i m laura coates and this is cnn tonight. a short time ago we heard from an emotional and increasingly frustrated president biden. after all it was vice president biden nearly a decade ago who had the distinct responsibility to formulating the government s response to the tragedy at sandy hook. tonight he delivered his first prime time address to the nation on gun violence and the epidemic that has become in america. you may have noticed the 56 candles burning behind him. they re meant to represent shooting victims from all u.s. states and territories. and it came amid cries of enough. after columbine, after sandy hook, after charleston, after orlando, after las vegas, after parkland, nothing has been done. this time, that can t be true. this time, we must actually do something. this isn t about taking away anyone s rights. it s about protecting children. it s about protecting families. for god sake, how much more carnage are we willing to accept? how many more innoce
in the centre of pyongyang. the two leaders signed what the russian president called a breakthrough agreement. so what does that mean for global security? good evening. the scottish national party has launched its election manifesto in edinburgh today, putting independence and the nhs at the forefront of their campaign. the first ministerjohn swinney said he would push for a second independence referendum, if his party won a majority of seats in scotland at this election. he claimed that future independence would allow scotland to re join the european union. among other pledges, a commitment to end the two child benefit cap and to abolish the house of lords. here s our scotland editor, james cook. applause. the snp leader, john swinney, promised independence would be front and centre of this manifesto, and it is. at the very heart of our beliefs is the principal that decisions is the principle that decisions about scotland should be made by the people who live in scotland. no
await a verdict in a federal case alleging president biden s son lied about his drug use when he bought a handgun in 2018. welcome to a new hour of america s newsroom, i m dana perino. that hour went by quick. bill: it sure did. good morning, dana. i m bill hemmer. good morning at home. hunter biden is no longer in court. he will have to be there for a verdict. prosecutors say hunter biden knew he was addicted to drugs and the evidence shows that. the defense suggesting to the jury the evidence is circumstantial insisting the government has failed to prove its case against hunter biden beyond a reasonable doubt. dana: judge jeanine pirro joins us in a moment. first rich edson is live at the courthouse in wilmington. we re deliberating now? they are, dana. they started at 9:06 this morning when the judge called them back into the courtroom. she talked to them and asked them whether they had any conversations or read anything about the case overnight. they indicated the
It was about the velocity of the year and the events. Lock him up alternative facts. No. Russia did not help me. Yeah. Thats him. Mr. Rosenstein is your testimony today that you believe bob mueller is a person of high integrity. Is that right . Yes. And i think that bob mueller ended up at number one with us because hes already indicted or put out for former Trump Campaign officials one, a form other National Security adviser and he heads into 2018 with the fate of the presidency in his hands. Just been told weve had cameras on us while having this conversation the whole time. Thanks very much for joining us. Good night. This sunday looking back at 2017 and ahead to 2018. President trump. Did he keep his promises . I will be the greatest jobs president that god has ever created. The tax relief will be concentrated on the working and middle class. I will be president for all america. Well look at promises made, promises kept and promises broken. Plus, the 2018 political landscape. Democ
That delay, that gap is it really interesting. Because we know this isnt the only information that american intelligence had about possible russian attempts to influence the election. So there it were other channels coming in at the same time. Also highlights the degree to which the fbi was put in an almost impossible position later in the campaign. We know they had this information or some of this information. We knew there was the Ongoing Investigation into Hillary Clintons emails. You have the fbi essentially meant to it be a nonpolitical organization in possession of damming fascinating pieces of evidence, if not smoking guns, in either case, trying to decide how to play it, how aggressively to pursue their investigation and what political risks there are for a nonpartisan Law Enforcement agency to be perceived as putting its fingers on the scale if any of this nfrngs came out in the last few weeks. Again, another piece, not the full picture, but justins to provide context for hous