That meeting with donald trump jr. And some of the president s closest advisers. He did tweet out, quote, the stock market hit another alltime high yesterday despite the russian hoax story. Also, jobs numbers are starting to look very good. The president referring to the investigation about collusion between russian officials and the Trump Campaign as a hoax. He doesnt get into the details about the news as to who was in the room with donald trump jr. We havent gotten an official white house statement. Privately, sources inside the white house tell cnn that they are frustrated that the story keeps changing. They say, it is, quote, not a good thing. There have been so many different versions of the events over the course of the past year. You will remember, fred, initially, we were told there were no contacts between the Trump Campaign and russian officials then. As the story broke first last week, we heard there was a meeting between donald trump jr. And a russian lawyer. It was specif
If, indeed you can say it has been brought down. Yeah. Youre always going to have some of these groups. They are driven by this ideology. Matter of fact their bible is something called the turner bible. It describes people who are antisemitic and racist and full of bigotry and should take down the u. S. Government. Zionists against the government, if you will. So what they are trying to do in this particular episode, this was a group that decided to use violence, robbery, mayhem, murder in odd to finance their ideology and what was interesting is that they took the money, didnt take it from themselves and they stole a lot of money. One particular heist over 2 million. They use that money to buy weapons. To buy pamphlets and ways to communicate their message of hate and bigotry and this notion that they were going to take over the United States government. So these groups do exist. Whats interesting is that the people you saw in charlottesville, based their ideology a lot on this same t
To become more free market capitalist. This is not a small mistake. This is a strategic mistake of incalculable problems. Cnns Boris Sanchez live right now from the white house. Boris, bannon was outwardly promoting President Trump. Any reaction from the white house on that effort . None yet, fred, but this is really something weve seen from steve bannon before. He has a track record of going after these republican establishment figures like senator bob corker or the Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell. Just last week he compared Mitch Mcconnell to julius caesar, saying people on capitol hill were searching for his brutus. This, however, is on a different level. These visual attacks on a former president fully questioning his intelligence, saying that he didnt know what he was saying. When former president bush gave that speech on thursday in which he talked about the dangers of nativism and of trade protectionism. He also talked about bigotry, being emboldened in our country. And h
And protect mueller from being fired by the president. Lets go now to cnn White House Correspondent boris sanchez. Boris, is it likely that the republicans will support the plan to protect mueller and team . Hey there, fred, yes, i actually just heard from a republican operative close to the leadership who told me the chances of them taking up these two bills are low and, in part, because it could lead to a debate that would split party. On one hand, you have the two cosponsors of these bills, lindsey graham, as well as tom tillis, and on the other, you have people like Mitch Mcconnell who back in august when these bills were first introduced said it simply wasnt a priority for republicans. And back then, rumors were swirling that Robert Mueller was going to be fired by President Trump. When there was assurances made by the white house and others in the administration there was no such plan in place, the push died down. In light of this new New York Times reporting, democrats are picki
Okay. Were going to have to try and reestablish our connection. Meantime, cnns Boris Sanchez is with us. Hes traveling with the president as we look at live pictures outside of the white house, in addition to some taped images as well. Boris, what are you learning about the circumstances of this shooting, how its being responded to, the president s response has been after being told . Hey, fred, yes, this all unfolded about an hour ago. The man walked up to the gate of the north lawn of the white house just across from lafayette park, a very secured Police Presence there, and apparently took a gun to himself and shot himself outside of the white house. The response from the secret service and from d. C. Police was, as you might imagine, immediate. There were a parentally no shots fired by the secret service. That person has been treated or transported, i should say, from there. We dont have an update on that persons status yet. We asked the white house if the president was aware of thi