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Barr was supposed to be seated today for questioning from the House Judiciary Committee. We know he wont appear and thats because of a disagreement with the Committee Chairman jerry nadler over the format of this hearing. Basically nadler wanted to allow staff lawyers on the republican and democratic side to question barr for 30 minutes each after members of congress had gotten their questions in. That is something that the Justice Department said they could not agree to, so barr will not be com...

The world. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. Tonight, President Trump is hitting back against fresh allegations that hes a puppet of Vladimir Putin. Declaring that he, quote, never worked for russia. That extraordinary pronouncement by a u. S. President prompted by blockbuster reports related to the russia investigation. Cnn has obtained transcripts showing that fbi Officials Say the bureau debating and investigated whether mr. Trump had acted on directions from the kremlin. Also ton...

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi may not favor impeachment, but she says its not off the table. Can she withstand pressure from key democrats to open an impeachment inquiry . And spice like us. Was kim jonguns half brother a cia asset . And was his public assassination retribution by north korea for working with the americans. President trump isnt confirming or denying that possibility. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. Breaking news. House democrats flex their muscles with a resolution au...

Expected she will. Victor blackwell has the details of the pivotal case it was a fiery fourhour debate on the Alabama Senate floor with one democrat saying this bill was so extreme maybe they should consider a castration bill next. In the end, this bill passed 265 overnight. The apro life activists say thi could be their legitimate chance to challenge roe v. Wade and outlaw abortion nationwide i apologize to the women of alabama for this archaic law we passed. Reporter the bill could set up a di...

Informants so close to enemmys such as, say, Vladimir Putin. Announcer this is cnn breaking news. Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. And we start in the politics lead. The president firing his National Security adviser john bolton. The two have a long, welldocumented history of disagreeing on matters up to today when the two had different takes on how bolton ended up on the wrong side of the white house fence. The president tweeting in part, quote, i informed john bolton last night that his sf...

Official not confirming, not denying, but clearly putting the administrations point of view out there on this. And ill just read it to you. Referring to undocumented immigrants, it says they not only violate our borders, break the law over and over again by skipping their Court Hearings and absconding from federal proceedings, they launch phony asylum claims only to be no shows at court, ordered to be removed absentia. These judicial removal orders were secured at great time of expense it goes o...

Its tight. Many people are going to be affected. Theyll know somebody who was there or know somebody who knows somebody who was. How do you deal with this as a community . Well, chris, i think the first thing we have to do is, you know, make sure the families know that we are with them, you know, its not enough to sinuously offer our thoughts and prayers. We have to start living by those words in which we pray by so thats the first thing. How do you do that . I do want to thank god well, once ag...

Nuts, but its where we are. And because its where weve been for several years now, we have adjusted, and because of that, we talked here about whether its even news anymore when the president lies. But it is. Of course it is. Because it always matters when the president of the United States gets up on the world stage and lies, no matter how big the lie or little. So tonight, keeping them honest, we will be debunking them, but also focusing on how this parade of little lies may be making it tough...

What is the Trump Administration hiding . Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper and we begin with the world lead. President trump today trotting out his Fourth National security adviser in less than three years. Amid growing tensions with iran. Robert obrien who served as special envoy for Hostage Affairs at the state department has been tapped for the new role one day after the president quoted obrien as calling him, the president , the quote, greatest Hostage Negotiator in history. And the presi...

To you. Thank you for giving me that chance. One down. Long way to go. His response . Calling their bluff. The contempt vote is on for a week from today. So mark your calendars, a week from today. And thats not the only battle this president has set in motion. Theres also his threatened tariffs against mexico. But it looks like a rebellion may be brewing because multiple republican senators frustrated by the president s plan. Some like rand paul more than frustrated. I really do think that there...