british prime minister theresa may, quote, it is wrong to for the president to have done this. britain first seeks to divide communities in use of their hateful narratives which peddle lies and stoke tensions. on the other hand, former klan leader david duke tweeted thank god for trump. this is why we love him. in response to his tweets. this is only one of several ugly moments by the president. responding to nbc news firing anchor matt lauer for inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace, president trump lashed the out at an msnbc anchor, joe skrarborcarborough,s conspiracy theory, will they terminate low ratings joe scarborough based on the unsolved mystery that took place in florida years ago? investigate, exclamation point. to be clear, this is the president of the united states attempting to exploit the tragic death of a young woman that occurred in 2001, one that had nothing to do with with joe scarborough. 28-year-old intern laurie was found dead in scarborough's florida office 16 years ago. she apparently suffered heart problems, that's what the medical examiner concluded.

condemnation, including a rebuke from british prime minister theresa may. it is wrong for the president to have done this, then adding britain first seems to divide communities through their hateful narratives. the white house dismissed the extraordinary criticism that reined in from all sides of the political spectrum, saying the president was simply drawing attention to threats the u.s. is facing. >> i think his goal is to promote strong borders and national security. >> reporter: it comes only a week before the third version of president trump's travel faces scrutiny once again in the courts. judges have ruled his previous bans as unconstitutional, in part for target muslims. james clapper, the foreign policier director of national intelligence said the president's statements were dangerous. >> perhaps inciting and encouraging anti-muslim violence and as well causes i think our friends and allies around the world to wonder about the judgement of the president of the united states. >> reporter: all this as the nuclear threat from north korea intensified. a day after the regime fired a ballist

. >> and world leaders condemning the retweets, and a spokesperson for theresa may saying it's wrong for the president to have done this. refusing to let that go, trump tweeted she should focus on the radical islamic terrorism in her country rather than focusing on him. >> whether it's a real video, the threat is real, and that is what the president is talking about. that's what the president is focused on, is dealing with those real threats. those are real no matter how you look at it. >> republican lawmakers on capitol hill, again, put in the position to explain the president's tweets. >> it's just not constructive. not sure what the purpose of that was. >> why? i think it's very inappropriate. i don't know what you gain by doing this. >> and there's more reaction from london this morning to the president's retweet of the controversial videos, and the mayor of london, president trump used twitter to promote a vile and extremist group that exists to sew decision and hatred, and any official visit from trump to britain would not be welcomed. back to you. >> joe, thank you very much.

want him to come to the uk. they want theresa may to disinvite him because he tweeted videos from a far right group in britain. >>> special counsel's bob mueller's investigation is reaching into president trump's inner circle. how do we know? cnn was first to report that jared kushner spoke to mueller's investigators. their meeting, we are told, was focused on michael flynn. what does this mean about flynn and being close to negotiating a deal? we have it all covered. cnn's joe johns is live at the white house with our top story. joe? >> reporter: good morning, chris. the fallout continues. the president stepping on his own message, distracting from his own agenda, often straying into conspiracy zones. and this is habitual behavior for this president on display this week, especially the last 24 hours. president trump in missouri touting what could be his first major legislative win. >> these massive tax cuts will be rocket fuel. >> reporter: but any traction is being overshadowed by wild insults, inflammatory tweets and long debunked conspiracy theories, raising questions about his

retweets. and british prime minister theresa may saying it's wrong for the president to have done this. refusing to let that go, the president firing back that theresa may should focus on combatting radical islamic terrorism in her country rather than focus on him. the white house discounting questions over the voracity of the videos. >> whether it's a real video, the threat is real. that is what the president is talking about. that is what the president is focused on, dealing with the real threats. those are real no matter how you look at it. >> reporter: lawmakers auto capitol hill put in a position to explain the president's tweets. >> this is not constructive. i'm not sure what the purpose of that was. >> why? it is inappropriate. >> i don't know what you gain by doing this. >> the controversy from the muslim mayor. president trump used twitter to promote a vial extremist group. it is increasingly clear that any official visit from president trump to britain would not be welcomed. chris and alisyn, back to you. >> thank you very much. two very big questions we have to pursue this m

theresa may who says donald trump was wrong to forward these videos to his followers. and she makes the point that britain overwhelmingly rejects the politics of the far right because it stands against all the values that this country holds so dear. john? >> phil black for us in london. appreciate the reporting. simply stunning. you can -- the white house will say the president's trying to make a point about safety, trying to make a point about immigration, trying to make a point about tough borders or the travel ban or whatever. you can make those points by making that point. make your case. you don't have to make your case by retweeting hate. >> that's right. and the white house is responding there and acknowledging that trump is ignoring this other piece of it. i talked to a white house official today 0 who said trump was controlling through, didn't see the source and hit the retweet button. that was his way to explain away what happened. but it also acknowledges that he's not giving any thought to the other piece of this. you know, our -- i think this raises some pressure on joh

®. >>> breaking news, president trump fighting back against british prime minister theresa may. in a tweet just minutes ago, may, among others, slamming trump for retweeting anti-muslim videos from a far right nationalist group. trump tweeting to theresa may, don't focus on me. focus on the destructive radical islamic radical lichl that is taking place within the united kingdom. cnn has not verified these videos. porp rdly showing muslims attacking people. whether the videos are real does not matter to the white house. that is what the press secretary says. here's sarah sanders. >> whether it's a real video, the threat is real and that is what the president is talking about. that's what the president is focused on, is dealing with those real threats. those are real no matter how you look at it. >> "outfront" tonight, james is joining me. good to have you on. what do you say to the press secretary, it doesn't matter if the videos aren't real? >> sure it matters. when the dutch government issues a correction saying this is a fake video that it actually was a dutch national committing a crime

. >>> and a brash tweet after first tweeting the wrong theresa may, he told the prime minister don't focus on me. focus on the radical islamic terrorism taking place within the united kingdom. we're doing just fine. for the latest let's go to downing street and bring in nick robertson. just an extraordinary exchange between two long-time allies. >> reporter: president trump has made this personal, not just his apparent backing of right wing fascist organization here in britain, but making it personal with a british prime minister saying stay out of my business. you've got enough trouble of your own. this is a prime minister who believes that britain has a special relationship with the united states who was the first world lead tore go and congratulate president trump in the white house after his inauguration. early january she took political heat for that at the time she invited him. people were outraged at the travel ban after that. 1.8 million people signed a petition saying that president trump shouldn't come to britain and meet the queen on the state visit. since then he's gotten into

, theresa may, she had a soldier beheaded by an islamic radical. >> how is the president's tweet helping that. >> it's starting a conversation. we don't want it here. you don't want violence by -- let me join the chorus. >> we don't want violence by white supremacist. >> exactly. by antifa. >> black lives matter. >> any one. >> any of those groups. >> but you don't understand why, just for the sake of honesty here, why would you have to compare that to antifa and black lives matter? what does that have to do with anything. >> nancy pelosi did it. she condemned antifa. >> did she -- >> she did the opposite of what the president did but you're bringing it up as a shiny object. one does not mean the other. >> i'm joining the chorus that says that muslims that kill soldiers in england are bad as well as white supremacists in america that say they want to do something or the people in poland that say they want the -- >> then why doesn't this president tweet about that? >> well, i don't know. you can ask him, don. i think that would be great if he would. but what i'm happy to have -- today i w

. >>> new friction with america's closest ally, british prime minister theresa may says president trump was wrong to retweet anti-muslim propaganda and at least one member of parliament there says the president ought to be locked up. this began when the president shared videos posted by the deputy leader of an ultranational group after he was rebuked by the british prime minister. the president responded theresa may, don't focus on me, focus on the destructive radical islamic terrorism that is taking place within the united kingdom. we are doing just fine. let's go to nic robertson for us right now covering this in london. we are hearing again from the british prime minister. she's been put in a bind here, nic. >> she has been put in quite a bind. she's traveling in the middle east at the moment. a big gathering outside of her office here, 10 downing street, she is in a bind because she has aligned herself closely with president trump, right at the beginning of his presidency, being the first world leader to go greet him at the white house, and it's really rebounded on her a numbe

bigotry, the special relationship. moments ago we heard from british prime minister theresa may speaking out against president trump, this after other political leaders of britain called to keep the president out of their country and in one case thrown in jail. this has to do with videos sent to social media. these were first published by an extremish group in great britain. theresa may don't focus on me, focus on the destructive radical islamic terrorism. at least one lawmaker is going further, and new comments from the british prime minister. >> reporter: the sense here in britain is that president trump made it very personal after yesterday appearing to promote a right wing fascist, and we are waiting for the prime minister to respond. she has been traveling in the middle east and is putting the best face on this, because, of course, she has aligned herself closely with president trump, being the first world leader to go and see him after his inauguration in washington, and she was quickly there in days and has taken political heat for that back home and now she's describing a special

they are racist, sean yo phobic. this puts the british prime minister, theresa may, in a difficult position. she does not want to offend president trump, and she has been courting a constructive relationship with the president, and she knows this sort of action by the american president will be deeply unpopular here in this country and it's going to be a difficult balance for her to strike as she confronts this publicly and we are waiting for a comment from her or another member of the british government. >> joining me, ben ferguson, and a cnn political calm tater and former chief of staff to nancy pelosi. i think we will hear from leaders in britain soon on this. huh deem, when you saw the president send these videos out, what did you think? >> it took me a second to realize some of the videos were old, and violence should be condemned anytime, anyplace, anywhere, by anybody. why did the president send these tweets today? it's something he has to answer. i don't know what he was thinking this morning, very early this morning, actually, when he sent them. the message that he was pe

britain first. as you know the prime minister of the u.k. theresa may has slammed this publicly saying. you don't see this every day, prime minister of britain questioning the united states we may work together but i'm not going to reframe the united states calling them wrong. and also questions about the veracity of the videos. remember sarah huckabee sanders didn't hold a briefing. so she talked to report nerves the whi reporters in the white house. that is something reporters will want to ask about here in the briefing room for all of the talk of fake news, yesterday the president retweeted some fake news. retweeted a video that shows a boy in crutches being beat enby somebody who was identified phi in those videos as being a muslim migrant when we've been told by dutch authorities that was not the case. that the an attacker was somebody born and raised in netherlands. so raises the question is it not fake news when the president tweets it. and you might hear some of that in the briefing room. >> you have a long list. i hope you get a question in today. thank you so much my f

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prime minister, theresa may. this is a delicate issue for her, but she says trump was wrong to retweet these videos. she says britain first saeks to divide communities through their use of hateful narratives. this is through a spokesperson, who goes on to say, british people overwhelmingly reject the prejudiced rhetoric of the far-right, which is the antithesis of the values these countries represent. decency, tolerance, and respect. she's trying to maintain a close working relationship with donald trump. she's been criticized a lot for it, because his views, particularly on immigration and islam are not very popular here. this is going to make it much harder for her to do that, politically, within this country. >> yeah, i think stay close to your twitter feed, theresa may, see what donald trump has to say in response. dan, thank you so much for bringing this. phil, always great to have you. thank you so much. so there's that and there is this, now to add into this conversation. >>> truthful hyperbole. that is what he called it in "the art of the deal," alternative facts, that

. thank god for trump, he tweeted. theresa may through a spokesperson says the president was wrong, "britain first seeks to divide communities through their use of hateful narratives which peddle lies and stoke tensions. they cause anxiety to law-abiding people. british people overwhelmingly reject the prejudice rhetoric of the far right, which is the antithesis of the values that this country represents." by the way, the video shows a migrant beating up a dutch boy on crutches. he's not a migrant. he's a dutch citizen. do they matter to the white house spokesperson sarah sanders? well, here's what she said. >> whether it's a real video, the threat is real and that is what the president is talking about. that's what the president is focused on, is dealing with those real threats. and those are real no matter how you look at it. >> whether it's real or not, doesn't really matter. the president just tweeted again at britain's prime minister, tweeting, theresa may, don't focus on me. focus on radical islamic terrorism that is taking place within the united kingdom. we are doing just f

for trump, he tweeted. theresa may was not thrilled. through a spokesperson she said the president was wrong, quote, britain first seeks to divide communities. they cause anxiety to law-abiding people. british people overwhelmingly interest of justice rhetoric of the far right which the the antithesis of what this country represents. >> theresa may, don't focus on me, focus on the terrorism that's taking place within the united kingdom, we're doing just fine. aaron hatch defending the prime minister on twitter and to the prime minister's point, the britain first is a radical group. last year joe cox a member of british parliament was murdered by a man reportedly shouting britain first assist he shot and stabbed her. i spoke with joe cox's husband earlier tonight. he's some of what he said. >> i think we probably got used to a degree of absurdity, outrageous retweets and tweets from the president. but i think thflt like it was a different order. here he was retweeting a felon, somebody that was convicted of religiously aggravated harassment of an organization that is a hate-driven o

. white supremacist david duke was thrilled said thank god for trump. prime minister theresa may was not thrilled. she said britain first seeks to divide people overwhelming reject the prejudice rhetoric of the far right which is the an hit thes at the of the values that. right after that tweet, republican senator oren hatch weighed defending the prime minister on twitter, and to the prime minister's point, the britain first is a radical group. last year joe cox a member of a british parliament and outspoken supporter of parliament was murdered. i spoke with joe cox's husband earlier tonight. here's some of what he said. >> i think we probably got used to a degree of absurdity of outrageous re-tweets and tweets from the president. but i think this felt like it was a different order. here he was retweeting a felon, somebody that was convicted of religiously aggravated harassment of an organization that is a hate driven organization on the extreme fringes, the far, far right of british politics. this is like the president retweeting the ku klux klan. you know, this is not a main stream