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Hello, everyone. Thank you for joining us. Im Fredricka Whitfield in new york. And im jim sciutto in washington. We have a lot to cover. We sure do. Thank you for joining us. New bombings in syria, the town that suffered the chemical attack is now being hit by air strikes. Its not immediately clear who is behind these new air strikes, the planes are most likely from russia or the Syrian Regime. To be clear, this is not the same renlg that the u. S. Targeted earlier friday. U. S. Tomahawk missile...

Story for us and joins us now. Ryan, trumps Transition Team telling flynn the Russian Ambassador he was communicating with was likely being monitored byes u. S. Intelligence and where does this investigation go . Well, this is important, fred, because it shows that trump transition officials were aware of the complications that were surrounding sergey kislyak, the Russian Ambassador and his connections to russian intelligence agencies and furormore, their further more their attempts to intervene...

You have to remember, that preet came to prominence as a result of working for chuck schumer. He was counseled to him before he was u. S. Attorney for the Southern District and with all of these investigations now going on b and with schumer turning so definitively against trump, i suspect that preets background may be has been of concern to the president elect. I would also add a second thing. With this investigation about the russian wiretaps and whether the trump tower was wiretapped, the Sou...

The press. Trump was the only g7 summit leader who did not give a News Conference at the event. And even this briefing with his top aides was off camera. Obviously you guys arent in all of the meetings hes in. How come the president did not come out and do a press conference . General mcmaster and i have been in the vast, vast majority of meetings. Very few we are. Very bizarre to not take questions from the press [ inaudible ]. Look, the president when i left to get here was still in the g7 mee...

Hello. Thank you so much for joining me. Im fredricka whitfield. A kings welcome on his first trip overseas in saudi arabia, king salman is greeting President Donald Trump with grandeur, red carpets, elaborate floral arrangements and a medal of honor ceremony right there. Last hour the president met with the crown prince. Listen. That was a tremendous day. I just want to thank everybody. But Tremendous Investments in to the United States and our military community is very happy and we want to th...

And he with know that there are four candidates that have emerged, they are being interviewed this weekend. Among them john core on anyone. He is currently an active member of the senate, he is being considered. Also being considered is the man that is currently the acting director of the fbi and that is Andrew Mccabe. Hes not considered a frontrunner and maybe be he could have hurt himself with his testimony this week on capitol hill. Also alice fisher who is a forger lawyer, worked in the geor...

Early estimates are that Hurricane Harvey caused a staggering 100 billion in damage and some 100,000 homes are either damaged or destroyed. Following the massive destruction following Hurricane Katrina some victims faced legal battles that took years to resolve including attempts by fema to protect overpayments. Joining me a civil rights attorney and law professor and from los angeles vegas, good to see you both. So richard, you first, what will likely be the biggest legal headache for these sto...

Flirtatious. And commenting constantly the whole time, and it was not like for five minutes, it was like we were there for a long period of time. It was so uncomfortable. I knew something was up but i just ignored it. Tried, you know just what it was. When it was time for us to leech, leec leave, my mother had got up to go out the front door. When she was going out the door, i proceeded out and he just grabbed me from behind on my buttocks and he just squeezed it really hard. I remember thinking...

We got video of him apparently finishing a round of golf earlier. He wants to focus on clear areas of concern, including areas that are escalating in the middle east. The president is also expected to begin work on his state of the Union Address while here in mar a lago. Which will be delivered to the nation toward the end of january. Beyond that, the president has to weigh next steps when it comes to his legislative agenda following the major victory on tax reform. The two big options come down...

Calling it routine. And arguing they have the law on their side. Lets get the very latest now with cnns Boris Sanchez in washington. So boris, were hearing now for the first time from the possible new acting director. Were talking mulvaney, right . Thats right, fred. We actually got a statement a few moments ago from Nick Mulvaney currently director of the omb. A lot of people were interested in hearing from him, in part, because he has been so critical of this cfpb. It was an agency that was cr...