Plus, Senate Shutdown . Democrats threaten to grind government to a halt unless republicans share their secret Health Care Bill. We have no idea whats being proposed. Theres a group of guys in the back room somewhere. Will there be a public hearing soon . And the best political minds will be here with insights on what happens next. Hello. Im jake tapper in washington with the state of our union is on retreat. President trump awoke this morning at camp david for the First Time Ever. Hes spending fathers day there with his son baron and First Lady Melania Trump who posted this photo with the caption family sport weekend. The president s been on twitter posting defiantly this morning the making America Great again agenda is doing very well despite the distraction of the witch hunt. Many new jobs, high enthusiasm. The witch hunt hes referring to the Law Enforcement congressional investigations into russian interference in the u. S. Election and possible collusion by members of the trump te
Testimony this week. President trump will dispute the blank blanket. This is a Major Development coming as President Trump had a short and cryptic mechanical for the former fbi director. Comey ahead of his testimony. I wish him luck. Gloria borger broke the story about the anticipated tm a few moments ago. The president of the United States came out and said jim comey told im not one time, not two times, but flee times that he was note under vegsz and you are learning much more about what comey will say. Dont forget, erin, the president of the United States wrote that in the letter in which he fired james comb. Said he was assured three times. Ive lrnld my colleagues jake tapper, weve all learned that in fact, comey is going to dispute the president on this point if he is asked about it by senators. We have to assume he will be. He will say he never assured donald trump he was not under investigation, that that would be improper for him to do so and one source hinted that the president
Includes Jared Kushners finance and business dealings. We begin with sights and sounds from the ballpark tonight. I want to thank members of congress, their staffs and members across the country for supporting tonights baseball game. Oh say can you see so proudly we hail that the twilights last gleaming whose stripes and bright stars through the perilous time gallantly gleaming and the rockets red glare bombs bursting in air proof through the night that our flag was still there oh say does that star spangled banner yet wave for the land of the free and the home of brave. In washington we have our disagreements. We all agree we are here to serve this nation we love and the people who call it home. Thats the source of unity. And more than ever we must embrace it so that on this special night i leave you with three Great American words that for generations have torn down barriers, built bridges of unity and defied those who have sought to pull us apart. Ladies and gentlemen, lets play bal
Called the jihadis next door . Good afternoon, everyone. And welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. We begin with our politics lead. For a second morning in the row President Trump threw a wrench into the plans of his own administration officials. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson was asked yesterday about the decision by six gulf states in the most to cut ties with qatar over claims that qatar supports terrorism. Tillerson suggested that the United States would not pick a side. We certainly would encourage the parties to sit down together and address these differences. This morning, however, seemed to overrule secretary tillerson suggesting that the u. S. Was siding with the sawed its, tweeting, among other things, quote, during my recent trip to the middle east i stated that there can no longer be funding of radical ideology. Leaders pointed to qatar. Look. Qatar is home to a u. S. Military base from which the u. S. Air force coordinates strikes against isis, so when President Trump twe