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S. Mueller iiis russia investigation build a case against what they allege are his conflicts of interest, discussing the president s authority to grant pardons according to people familiar with the effort. Jeff, why would the president be asking about a pardon . Well, don, this is thing that we got a glimpse of in the president s own interview with the New York Times that is still causing shockwaves more than 24 hours later. And it was he was raising the question of a conflict of interest of Rob...

Deconfliction process might have sprung this timing in terms of the fbi agents getting there before he was due back on capitol hill. But a Committee Staffer is a right person to ask about that. Text me your questions for mieke eoyang. Will do. Thanks lawrence. Well, Paul Manafort is not the only one who should be very, very, very worried that the fbi raided manaforts house in the middle of the night in search of evidence of a crime. The fbi surprised Paul Manafort in a predawn raid of his home i...

Tonight, the president is expected to call for additional troops in a war that has already cast the lives of more than 2,300 servicemen and women, tens of thousands of afghans and cost tax payers hundreds of billions of dollars. For years, before President Trump was responsible for the conduct of the war, he was firmly against the war. October of 2011, he tweeted, when will we stop wasting our money on rebuilding afghanistan . We must rebuild our country first. In march of 2012, afghanistan is a...

President trump exercising his executive privilege to pardon former arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio. Sheriff joe can feel good. Sparing the convicted criminal jail time. Now the president is taking heat from all sides over the pardon. And gorka gone. President trumps outspoken white house adviser Sebastian Gorka shown the door. Another week and another highprofile departure. Is the west wing purge over . Hello, im jake tapper in washington where the state of our union is a literal disaster. The fears...

Lives of 2300 american servicemen and women, and cost american taxpayers hundreds of billions of dollars. For years, before President Trump was responsible for the conduct of the war, he was firmly against the war. October of 2011, he tweeted, when will we stop wasting our money on rebuilding afghanistan. In march of 2012, afghanistan is a disaster. We dont know what we are doing. January of 2013, i agree with president obama in afghanistan. We should have a speedy withdrawal. Why keep wasting o...

Normalize behavior that is unethical and immoral and is now donald trump. Not the first person to make a pardon that is seen as political. Doesnt mean its not controversial. Standby. We havent taken one breath yet as we cross into the top of the hour. As one of the most powerful hurricanes in decades moves closer to the texas gulf, a huge political storm has descended on washington. President trump picks this very moment to pardon the controversial former arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio. Also, one of...

From all sides over the pardon. And gorka gone. President trumps outspoken white house adviser Sebastian Gorka shown the door. Another week and another highprofile departure. Is the west wing purge over . Hello, im jake tapper in washington where the state of our union is a literal disaster. The fears and predictions seem to have been spot on. Lifethreatening, catastrophic flooding now being seen in parts of texas as the effects of harvey are not letting up. Rain continuing to fall rapidly and t...

Leaving roads across the state under several feet of water and in florida tonight, historic flooding. The storm surge in jacksonville worse than anyone expected, in fact, shattering the previous flooding record which was sent back in 1964. The wall of water inundating homes and businesses, moments ago tal la haassy issuing a storm surge warning as well. As we look at these pictures acoming in from across the street, you can see the grim extent of Hurricane Irma. Thousands are homeless. Waiting r...

Advised anyone who has not left by now to write their name and Social Security on their arm to help recovery crews identify them later should they discover the body. We have reporters and meteorologists and new information just in from the National Weather center. I want to start off with cnns Martin Savidge, feeling the worst of it in Corpus Christy. What is the latest right now . Reporter were under an extreme wind warning. We could see wind speeds up to 145 miles an hour. If that happens, i w...

We have a lot to get to this evening. I want to get right to cnns senior White House Correspondent jeff zeleny. Cnn politics executive editor at large, i should say, chris cillizza, and political analyst april ryan. My goodness. Every night theres something. Jeff, i want to get to this big news from the Washington Post tonight. Heres what the post is reporting. This is a quote, some of President Trumps lawyers are exploring ways to limit or undercut special counsel robert s. Mueller iiis russia ...