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That a missile can land in the united states, and where it might land is anyones guess. Hello, welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. Trying to figure out the new strategy for health care can produce whiplash. Today the president summoned the republican senators to the white house to repeal and replace obamacare. Thats a departure from previous announcements just this week to repeal obamacare and replace it later. Thats where the president was on monday night. And of course, on tuesday, just to le...

Source of intelligence that was very, very, very close to Vladimir Putin. And that is intriguing just on the surface, right, just for the pure spy novel lurid thrill of it. Weve got somebody close to putin or something close to putin. The post to its credit makes clear how extraordinary that is beyond just the wow factor. How unexpected it is to learn that. Ultimately how important it is to u. S. Interests. The post today notes that putin is, quote, a former kgb officer who takes extreme precaut...

One percentage point since may but it is still in the negative, as you see here, handling issued. President s numbers are underwater, ranging from the economy to health care. Tonight we begin with the president and the struggles of crafting a health care bill, battling back to try to fire up the senate g. O. P. Chief White House Correspondent john roberts on the north lawn. Good evening. Why housewares tells me me it was President Trump and is chief of staff who cooked up the idea of the lunch h...

Come . The president s son, the chairman of his campaign . No. We dont have confirmation yet. We home we dont have to go any further than an invitation but it is scheduled for wednesday morning. Do you believe in an open hearing, you would be in a position to simply say, we have all the time in the world. Tell us all the conversations you had with the russians in the last year and a half. It is an open format. Theon thing from the independent council is to make sure the witnesses testify under o...

Sarah Huckabee Sanders with a chance to walk back the president s remarks insisted and left sessions twisting in the wind. As the president said yesterday, he was disappointed in the attorney general sessions decision to recuse him himself but clearly he has confidence in him or he would not be the attorney general. How can sanders say trump clearly has confidence in attorney general sessions when given the opportunity to prove that today, the president took a hard pass. Mr. President , does Jef...

Hes done an amazing job. This is a difficult situation to be in. I applaud his efforts here and i love the guy, and i wish him well. Reince priebus and i have been personal friends for six years. We are little bit like brothers, we were off each other up once in a while. Thats totally normal for brothers. A lot of people in here have brothers and get that. Hes a dear friend. I dont have any friction with sean, i dont have any friction, we are serving the president and i want to make sure that ou...

So stand by. Hit job. Donald trump blistering his own attorney general for making the legally required decision to recuse himself from the russia probe. Sessions should have never recused himself. And if he was going to recuse himself, he should have told me before he took the job and i would have picked somebody else. Despite the insult from the commander in chief, the attorney general says today he will not quit. We love this job. We love this department. And i plan to continue to do so as lon...

And helped other prisoners solve con flicks through words not his fists. He expresented remorse. I would have made a better judgment back then, none of this would have happened. I take full responsibility. Simpson got a chance to explain what happened the night of that botched robbery at a Las Vegas Hotel in 200. He said he was pressured to hire security guards, to help him retrieve his property. He said he didnt know that they were armed and didnt know until much later they brandished their wea...

Maligning mueller. As the president s allies ramp up their attacks on the special cou counsel, a top democrat is now warning that any attempt to fire Robert Mueller would be an abuse of power. Is there a growing risk that the russia investigation will be shut down . And luck of the draw. Were following a stunning twist in a consequential election recount in virginia. A race that appeared to have been decided by a single vote is now suddenly tied. Tonight, were learning the unique way the winner ...

Gina haspel will become the new director of the cia. The president did make mention that have just before heading off to california this morning. Rex and i have been talking about this for a long time. We got along, actually, quite well. But we disagreed on things. When you look at the iran deal, i think its terrible. I guess he thought it was okay. I want ed to either break it or do something and he felt a little bit differently. So, we were not really thinking the same. With mike, mike pompeo,...