And i need help. This is new day weekend with Victor Blackwell and christy polk. Happy new day to you. Breaking this morning the president is firing back after his actions were a threat to national security. He responded on twitter a short time ago saying, wow, just learned in a family new york sometimes the corrupt leaders of the fbi almost all fired to leave the agency for very bad reasons opened up an investigation on me for no reason and with no proof after i fired lying james comb my, a total sleaze. The counterintelligence probe was happening simultaneously with the obstruction of justice investigation. The question behind both parts was the president helping russia against u. S. Interests . Now the investigation was handed over to robert mueller, of course, its not yet clear what happened to it after that point. To explain, cnn reporter is with us now. Good morning to you, erica. What are you learning . How are you piecing this together . Well, as you mentioned, one of the thing
And teachers in the nations Second Largest School District are about to go on strike. They say its part of a national fight. Get ready. Because, on monday, we will be on strike. Begnaud good evening, im David Begnaud. Were going to begin with the weather. Millions of americans from the midwest to the midatlantic are digging out from the biggest and deadliest snow storm of this season. Parts of missouri got more than a foot and a half of snow, the Nations Capital got about half a foot. The storm this weekend is blamed for at least nine deaths, the latest was in virginia. And mola lenghi was there. Reporter with an eye on what happened across the plains, the city of charlottesville took no chances, deploying two dozen crews prior to and throughout the storm to treat and plow roads. The biggest challenge will be refreeze overnight, so our crews will be in through a period tomorrow at noon in full force, and we will make sure that any refreeze or black ice is taken care of. Reporter today,
Each week, more and more horrific examples, violent crimes, committed by people who have crossed into our country illegally. An unsecured border all across the southern border. Just the past two years, we have seen 4,000 arrest for homicide, 30,000 plus sex crimes, over 100,000 assaults against american citizens. 2014, one of my 14 trips to the border, i sat down for a security briefing with then Texas Governor rick perry, and the amount of carnage in his state, one state, 642,000 crimes committed against texans in a seven year period alone. Watch this. Criminal aliens are responsible for about 642,000 criminal offenses. You look up there, sexual assault, close to 8,000 victims. 642,000 crimes . In texas. Over 200,000 individuals, criminal history reflects they were committed over 642,000 crimes. That is the cost of not securing the border. Sean that is the cost for the humanitarian side of this crisis is about to become even more urgent. A brandnew Migrant Caravan is now converging in
He called comey a crooked cop. The investigation was eventually handed to Robert Mueller, of course. Not clear what happened after that. Joining us to help explain, cnn reporter erica orton. Good morning. The Counter Intelligence probe was taken over by Robert Mueller after his investigation began, and the counterintelligence probe puts a finer point on the Mueller Investigation, which has of course been investigating whether the Trump Campaign colluded with russia, and the counterintelligence investigation was specifically into whether trump had been or was acting on behalf of the russian government. We may never know what became of this counterintelligence probe. It is possible when mueller writes his report, when the mueller team issues their report that there may be some information from that investigation or some conclusions drawn from that inquiry in the written report. All right. Appreciate it so much. Thank you. With us to discuss the case and what it means for the white house