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cnn analyst john avalon is here with me. there is a heck of lot to go through but let's start with this senate intel committee subpoena of don jr. so just as the president himself had said the mueller report exonerated him, which it didn't, he is now saying that his son has been exonerated and he is surprised by the subpoena. i'm not quite sure if he is going to fight it though. what do you think of that? >> what is striking is the letter on behalf of don jr. calling burr a so-called republican unwilling to stand up to his boss warner. burr is a republican in quite good standing. he's the chairman of the committee and been operating in bipartisan fashion something unusual in washington but this is the tendency in the party to call out anyone who breaks ranks with the trump family as a hairetic. it is an insult to burr and thein defense of the senate. they said written questions may be okay so we're back to that game. but they've been calling witnesses back. they want to get it right and they've had their own investigation go

cnn's manu raju is on capitol hill. and what can you tell us? what is the committee specifically asking for? >> reporter: well, they want these lawyers to turn over documents and submit to interviews as part of this committee's investigation into potential obstruction of its own previous probe into russian interference. now, this all stems back from michael cohen's testimony to this very committee, when he downplayed the effort to try to get that trump tower moscow project back in 2017, when he testified. he downplayed the role of the trump organizations pursued, suggested that it ended in january of 2016, when it went on much longer. he later acknowledged lying, and that's one of the things he pleaded guilty to. now, after the democrats took control in this congress, they brought michael cohen back to this committee. he provided the committee with edited statements that showed that he had some -- there was some involvement by trump attorneys before he testified, before the house committee back in 2017. now, what adam schiff is asking for is mor

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. >>> cnn with new information on what the u.s. believes to be missiles on iranian freighters in the persian gulf. >>> walmart will raise prices on some items because of president trump's tariffs. >>> a fighter jet comes crashing through the roof of a california warehouse after the pilot ejects. >>> big changes are coming to the s.a.t.s, new scores for students that have nothing to do with academics. welcome to "early start," i'm christine romans. >> major changes on how your kids could get into college. i'm dave briggs. happy friday. 4:00 a.m. in the east. half past noon in iran. the u.s. believes iran is using commercial ships in the persian gulf to carry missiles. the government has multiple images of iranian freighters that have been modified. the pictures show large areas of the deck removed to carry the missiles. cnn has not reviewed the intelligence supporting the government. >>> president trump is trying to curb the intensifying conflict with iran. the "new york times" reports the president on wednesday told acting defense

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cnn's frederik pleitgen is live in teheran. you know, the united states, you heard the president in several different media opportunities say call me, i want the iranians to call me. what's the latest from the leadership? >> reporter: yeah, well, the iranians are saying at this point in time absolutely not. it was interesting because ir iran's supreme leader said negotiations with the united states are out of the question. he said that negotiations with the u.s. as he put it are poison but negotiations specifically with the trump white house he said would be extra poison or double poison simply because of the strategy that the white house has had of this maximum pressure. he said that is exactly like coesc c coercion, the president said we have all the phone numbers we feed of the united states but at this point in time goesnegotiat are not going to happen. you said and we learned that president trump apparently not happy about some of his advisers in the white house. he feels that some of them are moving too quickly and too fo

cnn's fred pleitgen joining me right now. fred the plane left the airport in moscow only to turn around with trouble. >> reporter: yeah, you're absolutely right. turned around only after a couple minutes. certainly looking at that video it seems a surprise that anybody would have walked away from that crash alive. you can see the plane coming down at the airport and took off from that airport only a couple hours before that incident there happened. then comes to a screeching halt and seems to somehow slide off the tarmac absolutely engulfed in a ball of fire. as you said, people then running out of the plane. now, apparently what happened is that it took off a couple minutes later. it declared an emergency and decided to return back to that airport. it's unclear what exactly caused all that. the plane then touched down about 26 or 28 minutes after it had taken off. so far what the russian investigators are saying is they say those engines caught on fire after the plane hit the ground. so it could have been somewhat of a hard

cnn's boris sanchez is at the white house. boris, judging by his twitter feed, the president has a mixed bag of things on his mind today. did anything foreshadow this very strong warning to iran today and do we know what specifically triggered it? >> ana, we've asked figures on the national security council about circumstances about his tweet about iran. they have declined the comment. the president has not been shying using inflammatory rhetoric regarding nations that have difficult relationships with the united states, notably not just iran, but previously north korea until relations seemed to warm up a bit between the two. the president also tweeted about congressman justin amash, the first republican to suggest some of the actions by president trump described in the mueller report are impeachable. the president tweeting out to him, calling him a loser. certainly democrats don't feel that way, including senator elizabeth warren. obviously she is running for president. he is defended justin amash today on the campaign trail.

i should note, that is our list at cnn. now, in total, a family of four can expect to spend almost $800 more a year. nearly 1 million americans could lose their jobs. i want to bring in cnn global economic analyst. is this how we're going to feel the impact? raises on items, 50 cents here, $1 there? >> for sure. this round of tariffs is really significant. the last time around, you saw businesses really taking most of the hit. they didn't pass the price increases on to consumers. this time around, there's a broad impact. you named a partial list of things we're going to feel. also, the pinging back and forth with potential retaliatory tariffs from china. we'll see about that next week. the $800 could be rising in the future. >> is this the best way to strike a trade deal in the end with china? >> in a word, no. you know, take this back even two years, when the president was first elected. we should have -- we have legitimate trade gripes against china. i will say that. we should have gotten allies on board. we should have g

"cnn newsroom" starts right now. >>> our top story, u.s. president donald trump dealing with trouble in at least three points around the world with no indication of what is coming next. >> first in china, which now faces tariffs of 25% of imports to the united states. this after trade talks break down, and no word when those talks will resume. >>> the middle east, the u.s. has deployed additional fire power, the u.s. calling it a deterrent to iran. >>> and also on the issue of north korea, mr. trump, downplaying recent short-range missile launches. and diplomatic efforts are add a standstill. but the president says he is still open to talks. cnn has reporters covering all angles of this story. >> our matt rivers in china. ben wedeman in beirut, following the u.s. system deployment. and anna coren in hong kong for the latest on north korea. >> let's go to matt rivers. it comes down to exactly when china will retaliate and when, at this point. >> reporter: yeah, the when, it's not an if question, you're right, george. it's when. china says th

cnn's mox fostax foster is live london with this cnn exclusive. what have you learned, max? >> it is interesting. we learned an afternoon tea has been slotted into the state visit, which is the beginning of next month, which isn't automatic. in fact, in the past, prince charles has opted out of state visits from the chinese premier, for example. he's close to the dalai lama. we don't know whether the afternoon tea was set up by downing street, the whit house , or whether the palace got involved and wanted it to happen. i think you have prince charles stepping up into a more statesmanlike role as we head to, what they call here, reign change. it could be very sticky, as you say. they are diametrically opposed on the issue of climate change. earlier this year, i was with prince charles in the caribbean. he talked about potentially catastrophic global warming. demand the world's decision makers take responsibility and solve this crisis. president trump, in this country, has been a pin up to climate change deanniedeniers. of course, the u.s. pulled out of the paris climate accor

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from cnn headquarters in atlanta, "cnn newsroom" starts right now. >>> u.s. president donald trump may feel confident about how the trade war with china is going, but investors are nervous. >> that's right. asian markets closed in negative territory over the latest hike in u.s. tariffs and beijing is expected to retaliate. you see here the neikke, the shanghai kpoz et and seoul all showing negative -- in negative territory. u.s. futures market also. a down day on wall street as well. you see the same playing out there. >> but president trump tweeted "the u.s. is right where we want to be with china." he claimed the u.s. would collect tens of billions of dollars from the tariffs, but his top economic adviser admitted that isn't how it works. >> it's not china that pays tariffs, it's the american importers, the american companies that pay what in effect is a tax increase, and often times passes it on to u.s. consumers. >> fair enough. in fact, both sides will pay. both sides will pay in these things. >> well, u.s. senators from both parties are expressing conce

from cnn world headquarters in atlanta, "cnn newsroom" starts right now. >>> we begin with two very different messages from the white house aimed at the middle east. one message speaks of peace. the other speaks of war. >> for the palestinians talk of economic opportunity if there's peace with israel. but for iran there's this threat from u.s. president donald trump via twitter. "if iran wants to fight, that will be the official end of iran. never threaten the united states again." well, cnn is on the ground covering these stories from across the region. our hadas gold is live in jerusalem and senior international correspondent fred pleitgen is in iran's capital tehran. fred, let's start with you. what is being made of this threat coming from the u.s. president, a man who just days ago said well, i hope there won't be war with iran? now we're seeing this threat via twitter. what's going on here? >> reporter: yeah. and the interesting part of, it rosemary, is it comes as president trump, as you said, at the end of last week continued to reiterate that he actually wants talks with the iranians,

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you're watching cnn, i'm brooke baldwin. to a disturbing story out of ohio, ohio state university failed to act as a team -- failed to act as team doctor richard strauss abused 177 athletes and they found that coaches and administration did not speak up about this, for two decades. in 1996 doctor strauss was removed from his role following an investigation. he died by suicide in 2005. and when accusers started coming forward last year, i talked with michael desabatto a ohio state wrestler and one of the athlete as -- abused by strauss and this is what he told me one year ago. >> they were conversations with a group of athletes who were complaining on a regular basis. not only about dr. strauss, but the conditions within lock and tall which forced us to take showers with not only dr. strauss but other university faculty members and professor who had access to our shower facility and on a daily basis were involved in lewd acts that included public masturbation, excessive soaping of their groin area and dr. strauss was one of t

for you, cnn talk is next. for u.s. viewers in details on what we know of the intelligence leading to warnings about iran. "new day" continues now. >>> president trump pursuing a back door channel to negotiate with iranian officials. >> they will suffer greatly. >> it's a black box. they won't acknowledge what they are doing. they have no strategy. >> the intelligence we have seen does show a heightened threat throughout the region. >> the white house said no, we would not turn over a wide range of documents. >> there is nothing lawless about the response. >> congress has no right to investigate abuses of power. that's just wrong. >> announcer: this is "new day" with alisyn camerota and john berman. >> good morning. welcome to your "new day." we begin with new details on the intelligence leading the trump administration to warn of an imminent threat from iran. cnn reported last week iranian missiles were being moved onto boats in the persian gulf amid skepticism from allies the "new york times" reports that u.s. intelli

you're watching cnn. i'm brooke baldwin. tensions grow in washington as democrats continue to push for answers on all of the questions left hanging in the mueller report and today we are learning that we will have to wait even longer to hear from special counsel robert mueller. house judiciary chairman jerry nadler said despite earlier predictions the testimony will not happen next week. meantime there is more tension as we wait to see what former white house counsel don mcgahn does. he's now a private citizen. he has been subpoenaed to testify on may 21st. but we also know that the trump administration has ordered him not to share documents. so will he show up? if he refuses chairman nadler is ready to roll with contempt charges and now threatening to bundle them. let's go straight to our cnn legal analyst michael zeldin who was mueller's special assistant at doj and a former federal prosecutor so happy friday to you. nice to have you on as always. >> thank you, brooke. >> first on the bundling, what -- how does contempt ci

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let's get right to cnn's pamela brown at the white house. tamel pamela, what is the white house saying? >> reporter: we have learned that president trump is asserting immunity in order to block former white house counsel don mcgahn, a key witness in the russia probe, from testifying to congress yesterday. the subpoena deadline from the house judiciary committee was tomorrow and so late this afternoon, white house counsel pat cipollone, sent a letter to jerry nadler, the chair of the house judiciary saying that don mcgahn cannot be compelled to testify, citing a 2014 doj memo laying out the legal argument. pat cipollone also saying the white house is doing this on the advice of the department of justice. now, don mcgahn is a private citizen, he could choose to not follow the white house directive, but sources tell us that don mcgahn wants to do what the white house is telling him to do, because of the committee's interests in his time here at the white house, as white house counsel. but certainly, this sets up just yet another flashpoint in b

cnn abby phillip is live at the white house. and so abby, we know sources tell cnn the president was in their word erupted -- that he erupted after hearing speaker pelosi speaking out this morning. let's take some steps back. how did this whole news conference evolve complete with the podium signs and printed handouts? how did it come together. >> reporter: that was the big question. because one report -- when reporters were haste illy called into the rose garden they were greeted by that sign which was a greatest hits of all the president has been saying about the mueller investigation. but sources say this morning after the president heard what nancy pelosi had to say about him, he was livid. he was angry about those comments and you heard him bring it up repeatedly in that press conference. so aides went ahead and started putting together this poster. they had a printout that was also featuring a number of facts about the mueller investigation and the president likes to cite. but that -- that pamphlet they were handing out to

"cnn newsroom" starts right now. >>> 5:00 a.m. on the u.s. east coast and we follow the breaking news out of north korea where several short-range projectiles have been fired. all of this happening saturday morning on north korea's north coast near wonsan. anywhere from 70 to 200 kilometers, then crashed at sea. japan says the projectiles did not enter its waters. the u.s., south korea and japan are working together to get to the bottom of what happened here. and also trying to understand is our paula hancocks, live in seoul, south korea, what more do we know about the projectiles, if anything, paula? >> well, george, we're being told by the joint -- the jcs here and the intelligence services that south korea and u.s. intelligence and military are working together, trying to figure out exactly what was launched this saturday morning. they say that they're looking into what exactly it is. and, of course, that is significant, because that would potentially determine what kind of response we can expect from the united states. now, all we know at

go to facebook.com/cnn international to have your say. that is cnn talk starting at 12:00 p.m. here in london. 7:00 p.m. in hong kong. >>> u.s. president donald trump is in japan for a four-day state visit. it was designed to show the world the alliance between the two countries but the trip has been overshadowed by trade tensions. we'll have more for you on that after the break. i can't believe it. that karl brought his karaoke machine? ♪ ain't nothing but a heartache... ♪ no, i can't believe how easy it was to save hundreds of dollars on my car insurance with geico. ♪ i never wanna hear you say... ♪ no, kevin... no, kevin! believe it! geico could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. >>> welcome back to cnn newsroom, the u.s. president has pressed his japanese counter part to balgs out the trade with the u.s. he and shinzo abe discussed economic relations, regional stability and north korean among other talks. >> the prime minister pursue our consultation on peace and security in the korean peninsula. the essence of our approach is peace through strength

cnn's dana bash will moderate. and cnn political director david chalian is on the scene for us at the town hall site. david, so what does beto o'rourke need to accomplish tonight? >> well, i think mission number one for o'rourke, wolf, is to reenergize his campaign, capture some of the enthusiasm that existed when he first got into this race back in march. he has slipped a bit since then. so reintroduce himself in some way or introduce himself for those just tuning in. why he is the best democrat equipped to take on donald trump in this field of 23, get that energy going, bring in those adoptions, of course, sign up those volunteers. i think that's sort of mission critical for beto o'rourke tonight. >> listen to what beto o'rourke said last night in iowa about playing nice with republicans. >> i'm not naive about the forces that we face. it is not just donald trump. there is no more, i'm trying to use polite language here, but you know what i'm talking about when i talk about mitch mcconnell. if we play nicely by t

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tonight on cnn w. kamal bell heads to jackson, mississippi for an all new episode of united shades of america to show us what reproductive justice is all about. >> whatever they're experimenting with here is coming to you soon. i always think, when one out of four women in this country have had an abortion, chances are pretty good that someone you know has been through someone's doors like this. and it should be a positive experience. for me, it's just such a privilege to be with someone who needs help at a bad point in their life. does a fetus have rights? absolutely. but that woman is a living human being. w. kamal bell. when people hear the term reproductive rights, they think about abortion, but reproductive justice is about a lot more. explain. yeah, reproductive justice is a term that was put together by the group sister song and women of color who lead that group. and it's the idea that we should just be focused on abortion when it comes to people's rights. reproductive justices, the right to pa

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cnn's stephen jung is following the story. stephen, of course, the big question at this point, everybody wants to know how will china retaliate? they haven't said so, but what are the options? >> that's right, rosemary. they have not offered any specifics on their promise of countermeasures against the u.s. they could obviously impose countertariffs on u.s. imports but not dollar for dollar because, remember, china imports a lot less from the u.s. than the other way around. so they're literally running out of american products to tax. they can also cancel major purchases from the u.s., especially in terms of agricultural and energy products which could hit hard on the political base of mr. trump in the u.s. the chinese could also create non-terrorist barriers for american companies. or even launching an official retaliation by making american companies' lives very difficult. for example, delaying the issuance of licenses or customs clearance or even sending fire inspectors. rosemary? >> well, if this is going on, where are the

let's go right to cnn's barbara starr at the pentagon. and barbara, how specific and credible is the pentagon being here about what the threat actually is? >> well, they are publicly saying nothing about the threat, jake. but several u.s. officials tell me that what they are seeing is intelligence that indicates to them iran is moving short-range ballistic missiles around by sea, on boats, in the persian gulf. so these short-range ballistic missiles could pose a threat to u.s. forces up and down the gulf and to the entire region. the issue, of course is, if they could manage to launch them off one of these boats or move them to shore locations, but basically to move them around, it might be more difficult for the u.s. to find them and to find the launch points, so the u.s., now the pentagon is talking, internally about sending additional air defense missile defense capabilities to the region, something like the patriot missile. but the bottom line is, they are hoping that they can deter any intention by iranian forces. they are hoping tha

, cnn political analy analyst. let me walk you down memory lane on what the president has said in the past. this is what he said just on friday about robert mueller testifying. listen. >> mr. president, should mueller testify? would you like to see him testify? >> i don't know, that's up to our attorney general, who i think has done a fantastic job. >> leave it up to the attorney general, william barr, a walk further down memory lane to what william barr has said about robert mueller testifying. >> this is five days ago. >> what about bob mueller? should he be allowed to testify? >> i have already said publicly, i have no objection. >> now the president says "no." jeffrey toobin, to me, it seems as if this puts a lot of pressure on william barr. we're going to learn a lot about barr in the next 24 hours if he responds to this. he has said he's okay with mueller testifying in the past. now the president says no, so is barr the principled attorney general or is he just carrying water for the president? >> well, that

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>>> top of the hour, you're watching cnn, i'm brooke baldwin. we begin with attorney general bill barr hitting back just a day after special counsel robert mueller contradicted him on camera about major details in the mueller report. barr spoke to cbs news saying that he disagrees with mueller's assertion it was not up to him to decide if president trump obstructed justice because of a long-standing policy against indicting a sitting president. >> we saw the special counsel yesterday make that statement. he analyzed 11 instances where there were possible obstruction. and then said that he really couldn't make a decision. do you agree with that interpretation? >> i personally felt he could have reached a decision. >> in your view, he could have reached a conclusion. >> right. he could have reached a conclusion. the opinion said you can't indict a president while he's in office. but he could have reached a decision as to whether it was criminal activity. but he had his reasons for not doing it. which he explained. and i'm not going to argue about

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. >> cnn's jeremy diamond is at the white house for us. another big week of subpoenas and deadlines for the trump administration and how might it all play out? >> reporter: that's right. the battle is certainly continuing between the white house and capitol hill, house democrats who are issuing and handling a string of investigations into this administration, issuing subpoenas as well. this week we have a couple of key dates to look forward to. on tuesday a federal judge is expected to rule in theous overnight committee's subpoena for financial records from the president's former accounting firm and then on friday that deadline that you mentioned for the treasury department and the irs to submit those tax returns, the president's tax returns to the house ways and means. as of now the president, of course, has adamantly resist that had, "and we don't expect any change in that pots tour. democrats had also hoped to get the special counsel robert mueller before the house to testify next week but the chairman of the house intelligence committe

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. >> nick valencia, cnn, atlanta. >>> you're watching cnn, i'm brooke baldwin. thank you for being here. wall street is taking a nosedive after president trump issued his latest tariff threat on mexico and it is all part of the president's battle over the border. he said if mexico doesn't help, that country will be hit with a 5% tariff on everything from cars to food to beer starting in june. and he said that number will increase 5% every month until it hits a maximum tariff of 25% in october. and that move sparked concern from some congressional republicans and outrage from top mexican officials. in an open letter to president trump, mexico's president wrote in part, quote, social problems are not resolved with tariffs or coercive measures. the statute of liberty is not an empty symbol with all due respect and while you have this sovereign right to express it, your slogan america first is a fallacy. but sarah sanders is saying she's defending the decision. >> congress should actually fix the laws and we wouldn't have this problem. mexico should engage with us a