White house for us. Tell us what youre hearing about h. R. Mcmaster. Reporter there is no question that the president is ready to make some changes in his inner circle. And h. R. Mcmaster is someone who has been rumored to be on his way out for several weeks now, in part because he and the president have never really fully gelled in this position. And sources tell cnn that the president has decided that he wants to move forward with moving mcmaster out and moving someone into that role. The question is when might that decision happen. Now, mcmaster, with mcmaster there are several decisions that need to be made. The first of which is who replaces him, who will come in, one of the top candidates were told is john bolton, someone simpatico with President Trump on policy. Hes a former u. N. Ambassador and a television contributor. But also mcmaster has to find an exit strategy. There say possibility of him returning to military service, or perhaps going back into the private sector. The s
Extension. A lot of people up here saying does this mean he does not understand the policy, is it a poorly worded tweet . Or is he really undercutting the republican strategy to try to push this shortterm spending plan forward. Many members really scrambling up here to try to really decipher what that tweet means for the overall negotiations, and the fact that Republican Leadership is now pushing to try to hold a vote this evening to get the shortterm spending plan through the house. Thats not to say there is a lot of complicated efforts on the senate side that they also have to overcome. We will hear from speaker of the house paul ryan in just a few minutes. Certainly top on the agenda is what do you think President Trump meant by that tweet, how does this impact the plan to vote on it tonight and certainly the biggest fact is that this is under 40 hours to a potential Government Shutdown and no plan as of now. Yeah, which made that such a stunning tweet. Sunlen serfaty on the hill, t
Announcer this is cnn breaking news. Breaking news. President trump retaliates in his trade war with china. He Just Announced new tariffs on billions of dollars of chinese goods, hours after beijing hit the u. S. With new tariffs. This caps a day of turmoil that sent the Dow Jones Industrials plunging more than 600 points. The president has been fanning the flames saying he, quote, hereby orders u. S. Companies to start looking for an alternative to doing business in china. As recession fears rise, mr. Trump again attacked his Federal Reserve chairman, suggesting that Jerome Powell may be a bigger enemy of the u. S. Than the president of communist china. Also breaking, the Supreme Courts liberal icon, ruth bader ginsburg, treated for pancreatic cancer. The 86yearold justice just completed radiation therapy. The court says her malignant tumor was treated definitively with no evidence that the disease had spread. Ill get reaction from democratic congressman roe kana. He is a member of th