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August 10, trump himself said this to reporters at his golf club in new jersey. >> i havent given it any thought. ive been reading about it from you people. no, im not dismissing anybody. >> october 16, the president was asked during a news conference if he is considering firing mueller. >> are you considering firing robert mueller? >> not at all. >> october 30, white house lawyer told our wolf blitzer this. >> the president is not interfering with the special counsel muellers position. he is no...

Fake news. typical "new york times" fake story. >> do you believe the source that confirmed to cnn that president trump tried to fire special counsel robert mueller? the multiple news organizations that got similar confirmations of the story. "the new york times" which broke the story and spoke to four sources. who do you believe? remember this, this is the white house that has denied over and over that there was any thought of firing mueller, even though we know the president was trying to do e...

Business. the way that he conducted his campaign. the way he has responded to these investigations. we have never had anything quite like this. where the white house staff, those who are in daily kalkt with the president of the united states see the primary function as trying to keep the president of the united states from doing terrible things. >> we made the point earlier. the impact on capitol hill had this happened would have been quick and severe. >> right. the president is hearing don mcga...

>> reporter: president trump declared the opioid crisis a national emergency on august 10 but yet to formally sign or send that decoration to congress. no signature means no financial aid. on the local level city council member and sheriffs in ohio have offered cost cutting scare tactics hoping to rid their towns of trouble. she has love of her grandmother and frequent phone calls and counselor to better understand her circumstances. but today she hopes it will be a turning point for her and her...

Hes addressed his opinion on that several times. >> the one on august 10, the president declaring that he wanted to have a national emergency when it comes to the opioid crisis. its been more than a month since he said that. a delay for a president that who likes to do things quickly as hes said. is the president taking this seriously enough? when does he intend to declare this an emergency? >> hes taken it very seriously. the commission and members of the administration have continued to meet a...

Apparently were plotting to go to syria but only one of them a man named janed kahn who was 24-year-old was plotting terror attacks against british servicemembers here in britain. as the charges were read out against him they say he was apparently plotting a car style attack as they put it. unclear if he wanted to get a servicemember to stop his car or whether he wanted to run over a u.s. servicemember and attack him. we know apparently he wanted to use a knife, but there was also thought of usi...

$168 million. it also got $529 million back in 2009. and the powerball jackpot drawing is tonight and the estimated payout, $400 million. the odds -- >> steve: is that the guy who is going to win? >> brian: the odds of winning are 1 in 175 million. there have been 11 drawings since august 10 without a winner. >> elisabeth: oh, my. our new miss america was crowned sunday night. >> ladies and gentlemen, your new miss america is miss new york! [ cheers and applause ] >> brian: wow. 24-year-old is...

Electric typewriter. its like gene sheppard-esque essays about going to my relatives. i think it was about 11. so i typed up one, five pages, and gave it to my brother. hes like, what are you doing? im like, write thing story. hes like, you cant just wroit a story. i said, virginia said we could do this kind of thing. so he read it and he started laughing, like on the first page, he started laughing. >> how did you feel when you heard that? >> amazing. at this moment, i was like, writing. i can ...

The fbi hostage rescue team dropped from a helicopter and hiked 2 1/2 hours through treacherous terrain. the fbi will not detail what happened next except to say dimaggio was given every chance to surrender before he was shot, 5:22 saturday evening. authorities say not only did he kidnap hannah whose friend say he had a crush on but he killed her mother and 8-year-old brother. their bodies found in his burning home in san diego county, california. there are striking similarities between the life...

Closing of several united states embassies until august 10 an extra precaution the united states is taking through to the end of the ramadan holiday. this with intelligence forces saying chatter is the most specific and credible in years. the closures of 22 embassy and consulates across north africa, the middle east and central asia. a former deputy assistant for the vice president to national security affairs joins us. >> guest: good to be with you. >> heather: senator chambliss speaking today ...