Allstate sends a check. Ok. [ voice of dennis ] silence. Are you in good hands . Right now on Andrea Mitchell reports with prayer and renewed resolve, president obama tries to expand the rights for all americans. We, the people, declare today that the most evident of truths, that all of us are created equal. Is the star that guides us still just as it guided our forebearers through seneca falls and selma and stonewall. For the first time on the inaugural platform the inclusion of gay rights. Our journey is not complete until our gay brothers and sisters are treated like anyone else under the law. And the president takes the First Step Towards Challenging Congress on Climate Change. We, the people, still believe that our obligations as americans are not just to ourselves, but to all posterity. We will respond to the threat of Climate Change knowing that the failure to do so would betray our children and future generations. Some may still deny the overwhelming judgment of science, but no
Purdue universitys official twitter account reports a shooting on the campus. One person is in police custody. It does not say if anyone has been wounded. Purdue University Reports it happened in the Electrical Engineering building that police have cleared the building, but they continue to search the area. The university is asking students to, quote, shelter in place. Were working our sources, trying to figure out whats going on. Well certainly report any new information as soon as we get it. This reported shooting on the campus of Purdue University in west lafayette, indiana. Once again, no reports yet of injuries. One person is in custody. Cnns Law Enforcement analyst, mike brooks, is joining us on the phone right now. Lets hope this incident is over with, mike, and were waiting for more information from authorities there. But its obviously very disturbing. It is, wolf. And i was looking on Purdue Universitys website, and they give the same information as you did. That there was a s
Momentarily. Well have live coverage of that. History unfolding behind us right here in the nations capital. This is cnn breaking news. Hello, im wolf blitzer. Its 1 00 p. M. In washington. Wherever youre watching from around the world, thanks very much for joining us. A remarkable meeting has just concluded at the white house. The president and the president elect putting aside their animosity from the campaign to fulfill a timehonored tradition here in the United States, the peaceful transfer of power. President obama welcomed president elect trump to the white house this morning. They had an excellent discussion. Meeting was supposed to last, at least accord to donald trump, only ten minutes, bub according to the president elect, it lasted almost an hour and a half. Heres what they said at the end of the meeting. Well, i just had the opportunity to have an excellent conversation with president obamaelect trump. It was wideranging, we talked about some of the organizational issues in
Played a role in picking the president. With us we have Mark Halperin, former treasury official and morning joe economic officialist Steve Rattner, professor at university of michigan, normer democratic congressman harold ford, junior, and cofounder and ceo of axios, jim vann da hiem is with us as well. Harold, you have your notes. Professor is all it says at the top. In his testimony, director comey cited the tarmac meeting between then attorney general Loretta Lynch and president bill clinton as a turning point in the investigation into Hillary Clintons emails. Take a look. Number of things had gone on, some of which i cant talk about yet, that made me worry that the Department Leadership could not credibly complete the investigation and decline prosecution without grievous damage to the American Peoples confidence in the justice system. The cap per was, not picking on attorney general Loretta Lynch who i like very much, but her meeting with president clinton on the airplane was the
Well bring that to you live. We mentioned that long list of exits in just over six months and other highprofile departures include Reince Priebus, mike flynn as press secretary, mike duffy, james comey as fbi director, the white house now resembling the red wedding from game of thrones. Lets get to cnns jeff zeleny at the white house. Its john kellys first day on the job. He was sworn in this morning. This gifves us a little bit of insight of how kelly felt about scaramucci. Reporter it gives us a lot of insight. He didnt think he was the right fit for this new order hes going to try to impose on the west wing. But it also gives us a window into how much authority the president is going to give his new chief of staff. This is something that may not have happened, you know, a few weeks or even months ago. Its clear the president is giving john kelly, at least now in the opening days of the honeymoon phase, if you will, the full authority who goes in the oval office, who sees the preside