Unguided scudtype missiles. And were also learning new details of the latest phone call between president obama and House Speaker john boehner did not go well. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. We begin with todays longrange rocket launch thats managed to put a satellite in earths orbit. Heres why it is important to all of us. Even though north korea is one of the poorest countries and many people are starving there, the Korean Peninsula is the most tense, most dangerous places on earth. There are roughly one million north korean troops on it is side of the militarize zone separating from south korea. As well as nearly 30,000 u. S. Forces. Not only are they within strikes distance of the launch site, a longrange rocket shows north korea is on its way to developing technology to launch a rocket at the United Statess west coast and hawaii. Officials tell cnn that the working assumption is that the North Koreans got outside help from others, including iran. So todays launch is
Didnt hear a question coming from the voter, but now in a series of tweets tweeted out by donald trump this morning, were seeing him push back in a different way. He says, quothis is the first e in my life that i have caused controversy by not saying something. He later goes on to say, if someone made a nasty or controversial statement about me to the president , do you really think that he would come to my rescue . And this next tweet, almost the closest he gets to explaining that moment, really more of an excuse for why he didnt interject and correct the man. He says, if i would have challenged the man, the media would have accused me of interfering with that mans right of free speech. A nowin situation. And lastly, tweeting this, christians need support in our country and around the world. Their religious liberty is at stake. Obama has been horrible. And then he adds, i will be great. Its important to note there in this defense, certainly no apology coming from trump. Certainly doub
Donald trump. They interviewed the socalled played shirt guy. What is it like for being booted out for making faces . Theyre asking people to act the bit. Live from cnn, World Headquarters in atlanta. Welcome to our viewers here and around the world. Im george howell. Im natalie allen. Newsroom starts right now. At 5 01 on the u. S. East coast the federal probe has led to a prison sentence for someone associated with the Trump Campaign. Were talking about the former aide, George Papadopoulos. He will spent the next two weeks behind bars. The president claims he doesnt know papadopoulos and the issue is a distraction. The level of animosity, its hard to believe. So if i was going to say there is any one problem in this country, it is definitely have you two sides and there is Great Division and there shouldnt be that division. But it seems no matter what you do, no matter how wages are going up, such a good thing the numbers are great the stockmarket is at an all time high, there is mor
World. Were coming to you live from atl. Im natalie allen. And im George Howell. Newsroom starts right now. Thanks again for being with us, cnn has learned the list of possible authors of an anonymous but damaging opinion piece in the New York Times has been trimmed down by the white house to just a few names. A source says the u. S. President is obsessed at learning the identity of this person identified only as a Senior Administration official. Kaitlan collins picks up this report. Reporter President Trump calling on his attorney general to investigate the unnamed source of a critical New York Times oped questioning his ability to lead the country. I think it is National Security. I would say jeff should be investigating the author of that piece because i really believe it is National Security. Reporter speaking to reporters on air force one, trump voicing concern that the anonymous official who described the president as petty and ineffective has a security clearance. Supposing i ha
Former Vice President joe kbiden. Well, kim jung eun made a statement that joe biden is a low iq individual. He probably is. I think i agree with him on that. The president went on to call biden a disaster. And he followed up his comments with a number of tweets from japan. Taking biden to task for offering the controversial 1994 crime bill. Moments ago, the Biden Campaign issuing a statement, writing, the president s comments are beneath the dignity of the office, to be on foreign soil on memorial day to be siding with a dictator against a former Vice President and american. Its telling that more than eight months before the iowa caucus, President Trump has already set his sights on biden. Unable to resist the urge to attack him from the pulpit a half a world away. Will President Trump be able to separate governing from campaigning during the 2020 election. Joining me now, we welcome michael steele, krysta saltasanderson and jamaal simmons. Thank you for being here. Its great to have