Tanker in the strait of hormuz, sharply escalating tension with the u. S. And western allies. Cnn has learned that members of irans revolutionary guard boarded a british ship and a liberian ship 30 minutes apart and that armed American Military planes are now protecting u. S. Ships in the region. Were also learning new details tonight of House Democrats intense preparation for next weeks testimony by former special Counsel Robert Mueller. Sources tell cnn they have been holding mock hearings and honing their questions in the hopes of shifting Public Perception of the russia investigation. Well be talking about the breaking news and more with congressman steve cohen of the Judiciary Committee and our correspondents and our analysts are also standing by. First, lets get to the latest on the breaking news with cnn chief National Security correspondent jim sciutto. And jim, youre learning some new details about irans hostilities in one of the worlds most important shipping lanes. Reporter
Disturbing new details in the sex trafficking case against Jeffrey Epstein. Cnn sits down with the private investigator who has been hot on his trail. Good morning, good night and good afternoon to our viewers all around the world and here in the United States. Im george howell. And im Rosemary Church from the cnn World Headquarters in atlanta. Cnn newsroom starts right now. Protesters in puerto rico, they are angry, thats after the governor of that territory, ricardo rossello, made an announcement on sunday addressing the growing anger against him. Translator a significant sector of the population has been manifesting for days. Im aware of the dissatisfaction and the discomfort they feel. Youre right to express yourself will always be safeguarded by our constitution. Ive listened to every puerto rican and i listen to you today. Ive made mistakes and ive apologized. I admit that apologizing is not enough. Only my work will help restore the confidence of these sectors and lead to a true
This president says anything he thinks will get him out of a jam in the moment even if he doesnt believe it, even if it contradicts what he previously said. The very idea he didnt like his supporters chanting send her back, it is ludicrous. He is the one who started this entire shameful ploy. At this point, his lying is so obvious, its almost insulting because it assumes everyone listening is either dumb for looking for any excuse to ignore the president every time he says something racist or bigoted or inappropriate. This was his expression of alleged regret yesterday. Listen. Mr. President , if i may, when your supporters last night were chanting send her back, why didnt you stop them . Why didnt you ask them to stop saying that . Number one, i think i did. I started speaking very quickly, it really was a loud i disagree with it, by the way. But it was quite a chant, and i felt a little bit badly about it but i will say this, i did and i started speaking very quickly. But it started
So many people in our country. Whether because they werent born here or because they didnt look like some others here. Go home. As annoyed and insulted as we all should be about the president saying that about our colleagues, also not showing mercy for him to say that about so many people in our country as he wants to split up families. I think you both for the opportunity to speak to the statements of the president made later in the day of the gospel of the good samaritan. He was born abroad, for your leadership in advancing this important resolution. The house hopefully should come together standing as one to denounce the white houses xenophobic attacks on our members. On our people and to defend the values of america. What is america . America is many things. A land of a great constitution which is under threat. A beautiful land that god has given us which is being degraded. Values that we share that are being undermined. America is also a nation largely, but not totally, largely of
Political rival. As he arrived to the u. N. Just now, these were some of the questions he faced. Its just a democrat witch hunt. They failed with russia, they failed with recession, they failed with everything and now theyre bringing this up. The one who has the problem is biden. Biden did what they would like to have me do, september oexcep problem, i didnt do it. The son took money from ukraine, the son took money from china. China could think of nothing theyd rather see than biden get in. What does all that mean for the whistleblower complaint that the Trump Administration is currently keeping from congress . Lets go straight to washington. Sarah westwood is standing by in d. C. We just heard from the president his position what he thinks the focus should be. What do you hear is going on behind the scenes . Reporter amid all this controversy, the white house is seriously considering releasing the transcript of President Trumps phone call from july with the ukrainian president. This