Okay. Good night. Youre in the cnn newsroom, im drew griffin in for don lemon tonight. This will be a pivotal week in the political battle between those who want stricter gun control laws and those fighting to protect the right to own guns in the united states. On tuesday, the Vice President and his task force will send gun violence recommendations to the oval office. Both sides bracing for a fight. We have more on this story in a moment. But first, police in san diego were forced to shoot a man with a gun who ran inside a movie theater. The officers reen spoding to a domestic disturbance call yesterday when they chased the armed suspect into a crowded theater. Moviegoers poured out. Officers shot the suspect who survived, but is in Critical Condition tonight. American troops help france in an attempt to rescue a french intelligence agent. President obama today detailed the u. S. Involvement in the mission, which was friday night. He said, u. S. Troops led to what he called limited Tec
Ultimately this team is no joke, you saw co you he ran the option that destroyed the packers. I cant wait aaron, thank you so much. Thank you for joining me. Im carol cosell low, cnn newsroom continues right now with wolf blitzer. Hello, everyone, im wolf blitzer in washington, we want to welcome you to our special coverage leading into president obamas last News Conference in his first term as president of the United States. The president will be meeting with reporters in the east room of the white house, hes getting ready for that, originally he was scheduled for 10 15, now its been rescheduled to 11 30. About a half hour from now. There youre seeing a live picture of the white house right now on this monday morning, once again, this will be the president s last formal News Conference. In his first term as president , hes sworn in in his second term as president. The president will open his News Conference later today were told with a statement on the debt ceiling and why he has said
The left. You see there is a beautiful shot of the capitol, if we look back there. So as we look at the capitol, i want to ask these folks and go down the line here and ask you, where are you from . From tennessee. And you came for the inauguration . Sure did. Where are you from . Milwaukee, wisconsin. Philadelphia, will you sign my book for me . I will, ill come back. New hampshire. And you . Alexandria, right here. And San Francisco . Great, it is a lot colder here, right . Oh, yes, a lot colder. And where are you from . The u. S. Virgin islands. Oh, my god, people are from all over the world. I live in north carolina. Awesome, and where are you from . From south carolina. From madagascar, look at this, return of the king, a big sign there that says were so excited to be here. How are you doing . Good. Where are you from . Vancouver, washington. Are you excited to be here . Yes, really excited to be here. What about way in the back . Colgate university. Let me grab this. Minneapolis,
Beau bind, was sworn in to be attorney general of delaware. This will be an interesting ceremony. Another thing to point out, wolf, while the constitution explains the president is to taken a oath it doesnt say the same thing for a Vice President. This san oath that is actually going to be longer than what the president will be taking later today and its something that congress created by statute that actually is not in the constitution, wolf. And the Vice President i just want to point out to our viewers, looking at live pictures of the residence over at the naval observatory, the Vice President ial residence where the Supreme Court justice, Sonia Sotomayor will swear in the Vice President for a second term in this private ceremony t is the official ceremony. This is really what counts. Tomorrow is the public ceremony. They want to share all the festivities on monday as opposed to sunday. This goes back to tradition. But today, according to the constitution, they must go ahead before
Reporter immediately there were cracks in the president s conservative base, breitbart dubbed the president amnesty don while ann coulter tweeted, at this point who doesnt want trump impeached . The white house tried to contain the fallout. The president would consider citizenship for the dreamers. Outraging hard liners. Not discussing amnesty. What the Trump Administration is a responsible path forward in immigration reform. That could include legal citizenship over a period of time. Reporter on the ground in florida, the president contradicted that. Were not looking at citizenship, were not looking at amnesty, were looking at allowing people to stay here. Reporter then insisted the wall is coming. The wall to me is vital. If i dont get the wall, then we will be coming to you. Reporter after being left out of the discussion between the president and democratic leaders, House Speaker paul ryan insisted, there was no deal. It was a discussion. Not an agreement or a negotiation. Reporter