This as activists dial up the heat on the Russian Investigation calling for transparency and truth from the administration. And defense secretary james mattis dials up the rhetoric on north korea saying that country is a threat to us all. As a matter of u. S. National security, the United States regards the threat from north korea as a clear and present danger. Thats all ahead in the cnn newsroom. Hello, thanks for joining me, im Fredricka Whitfield live from washington, d. C. We start with the investigation into russian meddling in the u. S. Election. The next week is shaping up to be one of the most pivotal in the Trump Administration. Fired fbi director james comey is on the hot seat thursday when the Senate Intelligence Committee Grills him on the russia investigation and his interactions with president donald trump. The russia probe will likely come up wednesday when the Committee Discusses renewing the law that governs collecting foreign intelligence. Theres a lot to cover. Lets
9,000 evacuees in counties. This is a look inside that Convention Center at capacity at the red cross promises no one will be turned away. Moments ago, the president and first lady boarded air force one. Looking at live pictures in joint base andrews right now, air force one getting ready to depart on the way to texas. The president will see some of the damage first hand. The president also faces two other crises this morning. One political. New developments in the russia investigation and one int International New north korea missile lawn. We want to begin in texas. Scott mcclain is in houston right now. Wiping down that camera, scott, because it is still raining. Reporter yeah. Youre absolutely right. The rain continues to come down and then these bursts of wind that come by as well. This area that were in, northeast houston has gotten neither two feet of rain in h the last two days alone. Other parts of the city have gotten more than two and a half feet of rain. You mentioned the pr
That is. Im sure the pentagon will do so. If not, certainly congress will prod them to do so and that is appropriate. We should have those answers. Im asking for a classified briefing about exactly what happened in niger. And right now, answers are hard to come by. The scene on the ground only described by multiple u. S. Officials as confusion. At the same time, there are more and more questions over why the white house hesitated in even talking about these soldiers deaths. Kaitlan collins is at the white house and Barbara Starr has the latest from the pentagon. What are you hearing over there today . Well, lets be clear, secretary mattis is not trying to rush the investigation, but he does want some answers and is going to begin to get them in the coming days about what exactly happened as they look into this in greater detail. Theyre trying to establish a timeline, hour by hour, about how this all unfolded. What we do know, according to initial reports, is the team led by green beret
And this is on top of white house staff secretary rob porters resignation earlier this week and criticism of the president s response to that departure, saying nothing about porters accusers or anything about Domestic Abuse. This, as the president just yesterday obviously tough time for him. He did a very good job when he was in the white house. And we hope he has a wonderful career and hopefully he will have a great career ahead of him. But it was very sad when we heard about it and certainly hes also very sad now. He also, as you probably know, he says hes innocent, and i think you have to remember that. He said very strongly yesterday that hes innocent. So youll have to talk to him about that. But we absolutely wish him well. Lets get straight to cnns abby phillips. She is live for us right now at the white house. What more from the president today . Well, good morning, fred. The president is at home today on a rainy day in the white house. Hes tweeting about the allegations that ha
The end of a barrel. Another quote to the president says he has quote got to be extremely worried, adding quote, who the bleep knows what Michael Cohen did all those years. Adding to the fears about what he knows and if hes about to turn on his long time boss and let it all spill out, cohen has now cut ties with his heel team. The very team that has been by his side through the m long criminal investigation including the raid on his home and office. One reason for this shake up is over money. Cohen apparently running out of it and doesnt want to spend his entire savings on legal fees. Thats confusing though because this is the same man whos been staying at a hotel where suites go for 1,000 a night. Right now, we understand hes in a threeroom suite of some sort. Hes been saying here since at least april 9th. So you can do the math. So thats tens of thousands of dollars possibly since the fbi raided his hoechlt so if money is an issue, well, you get point. Cnn is also learning cohen met