Or prove hes been putting out false information about his predecessor. How is the white house preparing . Reporter hi, ana. They seem to be preparing by standing ground, not backing down from the president s allegations made two weeks ago. We heard the president himself do so just yesterday at that Press Conference with germanys chancellor Angela Merkel and in an interview last week. Shown sho White House PressSecretary Sean Spicer has said that the president is confident evidenced will come out that will vindicate him. But spicer also claimed that the British Intelligence service helped President Obama spy on tencandidate trump in trump tower. That claim has been denied vehemently by the british, also by a top u. S. National security official. And so, but the white house doesnt seem to be showing any outward concern about what the fbi director and set to say on monday. And as you noted, he is expected
really tough position, trying to substantiate this tweet. There doesnt seem to be any evidence that backs this up. This week the white house seemed to Task House Intelligence chairman devin nunes with putting this claim to rest. They had nunes come out. He said that there was no evidence to back this up. They kept referring reporters to the house and Senate Intelligence committees when asked of evidence of these claims. Then when you look at how President Trump himself has referred to the Wiretapping Claims in the weeks since hes made them, hes sort of tried to move the goalpost as to what counts as wiretapping. Its no longer what we would think of in the traditional sense of communications, but now the white house is indicating maybe if theres evidence of incidental collection they would consider that as a substantiation of President Trumps claims. Thats not necessarily going to get him out of this trouble politically, though, because in the traditional sense thats not what wiretapping means. To investigate how this got out there. He wants to know who leaked this information. So, you know, putting the wiretap thing to bed, laying that to rest, is kind of the first step in this process. Its fascinating that the president doesnt seem to want to let this go, again, bringing it up yesterday with Angela Merkel. But that is going to be all the congressional investigators, bipartisan, are ready to be done with this. Thats going to be the first step on monday. And this hearing was supposed to be more about the broader Russian Investigation or looking into russias involvement in the election. And then this Wiretapping Claim happened, and the rest is history, so to speak. Tim, you wrote an oped for cnn, spin for the sake of president ial reputation is a normal part of political life. But there is spin and there is spreading poison. Even richard nixon, who you
describe as the most conspiracy minded president , would be taken aback by Whats Going On today in terms of this Wiretapping Claim. Explain further what you mean. A couple of things. On monday we will get evidence, i suspect, that donald trump tweeted without actually any evidence whatsoever and alleged that his predecessor wiretapped him. This means that we have a president now who is willing to go public with allegations without any information from his Intelligence Community. Thats really bad. And that raises is there any precedent of other president s doing something similar . We could spend a whole night talking about times where president s have lied to the american people. The reason we had a credibility vap during vietnam was that lbj, lyndon johnson, didnt Tell The Truth about how the war was going. So this is nothing new. Its still bad. Its not something you want to see. What makes this really bad is
whether he is a republican or a democrat. What this white house is doing is rather than owning up to the fact that the president tweeted without any evidence, theyre trying to cast blame. And not only are they blaming the Intelligence Community. Theyre blaming our allies, the british. Right. Thats completely irresponsible. There is a time, its two months into this administration, this is the time for the president , donald trump, to be serious about the u. S. Intelligence community, to take its information seriously, not to trust it always, but to take it seriously and to show the respect for it that every previous president since we developed a modern Intelligence Community under franklin roosevelt, every previous one showed that respect. Its time for donald trump to do it. He cant be playing these political games and think that this country looks good. We look very foolish as a nation when he is chasing phantoms as he has been. Do you think that this has an
impact on the u. S. s reputation, especially with our allies . As tim brought up, the president and the administration, sean spicer on behalf of the president , dragged britain, perhaps our greatest ally, into this wiretapping scandal. Certainly i think that there is a certain amount of built into the expectations of our allies when theyre dealing with President Trump. They do know that theyre not dealing with President Obama, theyre not dealing with someone who is as cool headed and as measured as the former president. And so their expectations have been recalibrated. That being said, this isnt necessarily good for diplomacy. It doesnt help to have President Trump and Rex Tillerson or nikki haley or anyone else from his cabinet having sort of inconsistent messages at any given time. It should help that the entire cabinet should be on the same page when theyre dealing with our allies. So obviously President Trump and the white house, its in their best interest to put this
wiretapping situation to bed. Tom is absolutely right, the best thing for the white house and what they want right now is just to move on to the situation. As to why they keep referring reporters and anyone with a question to the house and Senate Intelligence committee, thats why they want to pick a fight with anyone who asks them about these Wiretapping Tweets in the briefing room. They just want the story to end. Because they havent been able to provide a back story for those tweets, its not going anywhere. Sarah, tom, thanks to all of you. Live in the cnn newsroom, Secretary Of StateRex Tillerson about to have a crucial meeting with the chinese president. Breaking news just in, north koreas leader kim jong un has reportedly ordered and overseen a Military Test just as the u. S. And chinese leaders were about to sit down and discuss north koreas heightened rhetoric. Well go live for the latest on this breaking story when we come back. A modern way to pay. Its sold out. Dont fret, my friend. I masterpassed it
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is, what kind of power this has, what kind of impact on the overall Missile Development program in north korea. Were still trying to figure that out at this point. This is still coming into the newsroom. Its important to understand the context surrounding all this. North korea has been extremely busy as of late with dozens of Ballistic Missile tests since the beginning of 2016. And lately theyve made a lot of progress in terms of moving that technology forward. One thing weve seen recently is how theyve changed the way their rockets are fueled. They went from rockets that are liquidfueled rockets to rockets that are fueled by a solid state fuel. That means you can launch the rocket much faster. That presented a significant step forward. The north koreans are taking steps towards developing an intercontinental Ballistic Missile that they could test at some point. Is this new high thrust engine, as the North Korea State Media is calling it right now, does that have to do with their
development of a potential icbm . Were not sure yet. Its adding to what weve seen out of north korea recently, which is a continued development, a continued push to develop that Ballistic Missile test. And the Ballistic Missile program that they have up there in the face of all these u. N. Sanctions, all this tough talk from the United States and china. It does appear that the north koreans are moving ahead and moving ahead at quite a clip. Elise, it does seem like theres been quite a lot happening when it comes to aggressive military action. Reporter thats right, ana. And as matt said, in addition to these intermediate and Medium Range Missile tests, my colleague, Pentagon Colleague barbara starr, put out some reporting just yesterday that there have been signs that u. S. Intelligence has been looking at that the north koreans were getting ready to test some kind of engine. Theres been a lot of activity at some of their sites. Theyve been trying to mask it, to confuse everybody, but theres been a lot of activity that led them to believe that there would be some kind of engine missile test. As we know, as matt said, the north koreans have been working on this intercontinental Ballistic Missile. Theyre medium range technology in terms of those missiles, they continue to perfect that. And so there is a concern that this is moving them, inching them closer to some kind of engine and all the equipment for an intercontinental Ballistic Missile. And to show the u. S. Has been watching this closely, you have the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, general dunford, putting out a statement the other day, speaking with his south korean counterparts, saying the two discussed changes in the north Korean Nuclear and missile threat, and talking about possible response actions. So obviously the u. S. Has been looking at this very closely. And there is evidence to believe that north korea could be working on another nuclear test. So all of this certainly very concerning to the u. S. President trump came in with a warning from President Obama and certainly the Trump Administration feels this is one of the gravest National Security threats facing the u. S. Of course the timing of this is also interesting. You remember it was back on February 11th when north korea fired off a Ballistic Missile test during the visit by the japanese Prime Minister here to the u. S. Right now we have the Secretary Of State, Rex Tillerson, visiting china, and we know north korea is on the agenda as part of that discussion. How significant is it that this happens during tillersons visit there in that region, elise . Reporter i think its very significant, particularly in light of the messages that Secretary Tillerson is delivering, that hes very concerned about the imminent north korean threat. The last 20 years of policy,
tillerson said, has failed, and the u. S. Is looking at new options. He signaled theyre going to be a lot tougher. And you know that north korea, just as they did with President Trumps meeting with Prime Minister abe, launching that missile, the north koreans want to get the attention of the u. S. So obviously you have to put it into that context. But it doesnt make the threat, ana, any greater or any less. With every test that north korea makes, whether theyre doing it obviously they want to get attention and the love to be provocative. But with every test they make, they grow closer to having the kind of technology that would really be a Disaster Scenario for the u. S. And for europe, and certainly for south korea and japan. So this is very concerning to the u. S. And not just the fact that he did it with Secretary Tillerson there. I think that way it actually benefits Secretary Tillerson when he goes into this meeting
with chinese president xi jinping very shortly, to say, look at the threat were facing, we really have to double down, when president xi comes next month to meet with President Trump, and he will be setting the table for that meeting today. It certainly makes the threat much more real. All right, elise labott, matt rivers, thank you so much. Recappi recapping, the u. S. Getting word that north korea has tested some new technology, theyre calling it high thrust engine technology. Were working to gather more details. Well be right back. About your brokerage fees. Tion fees . What did you have in mind . I dont know. 4. 95 per trade . Uhhh. And i was wondering if your brokerage offers some sort of guarantee . Guarantee . Where we can get our fees and commissions back if were not happy. So can you offer me what schwab is offering . Whats with all the questions . Ask your broker if theyre offering 4. 95 online Equity Trades and a satisfaction guarantee. If you dont like their answer, ask again at schwab. Today, unlimited gets the network it deserves. Verizon. mic thuds uh, sorry. Its unlimited without compromising reliability, on the largest, most advanced 4g Lte Network in america. thud uh. Sorry, last thing. Its just 45 per line. Forty. Five. cheering and applause and that is all the microphones that i have. vo unlimited on verizon. 4 lines, just 45 per line. And roll, he influenced various Generations Of Rock Stars and left his mark with johnny b. Goode, roll over beethoven. Bruce springsteen hailed berry as the greatest rocker of all time. Here is a look back at his legendary career. Reporter chuck berry was one of the pioneers of Rock And Roll. His powerful guitar licks fueled hit songs such as johnny b. Goode, maybelline and roll over beethoven. During the 50s and 60s, the singers ability to seamlessly blend r b and rock made a strong impact on the beatles and the rolling stones, to name a few. I lifted every lick he ever
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