acknowledge that to us after battling with us. It is a point giuliani reiterated on fox. We will see what legal remedies are available to us. Including if they subpoena us, challenge the subpoena. I dont think they agree to the process question. The same reason they cannot indict him, they cannot issue a subpoena to him. Clinton opposed a subpoena and voluntarily complied. If muellers team said if the president cannot be indicted, he is not necessarily in the clear. Although Longstanding Justice Department guidelines say a sitting president cannot be indicted. That has never been tested in court. Not clear if muellers team is prepared tie on that challenge. If it has criminal evidence against President Trump is unclear. A few questions answered. Plenty of new ones raised after the release of thousands of pages of interviews with participants in the 2016 meeting in june in trump tower with Campaign Officials and russian lawyer. Now five of the eight people in the meeting including donald trump jr. Explaining what they thought the meeting was about and what they thought the meeting would be about and how they reacted when they learned and what happened when the meeting went public. What did the president know about the meeting and when . Sara murray with a closer look at the senate intel documents. Reporter good morning, dave and christine. Donald trump jr. s excitement over getting dirt on Hillary Clinton turned to frustration for the top members of the Trump Campaign when the request for damage for info came up short. Releasing 2,000 pages of interviews shedding light on the 2016 trump tower meeting. This with the russian lawyer and trump junior and Jared Kushner and Campaign Chairman paul manafort. The meeting did not go the way they expected. When the russian lawyer talked about adoptions rather than dirt on clinton, kushner appeared agitated. After the meeting, trump testified that quote the man who arranged it apologized for quote wasting our time. The president s son insisted he did not tell his father about the meeting before or offer of incriminating information on clinton because i would not bring him anything unsubstantiated. He never told his father about the meeting, on june 6th, trump junior made an 11minute phone call to a blocked number. Former Campaign ManagerCorey Lewandowski testified the president s residence has a blocked number. When the meeting came to light a year later in july of 2017, the trump team was flailing for a response. They crafted a misleading one when the president was returning from germany. Saying it was focused on adoptions. There was no reason of clinton dirt. As a special counsel probes the meeting it is unclear how involved the president was in crafting it. His father may have commented through hope hicks. The former communications director. He said he did not request his fathers assistance saying hicks quote asked if i wanted to speak to him and i chose not to. I didnt want to bring him into something he had nothing to do with. Back to you. Thank you, sara. The Senate Intel Committee breaking with house colleagues by backing with the assessment that russia meddled in the 2016 election. Chairman richard burr said committee has spent 14 months reviewing the sources and we see no reason to dispu