This week. The president s team putting on a united front as the charges became public. President donald trump was correct, there is no evidence that mr. Manafort or the Trump Campaign colluded with the russian government. Those activities ended in 2014, over two years before mr. Manafort served in the Trump Campaign. Todays announcement has nothing to do with the president or his campaign or campaign activity. The real collusion scandal has everything to do with the Clinton Campaign, fusion gps and russia. All of the activities as i understand it was long before they ever met donald trump. The reaction of the administration is what the legal Justice System work. Everyone is presumed innocent and see where it goes. Bill former Trump Campaign advisor George Papadopoulos has pleaded guilty about lying to the f. B. I. About his contacts to russia and cooperating with the special counsels investigation. Sandra james rosin in live in washington good morning, in the summary of events that Ge
Cohen announces hell leave his post. Im bill hemmer, live from the white house. A special edition of americas newsroom. Sandra, good morning to you in new york. Sandra looking like a chilly but lovely morning. Bill i think the weather reflects what weve seen in the past 12 hours. I just spoke with wilbur ross the secretary. He wasnt giving up much but between him and what the president said last night they believe they have good candidates. Who that will be were not sure and gauge the impact and fallout. Sandra Steve Mnuchin chose also not to speculate. Meanwhile, cohen played a Critical Role in crafting the bill but lately has been directly clashing with the president over his tariff proposal. Before we heard about his resignation, heres how the president characterized working in his white house. Believe me, everybody wants to work in the white house. They want a piece of the oval office. A piece of the west wing. Not only in terms of looking great on their resume, its a great place t
Well have more later in the show. Bill were learning the House Oversight committee has begun an investigation into the rob porter scandal from the west wing as the white house knocks down roomers that chief of staff john kelly is stepping down. Sandra how the white house explain the discrepancy in the timeline here . It is challenging when you think about it from this perspective. The white house has been forced the play defense because of imprecision in its explanation instead of saying this is what we knew when about the allegations facing rob porter, well since then theyve had to explain the process and then explain the decisions that were or were not made based on what they knew. Critics are clearly hunting for john kellys resignation. It was all over twitter yesterday. One the president has refused to call for. Yesterday f. B. I. Director Christopher Wray defended his agencys handling of the investigation into the former white house aide. The f. B. I. Submitted a partial report on
Just let people quote pour into the nation. We want to solve family separation. I dont want children taken away from parents. And when you prosecute the parents for coming in illegally, which should happen, you have to take the children away. Thats not good. We want to end the border crisis by finally giving us the legal authorities and the resources to detain and remove illegal immigrant families all together and bring them back to their country. Bill so today we have team fox coverage. Jeff paul is live in texas. Congressman peter king live on the hill with reaction there. Lets start at the white house with kevin corke from the north lawn. Is there concern at the white house they could lose this p. R. Battle . They acknowledge it is not a good look given the publics perception but they also believe that americans can balance the need for compassion with also wanting fairness and a Legal Immigration law that would help people come here the right way. The way millions of others have co
The United States commitment to nato is very strong, we mains very strong. But primarily because everyone, the spirit they have, the amount of money they are willing to spend, the additional money that they will be putting up. Germany has agreed to do a lot better than they were doing and were very happy with that. We had a very Good Relationship with angela merkel. Im meeting with president putin on monday and i think we go into that meeting not looking for so much. I hope that we are going to be able to get along with russia. I think well probably be able to. He is representing russia, im representing the United States. So in a sense were competitors. Not a question of friend or enemy. He is not my enemy. And hopefully someday maybe he will be a friend. Bill that was in brussels. Kevin corke is now in london. Good afternoon. There appears to be a disagreement over exactly what the president was able to get our allies to agree to. Where is the discrepancy and where are we now . Listen