Out front next, the president lashing out when confronted with surging inflation numbers, the war with Iran in large part to blame.

Trump's saying he does not think about the financial situation of Americans.

Also breaking this hour, the doctor who was on board that cruise with a hantavirus outbreak is our guest tonight.

Dr. Stephen Cornfeld, he's been on this show

he jumped into action when people became sick and he helped them he is right now the one american

passenger who has been isolated in a biocontainment unit after an initial positive test he breaks

his silence tonight right here and a cnn investigation, a Russian ship that may have been

carrying nuclear reactors, possibly headed for North Korea, sinks in the Mediterranean. Who did it?

Why was it there? Let's go out front. And good evening, I'm Aaron Burnett. And out front tonight,

the breaking news, Trump's stunning slam of Americans.

As we speak, President Trump is in the air. He is flying to Beijing, where he is going to meet in a very high-stakes summit with the Chinese President Xi Jinping.

But before Trump got in the plane, he was talking to reporters. And he said something that, even in the context of never knowing what's going to be said on any given

day is shocking. Here he is responding to questions about inflation numbers, which broke this

morning at the highest levels in three years due in no small part to the surge in energy prices

because of the war in Iran. Okay, I'm sorry, the sound is not playing. I'm just going to read it to you because it's important to hear it. So what happened was, do we have it now? Okay, let me play it.

What extent are American financial situations motivating you to make a deal?

Not even a little bit. The only thing that matters when I'm talking about Iran, they can't have a nuclear weapon. I don't think about American's financial situation.

He really said that. Now, it's hard to get your head around. A president of the United States is saying that when he was asked, you know, he said, not even a little bit. I don't

think about Americans' financial situation, especially on the day when he found out that prices

are rising so much that they are more than eating up any wage gains that Americans have.

We're having a little difficulty with the sound. Let me see if I can play this exchange.

You promised to bring inflation down. It's now at its highest level in three years. Are your

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