At this weekend. What else has he said . Reporter thats right, ana, the president obviously in a joking mood. Some people not very amused at that joke. The president joking about an oppressive and authoritarian regime like china. Not exactly in line with how past president s have approached china and other repressive regimes. The president also took part in the gridiron dinner last night. Its a roasttype event that happens every year, where journalists get to lampoon politicians and politicians get their chance to mock journalists, as well. The president had a few zingers that drew some laughs. He joked about being late, because his soninlaw, Jared Kushner had trouble getting through security. Obviously, joking about the controversy surrounding security clearances at the white house and the downgrading of Jared Kushners, this past week. He also joked about Jeff Sessions, saying that he offered sessions a ride to the event, but that he recused himself. The president also had a funny lin
House live for us. Jeff, what are you hearing about why the president is so angry with Sarah Sanders . Reporter well, brianna, certainly another day here when many people inside this white house would prefer to talk about trade. Of course, there is enough drama surrounding that decision, but more on that in a minute. There is certainly tension inside the west wing about the whole Stormy Daniels situation, that it has indeed reached the white house for the first time. This is the first time really that this is drawn in. The white house, for more than a year, has been trying to keep this controversy outside, saying this has been asked and answered. Of course, yesterday in the White House Press briefing when i was asking the press secretary Sarah Sanders about this, it opened up this can of worms. This is what she said. The president has addressed these directly and made very well clear that none of these allegations are true. This case has already been won in arbitration. You said there
Plus, the oscars balance serious messages with lighthearted fun. Were live from cnn World Headquarters in atlanta. Well want to welcome our viewer here is in the United States and all around the world. Im george houchlt. And im rosemary church. Cnn newsroom starts right now. And we start with what could be a diplomatic breakthrough in north korea. A high level delegation from south korea has left for pyongyang. Its led by south koreas National Security chief, and might put direct dialogue between the United States and north korea on the agenda. On saturday, the u. S. President donald trump said north korea wanted to talk, but would have to abandon its Nuclear Weapons. Here show north korea responded to that. Quote, the United States that was terrified at the Rapid Development of our nuclear force, and has continued to knock the door of dialogue now feigns an indifference, making north korea abandon Nuclear Weapons and insist in maximum pressure until complete denuclearization is realiz
York day 399 in the Trump Administration administration, one day shy of 400 days in office and we have a lot to get to. We begin with a fresh round of charges from Robert Mueller against Paul Manafort and rick gates. A 32count indictment was filed in federal court today, tax fraud and bank fraud and hiked the amount of money the pair allegedly laundered to 30 million. It paints a picture of a scheme by manafort and gates to hide tens of millions of dollars by moving money through bank account gs around the world. It comes from charges in october, manafort and gates pleaded not guilty. Some of todays charges mirror ones filed but they touch on aspects of manaforts personal life, financial deals, money troubles, they include, quote, when manafort was 90 days behind on paying a 300,000 American Express bill which affected his Credit Rating he lied to a bank saying gates ran up the charges. And another one gates gave bank an outdated insurance report on a loan on a property that manafort h
Nations governors. He listed his goals. Among them, banning the device that lets guns fire rounds more quickly. Bump stocks, we are writing that out. Im writing it out myself. I dont care if congress does it. Im writing it out myself, okay . [ applause ] lets get straight to cnn senior White House Correspondent jeff zelenis. What more came out of that meeting . Reporter the president talked almost exclusively for about an hour with the nations governors about gun policy measures saying it is a time to do something. Of course thats a big if and what that will be. The president did renew his call for Arming School teachers. He talked again and again about how he thought that would be something that would ward off a school shooter. It would harden schools, in his words. He even mocked and questioned the honor and valor of some of the Broward County sheriffs deputies and said if he was there he would have run into the School Without a gun. Perhaps thats a moment of braggadocio there. But h