russia for supporting the regime. >> how many more children have to die for russia cares? >> president trump condemned the kremlin telling "the new york times" i think it is a very sad day for russia because they're in line. north korea's latest ballistic missl launch presents another major test for trump when he meets with the chinese president today. >> we have a big problem. we have somebody not doing the right thing. >> china's role certain to be a main point of conversation during the two day summit, which is president has acknowledged will be difficult, particularly after his routine criticism of china on the campaign trail. >> we can't continue to allow china to rape our country, and that's what we're doing. >> the visit of the chinese president means that the administration will have to turn the page quickly after the upheaval following the removal of the president's controversial aid, steve bannon from the principal committee of the national security council, which some are saying are a potential inflection point of this administration during the first 100 days.

with russia here, but it did target russian's client state there, which is syria and assad. one final note, one consequence of this, and this is a significant consequence, that russia says it is suspending what's known as a decon flix agreement with the u.s. there. this is keeping lines of communication open so u.s. military assets do not come into contact with russian military aircrafts. they are suspending it and it is potentially risky to get u.s. airplanes in close proximity to russian airplanes. >> jim, stick with us. you have two main angles of analysis here. was this the right move for the president? did he have the right to make this move legally? on the political side, the administration has made a huge pivot. they have gone have saying assad's future is up to the syrian people, that intervention is a bad move for the united states, they went from that and in 24 hours a missile strike. live in palm beach, florida, where the president is now in the midst of what was supposed to be the big international test, his meeting with the president of china. >> reporter: chris, th

think about. the iran nuclear deal. china, russia, what are we talking about? the berlin wall on the border and the president should be setting priorities. president bush with missile defense years ago and many transitions to terrorism. and we have a problem here of prioritization. one other problem in terms of flipping government on its head, he has to tell nato chill out the president maybe didn't really mean what he said. the cia director is saying not so fast. the entire government including the congress saying not so fast on russia. the president usually directs policy down. this is a reversal now you have the cabinet saying we're directly policy up, slow down. >> the prioritization might be that donald trump wants to start off by sending a signal not just to mexico but to the world that a new sheriff is in town and i hope that this is more a opening than a negotiation than it is an economic policy. >> what i'm talking about is the way that reagan fired the air traffic controllers the way he walked away when he didn't get the deal he wanted and i hope this is not indicative of h

. >> let's talk about russia for a second. >> sure. >> mark zuckerberg of facebook is addressing this head on and turning over documents to congress to show that russia did have the troll farms and had fake accounts and tried to gin up all sorts of outrage on facebook so he's going to comply and help try to shut all that down. the president tweeted this russia stuff is a hoax. where is the state department on this? >> the state department doesn't get involved in that particular issue, per se, but we will call out russia for its activities. >> the state department doesn't believe it's a hoax? >> what's a hoax? >> does not believe russian interference is a hoax. >> it's clear russia meddled in the campaign and election. nobody takes issue with that whatsoever -- >> the president does. >> nobody takes issue with that whatsoever. >> why is he calling it a hoax? >> i can't speak for the president on that, but the president has been clear about this in the past. i'm not certain which specific tweet you are talking about, but what they have done in meddling in the election is clear. we conti

brokered by russia. i think it is still time for this administration to tell russia they need to get their client to stop dropping chemical bombing on people. if russia is unwilling to do it we have to find a way to ground that air force ourselves or working with the syrian people to ground that air force, but i don't think the world can sit idly by while this brutal dictator gases his own people. >> they put out a statement they will continue to bomb in support of the asad regime. your investigation, which hopefully will be a window into some of the truth there. castro came out, democrat, and said from what he's seen on your committee, he thinks people are going to go to jail. do you agree with that? >> you know, i'm not speculating about where we end up at the conclusion of our investigation. i think we're still in the very early stages. i think our obligation is to follow the evidence where it leads and let the consequences fall as they may depending on what we find. but we are still in the process of gathering documents. we are also agreeing to an initial round of witnesses that

campaign and russia. >> john, this goes to the whole double standard. >> you're saying two things. you're saying coordination did happen, but the democrats did it, too, which is absolutely contradictory in and of itself, in and of itself. >> no, it's not. not at all. i'm saying, again, the broader picture here, and this is what the president was speaking to yesterday, is what many in the media and many on the left is keep this permanent cloud -- when i was saying a moment ago, i'm glad hilary brought up this point, they want to keep a permanent cloud over president trump trying to delegitimize his big victory this last november. they want to keep this cloud over his administration as he's trying to push forward with his objectives. look at the fact that we're talking about this right now and not talking about his trip to france. >> i'm glad you said that because i actually think -- >> jason, you made your point. >> i'm glad you said that, because i actually think it is so important that president trump and his allies are trying to take health care aware from 23 million people, tha

slamming his predecessor, dismissing u.s. intelligence, and questioning whether russia alone meddled in the u.s. election. saying others may have known, his quote. >> after a meeting with poland's leader, president trump continuing his attacks on the media and responding to the escalation from north korea. the president facing serious foreign policy tests on this overseas trip. on several fronts. in about one hour he will deliver a speech to the polish people. you will see that live on "new day." we've t covered this morning. let's begin with sara murray live in warsaw where the president is about to give that speech. sara, what did you make of the press conference? >> reporter: pretty remarkable comments from president trump in his press conference today alongside the polish president. one of the things that's sure to raise eyebrows is president trump questioning whether it was just russia that was behind hacking in the 2016 election and blaming his predecessor, barack obama. >> i think it could very well have been russia, but it could have been other countries. i won't be specific. i

a candidate. so we will wait to see how it goes down in europe. i think about russia he said the sort of pat things that people expect. we're going to tell him to stop interfering in ukraine and other places. we're going to tell him to stop supporting hostile regimes, he said like syria and also iran. but he did place valencia this is important because nearly a decade before going down, an electrician in poland started solidarity and with john paul ii started the collapse of the soviet empire. that's his contribution to history and if he was to meet with president trump, which would be a great thing, tell him a few things about how to deal with the soviet mindset, because that is what putin has, the soviet mindset. and i think that would be really, really important. on kapurnikis, he was the one hundreds of years ago confirmed that planets revolve around the sun, not the earth. well, today donald trump is being criticized in europe and around the world for basically denying climate science, pulling the united states out of the paris accords. there is a huge building there in wars

. the attorney general pledged just two months ago that he would recuse himself from any russia investigations after it was revealed he did not disclose contacts with a russian ambassador. despite that, sessions joining his new deputy in recommending that a fresh start is needed at the leadership of the fbi. despite this praise of comey six months earlier. >> director comey did the right thing when he found new evidence, he had no choice but to report to the american congress. >> reporter: president trump firing comey in a bizarre letter stating while i greatly appreciate you informing me on three separate occasions that i am not under investigation, i never the less concur with the judgment of the department of justice that you are not able to effectively lead the bureau. >> the president says in his letter that is from the president of the united states and director comey. are the are the preside >> reporter: and it's perplex g perplexing. >> it includes investigating the nature of any links between individuals associated with the trump campaign and the russian government and

he going to stand up to the top spy in russia? >> he has to be strong. we do have to talk about russia's involvement in our democracy. >> nobody really knows. nobody really knows for sure. >> this was an aggressive action taken by the senior leadership inside of russia. >> the russian spies are ramp rg up their intelligence gathering efforts in the united states. >> not at all surprised the election hack caused no response from the united states president. >> as long as we don't push back with russians, they're going to continue. >> this is "new day" with chris cuomo and allison camarata. >> good morning, allison is off, poppy harlow joins me. we have a lot of anticipation building at the g-20 summit in hamburg, germany. in just a few hours, president trump and russia's vladimir putin will sit down for a face-to-face meeting. will russia's election meddling be part of their discussion? >> this meeting happens as current and former u.s. intelligence sources tell cnn that since the election, russian spies have stepped up their intelligence gathering efforts in america. officials s

and risks it creates. let's not be diverted from the russia investigation from it. an attack on our electoral system and who was behind that and issues of north korea which probably in the administration presents the greatest risk of awful conflagration. let's focus on the big things. >> nick kristof, thank you. we are following obviously all of the breaking news. let's get the latest. >> this is cnn breaking news. >> we welcome viewers in the united states and around the world. this is "new day." we do have breaking news. president trump ordering military strikes in syria. the u.s. firing 59 cruise missiles at a syrian air base. the strikes in retaliation for president assad's chemical weapons attack on his own people that killed dozens. including children. >> the latest from the u.s. military. they say they hit their target. the base, they believe, was used by syria to launch war planes and carry out the deadly chemical attack. russian officials will bolster air defenses in syria adding that the risk of a collision with the u.s. could not be higher. this is a stunning reversal for

of the threat russia poses to the united states. why won't the president take action against russian hacks? well, we have it all covered. let's begin, though, with cnn's laura jarrett, live in washington. laura, tell us the latest about this travel ban? >> reporter: after months of are winding its way through the courts, portions of president trump's revised travel ban will finally go into effect later tonight. this, of course, after the supreme court roomed to uphold parts of the ban earlier this week finding that people from six muslim majority nations must prove a bona fide tie to a person or entity in the u.s. and this morning we're learning more about how exactly the government is defining these important relationships. >> the trump administration issuing new guidelines for visa applicants from six muslim majority countries impacted by president trump's travel ban. a senior administration official telling cnn that applicants must prove their relationship with a parent, spouse, child, son-in-law, daughter-in-law or a sibling already in the u.s. to be eligible. other extended fami

now that president trump is an enabler of russia's interference. >> this is "new day" with chris cuomo and alisyn camerota. >> good morning. welcome to your "new day." friday, july 7th. 8:00 in the east. alisyn is off. poppy harlow by my side. the big stakes showdown at the g20 showdown happening soon. in less than two hours, the two men on your screen, the big bilateral meeting between the president of the united states and the leader of russia. what will be on the agenda? that will be the posture? big question from the american perspective is will russia's meddling in, the leelection be addressed? >> sources tell cnn that since the election, russian spies have step upped their intelligence gathering efforts in this country. they are emboldened by the lack of response from the obama and trump administrations. let's begin with sara murray live in hamburg with the latest on the g20. the leaders have met and had the handshake everyone was waiting for. now what? >> that's right. they've had their quick meet and greet. the more substantive part comes later. and that is what everyone

convince him of the threat russia poses and why he hasn't taken a harder line against the kremlin, cnn's joe johns is live at the white house with more. joe, what can you tell us? >> good morning, clarissa, a trump campaign fund-raiser in washington last night paints a real picture, the leader of the free world, five months into his first term, already preparing to participate in the american democratic process at the highest level with a threat to american democracy still out there. senior administration officials say they are struggling to convince the president to take the problem of russian election interference seriously. top administration officials frustrated that the president has taken no public steps to punish russia for the election interference as he continues to, instead, fault his predecessor. >> obama knew about russia a long time before the election and did nothing about it. >> reporter: multiple senior administration officials telling cnn that there's little evidence the president is devoting time or attention to the very real cyber threat despite warnings from his own i

being imprisoned in north korea right now. meanwhile, the russia investigation continues to cause distractions for the white house. >> it's a brutal regime. and we'll be able to handle it. >> reporter: president trump under prerk sussure to take a h line against north korea amid outrage of the death of american student otto warmbier. the 22-year-old was released last week from north korean custody after spending 17 months in prison for trying to steal a propaganda poster. warmbier arrived in the u.s. with severe brain damage and in a coma >> he spent a year and a half in north korea, a lot of bad things happened. but at least we got him home to be with his parents. >> reporter: the president offering his deepest condolences in a statement and condemning the brutality of the north korean regime. secretary of state rex tillerson says that the united states hold north korea accountable for warmbier's unjust imprisonment. others taking a tougher stone with mccain stating plainly that warmbier was murdered by the kim jong-un regime. this coming as the president continue to confront the

hacking. he promised to reveal inside information on russia's alleged cyber meddling today and tomorrow. >> it can come in a tweet, in a press conference, in a statement. >> and speaking of press conferences, there is now a new date for a potential press conference after that original one was delayed in mid december. kellyanne conway says that donald trump will potentially speak to reporters on january 11th about how he will handle his business ventures once he enters the white house. notably, january 11th, the day after president obama plans to give his farewell address in chicago. >> it will be a busy week. thank you very much for the reporting. >>> u.s. intelligence officials offering new evidence that they say directly ties russia to the cyber attacks during the u.s. prel election, they say they found digital fingerprints that point directly to moscow being directly behind the intrusions. the new comes as a top trump adviser disagrees with mr. trump on whether russia was involved. cnn pentagon correspondent barbara starr is live with more. what have you learned? >> highly t

the republican party. it's his responsibility to say more. >> the threat posed by russia is obvious. to try to paint it in any other way is astounding. >> i believe that he feels that he and russia did not meddle in the election. >> it demonstrates that donald trump can be played by foreign leaders. >> those are the most ridiculous statements. president trump was focused on north korea and syria. they are areas we need to work together on with russia. >> this is "new day" with chris cuomo and alisyn camerota. >> good morning. welcome to your "new day". alisyn is off. poppy harlow, always a pleasure. >> good to be here. >> good to have you. >> let's begin with a defiant roy moore threatening to sue the "washington post". there are 30 corroborating stories as well. member of the trump team are calling on moore to step aside. the caveat is if the allegations are true. what more can we know to vet the claims? >> promising an announcement on trade in north korea. this as he wraps up his trip across asia. the u.s. notably left out of a new trade deal. and conflicting reports whether trump

russia's president. what is the latest, joe? >> reporter: that call is expected to come this afternoon, and it comes at a time, quite frankly, when there are multiple investigations around washington, d.c. about russian interference in the last election. also, it comes at a time when the president of the united states is taking heat for cozying up to december pictator >> if it would be appropriate for me to meet with him, i would be honored to do it under the right circumstances. >> president trump sending shockwaves through the international community with the prospect of an american president meeting with north korean's brutal dictator after praising the nuclear armed december pit a day earlier. >> he was able to assume power at a young age. a lot of people tried to take that power away. he was able to do it. so obviously he's a pretty smart cookie. >> the president also issuing an inprompt due invitation. the president's willingness to cozy up to rogue leaders with atrocious human rights leader is sparking criticism from both sides of the iaisle. >> what you do is legitimize one of

meeting with russian president vladimir putin. >> need to go in with a list of demands. russia should be making concessions to the u.s. not the other way around. >> anything that makes trump look a little weak makes putin look stronger. >> i think it could well have been russia, but i think it could well have been other countries. >> that definitely did try to influence the campaign. >> absolutely no doubt about it. >> russian spies are ramping up their intelligence-gathering efforts in the united states. >> i'm not surprised the russians feel as if the cold war is back on. >> safe to say now that president trump is an enabler of russia's interference. >>> this is "new day" with chris cuomo and alisyn camerota. >>> welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. this is "new day." it's friday, july 7th, 6:00 here in new york. alisyn is off. poppy harlow joining me. thank you, good friend. i will try ton sneeze on you. -- try not to sneeze on you. >>> on the starting line, the high-stakes meeting between president trump and vladimir putin at the g20 summit. the face to f

-20 summit. >> we need to be very tough with russia, this isn't just business as usual. >> good morning, everyone. welcome to a special independence day edition of "new day." it is tuesday july fourth. john berman joins me for the american tradition. >>> we do have some breaking news, north korea claims it tested it's first intercontinental missile. >> after the launch, president trump seemed to mock kim jong-un on twitter, asking if he has anything better to do with his life and -- this comes as the president prepares for a crucial international trip. recovering all of this, let's begin with cnn's paula hancock, in seoul, south korea, let's begin with the latest on the ballistic missile test. >> we know right now that the u.s. and south korea and intelligence authorities are working together to try and analyze the data and figure out if in fact north korea did fire an icbm. north korea claims it was a great success, they claim that there was an intercontinental ballistic missile, and they say they can hit any part of america. some experts suggesting alaska could be in its sight

allieallies. >> russia interfered in our elections and they are interfere anything elections here in europe as we speak. >> the russia investigation is back on track. >> i think we're very close to agreement on our initial witness list and the process going forward. >> and new this morning on the white house beat, there has been new developments in the case of an undocumented immigrant who may have been deported by the u.s. government, despite the fact he had protected status under the deferred action for childhood arrivals program. the new development is that case will be heard by kureil, the same judge donald trump suggested on the campaign trail may have been biassed due to his mexican heritage, even though he was born in indiana. back to you. >> let's discuss all of this, including the judge development. we have david gregory, julia pace and former u.s. undersecretary for political affairs, ambassador nicholas burns. the judge is back in the limelight because of this dreamer case. i mean, he's become this inadvertent nemesis of the trump administration. >> right. well, you know, you poke t

publicly splitting with her new boss's views on foreign affairs questioning russia's agenda and showing support of nato. >> that's how an administration works. you surround yourself with people that don't just say yes to what you think. >> today on capitol hill two more confirmation hearings, rick perry to the energy secretary and today president elect donald trump will nominate sonny purdue to be his next agriculture secretary. this marks the last cabinet pick for trump's cabinet. >> thank you very much. in just hours the president elect himself will move from new york to washington ahead of tomorrow's inauguration so is his team ready to go or not? we know the question surrounding the cabinet picks but there's many other vital agency posts that still lead staff. let's get to jason carol live at trump tower in new york with more. jason. >> good morning to you, chris. as the president elect flies out he will be doing it on military aircraft and not the private trump jet we've seen fly out so many times in the past but even as he heads to washington d.c. there's real questions ab

outrage. the president also raising eyebrows for again questioning if russia is responsible for hacking during the 2016 campaign. >> if you don't catch a hacker, okay, in the act, it is hard to say who did the hacking. with that being said, i'll go along with russia. could have been china. could have been a lot of groups. >> reporter: offering no evidence to discount the conclusion of the fbi director and 16 other intelligence agencies. president trump marking his 100th day in office over the weekend with a campaign rally with attacks on his favorite foe. >> i think we would all agree the media deserves a very, very big fat failing grade. >> reporter: the focus here at the white house now turning to the president's next 100 days. the other agenda items that haven't been finished, tax cuts and tax reform. he is getting ready for the first overseas trip in a few weeks. the whole world right now watching to see how the president will handle everything from the crisis on the korean peninsula to the paris climate accord. >> joe, thank you very much. we have a lot to discuss. we have cnn poli

. the white house reeling from another russia crisis, an unforced error at the hands of president trump. >> the story that came out tonight as reported is false. at no time -- at no time were intelligence sources or methods discussed. and the president did no disclose any military operations that were not already publicly known. >> reporter: national security adviser h.r. mcmaster in a carefully worded statement refuting claims that were not in the story first reported by "the washington post." while falling short of denying the president revealed classified information to russian diplomats. >> the bhous is playing word games to the effect trying to blunt the story. >> reporter: white house tells cnn the president did reveal information that could expose intelligence sources jeopardizing access to intelligence on isis as the terror group hopes to use laptop computers as bombs on planes. the white house insists the president only discussed common threats with the russian leaders. the shocking revelation opening up the president and the republican party to accusations of a double st

allies and others, including china, russia, others, to do more. >> understood. the russia investigation. i have been hearing you this morning saying you are focused on other things, but it's a national security issue that which russia was doing to impede our election. it just is by definition. what do you feel about the implications of what russia did and do you endorse what the special counsel is doing? >> we developed a strategy for coping with russia and secretary tillerson is in the lead on this, and essentially what we have to do with russia is three things. we have to confront their destabilizing behavior. the president is going to meet with a nation under threat from russia, and this is a nuclear armed nation. we had the long cold war with the soviet union, and we want to detour other conflicts, and we have to make sure we keep that in mind as well. the third thing we want to do is find areas of cooperation where we can work together in our mutual interests. what we have seen in recent years is russia deflects anything they can to disrupt the interests of our allies and the unite

said that russia is opposed to the use of chemical weapons. all of this coming oddly enough as syrian state media today put out images of assad meeting with wounded troops in syria, sort of this syrian propaganda machine that the world has come to know so well, gearing up yet again. so look, where are we on this? what could the intelligence be that the white house is talking about? last time it was a combination of communications, intercepts, and overhead imagery that led the u.s. to be certain in its view that syria was behind that chemical weapons attack in april. we will have to see how all this sorts out and what the white house is willing to say about what it knows. chris? >> bar bah starr, this is a bill deal no what theer where the intel is coming from. thank you very much. you'll hear political comparisons to president obama and his red line, don't get caught up in that jazz. what matters, what would this mean for the united states if another attack like this happens and why is the white house showing its hand so soon? our panel will take this on, next. you hear these stories

writes on the note. thank you. >>> the trip coming as a welcome relief from the cloud of the russia investigation which really he can't shakeov oversea. fired fbi director james comey agreed to testify. cnn's suzanne malveaux is here with the latest on capitol hill. >> reporter: good morning, john. the presideresident's ties to t election in 2016 and russia moves forward in earnest. congress is anticipating getting a lot done. reacting to the news over the weekend and numerous developments. james comey has agreed to testify before the senate intelligence committee. they requested this because of the special prosecutor rule. now that is on the agenda. some house committees frustrated that did not happen for them. we heard from senator marco rubio on the senate committee saying this is a cloud, this russian investigation, that impacts everything the white house does. we heard from senator john mccain weighing in. doubling down describing the investigation and russia question as something of a watergate size scandal. the other thing they are reacting to is the bombshell report from "th

past there are always three topics that the president and the president of russia would talk about. these side bar conversations would have three topics and we assume right now the three topics that they are prepping him for would be syria, north korea and the ukraine, especially since he met with the leader of ukraine recently. who knows what this president will talk about. when he was in the oval office not long ago with the russian ambassador, he talked about -- this president does not have filters. we'll see if, indeed, the topics we believe should be on the table and are said to be on the table will be on the table. we'll see if he brings in some other side bar comments t remains to be seen at the end of the week. >> panel, thank you very much for all those insights. >>> another story to tell you about. passengers flying from abu dhabi to the u.s. can now bring their lap tops into the cabin. on flights from eight countries lap tops were banned from the cabin fearing bombs could be concealed in them. they were lifted from that airline because apparently the carrier put tighter

not to discuss it with russian officials. >> our relationship with russia is not different from any other country. >> this is "new day" with chris cuomo. >> all right. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. this is "new day." it's wednesday, july 5th, 6:00 here in new york and on the starting line, north korea releasing new video appearing to show the successful launch of its first intercontinental ballistic missile. the pentagon confirming it was an icbm. secretary of state rex tillerson saying the u.s. will never accept a nuclear armed north korea amid calls for global actionments the question is, what will the u.s. do to make good on that kmicommitment? the immediate answer, the u.s. and south korea conducting joint military exercises. the u.n. security council meeting in an emergency meeting in response to the regime's most alarming provocation to date. >>> all this as president trump heads to europe in roughly two hours for the second foreign trip of his presidency. it's the g-20 summit and all eyes will be on his first face to face encounter

and the russia investigation. >> the special counsel is subject to the rules and regulations of the department of justice. we don't engage in fishing expeditions. >> reporter: deputy attorney general rod rosen stein saying rob muraler can investigate any crimes within the scope of investigation during an interview on fox news. >> if it's something outside that scope, he needs to come to the acting attorney general, at this time me, for permission to expand his investigation. >> reporter: "the new york times" reporting that mueller's investigators have asked the white house for documents related to fired national security adviser michael flynn and possible 35i789s from the turkish government. the president tweeted a little while ago something that appears to be his own take on "the new york times" story about possible contenders for the white house in 2020. it says the failing "new york times" which has made every wrong prediction about me including my big win apologized, is total inept. now, "the new york times" has said it stands by its story. chris and breanne ma? >> appreciate it

russia's interference in the u.s. election. >> president trump working the phones ahead of this week's g-20 summit in germany, reaching out to world leaders about the north korean nuclear threat and fighting terrorism. all this as 29 states balk at a controversial white house request for the personal data of every registered american voter. cnn has every angle of this covered. let's begin with suzanne malveaux live at the white house. >> reporter: good morning, john. the president spending much of his day at bedminster. he'll be coming to the white house late today. he's going to be hosting military families tomorrow for the july 4th festivities. he spent much of the weekend, july 4th weekend, ramping up his attacks on the media. >> the fake media is trying to silence us. we will not let them. >> reporter: president trump escalating his ongoing war against the press, tweeting out this doctored video of himself pummelling a man with an edited cnn logo over his face. [ cheers ] the video drawing sharp, widespread condemnation. >> incitement to violence. >> it's very disturbing. th

other strongmen, yes. we have heard him talk about duterte in the philippines, putin russia and others. he loves to cite their approval ratings. brutal murderous dictators who have high approval ratings at home, he thinks that's impressive. can you go back decades to hear what he said about what chinese government did at tiananmen square, they put down with force what has been going on. he has been talking in this way for decades. he likes a strongman. and i think if donald trump was concerned about human rights, we would know it. he never spoke about this in the campaign and it's not going to be a concern of his. that said, in terms of duterte, he has reached out in a strategic way to the prime ministers of singapore and thailand at the same time trying to have concerted effort to try to sort of buffer the chinese and the south china seas and build this kind of asian coalition for north korea. so that is part of it. but the way he talks about duterte, he's in keeping with the way he's always spoken about strongmen. >> therein lies the problem, which is that what's going on with

russia? well, senators are expressing frustration with their own investigation into russia's election meddling. we will speak to a member of the intel committee about what's wrong. that's next. mr. stevens? this is your new name. this is your new house. and a perfectly inconspicuous suv. you must become invisible. [hero] i'll take my chances. bp uses flir cameras - a new thermal imagining technology - to inspect difficult-to-reach pipelines, so we can detect leaks before humans can see them. because safety is never being satisfied. and always working to be better. >>> sources tell cnn senators are increasingly frustrated over the pace of the intel committee's investigation into russia's meddling in the election and possible ties to the trump campaign. new poll numbers show most americans think congress should not be handling it at all. a new nbc "wall street journal" poll says 73% of americans believe an independent commission should be in charge. joining us to discuss is a member of that committee, independent senator angus king from maine. always good to see you, senator. >> chris,

almost laughably false. >> colluding with russia is a story that does not ever go away. >>> hillary clinton totally denied this. total phony. >> this idea that it is a fake dossier, that's just not true. >> the uranium is sell to russia, that is watergate, modern age. >> of all the things we talked about, this has more teeth. this gives president trump the ability to muddy the waters on russia. >> this is "new day" with chris cuomo and alisyn camerota. >> all right. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. this is your "new day". it's thursday, october 26th, 6:00 in new york. growing connections between possible connections between the trump campaign and wikileaks. sources tell cnn, a data analytics company working for the trump campaign did seek access to thousands of hillary clinton's e-mails she kept on this private serve isser while secretary on of state. meantime, president trump slaming hillary clinton and the democrats for denying that they knew of an effort to dig up dirt on him after it was revealed they helped fund this type of research. a source t

half a day before. when you look at this, the frustration is what else can you do if china, russia, if they don't want to step up and, how do you get progress? >> well, i do think we have to have a common approach to this. and what happened is secretary tillerson made clear today that china and russia have to be more helpful. they the did in fact, vote for security council resolution. there is an emergency meeting of the security council again today. i think we need to make clearer to the chinese and russians that it is is in their national interest to do something. for instance, that large bomb that they thought was thermonuclear, i have heard radioactive air went into russia and china. at some point they have to think about what the effect of that is. >> russia knows what its trade obligations are. china as well. you know better than we do. >> they have to, in fact. the sanctions are supposed to stop that. they have to live up to it. all the countries have to put pressure on the russians and chinese to be more proactive. what worries me and listening is accidents. i think that's

about the media, not to talk about health care, russia, syria th. this is what he's chosen to talk about. jeff, you're on the front lines of this discussion, there are people who look at what the president is doing here, saying what he's doing is trying to create a situation where there is no truth, correct? if you create a situation where there is no truth, there are no facts in play, then you can operate almost with impunity. >> well, that's an interesting theory. i don't know if that's his intention with his tweets against the media. i think that there is an actual deep seeded dislike with president trump and with many of his advisers at the white house for the media and that this is just his way of getting back at it and, yes, it is distracting, no doubt, from his legislative agenda. i think it was interesting to see last week some republican lawmakers from his own party criticizing him for doing that with regard to the attacks on msnbc. but whether or not that's a broad strategy, more theoretically or whether it is just really who president trump is, i think it is a different

call these notions a deflection with the ties to russia. the white house is attempting to move forward. expected to announce the president's new >> 46 days into donald trump's presidency cnn has it all covered for you starting with joe johns at the white house. >>> good morning, questions of credibility and justice in the oval office this morning. the former director of national intelligence and the current director of the fbi contradicting the sitting president of the united states who made a claim without providing evidence that the last president wiretapped him. >> the claim that former president obama ordered his phones to be wiretapped coming under fire. sources say the fbi is now asking the justice department to refute the allegations. such wiretapping of a u.s. citizen's phone would be illegal or require a court order. former director of national intelligence james clapper that spear headed the investigation into russia's meddling in the investigation giving a firm no to any such claim of wiretapping. >> for the part of the national security apparatus that i oversaw as dni there

, russia and its geopolitical implications and impact on our election. you had a congressional delegation meeting, codel meeting with your foreign counterparts on what we should all be on the same page. russia loomed large. what did you hear? >> so look, all of our allies, i was in france, latvia, poland and the netherlands and all of them were frankly happy about the strike in syria. they said not just because of the syria issue. it sent a message to russia. they were happy with what the expe vice president and secretary mattis said and there's no doubt they were concerned with some of the early words of the president but that seems to have shifted lately, because he has said nato is no longer obsolete, and so look, there are some strong concerns. we're having to rebuild infrastructure right now in eastern europe, as part of the european reassurance initiative with troops deployed in the baltics. i saw by the way our men and women operating heroically doing live fire exercises in latvia, and i got to tell you, we have the best trained military and i'll tell you the russians wi

u.s. allies over russia. >> we are not getting along. >> reporter: he resisted criticizing in the past. >> i think i get along very well with vladimir putin. i just think so. >> vladimir putin says nice things about me. >> reporter: the president now hardening his tone, but stopping short of going directly after the russian president. >> i'll see but putin over a period of time. it will be a fantastic thing. >> reporter: however, mr. trump made his feelings clear about the syrian brutal dictator. >> that's a butcher. >> reporter: stark contrast to comments last week who said the priority is not toppling assad. >> president xi wants to do the right thing. we had a very good bonding. i think we had a good chemistry together. >> reporter: telling the wall street journal chinese are not currency manipulators. >> grand master at currency manipulation. nobody has ever manipulated currency like china. >> china a currency manipulator. >> reporter: offering an olive branch to janet yellen after saying this. >> i think she is very political. >> reporter: trump telling reporters he prefers t

russia's agris i. behavior as he was about his concerns with this legislation. can comes as the president's approval numbers hit a new low and mounting credibility issues are straining his political capital. the white house conceding two phone calls the president recently touted never happened. >> specifically said he received a phone call from the president of mexico. >> they were actually -- direct conversations, not actual known calls. >> so he lied. >> i couldn't say it was a lie. that's pretty -- bold accusation. it's -- the conversations took place. they simply didn't take place over a phone call. he had them in person. >> >> reporter: as for the president's claim the boy scouts called to tell him last appearance was the greatest ever, the president secretary said this. >> the multiple members of the boy scout leadership following his speech there that day congratulated him, praised him and offered quite, um -- i'm looking for the word. le quite powerful compli emted. >>reporter: now the boy scouts have denied a phone call between members of their leadership congratulating

crime by failing to properly disclose payments from russia. this is a very busy day 97 of the trump presidency. let's begin with joe johns live at the white house. >> reporter: good morning, chris. deja vu on the battle between the courts and the white house. the president had a couple tweets this morning criticizing the federal courts as well as the ninth circuit. also talking about ridiculous rulings. he said i'll see you in the supreme court. >> the white house blasting a federal court ruling after a san francisco judge blocked the president's kbektive action that threatened to strip federal funding from so-called sanctuary cities citing trump's own words in the decision. >> i don't want to defund anybody. i want to give them the money they need to properly operate as a city or a state, and they're going to have sanctuary cities, we may have to do that. certainly, that would be a weapon. >> in a scathing statement, the white house calls judge william's ruling an overreach by a judge who unilaterally re-wrote immigration policies and had the blood of dead americans on their hands.

place. they heeded that warning. i should note that russia calls this an act of aggression. they suspended a deconfliction agreement the u.s. had with russia for a number of months. you have u.s. planes and russian planes over syria. you don't want them to shoot at each other. that agreement has been suspended for now. alisyn. >> that is key. we need to watch what happens. jim, thank you. donald trump calling the strikes vital to national security and necessary to stop assad from carrying out more attacks. the trump administration says assad's future is up to the syrian people to now bombing the assad regime hours ago. cnn's athena jones is in florida where president trump is. athena. >> reporter: hi, alisyn. this first direct military action by the u.s. against the assad regime was meant to deliver the message that the use of chemical weapons will not be tore rated. it is a turn around for the president who was slow to respond to the attack and strong against military intervention in syria. >> tonight, i ordered a targeted military strike on the airfield in syria from where the

russia but he had a clear message for them before leaving for the g7 summit. tillerson calling on the kremlin to drop support of syria's brutal dictator. >> the kremlin says relations with the u.s. are the most difficult since the end of the cold war. what will they say about what they did or did not know about that chemical attack in syria when the russian and united states heads of state meet? it is a critical day of diplomacy on this day. 82 of the trump presidency. cnn has correspondence across the globe. let's begin with nic robertson live from the g7 in italy. that got real important real fast. >> yeah, it really did, chris. what secretary tillerson learned from his allies here is support for the united states strike on syria, support for existing sanctions on russia. that isn't support, however, for more sanctions to be put on russia. the italian foreign minister here explaining it's better to be negotiateing with russia rather than pushing russia in a corner. secretary tillerson saying clearly russia has to make a choice. its current position means it is supporting iran, assad

evidence. >> we are not getting along with russia. we will see how it works out. >> this is "new day" with chris cuomo and alisyn camerota. >> good morning. welcome to "new day." key promises to nato to the u.s. relationship with russia and china and when asked why he is changing, his press secretary said circumstances change. >> perhaps the biggest shift is the issue surrounding syria. cnn reporting u.s. intel picked up communications with syria military on chemical weapons. can we expect more changes on day 84 of the trump administration? let's start with joe johns at the white house. joe. >> reporter: good morning, chris. the trump administration likes to say that it is keeping its promises on things like deregulation and energy policy. it's the reversals on things like foreign and economic policy that are much more noticeable this morning. more evidence than ever this new administration is discovering a big difference with what you say on the campaign trail and what you have to do in the oval office. >> i said it was obsolete. it's no longer obsolete. >> reporter: in a stunning reversa

attacks occurs, it draws russia closer to some level of responsibility. >> reporter: secretary of state rex tillerson talking tough of russia's role in the syrian chemical weapons on the eve of the first diplomatic trip to moscow. >> p regardless of being complicit or incompetent or out witt witted, they failed. >> reporter: slamming the administration for the agreement to ensure the assad's stockpile was destroyed. >> how can they cover for assad? there are answers that need to come from russia. >> reporter: nikki haley and h.r. mcmaster echoing tillerson's criticism and keeping the door open for imposing additional sanctions on both russia and iran due to the support for assad. >> i don't think anything is off the table. >> reporter: the administration's top official sending conflicting messages about the future of the syrian dictator. tillerson emphasizing that america's first priority is the fight against isis. not toppling assad. >> through the political process that we believe the syrian people will ultimately be able to decide the fate of bashar al assad. >> reporter: as am

is where pressure on russia becomes important. this is where a regional approach becomes important if you are the trump administration. >> governor, you do have vast experience with north korea. do you agree by rex tillerson saying the u.s. has spoken enough about north korea. we will have no further comment. that gets their attention more than saying something else? >> well, i think that was an unfortunate comment because you have on the one hand a white house and state department op officials talking differently all options on the table. then the secretary of state stays silent. the problem is twofold. one, you have the president saying things and tweeting and you have the foreign policy team and secretary of state on both issues. on north korea and syria. the two imminent issues talking differently. different nuances. i think the key is also going to be another unfortunate situation which is china. china is the only entity, i believe right now, because they provide food, they provide energy assistance and enormous support to north korea to be helpful to restraining north korea.

continues to dealing with allegations of collusion with russia on capitol hill. president trump kicking off a critical week of high-profile clip dip llomatic talks hostingl sisi at the white house ahead of a sitdown with king abtoula of jordan on thursday. on friday president trump will host president ji jinping for one of the most important meetings of his ten tour thus far. key point of contention, north korea's nuclear ambitions. president trump offering a vague but head-turning assessment to "the financial times" saying he might act unilaterally "if china is not going to solve north korea, we will." the president tweeting last week that he expects that high profile meeting with china will be difficult, particularly after all of his tough talk during the campaign. >> we can't continue to allow china to rape our country, and that's what they're doing. china is responsible for nearly half of our entire trade deficit. >> reporter: the president's son-in-law and senior adviser, jared kushner, expected to play a key role in the two days of meetings. kushner rapidly becoming the pr

president go into a meeting with the president of russia considering all that on the table without an agenda? >> well, there are going to be things in the background but he is not going in there and saying this is what we want. absolutely they will talk about nato. trump is talking about increasing the nato budgets from the 28-member nations. a concern to putin and that will probably be discussed. sanctions, while trump is looking at different trade agreements around the globe, putin is concerned about sanctions and i can tell you having gone to moscow in december that the american businesses over there such as proctor and gamble or caterpillar or 3m would love to see the sanctions addressed. >> the two things you're talking about sanctions and nato are things that are in putin's bailiwick and things he is most concerned about. should the president go into this meeting and talk about the 2016 meddling in the election? should he offer a clear and concise warning and acknowledgment to the russian president? >> yes, and i think he will. these are two people who can do a lot of things at

relevant. you think go to russia. we don't know whether or not the trump campaign asked you to go, knew you were going, concerted action with you in going because you won't say so. it fuels speculation enough such that the doj went and got a warrant to surveil you. >> chris, i could talk for hours going through each of the falsehoods that were just outlined. and, again, you talk about being unwitting or not really understanding what's going on. i understand based on all the false evidence and the false narrative that's been out there. the reason why this is the current public perception, just read that book "shattered," about the losing campaign. page 395 talks about all the specifics. and that gives a lot of what the major drivers are. >> but there is nothing in there about targeting carter page unfairly. everything i said to you is a fact about who you talked to and how they found up being russian operatives and they say they were trying to work you. that was a basis of a lot of the speculation. we still wind up in the same place, which is people are asking you the same questions and inst

less and less as long as the u.s. relationship with russia gets less close by the day. >> exactly. john, i think a lot of what is fueled this fire politically for a long time has been the fact that president trump has coddled vladimir putin. he is just as bad as we are. in the past couple weeks, we have seen an administration for recognizing the russians for what they are. a regime trying to undermine the u.s. influence in the world. that is not in the u.s. interest. we saw just a couple days ago a combative news conference with the russian foreign minister [ laughterlaug lavrov and rex tillerson. when you have these emerging. you have to wonder the president a at the time he ran for office, he is such a blank slate. it is possible associates of his and supporters of his were freelancing and talking to the russians. they shouldn't have been and influencing his foreign policy thought. it will be interesting to see whether or not this will reach closer to him. it could have been he was influenced unknowingly which is an issue, but less of an issue if his administration is treating t