border wall and a deal to fund the government and avoid a shutdown. he won t get the obamacare bill. republicans still feuding over a plan. he won t get the wall money. the president blames democrats for that but a good number of republicans are also opposed. the government apparently will not be shut down at midnight. cnn manu raju live on capitol hill. as always, up to the deadline maneuvering. no question about it. this is how capitol hill works. they wait for the last second and punt. they punt until next week to see if they can get a deal to keep the government open up until october 1st. right now there are indications that both sides believe they can come to an agreement, but certainly no it s nothing certain until the final day. i just had a chance to sit down with senator chuck schumer, the top democrat in the senate.
the school year and she will likely join her husband full time at the white house. and we ve been getting these somewhat lengthy gaps between her public glimpses of melania and we re anticipating her back in washington for the annual white house easter egg roll. john? kate bennett, thanks so much. facts are fickle things and these days the search for truth is difficult, but even as members of the left denounce the conspiracy theories flowing from the white house and the president, liberals are not immune to misinformation. our jake tapper filed this report. reporter: since the presidential election this was the largest audience to ever wins an inauguration period. reporter: the role of conspiracy theorist has grown to include not just members of the trump administration. i said wait a minute, there s a lot of wiretapping being talked about. reporter: but now more liberal ones as well. did you hear mr. trump and russian president vladimir putin were seen together at a
our partner russia has turned from partner to protagonist. reporter: trump defended russia. if we have a good relationship with russia, that s a good thing, believe me. reporter: a fundamental difference from the defense team. defense secretary james mattis says he s not ready for cooperation. russia will have to prove itself first. reporter: but relying on the local forces around the world the u.s. training and advising them, it does sound a lot like the obama strategy. those local forces especially in mosul, iraq, now paying a very heavy price for their fight. in the last five weeks more than 300 iraqi soldiers have been killed in mosul. john? all right. important to note that. john, barbara starr at the pentagon. lots to talk about with our panel. jack jackie kucinich, the senate
policy benefits for the american public but the statement doesn t say anything about her level of security clearance. a statement from ivanka trump s attorney says ivanka trump will file the financial disclosure forms required of federal employees and be bound by the same ethics rules she planned to comply with voluntarily. much more on that later. now in the east wing of the white house, melania trump has been keeping a low profile spending most of her time here in new york city but in the past 24 hours the first lady has been busy in washington. moments ago she attended a white house event with the president just hours after headlining an event at the state department. want to bring in cnn white house reporter kate bennett. we haven t heard much from mrs. trump but will get a sense of the causes shoal champion as first lady. that s right, john, and in today s speech she talked about her passion for empowering women and supporting gender equality and sort of a first glimpse of an of
of a trump military strategy. i think there s the vague idea that you have to throw some troops at the problem, whether the problem is in iraq, in syria or yemen or some other place. reporter: more u.s. troops are headed overseas. i think that is what what you continue to see with all of these deployments right here. we are not one of our key principles other with our folks forward is to help our partners fight but not fight for them. reporter: in afghanistan, commanders want hundreds of additional troops. in iraq another 250 are on the way. in syria, up to 900 are on the ground at any one time. in yemen, the u.s. is increasing military support and stepping up air strikes against isis. trump is also facing calls for more troops to counter russia.