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♪ u.s. president trump and the republicans are on the defensive after two bombshell articles came out over the weekend. >> mr. trump slammed the "new york times" after it reported that the fbi was so concerned about the president's actions after the firing of the former fbi director james comey that it began investigating whether mr. trump was working on behalf of russia. >> a later "washington post" article reports that he concealed the details of his meetings with russian president vladimir putin. >> these reports certainly raising a lot of questions. our boris sanchez has reaction from ...

>> bob, i do want to start with you. first, of course, the "new york times" reported that the fbi was so concerned about the u.s. president's behavior that it began investigating whether he was secretly working on russia's behalf. then the "washington post" writes that mr. trump allegedly went to extraordinary lengths to conceal details of his five face to face meetings with russia's president vladimir putin. what is your response to these two incredible reports? >> you're right. they are explosive. you have to look at trump's history with the russians, which goes back to 1986, connections wit...

Laundering for russians, many of whom bought apartments, at least 86 apartments in trump companies for cash. so there's always been this question somehow of whether the russians have a hold on him. but i think he admires putin as well as a tough guy. now, the reports are trump trying to keep his dealings with putin away from others in the american government, but that's a separate issue, very troubling. though in the meeting, the post said he took away the notes from the interpreter. then secretary of state rex tillerson was also in the room. there might be a private aspect to the talk, but tr...

Correct that he has invested more and spent more american money in a confrontation, if you like, through the nato alliance against russia. that's true. he didn't necessarily like it. it's something mattis did. but he certainly went along with it. >> steven irlinger live in brus te brussells. thank you. we're watching riyadh waiting for a meeting between the top u.s. diplomat there and mohammed bin salman. secretary of state mike pompeo is in the region to shore up support for u.s. policies. he will likely focus on iran and syria, but he's been dogged by questions about the murder of journali...

Japan's olympic committee, scrutinizing his role in the bidding process amid reports of a suspicious $2 million payment made right around the time tokyo beat out istanbul and madrid. takeda denies any wrongdoing. in a statement he says the payment to a singapore company was fair compensation based on a consultant agreement, insisting there was no improper action that can be recognized as bribery. tokyo's governor said she's bewilders by the paris probe. the international olympic committee says takeda is presumed innocent until french authorities find otherwise. the timing has some people in ja...