With lawmakers who spurned him. Republicans are going all in on neal gorsuch. A vote expected next week despite a growing number of democrats ready to filibuster the Supreme Court nominee. That should tell the tale how democrats are willing to work with republicans or not. Good morning. Welcome to earl start. Im dave briggs. Im christine romans. Its wednesday, march 29th. Its 5 00 a. M. In the east. Whats on the schedule today . For the House Intelligence Committee investigating alleged ties between President Trump and russia, theres nothing on the agenda. Nothing. No meetings. No hearings. No nothing. Trumprussia probe has broken down for now amid a growing divide over whether house intel chairman devin nunes should recuse himself. So what will get things moving again . For one thing the ranking democrat on the Intelligence Committee adam schiff wants republicans to agree to reschedule hearings that had been set for yesterday. Among them one of which former acting attorney general sal
Ordered a wiretap at trump tower during the election. That claim made on twitter in the early hours of saturday morning was the culmination of what had started as an excellent week for the president , at least in his estimation. Beginning with giving his joint address to Congress Last tuesday. But it was all downhill from there. While the pundits were full of praise for the toned down speech, one woman in a cbs focus group predicted what would come next. Where is that guy that says what he wants to say, that is loud, that says everything is where is that guy . Im going to look for him on twitter tomorrow and see what he really think. Great job to the speech writer. But i will see donald trump at 12 00 a. M. She was off by a few hours. Early in the morning. A little later than 12 00 a. M. The Washington Post published a remarkable account of the president s meltdown based on interviews with 17 Top White House official, members of congress and friends of the president. The post speech eu
Future of American Health care. There is not one woman at the table to represent more than half the population of this country. This house bill would be devastating for women. Women would be denied coverage because of situations that are unique to them. Its an effort to kill off planned parenthood. If the bill passed today, thousands of americans would die. The senate is looking forward to getting it, and i think were going to have some really great health care. Good morning. Welcome to saturday. I know that im sure the alarm is not going off. Im surprised youre awake already, but were glad that you are. Im christi paul. Im victor blackwell. New this morning, the leading french president ial candidate says hes been hacked on the eve of their election. Emmanuel macrons Campaign Says it was meant to, quote, undermine democracy like it happened in the u. S. The French Electoral Commission is asking the media not to publish details. Also this morning, former trump adviser carter page telli
And take a look at it. It says a real donald trump is bringing back plants and jobs to michigan. Justin, who is a congressman from michigan, is a big liability. And then scavino essentially calls out the trump train asking them to defeat him in a primary. Now donald trump is kind of talking broadly about perhaps taking on some of these Freedom Caucus members in primaries in the next two years, but never have they specifically called out a member of congress. One of the bigger critics of the Trump Administration seems to be the first person in their sights showing that this white house is prepared to take on people within their own party if they feel they need to. All right. Interesting strategy. Ryan nobles at the white house. Thank you so much. Appreciate that. Lets talk more about all of this with cnn political commentator matt lewis. Also a senior columnist with the daily beast and lynn swede with the chicago suntimes. Were seeing a threat from the president in terms of saying hes u
Eric im eric shawn. Lets take a look at some of the portraits of courage painted by the president in tribute to those who served. Well delve into the Bush Institutes work on the economy and korea. The 9th seat on the High Court Bench has been empty since Justice Antonin Scalia passed away last february. Democrats are getting ready to put judge gorsuch on the hot seat tomorrow. Garrett, what do you expect to see tomorrow . Tomorrow is when judge neil gorsuch will begin his confirmation hearings with the Senate Judiciary committee. Tomorrow well be seeing just the Opening Statements from all 20 senators on the committee. Well hear briefly from judge gorsuch in his Opening Statements. Tuesday is when the real action begins. That is when judge gorsuch will be peppers with questions from democrats who are prepared not to support his confirmation. He has been going through practice sessions. But regardless of how well he performs in those hearings. Some democrats said they will not support h