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Swearing in photoon with members of Congress Expected to come any moment now. This as Congress Already making major headlis. Last night House Republicans defied their leadership and voted in private to change the office of congressional ethics from an independent office to a yup that would have reported to a Congressional Committee and followed different rules. But after a huge outcry this afternoon republicans reversed course, scrapped those plans. All the details there in just a moment. Big ne...

Of those arrested have violent criminal histories. The man overseeing ice, the new Homeland Security, john kelly, had this to say. Well, first of all, theyre not rounding anyone up. The people that ice apprehend are people who are illegal and then some. Ice is executing the law. So fear is now rippling through immigrant communities. I want to talk about whats happening in california right now. Protesters concerned about these raids, blocked an onramp to the 101 freeway in los angeles. Up with th...

Later by this. Peaceful protests are a hallmark of a democracy. Even if i dont always agree i respect peoples rights to express their views. Millions of people took to the streets to express their displeasure. They were joined by hundreds of thousands of others across the country and around the globe. John roberts live from the white house today. Reporter a real scene in washington with that womens march. I took a walk behind the white house where people had left thousands of placards and signs ...

London on alert after a terrorist tried to storm the houses of parliament, but not before leaving several dead. We go live to london. Good morning. A lot going on. Welcome to early start. Im christine romans. Im dave briggs. We start with history being made today one way or the other. Republicans will take the vote to actually repealing and replacing the Affordable Care act or we could see a staggering blow against obamacare and perhaps the entire trump agenda. The white house deep in a furious ...

Expensive. Im brig business. Its wednesday, april 26th. 5 00 a. M. In the east. White house reaching for an old playbook slamming a federal judge who blocked an executive order. This time its judge william orrick, temporarily halting enforcement of president trumps executive order on sanctuary cities. President says his order would withhold billions of dollars from jurisdictions that refuse to cooperate with immigration enforcement. Orrick found San Francisco and other jurisdictions suing to ove...

Fairing consideration just as we did for the nominees of newly elected president s clinton and obama. Lets start with Peter Alexander who is at the white house this afternoon. Peter, it would seem as if the gauntlet has been thrown down. Reporter the bottom line is, donald trump made this point. He didnt defer to the senate as one president might have done in the past. But Mitch Mcconnell has insisted that he believes that he has the necessary votes. They think they can get the 60 votes that wou...

Burgdorf. Plus, chapel hill finds redemption. Big night. First, Senate Republicans are preparing to invoke the socalled Nuclear Option as the confirmation of president Trumps Supreme Court nominee neil gorsuch heads toward a dramatic final vote. Yesterday the Senate Judiciary Committee Approved gorsuchs nomination in an 119 vote. It went along party lines. That vote essentially served as a preview of what will likely be a seismic contentious vote by the full senate. At some point today Mitch Mcc...

Unfolding behind closed doors tonight . And north korea attack. The Trump Administration officially blames kim jonguns regime for a global cyber strike that crippled hundreds of thousands of computers and critical infrastructure. Could a fullscale cyber war be in the works . We want to welcome our viewers in the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. Announcer this is cnn breaking news. Breaking tonight, a Surprising New snag for republicans, as they pu...

This is cnn breaking news. Breaking news tonight. New details of the ambush that killed four american soldiers in niger. Joint chiefs chairman general Joseph Dunford just held a lengththy News Conference amid growing demands for more information. D dunford said an investigation is continuing but he revealed for the first time that the u. S. Troops were returning to their base when they were attacked by whats believed to be a local isis affiliate. And he said it was an hour into the firefight bef...

The east. Super bowl is set. Well get into that shortly i do hope. Well talk some football. Well start with the Government Shutdown entering day three. As christine said, at noon today in the senate, a key vote on a measure to reopen the federal government through february 8th. New to this deal last night, republican leader Mitch Mcconnells intention to take up a bill that extends protection for dreamers. Republicans hope mcconnells promise will lure enough democrats to turn the governments ligh...