A crucial week for the president ahead with the legislative agenda. Supreme court legacy and his credibility. All on the line. The drama starts this morning with two big hearings on the hill. Hours, fbi director James Comey Testifies to the house intelligence committee. He is expected to contradict the committee saying the campaign was not wiretapped on orders from president obama. Comey is likely to be asked about alleged russian interfe interference in the election and if there was collusion with the campaign and russians. Let the grilling begin. Day one for hearings for neil gorsuch. Lets start with the testimony. Cnns ryan nobles has the latest from washington. Reporter dave and christine, this is the first time lawmakers can get fbi director james comey to say publicly what the agency learned about President Trumps claims that president Obama Wiretapped him at trump tower. The white house refused to back down. By republicans and democrats saying there is no evidence to back up the president s claim. In addition to pressing comey on the wiretap issue, expect the members of congress to ask if the fbi is able to conclude if the russians were working directly with the campaign to get him elected. The Republican House chair nunes says he has not seen anything to suggest collusion. Adam schiff is not sure. Have you seen any collusion of what i will call trump world or campaign officials, trump world and the russians to swing the election . Ill give you a simple answer. No. There is circumstantial evidence. Thats where we begin the investigation. Reporter and this divide is where it could break down. If it breaks down over party lines, that is dangerous. It is something the house and senate promised they worked to avo avoid. Republicans and democrats not on the same page about the russian influence on the election. Both parties are clear. No one has provided any evidence of the wiretap claim. That is a point that could be emphasized today. Dave and christine. Thank you, ryan. Cnn will have live coverage of the hearing with fbi director james com james comey which begins at 9 00 a. M. On the senate side of the capitol, hearings for the Supreme Court pick. Neil gorsuch. The question hanging over the nomination, what will Senate Democrats do . Gorsuch needs 60 votes to win Senate Confirmation. Eight democrats have to cross the aisle and vote for him. Republicans are confident to corral enough, partly on those facing reelection. Many democrats are still angry that president obamas Supreme Court nominee never got a hearing last year. They may look to retaliate and dig in their heels against gorsuch. Senator Richard Blumenthal vowing against gorsuch. Donald trump has established a lit big local stomus test. Promising he will nominate someone to overturn roe v. Wade. We have to assume he has met the litmus test. Are you prepared to filibuster . Not only filibuster, but use every tool that we have if he is in fact out of the mainstream. But republicans are making clear they will do what it takes to get gorsuch on the High Court Even if that means changing senate rules to cut off the possibility of a filibuster. Republicans are expected to raise gorsuch and play up the similarities of the man he is to replace. Antonin scalia. The hearing is expected to last four days. Republicans vote fhopefully nex month. They are very angry of the treatment of the candidate under president obama. Exciting week in general. We have healthcare reform. A top priority for President Trump. Meeting with House Speaker paul ryan and tom price and the key architect of obamacare. They need to pass the repeal and replace bill. More than two dozen republicans, 26 i think is the number here, against the measure or leaning against the measure. That is enough to kill the bill if no minds are changed. The Trump Administration says it may be willing to phase out medicaid earlier to satisfy. Republican leaders are aware the further the bill is moved to the right, the harder it is to pass in the senate as the medicaid changes are on Older Americans. The house needs better support on that demographic. We believe we need to ada additional assistance to the people into the older system. You are right in saying we agree and we believe we should have more assistance. That is what we are looking at. Older and poorer and rural americans. They have a long way to go. Top white house aides are divided over changes to the Health Care Overhaul with president ial adviser steve bannon with a different approach and Reince Priebus on paul ryans sdrat gstrategy. Aarp is calling the bill a tax on Older Americans. In a statement, aarp says it recognizes the vote on the harmful legislation that creates an age tax, cuts the life of medicare and gives sweetheart deals to drug company and doing nothing to lower the cost of health care. We intend on letting 38 members know how the representatives voted. Aarp uses this report. Premiums would rise under this new republican plan. More than half of your income for health care. They pay more because it charges Older Americans four to five times what younger americans pay. Aarp is on the offensive. You heard paul ryan talking about the cohort. Interesting term. Budget talk. Okay. We get it. We hear you. It should be a tough needle to thread here. The Trump Administration revised travel ban suffering another setback in court. Derrick watson wants to clarify the scope of the ruling. That means the 90day ban on six mostly muslim nations and 120day ban on all refugees remains halted. You may recall it was seven countries under the first ban. One country removed is iraq. The iraqi Prime Minister abadi is slated to meet with trump. Following the meeting, mr. Trump will go to louisville, kentucky to hold a rally this evening. Hillary clinton is letting the world know she is through licking her wounds. The defeated democratic nominee for president speaking to a crowd at the st. Patricks day event in scranton, pennsylvania. I am ready to come out of the woods. And to shine a light on what is already happening around kitchen tables and at dinners like this to help draw strength that will enable everybody to keep up. Out of the woods. Mrs. Clinton told the crowd she and her friends are having a hard time watching the news today. Do we take offense . Im just the messenger. I will say what will that role be . Where is the leadership going to come from in the Democratic Party . What will that leadership be . Two men detained at the white house in one day . Secret service under scrutiny with a string of others. 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Her alleged kidnapping is believe to be armed and dangerous. Police have received tips from 24 states. Thomas and her captor were last tracked to colorado. A wildfire appears to be human caused. Over 60 acres of woods scorched near the university of colorado. The fire only 50 contained as of last night. Much of colorado battling drought conditions. Hope they can get that under control. Disneys live action version of beauty the beast saying hello to big dough. Bon jour. There goes the baker. Thats emma watson. Shes lovely. The biggest march debut of all time. Earnings 170 million. The best Opening Weekend of 2017. The film raked in 350 million. Remake of the 1991 remake of the classic disney story. They hit it out of the park. I begged my 5yearold to see it with me. She said no. I begged my boys to go. They said im crazy. It is not just little girls. I think the beast is scary for the little ones. Suspense building for pivotal hearing in the russian meddling in the election. Will russia Pay Attention . How officials in moscow are responding next. Did i eres only one special edition . Because, actually theres five. Ooohh aaaahh uh hooooly mackerel. Wow. Nice. Strength and style. Its truck month. Get 0 financing for 60 months plus find your tag and get 5500 on select Chevy Silverado pickups when you finance with gm financial. Find new roads at your local chevy dealer. Fbi director james comey expected to shine new light on the investigation into russias meddling in the 2016 election. The Intelligence Community says russia hacked the dnc and the campaign to help trump win. Cnns Nick Paton Walsh is live for us. Reporter theyre pretending they will not Pay Attention, saying they are too busy and wont be watching. That is from the kremlin spokesperson. He said they dont expect any details from the hearing. A broken record with a future song. Theres two different ways to look at how moscow is feeling about the enormous amount of noise of the alleged interventi intervention. They are relishing the idea that they are able to influence the ca campaign from afar. As global puppets. On the other side, it does box them in in terms of white house policy. Trump is absent in saying negative things about Vladimir Putin. It is tough for him to come up with policy that may suit russian interests or lead to something between russia and washington because of the suspected collusion. That is the mess were in right now. Im sure there will be some delighted to see the bickering that the accusations. Asked about putin over the weekend and trump called him a tough cookie. That is all he had to say. We know the government is pretending not to listen. What about the people and the press . Reporter state tv is addressing this and appears to be less glowing of donald trump in the past few weeks. When trump calls putin a cookie, consider the statement. Vladimir putin is a man who grew up after world war ii poverty stricken at times. Rose up with the kgb to be president of the country. Very different men from different backgrounds. Looking forward. Thank you, nick. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson fresh off the visit from asia is set to meet with President Trump today. He spent time in china paving the way with president jinpings meeting with trump. That visit overshadowed with the concerns of north korea and the rocket test. Lets get more from cnns will ripley. They like to steal headlines when things are happening in the neighborhood. Reporter this rocket test happened at the same time that secretary of state Rex Tillerson was meeting with president xi jinping. Focus to set up a bigger meeting between President Trump and president xi in washington. Chatting and both sides trying to feel each other out. Tillerson saying all options on the table with north korea. Including a military response which makes beijing nervous. Beijing wants the u. S. To stop the joint exercises. U. S. Thinks china is not using the economic leverage over north korea. China is north koreas only meaningful trading partner. We hear japan held the first evacuation drills in response to north koreas missile tests. Reporter this is interesting to see happening in the village less than 200 miles from where the tests landed. You see the School Children practicing with north Korea Missiles raining down. You talk to the older people who left fie lived through world war ii. They had to worry about aerial bombardment from the United States. And japan suffered from two nuclear attacks. A lot of people fearful right now. Will ripley, thank you. A very important week for President Trump. His agenda on the line as his Supreme Court picks confirmation hearings begin. A crucial vote. The gop plan to replace obamacare looms and the head of the fbi testifying today about the russian interference in the u. S. Election. We will attempt to cover it all next. Listerine® kills 99 of bad breath germs for a 100 fresh mouth. Feeling 100 means you feel bold enough to. Assist a magician. Or dance. Listerine®. Bring out the bold™ moment of truth. Fbi director james comey set to testify on russian meddling into the u. S. Election. In the hearing, comey is expected to deny the president s unfounded claims that president Obama Wiretapped trump tower. That is something that could humiliate the president as he goes into what could be the most important week of his presidency. With hearings for Supreme Court pick beginning today and a vote over the gop plan to replace obamacare looming. Welcome back to early start. Im dave briggs. Im christine romans. 31 minutes past the hour. Another crucial week ahead for President Trump. The Supreme Court legacy and credibility on the line here. The drama with hearings on the hill. In hours, fbi director James Comey Testifies before the committee he is expected to contradict the president telling the lawmakers the trump tower was not wiretapped on orders from president obama. Comey is likely to be asked about alleged russian interference about the election and collusion with the Trump Campaign and russians. Later this morning, democrats may take aim at nominee neil gorsuch as the Senate Confirmation hearings begin. Lets start with the fbi directors testimony. Cnns ryan mobinobles has more. Reporter this is the first time lawmakers can get james comey to state publicly what the department has learned about the wiretapping trump tower allegations. The white house refused to back down as republicans and democrats saying there is no evidence to back up the president s claim. Now in addition to pressing comey on the wiretap issue, expect the members of congress to ask if the fbi is able to conclude if the rushsians were working directly with the campaign to help the republican. This is something the campaign has denied. The house chairman devin nunes has not seen anything to suggest collusion. Have you seen any evidence of any collusion between what ill call trump world and the russians . Ill give you a simple answer. No. There is circumstantial evidence of collusion. There is direct evidence of deception, i think. Thats where we begin the investigation. Reporter this divide could be where the congressional investigation could break down. If the findings of the committee break down over party lines, that is where there is danger that the probe could be written off by critics as too political. The leaders of the house and senate promised they will work to avoid. Republicans and democrats are not on the same page about russian influence on the election. Both parties are clear. No one is able to provide any evidence to support the president s wiretap claim. That is a point that could be emphasized during todays hearing . Dave and christine . Ryan, thanks for that. Busy day. No question. Cnn will have live coverage of the House Committee here with james comey. That begins in a few hours at 9 00 a. M. Eastern here on cnn. On the senate side of the capitol, hearings begin for the Supreme Court pick neil gorsuch. The big question hanging over the nomination, what will Senate Democrats do . Gorsuch needs 60 votes for confirmation in the senate. That means eight democrats cross the aisle to vote for him. Republicans are confident to get those to cross the aisle. Many democrats are still angry that president obamas nominee never got a hearing last year. Senator Richard Blumenthal vowing to fight the nomination if he will rule against abortion rights. President trump has established a litmus test. Promising he would nominate someone to overturn roe v. Wade. If he is forthcoming in that claim, we have to assume he has met the litmus test. If he does fail, are you prepared to potentially filibuster . Not only filibuster, but use every tool we have if he is, in fact, out of the mainstream. Republicans are making clear they will do what it takes to get gorsuch on the high court. Even if it means to cut off senate rules. Republicans are expected to praise gorsuchs record and play up the similarities between he and antonin scalia. Republicans ro republicans hope for a vote next month. It seems they will hold fire for a bigger fight. This may not be worth. We will see. Healthcare reform a top priority. President trump will meet with paul ryan and tom price and the key architect of obamacare. House republicans scrambling to pass repeal and res place bill ahead of thursdays floor vote. More than two dozen republicans are against the measure or leaning that way. 26 by our count. Enough to kill the bill. Trump administration signaling it may be willing to phase out the Medicaid Expansion earlier to satisfy conservative critics. Republican leaders are aware the further they move the bill to the right, the harder it will be to pass in the senate. The House Speaker conceding changes may be needed to better support that demographic. We believe that we do need to ada additional an assistanassis. If the person in the 50s and 60s has Additional Health costs. The tax credit adjusts for that. We agree and we should have more assistance. That is what we are looking at. A source tells cnn Top White House aides favoring a more conservative approach. Reince priebus advocating for paul ryans strategy. I thought it was notable there is a demographic that needs help. You have aarp pushing hard on the quote ages tax. People who supported donald trump. Older, lower income, rural americans would be hit according to aarp under the law. And we are right where we wanted to be with the bill. Fascinating. The Trump Administration suffering another setback in court. U. S. District judge denying the request to clarify the scope of the decision to block the executive order. Judge watson insisting there is nothing unclear about the scope of the ruling. That means the 90day ban and the 120day ban remains halted. You may recall it was seven countries under the first ban. One country removed is iraq. Later today, iraqi Prime Minister abadi is slated to meet with President Trump to talk about the fight against isis and economic assistance. Following that, mr. Trump will hold a rally in louisville, kentucky. Bill gates makes an appearance at the white house. Opposed to the budget cuts to foreign aid. In a blog post, gates cited the Ebola Outbreak and hiv programs. Gates says, quote, when you help a mother save her childs life, she never forgets. Withdrawing now would cost lives, but a leadership vacuum that others would happily fill. Gates is expected to talk with the president. He then met with president elect trump in december. After that meeting, they discussed innovation and health and foreign aid. The bill and Melinda Gates foundation funded foreign programs. Hillary clinton letting the world know she is through licking her wounds and leaving her low profile behind. Listen to the former democratic nominee speak at the st. Patricks day event in scranton, pennsylvania. I am ready to come out of the woods. And to shine the light on what is already happening around kitchen tables and dinners like this to help draw strength that will enable everybody to keep going. Mrs. Clinton told the crowd she and her friends are having a hard time watching the news these days. We take no offense. We are just the messenger. White House Secret Service under scrutiny. Two men setoff alarms at the white house in one day. More on that next. Two new security incidents at the white house this weekend. Saturday night, secret service detained a man who claimed to have in his vehicle. Earlier, a man was arrested for jumping over a bike rack at the white house. Police still helping for a clue this morning, seven days after a 15yearold tennessee girl abducted by a teacher at her high school. Elizabeth thomas alleged kidnapper, tad cummins is believed to be armed and dangerous. Police received 250 tips from 24 states. None located the girl. Thomas and cap sdtor were track to alabama. Dwight clark diagnosed with als. The former wide receiver for the 49ers posting that online. Clark says he lost significant function in the right hand and lower back. He can no longer walk long li distances. He hopes the league and Players Union Work Together to make the game safer. A terrific guy. You never hear a bad word. College basketballs sweet 16 is set. Duke is out. That is your team . That is my team and bracket. The blue devils stunned by seventh seeded south carolina. 8881. Duke led by 7 at the half, but gamescocks shooting better than 70 in the second half. North carolina remains in the acc. South carolina going 44 years without an ncaa tournament win. Needless to say, your top trending story on twitter this morning. People love to hate duke. That is a tough one for basketball. My cyclones are out. The live action version of beauty the beast is saying hello to big dough. Bon jour. There goes the Baker Emma Watson as belle. It broke the record for the biggest march debut earning 170 million. The best Opening Weekend of 2017 so far. Apparently people need a break from basketball. The film raked in 350 million worldwide. A very big hit for disney live action remake of a remake of a remake. Looks fantastic. I cant wait to see gaston. Bon jour. More bad news for uber. Another executive leaving the company. We will tell you why. Another bad headline for uber. Why he ended his stint with the company in six short months. We will have a check on cnn money stream next. Fbi director james comey expected to shine light on the investigation into the russian meddling into the election. The Intelligence Community says russia hacked the dnc and Clinton Campaign in the effort to help trump win. We have cnns Nick Paton Walsh live in moscow. I assume this is something that will be critical and key for russian authorities. Reporter they say the schedule is packed with other stuff at this point. They wont be watching james comey and mike rogers as they sit down today. You can be sure they have somebody aside keeping the tv on. The kremlin spokesperson is not expecting details to emerge and the allegations of the meddling into the campaign is a quote broken record with a futuristic song that doesnt relate to their current day reality. It will, of course, be on the kremlin to ignore or answer any detail that james comey will be under pressure to provide. You have to bear in mind, two ways of looking how this plays out for russia. They are relishing the idea and denying allegations of the election, but capable of being the puppet masters and pulling the strings behind who sits in the white house bear in mind, too, if they were hoping trump, absent in his criticism of Vladimir Putin and russia, that is rare for a candidate and for the president itself. If they were hoping he would be more friendly to the Russian Point of view, that is difficult for a white house that is surrounded by accusations of collusion with russia and intense scrutiny. However the hopes, that is unlikely in the years ahead. Maybe the consolation the kremlin gets is to observe the chaos along the beltway. Totally. I wonder, nick, tell us on the streets. Do russians care about the investigation . Reporter there is an element to some degree. Some russians say they cannot reach across the atlantic and undermine the process. It is all depending on what state tv provides them. That is the monopoly on the broadcast. They have eased off a bit. We have to work out details and if that moves the story forward and if we are still in the era of allegations and counter allegations. Our live coverage of the hearing with the fbi director in four hours. Thanks, nick. Meanwhile, secretary of state Rex Tillerson fresh off the First Official visit to a asia. Tillerson spent the final leg of the trip to china and meeting with president xi jinping. That visit overshadowed by concerns of north koreas test of the rocket. Lets go to cnns will ripley live in beijing. Good morning, will. Reporter hi, dave. Leave it to kim jongun to overshadow the visit with secretary of state Rex Tillerson and president xi jinping. This shows that north korea is making progress of the goal of the nucleartipped icbm. That is why you heard secretary tillerson over the asia trip in china and south korea and japan saying it is a dangerous situation on the korean peninsula. The u. S. Wants china to rein in north korea. China thinks it is the u. S. Responsibility to stop the military examinercises with sou korea. Welcoming response from mr. Tillerson. Japan held the first evacuation drills in preparation of a mi Missile Launch from north korea. Reporter i live in japan. This is the first time we see north Korean Missile drills. This village where School Children heard the sirens and had to practice what they would do if there was an air raid. This is just 200 nautical miles from where the missiles landed in the sea of japan not too long ago. For people who lived in world war ii in japan, this brings back painful memories. With the development of nuclear weapons, this brings back those fears. Scary situation for the kids. Thank you. Lets get a check on cnn money stream. Dow futures lower. The test for the stock market this week, does trouble for the health care speak to trouble the markets . Shares in europe are trading lower. Asia closing mixed overnight. Another day, another bad headline for uber. Jeff jones is stepping down as president. On the job for six months. He came over from target. He was second in command to travis kalanick. Jones did not see a future at uber and decided to step down. Kalanick was the center of the latest controversy after a tape of him getting into an argument with an uber driver. It was not favorable to him. He says he needs leadership help. The company is facing sexism allegations. It hired former attorney general eric holder to investigate. Leaders from the worlds biggest economiies dropped a log standing free trade agreement. This happened after the first meeting with the Trump Administration. The g20 issuing the statement. We are working to strengthen the contribution of trade to our economies. Sounds bland. There is a very key part missing here. This phrase, which was included in last years formal statement. We will resist all forms of protectionism. This, dave briggs, a role reversal. It shows the influence of the treasury secretary of Steve Mnuchin and donald trump. Usually the United States is goading countries. Usually the u. S. Insisting you have that last little paragraph saying we will resist protectionism. Now other countries trying to convince the u. S. To keep up the fight. Do we know this was at the insistence of the United States or just the insistence of the United States. Total role reversal here when you have the big developed economies moving in a different way after years of trying to convince the developing economies to reject protectionism. Major change. Early start continues right now. Head of the fbi on capitol hill today testifying on about russian interference in the election and that unfounded claim that President Trump was wiretapped by president obama. It is a very important week for trump. Supreme court pick facing questions in the senate and the questions for the house. We are breaking it all down. Welcome to early start. Im dave briggs. Just got the papers. 5 00 a. M. It is monday. March 20th. It is 5 00 a. M. In the east. I can guarantee you the headline is all about the crucial week ahead for President Trump in every paper in america with his legislative agenda and Supreme Court pick and health care on the line. Two big hearings on the hill. In hours, James Comey Testifies to the intelligence committee. We expect him to contradict the president. We expect him to tell lawmakers that the Trump Campaign was not wiretapped on
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