press briefings? we want to welcome our viewers from the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer, you re in the situation room. this is cnn breaking news. breaking news tonight, president trump escalating a spike with fbi director he fired just days ago, appearing in a tweet to threaten james comey. the president insinuated he has recordings of his conversations with comey and when asked about it later, mr. trump said, i m quoting him now, that i can t talk about. in the same tweet storm, the president defended the conflicting accounts of comey s firing, given by the white house and surrogates. mr. trump claimed it s impossible for them to be perfectly accurate because he s so active. he also raised the possibility of ending white house press briefings and replacing them with written questions and answers. and there are also new contradecks tonight between president trump and former
vote against tillerson but his aides said he had a private meeting with tillerson last week and they discussed these issues. 90-minute meeting. a blunt meeting. a hundred written questions and answers. perhaps some of his questions were alleviated. it does feed a lot of criticism of the way rubio played this. attention will shift to other nominees now that tillerson is through. we may see the confirmation of elaine choi. pompeo will go tonight. democrats keep honing in on betsy devobets betsy devos. democrats are asking for another hearing saying now that we ve seen her ethics paperwork released friday night in the middle of the inaugural festivities, they found
and he is his own landlord with the trump hotel in washington where the gsa is supposed to be tenant. you can see endless, endless opportunities for conflicts of interest, and they clearly haven t done what they need to do to vet these issues and protect the president. i think we re in for some really interesting days ahead. julian epstein, thank you for joining us. why was a three-star general paid by russia and why did donald trump pick him to be his national security adviser? we ve got questions and answers. stay tuned.
donald trump makes halliburton look like a picnic. donald trump has extensive business relationships in russia, in turkey, all throughout europe. and he is his own landlord with the trump hotel in washington where the gsa is supposed to be tenant. you can see endless, endless opportunities for conflicts of interest, and they clearly haven t done what they need to do to vet these issues and protect the president. i think we re in for some really interesting days ahead. julian epstein, thank you for joining us. why was a three-star general paid by russia and why did donald trump pick him to be his national security adviser? we ve got questions and answers. stay tuned.
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