.orporation talking about u.s.-russia relations. what did the most recent sections that now have been put on russia actually do? guest: it's a variety of things. the most unprecedented element of it is the congressional review. so basically, the number of the sanctions that have already been imposed by executive order, by president obama and could have been repealed by the stroke of a pen by president trump can now only be repeeled with essentially the approval of congress. and that is unprecedented in the history of u.s. sanctions. there are a huge variety of news sanctions imposed for a number of different activities such as the interference in the election, russian activities in syria, this activity in ukraine. there are reports demanded from the executive branch by the russian olgark. -- ol garth. host: what are we talking about? guest: the sanctions come in a number of different forms. there are visa bans and their asset freezes. there are financing restrictions on russian institutions. there are transaction bans. any companies that does business with the u.s. can't do business w

towards russia, china and north korea. thenixon library hosted discussion which included former u.s. ambassador to afghanistan. this is about one hour and a half. about the's topic is chinese relations between the u.s., china and russia. we thought it would be appropriate to hear president nixon's voice and views on this matter 45 years ago. the clip we were about to hear is from the nixon white house .apes this is president nixon talking to his national security advisor, dr. henry kissinger of january of 1972, and month before the historic trip to china that february. >> [indiscernible] >> before we start the program, i want to introduce a special guest to our audience. president nixon's younger brother, ed nixon. [applause] >> and with that, dr. stoner, the stages years. dr. stoner: thank you very much for having us here. we had a wonderful tour this afternoon of the library. we all enjoyed it very much. i'm going to start our discussion by picking up on the tape that jonathan just played for us which was nixon's idea of formulating friendly relations with china to counterbalance

is being targeted also has russia given up on trump and will anything stop the leaks in washington. cross talking news that you need to know about i'm joined by my guest mark slobodan he's an international affairs and security analyst we also have victor levitt he is a political analyst as well as a leading expert at the center for actual politics and we have dmitri bobbitt he's a political analyst with sputnik international or a gentleman as usual crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime soon and i always appreciate i want to talk about something that's really important i don't think anybody else in the media at least on television is talking about we know that trump begrudgingly signed the sanctions against russia north korea and iran which we'll discuss further but also part of it was element called countering america's adversaries through sanctions act what is that mark what does it mean at the table and talk about what this hamilton sixty eight is ok so this countering americans america's adversaries through sanctions act is that the final version of this b

of leaking to the russia investigation. here is just a sample. >> you will probably find out about it before anybody else. with your leaks, we've got to stop the leaks, the leaks are very dangerous for our country. we are going to make it a lot less messy than it has been, 17 years, our longest war, i read it in one of your columns. frankly, it's going to be a decision that is going to be made very soon. there was no collusion between us and russia, in fact the opposite, number one, i would like to do you nuke the world. i know president obama said global warming is the biggest threat, i totally disagree. >> jon: let's get political reactions, a columnist for the "tampa bay times" and vice chair of the democratic national committee and a member of the new york state assembly. michael, first of all, the president is on vacation, it is a working vacation, he wants to let us know that. he comes out and talks to the media about all of the things his administration is working on while they are frankly redoing the hvac systems at the white house. is he making his point? this is a not a dog

. >> earlier this month, president trump signed a bill imposing new sanctions on russia. former officials from the george w. bush and obama administrations were in discussion about the impact and implications. this is one hour and 35 minutes. >> if i can find it. >> there. >> all right. everyone very much for joining us today. why don't we get started? also wonders, the executive director of the center for national interest. a bigleased to see such group in the middle of august and washington. the traffic led me to think the city was a little bit depopulated but the attendance clearly demonstrates otherwise. we appreciate all of you taking the time to come be with us. i think we will have very interesting conversation today onut the new u.s. sanctions russia. we have a couple of highly experienced speakers who will give us some perspective on that and we are quite grateful to them for taking the time out of their day to be with us. to my right we have dan russell, the president and ceo of the u.s.-russia business council. diplomatformer career who was deputy assistant secretary

investigators explore the potential financial ties of president trump and associates to russia. >> these types of endeavors end up being fishing expeditions. >> the president saying he won new hampshire because it's a drug den. >> these words were disgusting. he should stop insulting people. >> to have people there that are leaking information, if there's even a thought that somebody is involved, get rid of them. >> this is "new day" with chris cuomo and alisyn camerota. >> good morning everyone. welcome to your "new day." chris is off this morning. john berman joins me in studio. >> thank goodness, because you obviously need the help this morning. >> we begin with several developments in the russia investigation. cnn learned special counsel robert mueller is issuing grand jury subpoenas, his target? everyone at that june 2016 meeting at trump tower between donald trump's son, don junior, top campaign aides and a russian lawyer. >> and cnn covering what the president referred to as its red line. they believe the money trail could be a fertile ground for evidence. the president, though, s

blue balkan two worlds apart as russia and the united states are turning increasingly confrontational in syria another war torn country may become irony theater for their old rivalry afghanistan has been the geopolitical chessboard for so long is there even a chance for a peaceful resolution to discuss that i'm now and joined by the country's former president hamid karzai mr president it's great to see in moscow. now you've long been arguing that the current american approach to afghanistan is not working that it's time for the americans to assess the strategy and perhaps adjust the course and it strikes me as a little bit too naive it's almost like asking the taliban or ourselves for that matter to lay down arms don't you think that you are perhaps in gauging in a wishful thinking i mean what we need to afghanistan we need peace of. the need against terrorism in afghanistan. and in the name of fighting extremism and terrorism fifteen years on do we have also told moral we have a lot of. faith. and the casualty is the victim is the afghan people and our peace but the m

moscow money your watching international donald trump has accused congress of bringing u.s. russia relations to an all time low in a tweet the us president said that it's thanks to the people on capitol hill who forced him to sign russia's sanctions bill he said he had to abide by the decision of the lawmakers after their landslide vote last week gave him no choice. congress can now check trump's deal making potential is by stopping him from lifting russia's restrictions the new law requires the president to obtain congressional approval for any such move earlier we discussed the growing political crisis in washington that artie's. i guess no president would like to be. shoes right now times really are getting tough as they can get for the president you know being america's top man but at the same time we think but not being able to exercise his power and even worse being cornered into making the decisions he doesn't want to make just to keep order and as we've been hearing for the white house spokesperson who's been explaining the very signature under that sanctions bill the presi

favor of the draft resolution -- >> reporter: winning support with russia and china on board to tighten economic screws on the kim jong-un regime. >> it will give the north korean leadership a taste of the deprivation it has inflicted on the north korean people. >> reporter: the price of provocation for testing of intercontinental ballistic missiles. the sanctions ban a range of exports from coal to seafood valued at $1 billion a year for north korea. and limits the regime's ability to send laborers abroad. >> time is short but today we have taken one step in the right direction. >> considered the toughest sanctions in a decade. >> the president has been clear he's not going to tolerate north korea being able to threaten the united states. >> meanwhile, the white house is a construction zone. long planned renovations and systems upgrades required the oval office and the president and his staff to leave for two weeks. >> reporter: the president's chief of staff john kelly is here along with other senior and national security advisor the 39 is expected to invite lawmakers to come

the interim signs approval of a new sanctions bill against russia despite claiming that it's significantly flawed and that it contains clearly unconstitutional provisions. the us condemned the sanctions and is threatening economic retaliate against washington fearing europe's economic interests will be hit. because it would destroy north korea's program and north korea told me that in my face while the united states is preparing for war with north korea that's according to one senator it comes amid rising tensions between washington and pyongyang. very good evening to you my name is neil harvey you're watching r.t. international. president donald trump has signed a new sanctions bill against russia or it comes in response to alleged meddling by moscow in the u.s. presidential election. has the story. president trump has rather reluctantly signed this bill into law released a statement saying that while he favors tough measures to deter aggressive behavior by foreign powers the bill is seriously flawed and he only signed it for the sake of national unity the president noted th

overriding question sentiment in u.s. congress that's the view of russia's foreign minister who met his american counterpart on the sidelines of a major security forum this weekend also in the week's top stories president trump signs a new russia sanctions bill several of america's. cities it's a declaration of a full scale. pressure is staffed up against north korea to the u.n. security council votes. for tougher sanctions on pyongyang for its missile tests. to kids dictator the venezuelan president is also targeted by u.s. restrictions over his for a controversial new mages slate of body that will rewrite the constitution. with the review of the past seven days any news on right to moment developments as well this is the weekly here on r t international i mean you know neal hello and welcome our top story moscow's top diplomat say strong russian sentiment in the u.s. congress has led to the latest turn in relations between the two countries. made the comment on a meeting with his american counterpart rex tillerson earlier. picks a closer look at the story it was a very lengthy mee

would seem being anti russia attracts strange bedfellows. crosstalk in the return of the neo cons i'm joined by my guest george samuel in new york he is a fellow at the global policy institute of london metropolitan university and author of the book bombs for peace in washington and we have michael maloof he is a former senior security policy analyst in the office of the secretary of defense and in toronto we have andrew moran he is a libertarian writer journalist and author of the war on cash right gentlemen cross-like rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate michael let me go to you first in washington i think when i say that the term neo con you know who i'm talking about what group of people i'm talking about particularly since you probably were working with them during the start of the illegal war against iraq they were their road record their track history is abysmal i mean catastrophic the body count is high the prestigious loss is enormous and the drain on the treasury is almost hard to imagine but michael they're still in business ho

. announcer: now, russia and china experts discuss relations between china, russia, and the relevant how that is in today's world as well as the trump administration's policy china, and north korea. this is about an hour and a half. >> tonight's topic is about the triangular relations between the u.s., china, and russia, the world's great powers. we got it would be appropriate to hear president nixon's voice and views on this matter 45 years ago. the clip you are about to hear is from the next and white house .apes this is president nixon talking to his national security adviser , dr. henry kissinger in january , of 1972 just one month before the historic trip to china that february. nixon: [inaudible] >> before we start the program, i wanted to introduce a special guest in the audience today, president nixon's younger brother ed nixon. , [applause] with that, dr. stoner, the stage is yours. very much.u thank you mr. nixon for having us here. we had a wonderful tour of the library and we all enjoyed it very much. i'm going to start our discussion by picking up on the tape that jonath

developments in the russia investigation. this is "cnn tonight." i'm chris cuomo in for don lemon and here's what's happening right now. cnn has learned special counsel robert mueller is crossing the president's red line. remember when the president said it was going too far if the special counsel looked into his finances. well, that's where the russia investigation is headed. the fbi reviewing financial records related to president trump, his family and the trump organization. cnn also learning that mueller has issued grand jury subpoenas for documents and testimony from people involved in that trump junior meeting at trump tower. the president's white house attorney, ty cobb, issuing a statement saying, quote, the white house is fully committed to cooperating with mr. mueller. tonight, we're going to ask presidential counselor, kellyanne conway about all of this. but first, president trump weighs in on it all from his rally in west virginia. take a listen. >> the russia story is a total fabrication. it's just an excuse for the greatest loss in the history of american politics. that'

with and where they were because of the martin luther king speech and he was watching. rter: russia and china discuss triangulation and its relevance. the trump administration's policy toward those countries and north korea. this is from the nixon library. is about thetopic triangular relations between the u.s., china, and russia. we thought it would be appropriate to hear president 's voice and views on this matter. this is from the nixon white house tapes. this is president nixon talking to his national security advisor. pres. nixon: [inaudible] >> before we start, i want to introduce a special guests in our audience, president nixon's younger brother, ed nixon. [applause] with that, dr. stoner, the stage is yours. dr thank you for having us here. we had a wonderful tour of the mr. putin came into office and proclaim that russia is once again of great power. to be reckoned with. , or fromrussia seized their perspective, took act crimea. back crimea.- took in the intervening periods between 2014 and 2016, china and oil,a signed agreements on perhaps as a counterbalance to american

the headlines. saying that the significantly flawed. the new sanctions not only u.s. russia relations but also. businesses. deescalation zone is about to come into effect in syria but the moderate rebels committed to it. very well. president has signed a new sanctions bill targeting russia however the american leader branded the restrictions as flawed and signaled that he was reluctant to approve the. i favor tough measures to punish and deter aggression and the stupid lies in behavior by iran north korea and russia this legislation is significant you fool it's haste to post this legislation the congress included a number of clearly m constitutional provisions a number of provisions pull to displace the president's exclusive constitutional authority and those comments live a lot of questions in their wake the present state that even though he stands for legislation as unconstitutional he signed off on it as president trump swore an oath to preserve protect and defend the constitution of the united states but he seems to be openly doing the opposite upon approving the sanctio

revealed. in the week's top stories president trump signs the new russia sanctions bill angering america's allies describes it as declaring a full scale trade war and sanctions tied north korea over its missile tests the u.s. draft resolution is unanimously backed by the u.n. security council plus. a dictator dictator. the venezuelan president is also targeted by u.s. for strict sions over his constitutional reform referendum which is infuriated the opposition and italy and a greek argue over how to conduct migrant rescue operations this suspicion grows that humanitarian boats are colluding with people traffickers. hello there the latest development in a look back at what's been happening over the last seven days to me watching the weekly here in r.t. international. new sanctions on north korea were agreed late on saturday after u.s. drafted resolution was unanimously agreed to by the u.n. security council it bans north korean exports of coal metals and seafood reducing export revenue by about a third which is roughly a billion dollars a year foreign investments also been blocked

president's former campaign chairman, russia contacts and allegations of collusion. might intercepted conversations make the feds more suspicious. >>> and scolding allies. new revelations about the tense phone calls with mexican and australian leaders detailed. mr. trump admitting that he doesn't expect one of his top campaign promises to come true. we want to welcome viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in the situation room. >>> this is cnn breaking news. >> we are following breaking news on the special council's trump/russia investigation. cnn has confirmed that robert mueller has empanelled a grand jury and issued subpoenas in connection with the meeting with a russian lawyer and others last year. this as cnn has learned that mueller's team is exploring potential financial ties of the president and the associates to russia looking into possible crimes including some that may be unconnected to the presidential election. sources say investigators have reviewed financial records related to the president as well as the trump organization, trump f

in the major powers of the world who are incidentally all of them our neighbors russia china india iran and also pakistan as a country of our neighbor and for that reason to be an environment of cooperation between them and the united states of ganesan as we had initially when we started this campaign now i would like to discuss the recent strides our efforts in in the region diplomacy but before we go there i want to ask you specifically about the united states because. with the trumpet ministration there there were some hopes initially that it may seek a more pragmatic approach given the events of the last few weeks including the the dropping of a largest non atomic bomb and. do you think those hopes of a new beginning of a more pragmatic policy course are they still justified i'm not yet given up on it . president initially the right overtures towards russia. i understood the complexity of international relations and recognize that that without cooperation with russia there would not be much achieved for the united states specially on a place like syria and on the situation in a

is just one of many striking claims he made in an interview with our colleagues at russia's was theatre twenty four channel who interviewed him after he fled from a us military base. in may of. there's no the. u.s. isn't interested in anything except its own interests such as the ripken refugee camp also has those fighters relatives and outs. and children to study and there is no medical care. and burial types i can tell you they behave like. first of all it should be pointed out that we cannot leave this. because it. is partly. true place along with. describes. how it operates in iraq and the operators and instructors working with the rubbles they have been training them how to deal how to operate with all different kinds of weapons for quite. a positive trip to the population. in an area with the border with iraq the. base was used to fight against islamic states but on several occasions coalition opened fire on the pro-government forces who were approaching the area the military base itself no longer has any direct contact with the actual controlled areas if you want to go. c

promises good relations with russia but the question is will he follow through on his word. good afternoon it's tuesday august twenty ninth four pm in washington d.c. i'm on your part you're watching our team america we begin this afternoon with the devastation caused by hurricane ike now tropical storm harvey the rain continues to pour over south texas as rescuers race to get those who are stranded as the water rapidly right is take a look at some of the most harrowing moments. you lisa. i. i. i. i. i. heartbreaking and harrowing images indeed well for the very latest on the devastation and we have live team coverage trinity chavez reporting from new york and marina port naya in miami trinity you know let's start with you how bad are things in the houston area what's the latest. this disaster is unfolding on an epic scale today marks the sixth consecutive day that hurricane harvey has just pummeled southeast texas just moments ago the mayor confirmed the death of a police officer who was trapped in his flooded patrol car raising the death toll to now at least ten people with doz

on q&a. next, conversation on the relationship between the u.s., russia, and china. the library hosted this event which includes authors and former state department officials. >> tonight's topic is about the relations between the u.s., china, and russia, the world's great powers and we thought it would be appropriate to hear voiceent nexen -- nixon's on this matter. the clip you are about years from the nixon white house tapes. this is president nixon talking to dr. henry kissinger in january of 1972 just one month before the historic trip to china that february. xon:ident ni [inaudible] >> it wanted to introduce a special guest in our audience today, president nixon's younger brother, ed nixon. [applause] , the stage isat yours. , thankk you very much you for having us here. we had a wonderful tour this afternoon at the library and we all enjoyed it very much. i'm going to start our on theion by picking up tape that jonathan played for us nixon's idea of former leading relations to counterbalance soviet power. he turned out to be very prescient in terms of not worrying about ch

questions on building a border wall, relations with russia and pardoning arizona sheriff. this is 30 minutes. president trump: thank you, thank you very much. it's my great honor to welcome president niinisto to the white house. we just concluded a very positive meeting and i want to begin by extending my thoughts and prayers to those affected by hurricane arvey. the catastrophe of flooding and all the other difficulties and -- that they're currently going through in houston, in southeast texas and now it's looking more and more like the state of louisiana will be also affected. my administration is coordinating closely with state and local authorities in texas and louisiana to save lives. we thank our first responders and all of those involved in their efforts. we are working directly with texas governor greg abbott who by the way is doing a fantastic job. his entire staff, likewise, as well as with governor john bel edwards who is very much involved in starting the process of louisiana. we have pledged our full support as texas and louisiana battle and recover from this ery devasta

having just signed especially harsh sanctions against russia into law this week so extreme they've even been denounced by the e.u. the fact trump stamp his signature on the saying underscores the unpredictable manner with which the president acts towards moscow though he's argued for improved relations in the past and cooperated with russia to reach a ceasefire in syria he's also expanded nato it's unclear whether or not the president will take a step to arm the ukrainian government considering similar plans were rejected by president obama however trump's national security adviser who will surely be in his ear h.r. mcmaster is known for taking exceptionally hawkish positions on russia trump's selection of mcmaster to replace former nat second advisor michael flynn was praised by many traditionally of pro war and neo conservative elements within the republican party including arizona senator john mccain mccain's enthusiasm for increasing tensions with russia has yet to waver as he shared the wall street journal's reporting on the plan to arm ukraine along with a comment it's about

email. taken by that parents who joined. stranded or reunite with russia. the campaign to help with their safe return. fourteen civilians including children are reportedly killed in saudi led coalition air strike in the capital. and the libyan switzerland is accused of spreading hate speech against religious groups and nationalities while receiving more than half a million euros in state benefits. for me in the tape this friday evening at seven. and this is the news from r.t. international first breaking development the russian speaking children that stranded orphanage in the iraqi capital have now returned home it's believed their parents fled to the country taking the youngsters with the to join islamic state. while the five children have now returned safe they have some are breaking stories of their time in water on iraq all the details earlier from correspondent donald they have been brought to russia to the city of grozny in the russian republic of chechnya and from what we understand they're about to meet their loved ones now this whole story really has been an emotional rolle

russia are currently under investigation, both by congress and separately by robert mueller, the special counsel and handsome bird impersonator. ( laughter ) now, just to refresh everyone, the big question in all of this is, "what was the connection between donald trump and the russian government?" and all along, the donald has always answered that question like this: >> i know nothing about russia. i know about russia, but i know nothing about the inner workings of russia. i don't deal there. i have no businesses there. i have no loans from russia. i don't owe money. i don't have deals in russia. i don't know putin. i have nothing to do with russia. haven't made a phone call to russia in years. don't speak to people in russia. not that i wouldn't. i just have nobody to speak to. ( laughter ) >> trevor: yeah, "i don't even know what a russia is. i don't even know. on my map there's china, then there's white china. i don't even know about russia." so from the beginning, trump insisted he had absolutely no connections with russia whatsoever. and then this morning this came out. >>

i just bought over there. >> announcer: it's the "late show" with stephen colbert! russia week! tonight, stephen welcomes former president al gore! issa rae, a performance by planetarium, and russia's state television's only late night show. featuring jon batiste and stay human. and now, live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, it's stephen colbert! captioning sponsored by cbs ( cheers and applause ) ( band playing ) >> stephen: very nice. hey, everybody! how are you? hi, jon, good to see you! ( audience chanting stephen ) ( piano riff ) >> stephen: thanks, everybody! thank you so much! ( cheers and applause ) welcome to the "late show." please have a seat. thank you so much, everybody. well, folks, welcome to the "late show." i'm your host, stephen colbert. it is-- it's russia week, and i just want to get out ahead of the story here. i recently met with a lot of russians. i can't remember why. maybe because i was in russia. oh, some of them worked for the government. this week, we'll be showing you one russian field piece. sorry. i meant to say two russian--

billion annually. and while russia was one of the nations to sign on to the sanctions, foreign minister sergey lavrov said his country is grappling with their own set of punishments from the u.s.'she described a tense but necessary conversation with secretary of state rex tillerson at the summit. >> translator: we felt the readiness of you are our u.s. colleagues to still continue dialogue. there's no alternative to that. >> cnn's senior international correspondent ivan watson is in the philippines with the latest. >> reporter: this is supposed to be a gathering of diplomats from the association of southeast asian nations, and some affiliated countries like the u.s., russia, south korea, japan, but the big topic of discussion right now is north korea. its two intercontinental ballistic missile tests carried out in spite of all international security council resolutions and the decision saturday to slap new sanctions on north korea banning its exports of coal and iron, and even seafood, something that the u.s. government argues will cut at least a third of its export revenues. t

impaneled his own separate grand jury just to focus on this russia case, that seems very significant. it does track with our own reporting that this investigation is picking up speed. is very serious. is focusing on the russia issue and anything related to it. and is not going to be over any time soon, nicolle. >> kristen welker, one thing it tracks with is the president's frustration over the existence of bob mueller. we know we had a notion at least to perhaps replace jeff sessions as attorney general. we know he's got his close surrogates in the media assassinating the character and the potential political conflicts of many of the attorneys working on muler's probe. talk about the white house reaction if the dread with which they would anticipate news like this today. >> that frustration that you map out can't be overstated. this is the number one issue that hangs over this administration. that continues to frustrate the president and to really complicate and stand in the way of i think to some extent his domestic agenda. i was talking to top officials here, they're still processi

from russia. we'll also be live in beijing and south korea in this hour. >>> good morning, welcome to "early start." i'm dave briggs. >> good morning, i'm alison kosik, thursday, august 3rd. 4:00 a.m. in the east. and president trump throwing the full weight of the white house behind a new immigration plan, the most far-reaching overhaul in decades. the proposal aims to move the u.s. toward a skills-based immigration system like those in canada and australia, while slashing legal immigration to the u.s. by half. it would cut back on so-called chain immigration by limiting family members immigrants could bring over, mainly to spouses and minor children. >> the measure by republican senators purdue and cotton would award aspiring immigrants points based on age, education, english language test scores, whether they have a job offer with a high salary, or won a top award like a nobel prize or olympic medal or are a major investment in a new business. applicant spouses would be scored the same way. >> the proposal is reigniting the debate about national identity and immigration. that was t

show but we have a significant report on what happens if there are mass russia pardons. >> fair enough. it's worth sticking around for. definitely for this one. >> appreciate you. >>> robert mueller is closing in. this russia investigation now officially reaching president trump and his inner circle. investigative pressure has moved to donald trump junior. today he's consenting for the first time to a russia investigator with senate investigators. they had been seeking this since last month. this session sure to focus on his trump tower meeting with vu russians. they are investigating whether president trump dictated a misleading account. could that be part of a federal case for obstruction. trump junior wrote that e-mail saying i love it when offered dirt on hillary clinton from russian people claiming to support a kremlin plot. that meeting was revealed. trump junior claimed it was about adoptions. all of this is coming tonight as we learn that trump was seeking kremlin help separately with business dealings in a new focus on trump's personal lawyer, michael cohen. a republican close

this table. we will be right back. stay with us. ♪ opening onnew film netflix explores russia's long-running doping program. it began however with a different premise. the original intention was to expose the sailors of jug testing athletes by taking performance-enhancing drugs and whileng detection participating in an amateur cycling race. they embarked under the supervision of the former director of russia's anti-doping center. the story took a dramatic turn as the scope and details of russia's doping program began to emerge. here is a look at the film's trailer. we start asking questions and you answer. yes or no. were you the mastermind that cheated the olympics? >> yes. today, the world anti-doping agency suspended russia's sports drug testing lab. >> 99% of russian athletes are guilty of doping. >> it is worse than we thought. >> if this is true, it is an unimaginable level of criminality. they facilitate one of the most doping employees in -- doping plys in sports history. .> every sport was putin aware of the existence of a russian doping system? >> yes. >> it is quite mind b

i always appreciate it ed let me go to you first you're the greatest booster for u.s. russia relations that i've ever met in my life and you continue to do it now we have sanctions for sanctions we have one spread an interim signs that means when we all assume that he will he is essentially handcuffed himself when it comes to relations with russia under the sanction bill he has to go to congressional committees to move forward his agenda in russia with it which seems extremely unlikely where are we and are we in a cold war two point zero. or are you always trying to find some positive story i know you're really well known for other words we're just in terms of. the bankers so are i get my. so clear prosecutor for signals first of all what you want to avoid of course it's military confrontation p. . syria. positive is stop this crazy cruise maybe the dangers or even criminal support for so-called moderate rebels because we know once your view for reference to moderate some powers is so strong somehow and up and so it's not so moderate i mean cynics would say that was in part o

being here. take care. >>> the russia story is a total fabricati fabrication. it's just an excuse for the greatest loss in the history of american politics. that's all it is. >> president trump fighting back after reports emerged that grand jury subpoenas have been issued in the russia investigation. >>> and cnn has learned that special council robert mueller is following the money, investigating possible financial crimes as part of the ongoing probe into the trump campaign. >>> good morning, and welcome back to "early start," i'm alison kosik. >> i'm dave briggs. the president fired up in west virginia last night. we'll play you some more of what he had to say. it is friday, happy friday, august 4th, 4:00 a.m. in the east. it was a major advance in the special counsel robert mueller's investigation of russian meddling in the 2016 election. a source familiar with the matter telling cnn a grand jury has issued subpoenas relating to donald trump jr.'s meeting with the russian lawyer at trump tower. cnn has learned the subpoenas seek both documents and testimony from people involved

colluded with russia during the president's campaign. >> a spokesman for mueller's oefs declined to comment -- office declined to comment on the reports that were first posted by the "wall street journal" and reuters. the white house response coming from special counsel to the president, ty cobb, noting in a statement that grand jury matters are typically secret, but adding the white house favors adding anything that acceleration conclusion of mueller's work "fairly." the president's outside lawyer, jay sekulow, downplaying the importance of the subpoenas. >> this is not a surprise because the impaneling of a grand jury in situations like this when you've got an investigation is typically how they move forward. that's -- it is really very much standard operating procedure when you've got a situation like this. but with respect to the impaneling of the grand jury, we have no reason to believe that the president's under investigation here. >> sekulow also added to fox that the president is not looking into firing mueller at this point. cnn's athena jones on the road with the president

russia, china, pakistan, many other countries that have nuclear weapons, given -- nuclear weapons, get rid of them, but until such time that they do, we will be the most powerful nuclear nation on earth by far. the first order i gave to my generals, as you know, is, as you know, mike, i want our nuclear arsenal to be the biggest and the finest in the world. we spent a lot of money, a lot of time and a lot of effort, and ands in tiptop shape getting better. until this scores disappears, we will be so much better and stronger than anybody else, and nobody, including north korea, is going to be threatening us with anything. >> what have you changed with the nuclear arsenal -- and the reason i ask is a lot of experts said in response to your tweets, modernizing can't be done in six months. mr. trump: we have done a lot of renovation, we have it in very good shape, and it will be in much better shape over the next six months to a year. it is a very important thing. military is very important to me, as you know. i did extremely well with the military vote, mike and i. my first order was

with russia. this is about half an hour. pres. trump: thank you. thank you very much. it is my great honor to welcome ninisto to the white house. we concluded a positive meeting and i want to extend my thoughts and prayers to those affected by hurricane harvey and the of flooding and all the other difficulties that they are currently going through in , andon, southeast texas now it is looking more and more like the state of louisiana will be also affected. my administration is coordinating closely with state and local authorities in texas and louisiana to save lives. we thank our first responders and all of those involved in their efforts. we are working directly with texas governor greg abbott, who by the way is doing a fantastic job. his entire staff, likewise, as well as with governor john bel edwards, who is very much involved in starting the process of louisiana. we have pledged our full support as texas and louisiana battle and recover from this very devastating and historic storm. there has probably never been anything like this. under the supervision of fema, nd administrator

willing to sign sanctions against russia into law and senator lindsey graham says war with north korea is an option as the united states military tests the bad system in south korea. and the opioid epidemic reaches epic proportions in the united states as the report indicates americans are too drugged to work i'm ed schultz reporting tonight from washington d.c. you're watching our team america. good evening friends we start tonight with us russian relations the last six months have produced no new results after a much anticipated change with the election of donald trump the administration is being dogged by three investigations a mainstream media fixated on trump's failure and a growing anti russia sentiment on capitol hill earlier today u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson said the relationship between the two countries is under stress no one knows what the end game is going to be one thing is for sure the environment for the president to strike a better relationship with russia seems to be fading by the day. last week's vote in the u.s. senate to levy sanctions on russia only heigh