Blizzard warnings. Yes, it is spring. A severe storm striking the rockies all the way the to plains and 2 feet of snow expected to fall in some parts of south dakota. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to early start, im dave briggs. And im christine romans, thursday, april 11th, its 5 00 a. M. In the east. Lets beginning with attorney general bill barr dropping a bomb shell telling lawmakers he thinks the Trump Campaign was spied on, and hell be looking into why. I think spying on a Political Campaign is a big deal. Its a big deal. Youre not suggesting, though, that spying occurred . I dont well, i guess you could i think theres a spying did occur, yes, i think spying did occur. Barr provided no evidence for that claim. A source familiar with his thinking later telling us he meant spying in quote the classic sense of intel collection. The source said barr now wants to find out whether there was a proper basis for any surveillance. Cnns sara murray has more from washington. Reporter good
A young, vibrant man. I look at joe, i dont know about him. I dont know. Look, um, if he looks young and vibrant compared to me, i should probably go home. Those are fighting words. Duty of loyalty, new reporting on how far Rod Rosenstein went to save his job and the promise he made to protect the president. And it is beginning to become a dinnertime tradition. As the White House Press glams up for the annual correspondents dinner, President Trump heads to wisconsin to boycott it but Something Else will be missing tonight and were not laughing. But first we begin with breaking news. Right now involving one of the countrys oldest and most powerful organizations, the National Rifle association, a civil war of sorts erupting within the top ranks. The nra president , you see him there, retired marine colonel oliver north is out. The tiemting the timing is striking. The organization is holding the annual meeting in indianapolis right now and hans nichols is the at white house and you were t
Operative while he was Trumps Campaign chairman. So more on that in just a second. Lets get back to the white house and that meeting between trump and congressional leaders under way in the situation room and a lunch with the Senate Republicans on the hill the last hour. Senator susan collins, a republican, who has called for the shutdown to end was saying there was, quote, vigorous discussion. Another senator telling cnn that trump was lively but not confrontational so lets go separate to abby phillip for a bit more color on these meetings and what these different folks are saying, so, you know, another day, another meeting, more negotiating. Will this move the needle . Reporter thats a really great question, brooke. Weve been asking for days on whether or not anything is changing on the shutdown front that President Trump is saying today what hes been saying for quite some time, that he wants his border wall and thats the message he delivered to republican senators on the hill. Accor
The attorney general and amid increasing pressure to release the actual Mueller Report, the president is building on his theme of total exoneration with an eye toward the coming battles perhaps with democrats on capitol hill. Tonight donald trump talked with fox news host sean hannity about muellers investigation. He called it a scam, said it was led by treasonous people. This was an attempted takeover of our government, of our country, an illegal takeover. And if it were the other way around where i was doing it to president obama or a democrat, it would be virtually the maximum sentence that you can find no matter where you look in whatever legal book. House democrats in the meantime are staking out their positions. Three lawmakers are telling nbc news that key oversight committees are exploring Legal Options including but not limited to the possibility of issuing subpoena to special counsel Robert Mueller. That would mean bypassing the attorney general william barr. Earlier today ho
Reached the conclusions he detailed in a fourpage summary letter until congress and the American People actually have the report in front of them, but the attorney general did open eyes with his answer when explaining his decision to take a detailed look back at how the russia investigation got started in the first place. Attorney general barr saying he wanted to make sure what he called spying on the Trump Campaign was justified. So youre not youre not suggesting, though, that spying occurred . I dont well, i guess you could i think there is spying did occur. Yes, i think spying did occur. Well, let me the question is whether it was predicated, adequately predicated, and im not suggesting it was inadequately predicated, but id need to explore that. Cnns Laura Jarrett is at the Justice Department. Laura, the attorney general not willing to talk about many issues, but talking in several questions about what he called spying and then surveillance and he wants to know was it legit. Talkin