Syrias leader. Whats behind the chilling news. Is it time to end the comfort dangsiality agreement . Her lawyer said it is time to buckle you will. What is her next step . Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. Were following the firing of Rex Tillerson. Mike pompeo is tillersons replacement. Lets begin with this shakeup. The word came as the president headed out to california. Lets to go our chief correspondent jim acosta who is traveling with the president right now. So jim, take us through this truly extraordinary day. Reporter thats right. President trump is addressing u. S. Marines here at this base in Southern California right now. Earlier today, he was defending his decision to fire secretary of state Rex Tillerson and he was hinting to reporter that more big staff changes could be on the way as one source close to the white house told me, the winds of change are blowing. President trumps reality tv style revolving door keeps on spinning will in this case, it was Rex Till
A similar deadly attack. Police are warning residents to beware of unexpected parcels, who is terrorizing the texas capital. We want to welcome our viewers in the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. Were following breaking news. The house Intelligence Committees contentious investigation into Russian Election interference coming to an abrupt end, amid the same partisan infighting that plagued it from the beginning. Cnn learns the panels republicans are ending witness interviews over sharp democratic objections and that theyre announcing theres no evidence of collusion between the Trump Campaign and russia. Well talk about the breaking news and more with former director of National Intelligence, James Clapper. And senator jeff murphy, and correspondents and analysts are standing by. First, lets go to manu raju with the latest from capitol hill. You had a chance to speak with a congressman, republican congressman leading the investigation, mi
Final vote in the house of representatives on a compromise shortterm spending bill. Were also following the shutdown fallout for President Trump and both parties. This hour, ill talk with two prominent democrats, senator bill nelson and the chairman of the congressional black caucus, saCedric Richmond, and our correspondents and analysts are also standing by. Lets go to our chief White House Correspondent jim acosta. President trump is claiming victory tonight. Thats right, wolf. The white house is taking a victory lap after democrats in the senate caved and voted to reopen the government. The odd thing about this victory lap is its missing the man in the dreevers seat. The president who has been meeting with senators from both parties behind closed doors. Hes still steering clear of the cameras. A source tells us thats by design to make sure the shutdown was not about him. For the last three days its been the art of the conceal. The ayes are 81. After pushing back it was a democratic
Coming after the announcement of the capital, but even before that meeting, President Trump was meeting with british Prime Minister theresa may here as well on the sidelines of the davos economic forum. Of course, so much bad blood between those two, the president had essentially called off a state visit to london that was supposed to happen this winter. The president tried to ease some concerns about the relationship, he said this. So that was a little bit of a false rumor out there. I just wanted to correct it, frankly, because we have Great Respect for everything youre doing and we love your country. We think its doing good. And were working on transactions in terms of economic development, trade, maybe most importantly military. We are very much joined at the hip when it comes to the military. So you heard the president there describing it as a false rumor, the fact that they have had some tense relationships. But there is no question that it is a reality, a fact, that the special
Commonsense coalition to do it again. Of course, susan jumps to the front, an office opens up and away we go. With that i want to introduce you to my dear, dear compatriot, Susan Collins. Thank you so much, joe. Well, today is the day to celebrate because we have shown that a determined group of senators working together across the aisle can result in positive action. In this case the reopening of government. When government shuts down, it represents the ultimate failure to govern. It causes real hardship, not only for our military, for those brave men and women who are wearing the uniform of our country, but for all those who depend on Government Programs and those who work administering these programs. Last time we had a Government Shutdown in 2013, it cost our economy 1. 5 billion a day. Thats how harmful a shutdown is. But even more profound is the harm that it does to Public Confidence in government. In our ability to be leaders of this country. Joe and i worked very hard in leadi