President trump signs the russian sanctions bill into law after waiting six days but issues a stunning statement calling it seriously flawed and unconstitutional. Will he ignore congress determination to push back at putin . And kims money man. He tells cnn how he was able to move tens of billions of dollars into the pockets of kim jongun despite u. S. Sanctions. He has chilling descriptions of mass executions and warns there is only one way to stop a nuclear conflict. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. Were following breaking news. An intense debate in the White House Briefing room as one of the president s top advisers defends a plan to dramatically cut Legal Immigration. The proposed law would remake the current immigration system by weighing the skills of wouldbe immigrants and limiting the family members they could bring with them. Were also following new polls on president trump, including one that shows his Approval Rating falling to only 33 . Thats the lowest number
Youre in the cnn newsroom. Hello, im ana cabrera in new york. We begin with Trumps White House shakeup as he reshuffles the inner circling perhaps bringing in new faces and a new direction. John kelly is the new white house chief of staff. Now the question is who will the president pick to replace general kelly as Homeland Security secretary . He takes over for Reince Priebus who became a target of scaramucci. The man who calls himself the mooch. Referred to priebus as a paranoid schizophrenic this week and now hes the sixth member of the Trump Administration to resign or be fired since february. Amid this change, President Trump began his day in a similar and familiar fashion as he does on many a weekend, many a day on twitter. He slammed the republicans for failing to Pass Health Care reform and he complained about the russia investigation. Our reporters are covering every angle of the white house shakeup. We begin with Caitlyn Collins live and Diane Gallagher in washington as well.
Putin, but will he confront putin with russias election meddling. Will he offer what they want to settle the relationship . President trump is in poland after his foreign trip angered european leaders on his first visit. How will he handle the crucial summit meetings there . An ambush. A new York City Police officer, a mother of three, shot in the head as she sits in a marked vehicle. They call it an assassination. Whats behind the deadly ambush. Im jim sciutto. Youre in the situation room. Announcer this is cnn breaking news. Breaking news, the United Nations Security Council holds a security session today after north koreas longrange missile, long enough to reach alaska. North korea says it can carry a nuclear warhead. The u. S. And south korea have carried out their own missile drill in response. U. N. Ambassador nikki haley warns that the u. S. Is prepared to defend itself and its Lindsay Lohan lies. They called out china for doing business, quote, in an out law regime. President t
Ships but were all in the same boat now. Also involved, pretty Remarkable Exchange between two people in the room last week when this Profane Language was reportedly used. You have democrat senator dick durbin who said the president said shole repeatedly so he got to grill homeland secretary neilson. To secretary nielsen and her word this is morning, she said under oath she did not remember President Trump saying the profanity but did admit to hearing a lot of tough language or curse words. Here she was. What i heard him saying was that he would like to move away from a countrybased quota system to a meritbased system so it shouldnt matter where youre from. It should matter what you can contribute to the United States. How did he characterize those countries in africa . In i dont specifically remember a categorization of countries in africa. I think what he was saying, as far as best i could tell and, you know, there were about a dozen people in the room acres lot of cross conversation
Behind closed doors, much of that time reportedly spent refusing to answer questions. Bannon talked about his time on the trump campaign, but then refused to discuss the transition or his time in the west wing of the white house. Thats what earned him a subpoena, issued right there on the spot as Kristen Welker and mike menlie reports tonight. Steve bannon told lawmakers that the white house instructed him not to answer questions related to his tenure as a Top White House adviser. Prompting a rare subpoena to compel testimony. It was apparently not enough to compel bannon who reportedly continued to refuse to talk about conversations even outside the west wing. The scope of this assertion of privilege if thats what it is is breathtaking. If the white house is permitted to maintain that kind of a gag rule on a witness, no congressional investigation could ever be effective. This obviously cant stand. We expect to have mr. Bannon back in, we hope very soon with a different position by th