Altright movement within which antisemitism and racist troeps are pervasive. Bannons Appointment Drawing Sharp condemnation. The spokesman for harry reid saying quote it is easy to see why the kkk views trump as their champ when trump appoints one of the foremost peddlers of White Supremacist themes and rhetoric as his top aide. The ceo of the Antidefamation League calling it a quote, sad day. The Executive Director of the council on American Islamic relations says the appointment of bannon sends the disturbing message that the antimuslim Conspiracy Theories and White Nationalist ideology will be welcome in the white house. As thousands across the Country Protest against trump for the fifth straight day, trump addressing his supporters who have harassed minorities in his first tv interview. Postelection. I say stop it. Allen silly is a former Communications Director for ted cruz and hilary rosen is a cnn political commentator. Brian stelter is the cnn senior media correspondent. Welcom
Of the trump campaign. Just to state the obvious that we all know, the president shoots from the hip. Im not sure there was a ton of fore thought into what he said about sessions. I think he was honest and blunt about his feelings at that moment in time. They are feelings that he has had on and off for some time now. The Russian Investigation as we all know kind of wont go away as a story line partly because theres an open investigation but also because the president is preoccupied with it and he brings it up all the time, in private conversations and apparently in public ones. I think theres a real concern in terms of the comments hes made obviously because they also seem to indicate that, you know, first he wants loyalty from comey, now he wants loyalty or allegiance from Attorney General, like hes wanting to run this the way he runs his business, which is not the way the Government Works and certainly not the way the Justice Department works, which is an independent institution. The
The latest news from Around The World. Reporter trump jr. Testified he never told his father about the meeting. When asked, did you inform your father about the meeting or prior to the meeting . Trump jr. Responded, no, i was not. When he was later asked why he didnt share news . I wouldnt tell him anything until i knew what was myself. Last year he testified before two congressional meetings. A source familiar tells cnn, he did not testify trump had any advance only in of the meeting. Now his attorney Rudy Guiliani is attacking the credible. Man is a liar a proven liar. There is no way you will bring down the president of the United States on the Testimony Uncorroborated of a proven liar. I germany tee you, this guy is a proven liar. Reporter when just a few weeks ago, guiliani seemed to have plenty of faith in cons truthfulness. If he believes its in his reporter no, theyre not. But i think in this sort of lexicon of international diplomacy, which mr. Putin who is usually a sticker
The TrumpPutin relationship is examined. Russia. Putin has an untrammeled authority. I dont see any checks on his power. He is able to make singular, rapid decisions. The absolutism there is unlike anything ive ever seen in russia. All that power is propped up by an astonishing Approval Rating, over 80 . And thats according to american pollsters. Donald trump wins the presidency. But when the United States elected a new president , it looked like russia had fallen for a new leader. There were toasts all over moscow. At the parliament, known as the duma. On talk shows. And at bars. [ laughter ] we are the champions of the world but one man seemed utterly unsurprised by trumps victory. Hes happy to take credit. And that means that he won the u. S. Election. The man who is simultaneously president of russia and in charge of the United States. At the heart of all this are some deadly serious questions. Does Vladimir Putin have some kind of hold over donald trump . We simply dont know. But
The latest news from around the world. Newsroom starts right now. Our top story, u. S. President donald trump fighting back against the latest accusations from lhis former Attorney Michael Cohen. The president again denied having prior knowledge of a 2016 meeting at trump tower between his top Campaign Advisers and russians. According to our sources, cohen says the president knew about it. If cohen is telling the truth, it could be problematic for the white house. There are at least 20 instances over the past year in which mr. Trump and his advisers have said mr. Trump was not aware of the meeting. Here are just a few examples. Did you tell your father anything about this . It was such a nothing. There was nothing to tell. Donald trump jr. Put it all out today. Did you he know the time that they had the meeting . No, i didnt know anything about the meeting. Lets focus on what the president was aware. Nothing. It must have been a very unborn meeting because i never heard about it. I wou