All right, hello, thank you so much for joining me. Im fredricka wit field. We began with major developments in the russia investigation. Today White House National security adviser h. R. Mcmaster saying evidence of russian interference in the 2016 election is now indisputable. As you can see with the fbi indictment, the evidence is now really incontrovertible and available in the public domain. This, after the special counsel indicted 13 russians and charged them with attempting to interfere in the 2016 president ial election. The 37page indictment describes an Unprecedented Campaign by russia to support trump, disparage Hillary Clinton and communicate with, quote, unwitting people tied to the Trump Campaign. The defendants allegedly conducted what they called Information Warfare against the United States. With the stated goal of spreading distrust towards the candidates and the political system in general. The Intelligence Community pouring cold water on the president s claims the in
Night, at a dinner with media members where he said, quote, they called up a couple of days ago and said we would like to talk, and i said, so would we. But you have to denuke. You have to denuke. So lets see what happens, end quote. All right, i want to bring in cnn Global Affairs correspondent, elise labott. So, elise, south korea is sending a delegation to north korea on monday for talks. Is this posturing ahead of that meeting . I dont think so, fred. Although, you know, look, north korea has been kind of consistent in recent months leading up to the olympics. And now, in terms of its engagement with south korea, no one really knows where thats going to lead. But i think this is more in response to these kind of mixed messages coming from the trump administration. Youll remember before Vice President pence went to the olympics, there was supposedly going to be a meeting between kim jonguns sister and mike pence and the kind of north korean delegation in pyeongchang after mike pence
Youre a republican, we need those institutions. We are also learning tonight that President Trumps long time fixer, Michael Cohen, will plead the fifth in a case about hush money paid to porn star Stormy Daniels, that as lawyers for President Trump say he will be able to personally review documents seized in the fbi raid on cohen. Plus stunning new allegations about trumps handpicked nominee to run the Veterans Affairs department, ronny jackson. Allegations about dr. Ronny jackson, picked by the president to head the va affairs department, that he wrecked a government vehicle on drunk, and that on at least one occasion he could not be reached when needed because he was, quote, passed out drunk in his hotel room. Then theres a claim that dr. Jackson provided such a large supply of percocet to someone from the white house military office, it threw his own staff into a panic. Those allegations are laid out in a document by democrats on the senate Veterans Affairs committee, based on alleg
Tears wondering where my dog was. This has happened on more than one occasion on united flights. It was a really special dog. Its surprised the way he hs to leave. This is new day with chris cuomo and alisyn camerota. Welcome to your new day. The ides of march, by the way. Its 8 00 in the morning. We begin with a stunning admission. The Washington Post reporting that President Trump told donors that he made up information about trade in a meeting with canadas Prime Minister. The president also apparently threatened to pull u. S. Troops out of south korea over trade. So were going to talk to one of the reporters who heard the audio recording of the president coming up. Meanwhile, staffers inside the Trump White House wondering which shoe will fall next. One Administration Official tells cnn that the president wants to fire every cabinet member that he considers dead weight. Cnn has new reporting that the person most at risk is getting the axe next could be attorney general Jeff Sessions
Pages from comeys book in how comey interacted with the president despite the socalled cloud of the russia investigation hanging over them. Discussions of loyalty. Former National Security adviser Michael Flynn and the salacious rumors of trumps visit to moscow in 2013 got under his skin. According to comey. In one of the unclassified memos, it includes a famous conversation where trump allegedly told comey quote i hope you can see your way clear to letting this go. To letting flynn go. There is new information, including a claim, that President Trump told comey at a dinner at the white house in 2017 that he had quote serious reservations about Michael Flynns judgment. And Reince Priebus asked comey if flynn was under investigation days before flynn was fired. And lawmakers jumped on the news. Like Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi tweeting the release of the comey memos are further proof of trumps contempt for the rule of law. Republicans say the memos are more indicative of what the memos