And the circumstances, which everyone working under there are beyond extraordinary and extraordinarily difficult. It is unlike anything the presidency has seen over faced before and my lifetime. There are five forces that are actively working to destroy, damage, delegitimize and if they had their way, they want to rotten the president out of office and overturn the election that you voted in. There really is a swamp and a sewer in washington, d. C. We start with the most dangerous, the most dangerous of all the actors against the president is the deep state. Look at this headline from circuit news and sarah carter. Exclusive, a top fbi lawyer, their chief counsel allegedly under investigation. Why . Leaking classified information to the media. So you have the fbi general counsel, the top attorney now under investigation for leaking National Security information to the media. And of course, he of the former, james comey writing memos on government computers, classified information we ar
President s outrage this hour. Filling the void. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson says hurt u. S. Russia relations, with the kremlin now. How will the Trump Administration respond . A and. Hes looking at a white house. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. And he hopes that recent white house shakeups might tame President Trumps twitter are proved false. The president made a tirade a few moments ago against senator blumenthal who he has targeted previously and he will join us shortly to talk about the president s attacks and the russia investigation. Meanwhile, Deputy Attorney general Rod Rosenstein is defending the probe, saying its not a fishing expedition as critics have charged. With the investigation said to have now expanded to send troops to russia, Robert Muller can enlarge the scope of his probe if its deemed appropriate. And north korea is vowing the u. S. Will pay dearly for tough sanctions approved by the United Nations as punishment for pyongyangs aggressive nuclea
Young whom is sleeper story of successful Democratic Politics thus far this year, electoral politics. No National Profile at all but success is following here. Sleeper Democratic Political success story. Speak with senator warren. Big story, looking forward to it. Breaking news about the Alabama Senate race and republican candidate in that race. Breaking news tonight, chris hayes was covering it as story break in the Washington Post. From the remarkable team who broke open the story last week. Last week four named women told Washington Post that roy moore, then Deputy District Attorney had approached them for sexual romantic encounters when they were teenagers and he was in his 30s. One of the women said she was 14 when roy moore approached her and described what to her was scary and unwanted sexual encounter with him. After those four came forward on thursday, fifth came forward monday in press conference with her attorney said roy moore assaulted her violently in locked car at 16 yea
Miles an hour in some areas there. Millions of americans are without electricity right now as the power grid for that entire island is knocked out. Puerto ricos governor says it may take months to restore. And this morning were also learning of dozens of families now being rescued from floodwaters as flash flood warnings now blanket every inch of the island. Meantime at least 14 people are confirmed dead in the island nation of dominica. The government there saying those spared are now, quote, in survival mode as the food and water have run out and looting is widespread. Cnns Michael Holmes surveyed the devastation from the air. Reporter the damage is island wide. Whether its a town or village there is debris covering the landscape like confetti. Houses ripped open, torn apart, roofs gone. We saw some cars moving, but no people. We did see evidence of numerous landslides on this mountainous island. The usually blue green sea rendered brown in places from the earth scent swepts into it.
Primary. Even deleted tweets on his dpeeted candidate. Rubbing salt his wounds, he was ousted by backer steve bannon. And help on the way, millions are low on food in storm ravaged puerto rico. Cnn gets exclusive access to military ship with supplies. But with commercial shipping and air traffic severely limited, can enough help get there in time . Im wolf blitzer here in the situation room. This is cnn breaking news. Breaking news, president reveals plan to cut taxes and simplify tax rates. The president calls it a once in a generation opportunity. But insists the plan wont have the richest americans, including himself. He says the plan will bring back jobs and wealth to the economy. But its short on details and lawmakers will have to figure out how to pay for it. The push on taxes follows the latest failed effort by the president and the gop leadership to pass a health care bill. President insists republicans have the votes. But not right now. And at the same time, says heel negotiat