On russia, hacking and leaks. Bill team fox coverage for you today. Catherine herridge inside the hearing room on the hill. Christ stirewalt standing by and we begin with doug mcelway. What can we report about the president s new nominee . Announcement came by twitter at 7 45 this morning saying i will be nominating Christopher Wray to be the new director of f. B. I. , details to follow. He is a partner in the law firm of king and spalding where he specializes in white collar crime. He graduated from Yale University in 1989 and yale law in 1992. 1997 joined the u. S. Attorneys office in the Northern District of georgia. In 2001 he was appointed by president george w. Bush to associate attorney general under john ashcroft. He spearheaded the prosecution of the first ceo to be tried under the oxley. They lied, they cooked the books and filed false Financial Statements with the sec. He has brought experience in private practice and department of justice but no experience in the f. B. I. ,
Whether he thought he was used inappropriately by the president and by this white house. I mean, after all, he is new to his job and theres clearly got to be an awful lot of friction there and well see if they if they get that, if they get him to discuss that. I doubt he wants to discuss that publicly. By the way, get used to this scene right now and get used to these characters because the Senate Intelligence committee will be Holding Hearings for james comey tomorrow, as well. Jeffrey toobin, along those lines, if this were a legal case, its not, its a congressional hearing, what would they be trying to get from the witnesses if they were trying to prove obstruction of justice which is what a lot of democrats are after here. The real question about obstruction of justice is intent, its the question of intent. Is the subject of the investigation here, its obviously the president of the United States, was he trying to shut down the fbi investigation of russia because he thought it was
Thank you for being here to sign the Historic National Defense Authorization act, which includes the largest pay increase, support for our military families and investing in our military readiness. Climb to glory, tenth mountain division. Thank you. She says an incredible representative. I also want to thank representatives don baker, dan donovan and joe wilson, who are with us today also. Thank you. Where are you . Stand up, please. Stand up. Thank you. Thank you, fellas. Theres another member of congress here today who is not only an air force veteran but the first woman ever to fly a fighter jet in combat in u. S. History and ive gotten to know her very well and she is terrific. Congresswoman martha mcsally. Congresswoman. Thank you, martha. Thank you for being here. Thank you very much. Thank you all for fighting for our military and for fighting for our vets. Nobody has made more progress on anything than what weve done with our vets. We have choice approved, you know that. We hav
A diplomatic breakthrough in the yemen where war has pushed the country to stop facia and well go live in north of the country where people are trying to survive by eating leaves. Unforgettable welcome to the program. British Prime Minister theresa may faces one of the most challenging days of her political career shes seeking cabinet backing for high draft deals for the u. K. s departure from the European Union but senior ministers and Britains Parliament are deeply divided and last night still beats between the government and brussels hes facing criticism the Prime Minister faced m. P. s in a rowdy parliamentary question and answer session and the leader of the oppositions was just one of the voices challenging mrs may over the do. You know the usually breaks it negotiates a report to be told the twenty seven european ambassadors the u. K. Must align their rules but the e. U. Will retrain all the controls is that a fair summary of the Prime Ministers deal Prime Minister can i say to
Its interview with roger stone to robert mueller. Is the special counsel getting closer to indicting stone. And refusing to denuke. North korea signals it may never give up its Nuclear Weapons and that the u. S. , a quote, a misguided understanding of the nuclear deal struck by President Trump and kim jongun. What new demands is kim making of the United States . Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the the situation room. This is cnn breaking news. A Government Shutdown at midnight tomorrow is looking increasingly likely. President trump is apparently bowing to conservative pressure and flipping position again now saying he will not sign his temporary spending bill that doesnt include 5 billion for his border wall. Ill talk about the breaking news and more with the Top Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee congressman adam schifrf and ou correspondents and specialists are standing by. First, lets go to our chief White House Correspondent jim acosta. The president just said hes made his po