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Is the president's support declining

CBS News has learned President Trump's personal attorney, Michael Cohen, secretly recorded conversations between the two. The New York Times reports that the two are heard discussing a payment to a former playboy model who claimed to have had an affair with Mister Trump. CBSN Political Contributor, Boston Herald Columnsit, and Politics Editor for NHJournal.com, Michael Graham, joins CBSN to discuss if this latest news, plus the president's summit in Helsinki, might cause him to lose some Republican support.

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Trump Helsinki comments backlash

President Trump backtracked this week on the statements he made a press conference in Helsinki, where he appeared to accept Russian President Putin's claims that his country did not meddle in the 2016 U.S. election. The comments were criticized on both sides of the aisle, but White House press secretary Sarah Sanders announced Thursday that Putin has been invited to Washington in the fall. Politico reporter and "Politico Playbook" co-author Daniel Lippman joins CBSN to discuss.

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