Delivered. Why . New reports defense secretary james mattis is dismayed at the lack of answers on what happened on the ground. Why did the four american heros die, why was one left alone on the ground for 48 hours and were learning how accurate the president s claims are that he has called the families of every Fallen Service member. First to the investigation into the facts. Barbara starr joins us from the pentagon. There are still so many questions that these families especially deserve answers to this morning. What do we know and what do we not know . Well, lets be clear, the full pentagon investigation that is under way, not done yet and a lot of people want these answers. There are some initial reports, some initial indications, so what we do know at this point, the assessment is that it was an isis attack. That is not something President Trump is likely to particularly want to talk about because hes been talking a lot about isis being defeated. But in this area of west africa an
Him enough to call him an excellent guy when he introduced him to the Washington Post march 2016. Listen to this. George papadopolous, hes an oil and energy consultant, excellent guy. All of a sudden a few people knew. Theres papadopolous at the same table as the president now and also the current attorney general jeff sessions. Not exactly the couffee boy described by a white house ally this morning. Kaitlan collins at the white house. The white house strategy very clear, diminish, deny, attack, kaitlan. And distance, john. They are certainly trying to downplay the role that George Papadopolous played when he was a Foreign Policy adviser to the campaign. We heard directly from the president on this morning. We had not heard from him himself since the news of papadopolous pleading guilty had broken yesterday, but this morning he said that fake news is working overtime as Paul Manaforts lawyer said, there was no collusion, and events mentioned took place long before he came to the campa
Crippling parts of the country and what does the president s newfound friendship with the Top Republican Mitch Mcconnell mean for the brewing tax battle on capitol hill . And another question, new questions about the attack on u. S. Troops in niger that left four Service Members dead. Why did the president claim his predecessors didnt call families of fallen u. S. Soldiers and a time to compare and contrast. Lets get to it. First to the white house, congressman tom marino dropping out a week before the president is set to declare the Opioid Crisis a National Emergency and also just two days after a scathing report that marino championed a bill that hampered dea efforts to fight that very crisis. Joe johns with the white house has this for us. Joe, what is the president saying about this . You know, kate, tom marino of pennsylvania, was one of the first people to get behind the president in the campaign and when the time came for the white house to pick director of drug policy control,
Not be filled right now. The nominee for drug zarqawi congressman tom marino is withdrawing his name after revelations he was the main proponent of legislation that limits the deas ability to fight the crisis. Cnns Sunlen Serfaty joins us with that. John, some pretty quick action after that scathing 60 minutes and Washington Post report. It was sunday when that hit. The president announcing tom marino has withdrawn his name. Something that President Trump not only tweeted about but spoke about on fox radio. Heres a small portion of what he said. Hes a fine man, he was a supporter of mine from pennsylvania, great state, i won pennsylvania, and he was a congressman from pennsylvania very popular, he told me look, if theres even a perception that he has a conflict of interest, with Insurance Companies essentially, but if theres even a perception that he has a conflict of interest, he doesnt want anything to do with it. Whether we have Insurance Companies or Drug Companies, and there was a
Been repressed for many years. They are hungry for food and freedom along with human rights. The wealth of iran is being looted. Time for change. This comes as the trumps wrap up their maralago holiday this afternoon, head back to washington by dinner time, returning to a packed agenda for this president leading up to year two beginning officially of the Trump Presidency in 19 days. Our sara murray is watching all of it from west palm beach, florida, where the president is currently. A number of tweets and messages for the iranian people, sara . Thats right. Its clear the president s mind is on Foreign Policy this morning and as you mentioned in that tweet hes coming out on the side of the protesters taking a strong line against the iranian government. Obviously that matches with the tough talk weve heard from this president when it comes to iran. He also weighed in last night amid his new years eve celebrations on north korea. He was asked about north Koreas Nuclear ambitions and thei