Ties to russia. Is the campaign on the defensive . The transition, i should say . Reporter theyre on the defensive, katy, but theyre also digging in. First to the tillerson flap backlash that we are seeing. Look, theyre bracing for a fierce fight in that Senate Confirmation hearing. They know theyre going to get one, but they feel confident, they say, that ultimately he will be confirmed. And youve started to see them really lay out the case for tillerson over the weekend. The president elect himself saying that tillerson is a dealmaker. Someone whos done deals internationally, all across the world. Trying to paint the fact that he has these ties to russia as a positive. Which, of course, runs counter to so much of the policy that weve seen promoted by republicans. Its a real sea change to try to have a secretary of state that has these close ties to russia. So they know theyre going to get a fight. But as you know better than anybody, katy, when the president elect digs in, he doesnt
Legal action against the team leading the probe. The president writes, quote, angry democrats on special counsel bob muellers team could themselves face legal action over alleged, quote, conflicts of interest. Let me remind you of an indisputable fact, that is that special counselor mueller is a registered republican. This follows Rudy Giulianis latest media blitz. The president s new attorney adding more fuel to the growing controversies on the russia probe and Stormy Daniels. Kaitlan collins and dana bash are with me, following it all. And, kaitlan, let me begin with you at the white house. And a little bit more on what the president is saying and why hes doing this this morning. Reporter the president was relatively muted on twitter over the weekend. That does not seem to be the case any longer. Several tweets from the president this morning lashing out saying that he believes the special counsels investigation is losing credibility, saying that 13 angry democrats in charge are star
Comey was a republican. Rosensteins a republican. Is this a republican conspiracy to remove the president . More than 1,700 people and 700 structures are under threat of volcanic erupgds eruptione big island of hawaii. This is new day weekend with Victor Blackwell and christi paul. Good morning to you, an avalanche of new questions this morning about who knew what and when they knew it. Heres one of the main reasons why this morning the new york types reporting despite his strong denials, President Trump did know about a hushmoney deal that his lawyer made with a porn star several months before he said he did not. Weve learned investigators are looking into how that lawyer, Michael Cohen, built up a 700,000 war chest during the campaign as he worked to fix problems for the trump team. Cnn has more live from the white house. Jeremy, between Stormy Daniels and Michael Cohen and Rudy Giuliani, is it possible now for the white house to i guess agree upon one story about this . There are qu
It on air force one. I want to bring in april ryan and political commentator van jones, host of the van jones show we know now according to the New York Times citing three sources new about the payment and knew about it months before after dedenying which means he lied to the American People. We can now say if the stories are correct, the president did lie and lie is a strong word in washington. The president on Board Air Force one and talked to reporters and reporters asked him and its on tape that he knew nothing about it. Indeed, he knew about it months ago. This goes to the president s credibility, the trust factor and it is a piece into this investigation by Robert Mueller that is following the trail of money. This is not good for this president at all. Theres a lot on the line with this and we just have to wait and see how this plays out. The president , if these reports are true, he lied to the plubli and reporters. The president s denial which is not even one month ago on air f
They have knives. And instead, theres blood all over the floors of this hospital. They say its as bad as a military war zone hospital. Knives. Knives. Knives. London hasnt been used to that. Theyre getting used to it. Its pretty tough. Were here today because we recognize a simple fact. The one thing that has always stood between the American People and the elimination of our Second Amendment rights has been conservatives in congress willing to fight for those rights. And were fighting. Were fighting. Were fighting to defend our freedom. We need the people in washington to support our freedom, to support our candidates. To support ted. To support the people that have to raise their hand. You know, they say we have a majority. We have, what, a majority of one person . Thats not really a majority. We need republicans to do it right to get the kinds of things we want. Weve got to get republicans elected. Weve got to do great in 18. We need judges who will enforce our laws. Protect our sov