Atlanta. Newsroom star newsroom starts right now. Another Trump Administration official is out of a job as the president ramps up his battle over border security. U. S. Homeland security secretary Kirstjen Nielsen resigned saturday. President donald trump announced her depart or on twitter. Nielsen was the face of the white house immigration policies on the border, including the controversial separation of Migrant Children from their parents. Nielsen will stay on until wednesday to help the transition for her replacement. The u. S. President named kevin mcleanian, i should say, the current customs and Border Protection commissioner, as the acting secretary for the department. Now, this comes just days after the president made decisions signaling an even tougher immigration stance. Yeah, they were moves that took nielsen by surprise. Boris sanchez has the details. Reporter according to a source close to Kirstjen Nielsen, she did not resign willingly. The source indicates that nielsen wa
You have a Democrat Congress thats obstructing. You talk about obstruction, the greatest obstruction anyones ever seen. All they have to do is spends 20 minutes and they can fix the whole problem. We have the worst laws of any country anywhere in the world. Whether its catch and release or or any one of them. I could name i be sit here and name them. If you got rid of catch and release, chain migration, visa lottery, you have to fix the asylum situation. Its ridiculous. You have people coming in claiming asylum. Theyre all reading exactly what the lawyer gives them. They have a piece of paper. Read what that is and youre entitled to asylum. Some of these are not people you want in our country. We are building a lot of wall. Its getting built. Some of you saw that last week when we had a great presentation of a new stretch. Were building a lot of wall, and were being strong at the border. But were bucking a court system that never, ever rules for us, and were bucking really bad things w
John garamendi of the Armed Services committee, and our correspondents and analysts are also standing by. First lets go to cnns paula newton in the bahamian capital of nassau. Paula, the full scope of this disaster has yet to be revealed. Reporter yeah, and yet to be revealed, wolf, even to the bahamian government. The National Security minister was very clear just a few moments ago, saying, look, they have a long road ahead. While he does say the search, rescue, and recovery is in full throttle in his words, that is cold comfort to people here still looking to get their loved ones out of some of those islands, but also to figure out where those loved ones still are. Take a listen. The people of Marsh Harbour can barely believe they survived the epic devastation of dorian. But now they wonder can they survive the aftermath. The nixon family says they barely made it through the storm. They put the children in coolers to get them out, and at the airport, they were separated. Those same c
Its too early to say. Reporter have you seen evidence, proof that iran was behind the attack. Its looking that way. Well have some pretty good were having some very strong studies done but its certainly looking that way at this moment. And well let you know. As soon as we find out definitively, well let you know but it does look that way. Reporter do you want war with iran . Do i want war . I dont want war with anybody. Cnn diplomatic editor nic robe robertson is joining us from the capital of riyadh. Its some of your reporting thats bringing out some of these new accusations being leveled. What more are you hearing from your sources tonight . Reporter well, what the sources here with knowledge of the investigation are saying is that some of these Missile Systems, these lowflying cruise missiles with a bolton Drone Technology with them didnt make it to their targets to these oil facilities, that they fell short in the desert, they didnt explode fully and that is giving u. S. And saudi
The conversation i had was largely congratulatory. Was largely corruption. All of the corruption taking place. Largely the fact that we dont want our people like Vice President biden and his son creating the corruption already in the ukraine. Senator Elizabeth Warren on top of a new poll in iowa, and an apology from the Defense Department after a tweet threatening american citizens heading to area 51. Theres a lot happening this hour including president ial candidate Pete Buttigieg trying to rally voters with a new bus tour in iowa. Over seas in israel, serious discussions are underway between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Opposition Party to form a government. And later this hour nbcs Kerry Sanders takes us underwater to show us why the oceans coral reefs are a canary in the coal mine when it comes to Climate Change. First our top story. President trump wrapping up his joint appearance with indias Prime Minister modi a few minutes ago. It had many of the trappings of a mag