Good morning. Its monday, december 3rd. Im ayman mohyeldin. I am back after 60 weeks being gone. We have happy to have you back. We begin this week with some sad news. The memorial to celebrate george h. W. Bushs life will span from houston to washington and back to his final resting place. President trump sent air force one to houston for what will be called special air mission 41, carrying bushs casket to washington this afternoon. Bush will lie in state in the rotunda at the capitol until wednesday morning when a funeral will take place at the national cathedral. Then president bush will take a final flight to houston. A funeral train will carry bush to his final resting place at his president ial library. He will be laid alongside his barbara and their daughter robin. President s clinton, bush and barack obama shared their memories of bush. Heres some of what they said. The mission was not george h. W. Bush. The mission was how do we serve the United States, how do we help the Unit
Jillian good friday morning to you. Monday so far away, another day. Every day anxiety starts to sit in. Just kidding, good morning. It is friday morning. Rob thanks for getting up early with us today, Top Democrats threatening to sue the white house and the Intel Community over refusal to release a secret whistleblower complaint. The president is standing his ground. Jillian we learn the report may involve ukraine. Reporter according to the Washington Post who broke the story two days ago the secret whistleblowers complaint involve the president of ukraine and a promise, to a half weeks before it was filed trump spoke with the ukrainian president , a newcomer elected in a landslide in may. That is under investigation by House Democrats examining whether trump and his attorney, rudy giuliani, sought to manipulate the Ukrainian Government to hoping trumps reelection campaign. Giuliani appearing on cnn in a contentious interview says democrats ought to be looking at for a Vice President
Its exactly 5 00 a. M. On wednesday, february 13th. Happy birthday, mom. It really . My daughters as well in two days. Republicans are opening pushing for President Trump to openly accept the border deal they negotiated. The president hinted he is leaning that way. I dont think youre going to see a shutdown. I wouldnt want to go to it now. If you do have it, its the democrats fault. And i accepted the first one and im proud of what weve accomplished. So what exactly did the president accomplish . He originally wanted 5. 7 billion for 234 miles of border barriers. Last december, he turned down democrats offer of 1. 6 billion for 65 miles of barrier. Now republicans are urging him to take even less, 1. 35 billion for 55 miles. But the president still has a few cards up his sleeve in congressional actions. Fund to barrier. Heres jim acosta. Reporter christine, the president says hes not a big fan from capitol hill to provide border fencing. But it appears the president is going to sign th
Bolton since, quote, the beginning of time, because he felt his National Security adviser wanted to start a war. For his part, bolton has been concerned about the president caving, his words, too often when dealing with dictators like kim jongun. And hes not going quietly. He texted reporters overnight saying, quote, i will have my say in due court. The president says a replacement will be within a week. Weve heard that before. Dont hold your breath. At least ten names are being discussed. We have a lot to cover this morning. Were going to begin with this special election in North Carolina. Ryan nobles joins us with more. An eked out victory for the republican. Reporter thats right. This hotly contested ninth district ended up being a twopoint victory for dan bishop over the democrat dan mccreed i did. If this is a bellwether, bishop underperformed the race here in 2018 quite a bit in the suburbs. Just outside charlotte where we are tonight. But it was the eastern part of this district
Seized with filipino crew, hours after White National security adviser john bolton tweeted an apparent photo of Iranian Oil Tanker at syrian receives secretary called on nato allies to step up the fury in the region. For us its about deterring bad behavior in the gulf and more broadly its about defending the freedom of rights of navigation of commerce in the strait. Eric well, iranians continue to be at it, behaviors havent changed, hey, lucas. Need today make a nuclear bomb its increasing, according to spokesman for Irans Nuclear agency who warns europe needs to act quickly to save the landmark Nuclear Agreement which President Trump abandoned last year. As we move forward, the situation will get more difficult, the european side must realize that theres not much time lefts. Left. If they want action they must carry it out as soon as possible. Iran showed off the centrifuges, latest violation of nuclear deal, defense mark accused tehran of cheating on nuclear deal for a long time. The