this is that in essence yemen could eventually be part of the iranian orbit. that would be very bad for saudi arabia, possibly bad for our interests as well, the problem is, if you re going to fight a war, you ll have to do it on moral grounds as much as you possibly can and that is something that these countries have violated. colonel, thank you. nima, bravo. keep digging. thank you very much. thanks. still ahead here on cnn. this picture says it all, the incredible turnover in president trump s cabinet all in this one photograph. we ll talk about last year s state of the union and see who is left standing. plus, a racist picture in one of their old yearbooks involving the now embattled governor of virginia. now this medical school not only delivering a message to the black community but admitting there are more troubling pictures in recent yearbooks. we have that coming up. sooner or later, we all sign up for medicare.
the inauguration and pay the vendors and that could be the violation of campaign laws and finance laws. so that gives us the big landscape here and this was $100 million that was raised. it was doubled what obama had raised. there s been very little transparency on how the money s been spent. now we re seeing federal prosecutors here dig in and look into how is the money coming in, where was it coming in to and do we know even how it was all used and what came in exactly. they re looking at all of it. it could take months, possibly years. thank you very much. let s get some analysis from one of our favorites here, cnn contributor john dean who served as white house counsel to richard nixon is with me. john, welcome back. as kara was just reporting, prosecutors are investigating these handful of potential crimes, straw donors, false statements, mail fraud, wire
investigation being done, brooke. and the governor is still the governor until further notice. sara sidner, thank you very much. coming up next, federal prosecutors in new york putting a spotlight on president trump s inauguration and following the money trail. were crimes committed including conspiracy? and two years cnn investigation now raising questions about the death of james brown, the godfather of soul. why nearly a dozen people are calling for an investigation into his death? liberty mutual accident forgiveness means they won t hike your rates over one mistake. see, liberty mutual doesn t hold grudges. for drivers with accident forgiveness, liberty mutual won t raise their rates because of their first accident. switch and you could save $782 on home and auto insurance. call for a free quote today. liberty mutual insurance. liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty.
our allies. cnn s nima elbagir is with me from london and cedric layton. welcome to both of you, nima, extraordinary stuff. the defense department says it is aware of our reporting. they re digging deeper into the claims. what s the response from the saudis and the uae to this? reporter: the saudi-led coalition didn t respond to our request for comment. let me read to you he said they deny in no uncertain terms that we re in violation of any agreement. the giants brigade is a part of forces it was in the possession of the coalition but yemeni forces are under the supervision of the forces. you heard them saying that that s not the case, they have not been given authorization to transfer weapons to any of the parties under their supervision
are prepared to challenge his policies. brooke? tom, thank you for the preview. you are coverage starts at 8:00 eastern this evening right here on cnn. now to a federal investigation linked to the president that know it is not the russia probe and not coming from the special counsel s office. federal prosecutors in the southern district of new york have subpoenaed the trump inaugural committee and cnn has reviewed the document itself, which asks for a lot. all documents related to virtually every donor, every donation, every attendee at committee event and every piece of paper work related to legalities of an inaugural donation including the possibility of donations made by foreign nationals. it will comply to any request for information but insists the investigation has nothing to do with the president. i m reading the same reports u this doesn t have anything to do with the white house and i