Republican Committee Chair Michael Steele on u. S. Founding principles, in light of actions by former president donald trump. This portion of the conference runs just under an hour and a half. [inaudible conversations] all right, everyone. If i can ask you to makeour way back to your seats. We will get started here momentarily and ill ask them to come onto the stage, yes, as we how are you . As we get ready to start our next panel in the afternoon stretch here. Our 3 20 p. M. Panel, principled economics, a formula for growth this, obviously, is an important conversation because, you know, theres not a lot of leadership right now on on principles or economics, i would say, and so, its important, i think, to have this discussion about the facts and i dont know that we could have a more esteemed or Accomplished Panel here to discuss it with us. I will introduce our moderator here, who will then introduce the rest of our panelists. But its my privilege to introduce our moderator, mr. Bob b
We begin with todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. That created a compromise situation, a situation where the National Security adviser essentially could be blackmailed by the russians. Former acting attorney general sally yates testifies on Michael Flynn. I cant believe the Trump Administration let general flynn in the white house, let alone in the situation room. This man put our National Security at risk and i think there should be be some consequences. Theres two battlefields here. What the trump people may have done with the russians and what did the Obama Administration do when it comes to unmasking for intelligence gathering purposes. A suspect is under arrest in a serial killing spree that haunted phoenix. We hope that our officers will get more sleep knowing that the wheels of justice are finally in motion. Chaos at Fort Lauderdales airport. Passengers planning to catch a Spirit Airline flights find the flights are canceled. Decision day in south korea. They are choosi
Getting more dangerous. More dangerous with time. Were going to see tank failures in the future. This is a wakeup call. Reporter at hanford, all but essential workers have been told not to report for work tonight. Officials say theyre looking for a way to fix the tunnel, scott, without making that hole any bigger. John blackstone for us, thank you. After 16 years and 2,396 american deaths, there is no victory in afghanistan. Now President Trump is considering whether to send more troops. And heres david martin. Reporter facing the stalemate in which the afghan army is suffering what the pentagon calls shockingly high casualties, the Trump Administration is preparing to send some 3,000 troops back to afghanistan. The exact number would depend on how many troops nato allies contribute. The increase was requested by general John Nicholson who says he needs more trainers and advisers for the afghan army. The plan, which has not yet been presented to President Trump for a decision would all
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Jeff pegues, thank you very much. Were john dickerson, our chief washington correspondent is with us. John, the Political Climate on all of this, this is quite a surprise. Its quite a surprise, and obviously, there was already a considerable amount of back and forth and political blood in the water on the russia question this week alone, and now you have a situation where, i mean, if you read the letter explaining why comey was let go, its thick with criticism of his handling of Hillary Clintons email situation, that was something obviously deeply political. Now this week hes released, hes in the middle. The fbi is investigating connections between russian meddling in the election and the trump campaign, so the political ramifications here will be will be constant, and whoevers going to handle this election this investigation next will have to handle this super charged atmosphere. John dickerson, thanks very much. Were going to be following the details and the developments on this brea