Complying with the president s request to intervene would be inappropriate. Cnn has already reported the president asked coates and the nsa director mike rogers to publicly deny his campaign cooperated with russia in the 2016 election. Sources told cnn both coates and rogers were uncomfortable with the president s request and refused to comply. The white house still cant or wont confirm that President Trump has confidence in attorney general Jeff Sessions. This as a source close to sessions tells cnn the ag offered to resign after a series of Heated Exchanges between two. The frustration brewing since sessions recused himself from the russian probe three months ago starting a chain of events that led to the appointment of special counsel robert mueller. For now we get Cnns Jim Acosta at the white house. Reporter the white house still cannot say whether President Trump has confidence in attorney general Jeff Sessions. Earlier in the day at the preefg White House Press Secretary Sean Spi
Pope francis have not always exchanged the kindest of words with one another. After they met privately President Trump said he would never forget what the pope told him when they had the expanded audience. The pope was making some jokes with Melania Trump, asking her what she feeds the president if its pizza. She responded yes pizza. More of a light hearted meeting. Remember this is after President Trump then candidate trump had some sharp words for the pope. The pope suggested if youre talking about building barriers and not bridges youre not christian. President trump said that was a disgraceful comment to make. So obviously a very different tone, different images coming out of their brief meeting today. After that President Trump toured saint peters basilica. S the president and first lady will go their separate ways. The president is set to meet with the italian president and italian Prime Minister. Melania trump will visit a Childrens Hospital. Then they will hop back on to air fo
16th. A difficult day in this country for some. We begin with President Trump at a stunning News Conference, the president making a dramatic pivot in charlottesville reverting back to his original vague response to saturday blaming both sides for the unrest equating White Supremacists with counterprotesters. During a Combative Exchange with reporters there in the trump tower lobby, the president says those protesters were also the aggressors. When asked if he was putting them on the same moral plane, again, people who gathered to protest racism and people who were holding up homemade shields and tiki torches he said this. You had a group on one side and you had a group on the other and they came at each other with clubs and it was vicious and it was a horrible thing to watch but there is another side. There was a group on this side. You can call them the left. Youve just called them the left that came violently attacking the other group so you can say what you want but thats the way it
Coast of okinawa, japan. The plane was headed to the uss Ronald Reagan Aircraft Carrier in the philippines sea. Already this year four u. S. Navy warships have been involved in accidents in those waters. Cnns ivan watson was in okinawa on a Different Navy ship. Hes been following the developments all morning from hong kong. There are some survivors but theres still so many questions to be answered. Reporter thats right and we dont know the state the current state of those survivors. Those details coming from the Japanese Defense minister who says that eight of the 11 passengers and crew have been rescued from what he identified as a c2 transport plane. Now, that is an aircraft fixed wing that has two propellers and is used by the nay va to land on board Aircraft Carriers and be catapulted off and the navy says in its statement that the crash took place within the last five hours in the philippines sea, somewhere off the coast of the japanese island of okinawa. It hasnt explained why th
Solve it. Its 5 00 a. M. In the east. No matter where you are in the United States it appears you might be in range of the latest missile tested by north korea. The kim jongun reseem claims the Intercontinental Ballistic Missile tested yesterday as a new type topped with what it called a super large heavy war head capable of striking the u. S. Mainland. That threat reinforce by defense secretary james mattis. It went higher, frankly, than any previous shot theyve taken. If the research and Development Effort on their part continue building Ballistic Missiles that could threaten everywhere in the world basically. The launch was north koreas first since september. It came despite repeated warnings from president after threatening fire and fury in august, the president with a more measured tone yesterday. I will only tell you that we will take care of it. We have general mattis in the room with us and weve had a long discussion on it. It is a situation that we will handle. Not every react