and we want to welcome our viewers joining us here in the united states. and of course all around the world. i'm rosemary church. >> and i'm george howell from cnn world headquarters in atlanta. newsroom starts right now. >> and the migrant crisis at the u.s./mexico border has reached a boiling point. on sunday, hundreds of central american migrants rushed mexico's northern border, hoping to reach the united states. at least 39 migrants were arrested and are expected to be deported from mexico. >> on the american side of the fence, u.s. law enforcement fired teargas at the crowds, saying some people were throwing objects at border security. the united states temporarily shutdown its port of entry, but that port of entry was later reopened. >> cnn's nick watt was at the scene following the events. he has the latest now from the u.s./mexico border. >> reporter: this border san ysidro is one of the busiest land borders on earth. it was shut sunday afternoon to pedestrians and a little bit longer to all vehicular traffic. and the reason? well, there were prote

a cease-fire led by the united states. now we have the first visit of a senior european foreign minister to saudi arabia since the murder of jamal khashoggi. but this is an opportunity to both raise that issue, of course, which jomana already discuss discussed with you, george, but the united kingdom and united states are the supplier of arms to the yemen, and they have called for a cease-fire which is due to happen they if they stick to scheduled sometime next month. and they do have levers to pull. so far the united states has pulled a pretty meaningless lever in suspending air refueling to the saudis who said they didn't need it anyway. but there are real pressure points that can be brought to bear. i think that is likely that we are going to hear jeremy hunt suggest later on today that perhaps he might use some of those pressure points, or at least implore the saudis to dial down the violence. but as ever, george, when there is a prospect of peace talks or a cease-fire, belligerence on all sides can be expected to grab

a governor in the united states. one big concern, though, here in georgia, and especially among many african-american voters, the issue of voter suppression. i want you to listen to a bit of a conversation that i had way group of voters here, trying to get the word out about challenges around voting. >> we say we want people to vote. but then we put the barriers out. >> as communities of color, there is the photo i.d., there is the cross check, matching -- there is the exact social security match that is precinct consolidation. >> an extra layer that 20 years ago voters weren't having to go through those hoops. >> personally myself, from a plantation, we determined we're not going back. >> that statement there from joe beasley, a civil rights leader here in atlanta, saying we will not go back. but with georgia's secretary of state being sued for policies that restrict the vote, how big of an impact could voter suppression have here and in other states? >> well, voter registration laws in the u.s. are -- have always b

they expected to be in the united states before then. they don't want to stay in mexico which, by the way, they're safe from any violence or aggression in their home countrie countries. >> let me ask you this. the president has deployed active u.s. military on the border as well. is that deployment of force -- one, is it necessary, in your view? and does it help the process, right, or is it possible in your view that these migrants can be handled in what is the existing asylum process at the border? come, apply, tell your story. have that adjudicated, et cetera. >> there are asylum processes throughout the world. they can apply for asylum even in their home countries but the reality is that they have used a third country to traverse through, mexico, which by the way several thousand mile as way from their home. i thiching the security -- let me just add that i believe that the administration is going to be unbending, and it should. this not the appropriate way to come into the country, seeking asylum with 4,000, 5,000 people along the so

what we started seeing is central americans coming to the united states. mexico from being a source country is a transit point. what these images show us is that the mexican government is not prepareded to handle the influx of central americans trying to get to the united states. mexico has offered them jobs, shelter, food, and they don't want to stay in mexico. they want to go on to the united states. they came across another piece of information. about 11,000 people that at one point or another were part of the caravans have decided voluntarily to ask for the mexican government's help to return to central america. countries of origin. guatemala, honduras, el salvador and nicaragua. the majority have decided to go back, but you have a group of 5,000 to 10,000 people overwhelming the local government. >> we don't know if this took place simultaneousious, meaning people who got through mexican law enforcement gathered here or whether we know it's a sequence of events that people got through and as a consequence, customs and borders shut the san ysidro port

i think that's the case for the united states and mexico. mexico itself has suffered tremendous problems from central american economic migrants. and that's what most of them are, economic migrants going through their country causing a lot of problems in mexico trying to get to the united states. >> patty, is this something democrats will support? >> i have to disagree with steve here. primarily, these people are women and children seeking asylum because they're fleeing their own country because of violence or a threat to their children. and the idea that they would have to stay in mexico, which, you know, it give than my parents are from mexico, i am mexican, mexico right now is a very dangerous t need to stay on the mexican border waiting to, you know, hear whether or not their asylum has been granted is dangerous for them. they've been fleeing danger. so first of all, i think we need to hear more. i think this is something that congress is definitely going to want to take look at, and it is unclear whether or not the president can actuall

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might be a better friend to the united states. as we said today, it really could be effectively a blueprint for autocratic regimes on how to get their way in a trump white house. you can do what you want at home, but if you push certain buttons, you promise to buy things, you promise to create american jobs in any way, you'll be protected and no one is going to ask too many questions. and that's really departure from the way american presidents usually handle foreign policy. with this basic understanding that there is something like american values and they have to carry those values overseas. and you did not see that yesterday. >> and let me show some of the members of the president's own party who were quick to push back on his decision. can we expect more republicans to join this? there you have bob corker, lindsey graham, rand paul and mitt romney, who hasn't even arrived at the senate yet, but he put out a pretty strong statement, essentially condemning this. >> that's right. very strong road to republicans, and notably two r

i want the president of the united states to succeed. i want the position to be respected. i want people to have faith and confidence in good leadership. i just don't know why he's doing this. i don't know why he thinks it works. >> but chris, okay, all right. you have to listen to your own words. didn't you just quote maya angelou? >> i did. >> do you ever think this person, time and time again, we have been -- this is just honesty, okay? i'm just being honest. if you keep -- people keep saying he's going to pivot, he's going to change. he's going to lead. and he hasn't done it now, how many chances -- that means he's not capable of it. we should stop demanding and asking that question of him and maybe we should look to the obamas for leadership or moral leadership. maybe we should look to some other person. maybe it should be george w. bush or someone else, one of the other presidents or a number of the other presidents, maybe they should step in at moments of crisis or when we need leadership, and we should listen to them and not listen to this president and just let him

up to the united states. so very much in line with that message of iran is going to stay strong, no matter how tough these sanctions are going to get. now, there are, of course, a lot of people in iran who feel differently about all of this, especially the more moderate people, and the business people as well. they already have been suffering a great deal under new u.s. sanctions since the u.s. pulled out of the nuclear agreement and they believe that they're going to suffer even more when that oil and gas sector gets hit, a lot of iran's state finances depend on money from oil and gas exports. at this point in time, a lot of people feel a lot of uncertainty a lot of people have taken a financial hit and people feel things could get worse. >> fred pleitgen for us in tehran, thank you. >>> let's now discuss u.s. sanctions against iran further with our monitors. thank you very much for joining us in london today. first of all, could you elucidate the u.s. strategy here, one of maximum pressure it seems? >> it i

. >>> hello and welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm bianca nobilo live in london. this is cnn newsroom. ahead this hour, is saudi arabia getting away with murder? donald trump suggests the kingdom won't be punished for the kill canning of journalist jamal khashoggi. >>> plus here today, gone tomorrow. all of the gains made on wall street this year have been completely wiped out. >>> and crews are finally getting the upper hand on the wildfires in california, but a new threat could be just hours away. >>> we begin with new details about donald trump's efforts to go after his presidential opponent hillary clinton. "the new york times" reports mr. trump wanted the justice department to prosecute clinton. and former fbi director james comey. but the white house counsel warned against it, telling the president it could lead to his impeachment. a source tells cnn mr. trump has repeatedly asked for updates on investigations into clinton. >>> u.s. president is under fire, even from members of his own party about his latest statement on the

have you ever seen anything like that from a first lady of the united states? >> no, not publicly like this. i mean there should be a new tv show called "1600" or something. i mean it just seems like a soap opera over there. this isn't the first time a first lady would get involved in personnel moves. that's been happening for decades and decades. i mean nancy reagan comes to mind, of course. but usually these things are worked through the white house chief of staff, the president of the united states. it is announced by the white house. it is done professionally. this was done with all of the aplomb of, you know, bravo and "housewives." i just can't describe it. i think it is absurd it was announced by the first lady's office. this is a woman who works on the national security staff. she may not like her, she may not get along with her. the reporting that we have is that there was trouble on the africa trip. fine, but she works for john bolton. she doesn't work for melania trump. >> you know, it is also a public shaming of this deputy national security adviser

>>> if i'm elected president of the united states, i'm going to work for those who are deprived, those who are poor, whether they be white or black. >> robert kennedy is hoping to fulfill the family dream of a second son in the white house. but tragedy strikes once more. all eyes are on the only surviving son, ted, as he inherits the burden of expectation. >> you will not reconsider your decision about seeking the presidency? >> absolutely not. >> overcoming scandal and defeat, ted fights back. >> the hope still lives and the dream shall never die. >> to lead the new generation and continue the legacy of this great american dynasty. >> this family's name is kennedy. ♪ ♪ >> i thank all of you who made this possible this evening, all of the effort that you made. >> bobby kennedy wins the crucial california primary in his battle to secure the democratic presidential nomination. >> we're all congratulating ourselves and each other on how terrific this is. everybody's looking forward to having a drink and dancing and thinking about all the great things that are in store. >> we are a gre

that's an ally of the united states. and he continuously undermines our allies but embraces the most authoritarian figures in the world. >> the president's daughter, ivanka trump, is there, together with her husband, jared kushner, both senior advisers to the president in the white house. you can see the trump family now meeting with the leader of argentina. the man the president has known for many years going back to their private business deals over the years. but they're going to be going forward and having this entertainment. michelle kosinski, senator, stand by for a moment. michelle, you're watching this together with our viewers. and they're pretty happy right now. >> yeah. this is a relaxed moment. and i think everybody -- given what's going on back home, sometimes in these large events, it's the body language, the greetings, the interactions that make the biggest headlines, because everybody wants to know, how is it really behind closed doors? you get these readouts of meetings that say very little, and seem lik

and he understands that the united states can only do so much in fairness to the united states. we're rebuilding our military. we just approved saesk $16 billion. the year before that 700 billion. so we're almost completely rebuilding our mill twaer the latest and the greatest and we just want to absolutely be there. we want to help, be a part of it. but different countries have to also help. that's only fair and we've already discussed this and the president and i very much agree on that. >> i do agree. we will work closely together. what happens has an effect this year. we worked together to make a super operation against chemical weapons. and we work closely together in middle east and africa some. but it's unfair to have europe insecure to date. being secured just by the united states and we need a better military. that's why i believe we need more european capacities, more european defense. what president trump has to protect is one of the state of the united states, he doesn't ask france or germany or another government of of europe to finance it. that's why i believe we n

welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer, you're in "the situation room." >> we're following breaking news on the firing of the attorney general jeff sessions and the impact on robert mueller's russia investigation. president trump forcing sessions out just hours after the midterm election, acting on a seething anger for recusing himself in the probe. he's now expected to over see the special counsel, bumping rod rosenstein, another target of mr. trump's wrath. the urgent questions now, will mueller also be fired and how will this play out with the new democratic-controlled house of representative and the strengthened republican majority in the senate? i'll get reaction from analysts who are standing by. first, jim acosta, the president skirted a question about sessions during his hour and a half news conference today. >> right. >> soon there after he announced that sessions resigned. >> that's right, wolf. it wasn't long after that naews conference that the president announced that jeff sessions is out, tha

>> the chain reaction that took place after the president of the united states handed in his answers. you had paul manafort established as a liar. >> he is stuck to these. these are under oath. >> they may as well have been written in wet pavement. they will solidify and form the foundation for what he said going forward. they will compare what he said in writing under oath to what goes down now. they waited of course and now they know that paul manafort was a liar and they can say michael cohen was misleading the congress and he is ready to plea. they set this up perfectly on this issue. what stands out to me is the timing of it. the timing of all these things. why would russia feel there was a campaign receptive to try to influence or intimidate or change the outcome of the election? why did they have a safe haven in the president's campaign? you are seeing financial ties. when you follow the money trail, you can answer the question of perhaps somebody is beholden to russian influence and michael cohen said it didn't just take place when he was the candidate, but when he was preside

and for a president of the united states, that's demeaning. the larger question, of course, is why are we subcontracting u.s. foreign policy in the middle east to saudi arabia? leave the khashoggi matter aside. why have we supported a saudi war in yemen that has now created the worst humanitarian crisis in the world? a million and a half people are on the verge of famine. you go to yemen, and there's a brilliant "new york times" report out of yemen. you go to yemen, and they believe that this is an american war against them because they look at the bombs. they're made in the america. they look at the planes made in emergency. they look at the tensions, comes from america. we're being implicated in this war that most americans don't even know we're participating in. why? what american interest does it help that the saudis kidnapped the prime minister of lebanon and tried to shake him down? that they blockaded qatar? these are all saudi goals. why is the u.s. implicated in them? >> that's a good question because is anyone that ignorant of what's

saudi arabia, israel, and the united states, all taking on iran. and iran has been now, for a generation, the prime force of instability not just in that region but also exporter of terror globally. so much like we aligned ourselves with the awful stalin against the even worse nazis, we are aligning ourselves with the house of saud as terribly imperfect as it is because they are an ally along with israel along with the united states in opposing and containing the threat that is tehran. >> he didn't mention iran today. >> not at all. >> let's say that's true, okay? wouldn't it be nice, angela, if you had some kind of collar around that dog that iran may be some kind of deal that kind of keeps them in check and makes them worry about their ability to trade. >> we do. sanctions. >> we had a much better one with the deal, right, that you took off their neck. and isn't it odd -- angela, as soon as they took it off, that was money already owed them. that was several generations old, the money that was owed to them. the point is they took the collar off i

this is the president of the united states. the inner workings of the mueller investigation are a total mess. they have found no collusion and have gone absolutely nuts. they are screaming and shouting at people, horribly threatening them to come up with the answers they want. they are a disgrace to our nation. that's the president of the united states speaking about this justice department investigation. >> and this comes as it's report that had his advisers and those close to him, including his attorneys, have been pressing him not to tweet about robert mueller, not to the talk about the investigation. he's been tight-lipped for a few days, but it seems like today he could not contain himself. look, this is all speculative when it comes to robert mueller. they have been very closed off and nothing has leaked out of this investigation, but we keep hearing time and time again that this investigation appears to be closer to a conclusion than anywhere else throughout the process, so if the president is anticipating that we may be

china and the united states trad traded barbs. china's president xi jinping stressed the need to uphold multi-lateral free trade. he said history shows there are no winners in cold wars, hot wars or trade wars. >>> the vice president of the you u.s., mike pence, announced the development of a naval base on papa new guinea. the days of china taking advantage of the united states, those days are over. listen. >> china has an honored place in our vision in a free and open endopacific. it embraces free, fair, reciprocal trade. the chinese people deserve nothing less. >> exactly one year and a day after advantage, a missing submarine has been found at the bottom of the atlantic ocean. the wreckage cannot be recovered and that leaves them angry. my colleague has this report. >> reporter: embracing loved ones, grieving relatives comfort each other while reliving a tragedy. after a year of waiting they're getting some answers in the disappearance of their family members, but not the ones they were hoping to hear. >> translator: we thought

before that you saw that reflected in the united states. whether or not they take action, there's talk about jeff flake brought up the fact he would try to protect robert mueller and have that legislation passed. >> let's listen in for a second and hear what they are chanting. ♪ >> now! >> justice. >> when do we want, it now? >> i would say this. i'm with jackie generally speaking which is new york city is new york city. it's a giant liberal place so it shouldn't be terribly surprising that. said, any time people organize and get out about the special counsel is sort of an -- i mean, you know, you rally for a president. >> this is bigger than a special counsel. this is anti-trump as well. >> i want to put out one thing from the exit poll which we know about mueller. the view of mueller's handling of the russian investigation, 41% approve, 46% disapprove. i was surprised by that. donald trump tweeted that out. basically it's a total cover for party. among the people who approving the special counsel, 49% voted teamic and disapprove republi

i go back to what's in the united states interest. the secretary made a very good point which i read this morning. we are -- we are seeking a counter balance to the very influence of iran in the region including iranian backed fighters that are fighting in yemen and we are providing the saudis with military to military advice and how to get it done. we are also trying to get people to the peace table. i think cutting off a relationship with a long-time ally and making matters worse and leaving things at more chaos which would be the result of passing this resolution that may be coming up again i think it would make it less likely that the peace negotiations succeed. we very much need for the peace process to work. >> do you support u.s. involvement in the war in yemen. >> i think we are fighting the bad guys. al qaeda and the arabia peninsula and isis. >> isn't there a way to balance that though with not as the president has done essentially condoning the murder of a journalist who is a u.s. resident, just turning a blind eye? >> i wo

. >> reporter: we know the suspect served in the united states marine corps. he served in afghanistan. his friends tell us in 2016 his personality seemed to change. he wasn't returning phone calls and seemed to be more distant. even those friends never thought he was capable of doing something like this. there was another perhaps warning sign in april when police were called to the suspect's home. the sheriff said the deputies found him irate. they ended up leaving because they did not think he was a risk to himself or public. the fbi, of course, continues to hunt for clues. searching the suspect's car and home and crime scene. we know the suspect frequented the bar and was not chosen at random. dave and alison. >> thank you. thousands of people lining up to donate blood to the injured victims. line the extending out the door and down the street and down the block. many say she wathey waited thre more hours to donate. you can call 877-25-vital to donate. >>> protesters nationwide sending a message to the new congress. protect robert mueller. in new york, chica

>>> if i'm elected president of the united states, i'm going to work for those who are deprived, those who are poor, whether they be white or black. >> robert kennedy is hoping to fulfill the family dream of a second son in the white house. but tragedy strikes once more. all eyes are on the only surviving son, ted, as he inherits the burden of expectation. >> you will not reconsider your decision about seeking the presidency? >> absolutely not. >> overcoming scandal and defeat, ted fights b

>> oh, it's called the congress of the united states. it's called the press. it's called the political pressure that the justice department will, in fact, experience if, if there is a nonmerits based action by the acting attorney general. if it is done simply out of loyalty. but we have no reason to think that that will happen. we are on warning that something could happen. but let's not jump. the jury is out. let's not jump to a conclusion. i keep talking about the traditions in the department, including the advice that he is going to be receiving, probably has already received some last evening about what is appropriate for him. he's not chief of staff. he is no longer a staff guy. he is exercising power, as opposed to just giving advice and pontificating. >> jeffrey tubin has a burning question for you right now. >> just step back for a second. i mean, you are -- you know the department of justice. you know the kind of people who are named attorney general of the united states. just what about naming someone frankly this obscure and this unqualified just be

if it were me that got killed and the united states had a different posture. is it just that he wasn't an american so that is okay? >> yes, so let me get back to my point. >> of course it doesn't mean it is okay. there is not a u.s. national security interest when a foreign country kills one of its citizens. it is not remotely the same as killing an american citizen. >> what matters is what you value. >> you all regularly make judgments about the weight of an ally, and this is someone who was an ally to us. the problem with this, and this is where i was going initially. donald trump sees the press as his enemy. more of his enemy than the saudis because he can put a dollar figure next to it. he is aligning himself with the saudis because he understands what it is like to be questioned. he sees questions and accountability as attacks. he is siding and aligning himself with people who have been threatened by the mere questions, threatened by the mere speaking of accountabilities. and he has made it clear that the press is his greatest enemy and that is the truth.

this is about the president of the united states. he discussed the status and progress of the project with individual one on more than three occasions. cohen claimed to the committee he briefed them about the project. cohen lied to congress and it was the president and family members. not just about the president. >> we're have to remember this information, this court document is really limited to cohen's lies. they are laying out to contradict cohen's lies. he did talk to the president more than three times and he briefed the family members and michael cohen likely told the special counsel's office a lot more about that. >> that's the key point. sometimes it's a crumb, and sometimes it's a loaf. they knew the president's team were going to say michael cohen is a liar. you even admit he is a liar. they did this in the rick gates trial and the e-mails. may 4th, 2016, individual two who is felix sader who did business with the trump organization. i had a chat with moscow. assuming the trip does happen, obviously the premeeting trip, th

he went around to someone who was not confirmed by the united states senate. so he can serve in an acting capacity, i believe it's for 210 days. i'll remind you that will then take us obviously into the next congress at which point the majority by which he might then be able to confirm a new attorney general is likely to go up in the senate. i'll also just mention, anderson, you know, partly i think what we're seeing here today is the president's mastery of changing the subject. we had a significant political win last night. a switch of at least 28 seats, maybe as many as 35 in the house. democrats now will have firm control of the house in january and that means the president's houses of congress supporting him is at an end. this significantly weakens him and as you saw in today's long and meandering press conference, he's declaring the election a victory when, in fact, he really decisively lost one house of congress, and democrats will now be able to compel much more transparency. hopefully we'll find a way to work together on important legislation, but the

we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i am wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> we are following major new developments in the special counsel robert mueller's russia investigation. newly revealed e-mails show then trump campaign chairman steve bannon talked to long time trump adviser and political operative roger stone about wikileaks and the plan to release e-mails stolen by russia before the 2016 election. sources tell cnn that mueller's team has copies of the e-mails, we know investigators interviewed multiple associates of roger stone. i will talk about the breaking news with congressman andres carson of the intelligence committee, our correspondents, analysts and specials are also standing by. first, more on the breaking news now. our political correspondent sara murray is joining us. more than ever, looks like roger stone could be key to any collusion charges in the special counsel russia investigation. >> he certainly is key now, wolf, to mueller's investigation into whether there was any kind of collusion. now we're ge

is it the united states or china? as we speak i think the president is flying off to argentina to try to get this deal done with china. he has to prevail here. i think this is really important in terms of making sure that china plays by the rules, doesn't steal our intellectual property. i guess i would disagree with trump. >> it seems weird to message that you think your fed is a bigger problem than his government. general motors closing five plants, cutting 15% of the staff, the president says he is looking at cutting all subsidies for general motors. republican economic policy, is that good for a free market economy? >> it is not good that we should be giving subsidies. no corporation should get federal subsidies. i agree. i don't think we should have washington decides on where companies invest and de-invest. we have created since donald trump was elected nearly a million manufacturing and construction jobs. the idea that plants are closing down around the country and that we will have mass unemployment, for every

that's not how the constitution of the united states works. that's not how the bill of rights works. that's not how our democracy works. people who think it is wrong to spend eight years trying to take away people's health care and then spend the final days pretending you're mother teresa, they're florence nightingale. i am assuming people must get upset when they see folks who spend all of their time vilifying others, questioning their patriotism, calling them enemies of the people, and then suddenly pretending they're concerned about civility. we don't need more mealy-mouthd elected officials who say, oh, well, i'm very concerned or i'm terribly vexed by this bad behavior. but there's nothing i can do about it. >> reporter: president obama delivering fierce words there, a call for urgency as he told voters this might be the most important election of our lifetimes as stakes are just that high, wolf. >> thank you very much. kalee hartung reporting for us. >>> michael cohen is speaking out about what he says are repeated references and racist

outfront tonight president trump attacking the chief justice of the supreme court of the united states, doubling down on a slam against justice roberts this evening. aft let me show you exactly what happened. it all began when trump was asked about a federal court ruling which was against his new policy that would bar migrants who come into the united states illegally from seeking asylum. here's what the president said about the ruling. >> well, you go to the 9th circuit, and it's a disgrace, and i'm going to put in a major complaint. this was an obama judge, and i'll tell you what. it's not going to happen like this anymore. >> okay. that sure sounds like a threat against the judicial branch by the president. well, the chief justice of the supreme court, who has never done anything like this so publicly, felt it had finally gone too far and issued a statement. so chief justice roberts then responds, quote, we do not have obama judges or trump judges, bush judges or clinton judges, what we have is an extraordinary group of dedicates judges doing their level best to do equal right to th

. >>> welcome to our viewers in the united states and all around the world. this is "new day." it's thursday, november 22nd, 6:00 on thanksgiving here in new york. alisyn is off, but erica hill is here with me. i am thankful for you. >> it's really cold outside. it's wicked cold. so cold they may not fly the balloons for the thanksgiving day parade here, and i imagine the problem is shrinkage. you can see shrinkage is the problem there. >> i am surprised you went there -- i was talking about wicked cold. but you do you. >>> this is thanksgiving day, and the president tells the chief justice he needs to study. president trump slammed a federal judge who ruled against him, and he said we do not have obama judges or bush judges or clinton judges. what we have is an extraordinary group of dedicated judges doing their level. >> president trump has made a habit of blasting judges that rule against him while the chief justice long defended independence. could an alternate plan to block asylum seeker already be in the works. the trump administration is set to implement sweeping new mea

we have literally hundreds of companies moving back into the united states. we need people. we need to have -- you see the unemployment numbers are at record lows. we need people in our country, but they have to come in legally, and they have to have merit. they have to come in through a system of merit. we have everything worked out. we need some votes from the democrats or we need support from the democrats and hopefully they see what's going on. and the reason this is happening is we have created such a successful country economically that everybody is flooding in to our country or they want to, but we're stopping them at the border. that's why we have our great military there. >> mr. president, what do you say -- [ inaudible ]? >> well, matt whitaker, i don't know matt whitaker. matt whitaker worked for jeff sessions. i didn't know matt whitaker. he worked for attorney general sessions. he was very, very highly thought of and still is highly thought of, but this only comes up because anybody that works for me, they do a number on them. but matt whitaker is a very smart m

every country in the world wants to invest in the united states. are they going to put their money in russia, in china? i don't think so. lastly, in terms of buying arms from the russians or the chinese, who is going to service them? saudi arabia is already well armed with american equipment. if they want replacement parts, they can't get them in moscow. they can't get them in shanghai. they have to get them right here in the united states. this commercial argument doesn't hold water. it makes you wonder what's really going on. i hope the new congress will get to the bottom of it. >> jack quinn, thank you so much forgiving us your expertise. >> thank you. >>> as the president sides with the saudis, one senator says this shows the president's autocratic tendencies and weakness on the world stage. he'll join me live next. >>> just in, chief justice john roberts speaking out in a rather rebuke of a sitting president. hear how roberts addresses the president's attacks on judges. ordinary eggs? not in this house. 'cause that's no ordinary family. that's

welcome to viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm george howell. >> and i'm natalie allen. "cnn newsroom" starts right now. thank you for joining us. u.s. president trump and former president barack obalm are on the trail. >> president trump conceded they could win a majority but wouldn't be to blame if that were to happen. he also pushed his immigration message, telling crowds democrats want to invite migrants, crime and others into the country. >> i think it could be a red wave, i tell you what. i think it shouldby -- >> the democrats, and it could happening. we're doing really well in the senate but could happen and you know what you do, my whole life you know what i say? don't worry about it. i'll just figure it out. >> on friday barack obama campaigned for democratic candidates in florida and georgia. he accuses president trump and some republicans off lying and fear mongering. >> what we have not seen what we're seeing right now is politicians just blatantly repeatedly, baldly, shamelessly lying. just making stuff up. that'

to say he's criticizing, barack obama was the previous president of the united states. criticizing each other. >> but one of the -- >> let me finish. secondly, just for the record, i work for ran desantos. the reason he shouldn't use the word thief but andrew gilleum is under investigation and did take a ticket from an undercover fbi agent and lied about it. part of the florida campaign is this guy being truthful? is he part of corruption? there is a massive -- >> he's not under -- >> he's not under fbi investigation. >> donald trump is under fbi investigation and if you were to kick donald trump in the rear end, you'd break the back of desantos' head. he loves the president that much. if he has a problem with somebody under fbi investigation, wait until he hears about donald trump. >> also, paul, don't call ate ra -- it a racist attack. >> no, no, no. >> someone that could be a criminal. >> this is the problem. one of the things -- >> no. >> he cannot be a criminal. the mayor of tallahassee. >> he accepted a ticket from an undercover fbi agent and didn't report it. tha

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he won't approve a subpoena to the president of the united states. and it may end up there that the president will not be subject to questioning. >> let me ask you something because you mentioned, you said a low -- did you say this is all about a coup, a slow-moving coup. >> not a coup -- a coup to undermine the administration of justice. >> i get you. you also have been mentioning what you called a cold civil war. you think that has something to do with the president's reactions to be this election and? >> look, we are in the midst of a cold civil war in this country that trump has -- that precedes trump and he has brought to the point of ignition. and what we saw yesterday was a rageaholic president, almost as we've never seen him. and that he's in a rage among other things, the reason he's so enraged at the press is that the press is the reason in his mind that the democrats won the house. and the reason than mueller is still there doing his job. and he's not all together wrong about that, the president of the united states because the press indee

he's president of the united states. it worked. but i think that there is -- and what you see barack obama do is interjecting himself into the cultural debate where many democrats shy away from. and there are people right now who are sick and tired of the xenophobia. they're sick and tired of the bigotry, sick and tired of the prejudices, they're tired of these things. the question is -- this is truly, to kiersten's point, this is truly a battle for the soul of the country. and i don't say that lightly. i think that donald trump is playing on these fears and you have candidates right now who are closing on things like health care. you have democrats talking about health care. you have democrats talking about criminal justice reform. you have democrats talking about real-life issues. and you have these two figure heads. but the difference on tuesday, i think, is going to be the candidates that are running themselves. not necessarily donald trump, because what you have is, with all due respect to anybody else who ran for governor of

the president of the united states and the chief justice of the supreme court. no word if john roberts would reply to the president. we did not hear back. dave and kaylee. >> jeff, thank you. after the set back in court, the trump administration is preparing to introduce sweeping measures fors a s asylum seeker wait in mexico. the new rules would take effect tomorrow. according to the department of homeland security memo, current rules allow asylum seekers to enter the u.s. as long as they establish a fear of a return to the home country. many say they are fleeing gang violence and persecution and poverty. >>> 92nd macy's thanksgiving day parade is set to begin in hours. the giant balloons are slowly inflated the night before the parade. this morning with record-breaking cold, the big question is will the stars of the parade fly. >> we will check in with miguel marquez shortly, but perhaps the cold broke up our camera feed. as i mentioned it is 6 degrees in terms of how it feels out there. we will check in with miguel in a bit to see if the balloons will fly. le

is that appropriate for a president of the united states? >> i really haven't seen a lot of that today, because i've been busy trying to stop the war in yemen. i think we've had a big day in the senate, having i think an historic vote on whether or not we should still be at war in yemen and whether or not congress should have a say so before the president does. i just haven't had time to go through all of the things the president says every day about the mueller investigation. i know you all get so involved in it. but really, the rest of life goes on in the capitol of trying to discuss war and peace and whether we should be at war in yemen i think dwarfs the other things we might want to talk about. >> we're going to talk about yemen and saudi arabia in a moment. but quickly, on the president telling the "new york post" he's prepared to declassify what he calls devastating documents in order to hurt democrats if they go ahead and engage in investigation of him when they're the majority in the house of representatives. do you believe that wou

." >> welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world, it is "new day," tuesday, november 20th, 6:00 in new york. we do begin with breaking news. a federal judge blocks the white house from denying asylum claims to immigrants to cross the southern border illegally. a u.s. district judge in san francisco issuing a temporary restraining order and telling the trump administration to, again, accept asylum claims from migrants no matter where or how they enter the country. judge john tiger writes, whatever the scope of the president's authority he may not rewrite the immigration laws to impose a condition that congress has expressly forbidden. this is another legal setback for the president's executive orders as he tries to reshape america's immigration system. >> as all of this unfolds cnn was the first to report that the president is expected to grant u.s. troops new authority to use force at the border. for the first time troops will be able to use force to come to the assistance of border agents if migrants engage in violence against them. meanwhile, the irony meter is err

the former president of the united states had just died and the current president of the united states knew as he dealt with that, he to go on to normandy. he's a conservative writer, trump critic. you think this guy doesn't like us anyway. it was the sort of solemn occasion that u.s. presidents have considered an integral part of their duty at least since the getty t gettysburg address. it's not as if he didn't sacrifice anything however, his hotel room did not have fox news. >> how much better he believes he is for the military, he has skipped these things that show people how much he thinks of the military, not visiting u.s. troops in combat. that is quite extraordinary. >> it is. with the holidays coming up, we'll see if he keeps that streak. i can tell you, this did not go over well at the pentagon. i got an e-mail from a french diplomat saying nato is about we. trump is about me. we'll watch it play out. >>> domestic politics, ghost of elections past as florida begins -- there it is right there -- another recount. hey, debbie! what's the latest? i'm excited about sprint's new unl

also the 42nd president of the united states, bill clinton. former secretary of state hillary clinton. former fbi director james comey. special counsel robert mueller, who was fbi director under president george w. bush and president obama. even this president's own deputy attorney general rod rosenstein is there. the president doubling down on that image tonight, telling the post that he thinks his own deputy ag belongs behind bars because, quote, he should have never picked a special counsel. it is impossible to overstate just how shocking it is for the president of the united states to re-tweet something like this, or it should be. and anybody who says it's just a tweet, i want you to remember this. the white house has told us that this president's tweets are official statements. and since this is the world that we're living in now, i need to point out that it is absolutely false that russian collusion has been proven a lie. it has not. he also tweeted a completely baseless accusation that mueller is telling witnesses to lie and comparing t

. >> why should a correspondent have more decorum than the president of the united states? >> look, again -- and i know that a lot of people won't like this. they never do when i say it. i don't believe that you act the way you're acted to in this particular context. >> i agree. >> i believe that the job demands that we be our best and we be our most respectful. >> take the high road. >> i just think it's the only road because when you're right and you're making good points and you have good questions, you never need to go at the person that you're talking to personally. when it's personal, that's a function of weakness. >> yeah. >> you know? it's like you and me. when we're going back and forth about something, you always wind up saying something about me being ugly or old or fat because you run out of ideas. >> you're the one who just said i was way older than you. you started the insult. >> it's a fact. >> not really. >> what? what? >> yeah, but who looks younger? okay. >> i do. >> we have a lot to be thankful for considering the judges ruling, considering we're healthy

that is typically the president of the united states. if the president chooses not to integrate it into a policy process, the buck really stops with him. and the issue, jim, is we might see a very public divide over the coming weeks between the united states and civseveral ot allies. countries have come together to hold saudi arabia accountable for the murder of jamal khashoggi. we had denmark announce they are cutting off arms sales. macron is looking at sanctions as well. it may very quickly turn into a case of warring assessments of what did or did not happen. we will have the president of the united states on one side siding with saudi arabia. and then our other allies, the ones that don't murder american residents and journalists on the other. >> the thing is the facts are on one side here. the evidence, the u.s. intelligence agencies that you and i know are conservative in making assessments. but they were high confidence here, which leads you to believe that they had the goods to place blame on the saudi crown prince. >> yes. let

he is the president of the united states, right? but what's always prevented him from taking that action, that's the one red line he wouldn't cross because enough republicans piped up and told him not to do it. now, in the last two years, a lot of those -- >> we heard their responses today. they're pretty tepid. >> and they were treated. he used to have someone like lindsey graham who was a hawk on this. rememb so some of those voices have retreated. trump now has a stronger -- slightly stronger majority in the senate. he's always been hemmed in. he's always just not been willing to pull the trigger of just shutting down the investigation unilaterally. i still don't think he'll do it because it's -- i think he has people around him explaining just politically it's still not the smartest -- >> look, his legal team believes that they're very close to the finish line, that they're very close to the end of mueller. why do this now? >> yeah. >> and i think they do believe that things are wrapping up. and so i think what they'd rather do

>> if you wonder why the president of the united states, the junior senator of the united states, mr. rubio, the sitting governor of the state of florida are fighting like you know what to stop a vote count, that ought to tell you something. >> it sounds like he is sliding towards the -- as opposed to this, still going to lose, but let's finish the process. he is sliding towards that. >> not everything has been kosher in florida. the election commissioner was refusing to say how many ballots is left to count. that is not by the books. gillum is not there and there is a case that not everything has gone according to law in florida. this woman has been censured before. the fact that not all the votes will be or have been counted is incorrect. >> there is a compelling case for incompetence and even arrogance. nobody and again, rick scott said they have seen no evidence of cheating. that's the key test. let's sit here. back in 2000, she was a polarizing figure. democrats didn't like her then. telling the president and all of us, calm down. >> this is not a constitutional crisis. it's a cl