Dems Asking FBI to Review Ivanka Trump's Security Clearance; Confidence in Trump Policies Down Overseas
HARLOW: This morning a new member of President Trump's inner circle is facing scrutiny over security clearance. It's his daughter Ivanka. She obtained that clearance when she accepted her unpaid job as a top presidential adviser and is now the target of some House Democrats in the wake of her husband Jared Kushner and brother Donald Jr.'s failure to disclose those meetings with Russian officials.</s>JOHN BERMAN, CNN ANCHOR: CNN's Jeremy Diamond at the White House for us this morning with all the details on this. Jeremy, what are you learning?</s>JEREMY DIAMOND, CNN WHITE HOUSE REPORTER: Well, Congressman Don Beyer is leading a group of 22 House Democrats who are calling on the FBI to review Ivanka Trump's security clearance application. They're looking -- they're asking the FBI to essentially review whether they are admissions, particularly with regards to the section that asks to disclose foreign contacts, not only Ivanka's foreign contacts but also any of her immediate family members' foreign contacts. Of course this comes in the wake of Democrats raising questions about Jared Kushner's security clearance after it was revealed that he attended this June 2016 meeting at Trump Tower with a Russian lawyer, somebody who Donald Trump Jr., Ivanka Trump's brother, believed to be a Russian government attorney, of course. And the letter now is really calling on the FBI to ask more questions and to look into this matter. Here's part of the letter, let me just read it for you, quote, "We are concerned that Ivanka Trump may have engaged in similar deception. The high standard to which we hold public servants, particularly senior advisers to the president of the United States, requires that these questions be raised and promptly answered." The White House and Ivanka Trump's attorney so far have not returned CNN's request for comment.</s>BERMAN: All right. Jeremy Diamond for us at the White House. Jeremy, thanks so much. So as President Trump approaches his six-month mark in office, facing some bleak poll numbers here at home but also overseas.</s>HARLOW: A new study shows confidence in some of the president's policies like climate change, like the travel ban, like immigration has fallen overseas and that could be hurting the United States' image abroad. Our CNN international diplomatic editor Nic Robertson takes a look.</s>NIC ROBERTSON, CNN INTERNATIONAL DIPLOMATIC EDITOR (voice-over): Wherever President Trump goes, controversy seems to follow. These are some of the protesters at a recent world leaders meeting in Hamburg. New research explains why. (</s>On camera): The headline in the Pew Center Study is that around the world, and in Europe in particular, Trump's policies are unpopular. (</s>Voice-over): In 35 of 37 countries surveyed, confidence in the U.S. president to do the right thing is down, and that's dragging America's overseas image down, too. Take Germany, host of the G20 and the protests. Confidence fell a massive 75 points compared to the final years of President Obama. Other shockers include South Korea, another ally, down 71 points. France, a close friend, down 70 points. Canada, a neighbor, down 61 points. And so, the list goes on. The only countries to buck the downward trend are Israel, up seven points, and Russia, a statistical outlier, up 42 points. Issues of concern include a border wall with Mexico, withdrawing from international trade agreements and the global climate agreement, as well as Trump's Muslim travel ban. The majority of the 40,448 respondents said Trump was arrogant, intolerant, dangerous, with just over half saying he is a strong leader. The White House has yet to respond. (</s>On camera): Despite Trump tanking in the global rating, America's popularity as a nation is buoyed by its culture, its democracy, its citizens. But in another blow to Trump, both the presidents of Russia and China were judged more likely to do the right thing on global affairs than him. Nic Robertson, CNN, London.</s>BERMAN: You know, no doubt the president and his supporters would note, though, that he didn't run to be president of Germany or France.</s>HARLOW: There you go, America first.</s>BERMAN: You know, granted his poll numbers in the United States not so great either but, you know, he's pursuing a different policy, perhaps on purpose, than would be of the interest of some of those countries overseas. All right. 20 minutes until the hour right now. After nine years behind bars, O.J. Simpson could learn his fate this week. Will a parole board free the former football star?