Sam mortar of harvard, he is a former proliferation expert in the obama administration. As we get into this agreement and as we get into the destruction phase which is supposed to take place in november i can imagine the Assad Government saying wait a second im not going to give up my chemical weapons if youre sending weapons to the opposition. So this whole thing could become very complicated for the administration if it interferes with what i think is an effort on the part of the white house to step up support for the opposition. Rose tragedy in washington and chemical weapons in syria. Next. Captioning sponsored by Rose Communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. Rose we begin with the tragedy in washington. Investigators look for clues as to why fworpler u. S. Navy reservists opened fire inside a Washington Building inside the Washington Navy yard on monday. The f. B. I. Has identified the shooter as 4yearold contractor aaron alexis. Yesterday he walked
It is 3 00 a. M. On the u. S. East coast, and in just a few hours time the president of the United States, donald trump, will actually speak on stage at an annual gathering of political conservatives. Its called cpac. Keep this in mind though. Just last year he canceled at that event when some conservatives tried to derail his campaign for the white house. A difference a year makes. Any hard feelings from mr. Trump seem to have vanished in the wake of his upset victory in november. Senior Trump Officials shared the stage on thursday reassuring the audience of their commitment to the conservative agenda. Vice president mike pence even likened trump to ronald regan. I believe President Trump has given voice to the aspirations and frustrations of the American People like no leader since reagan. I just knew our new president would reignite our cause and renew it in our own day, and he did just that. But the Trump Administration continues to speak with multiple voices on Critical Issues sen
Sources that the fbi rejected a request from the white house recently to publicly knock down media reports about communications during the 2016 president ial campaign between Donald Trumps associates and russians known to u. S. Intelligence. A white house official says that the request was made only after the fbi indicated to the white house it did not believe all of the reporting was accurate. Multiple u. S. Officials telling cnn the white house sought the help of the bureau and other agencies investigating the russian matter to say the reports were wrong and that there had been in contacts, the officials said. Fbi director james comey responded by rejecting this request according to sources in part because the alleged communications are the subject of an ongoing investigation. White house spokesperson sean spicer says we didnt try to knock the story down. We asked them to tell the truth. The fbi declined to comment, poppy. Pamela, this is not a typical request at all. How did it all
Ties, and the president pushing back today on all of that as, quote, fake news. Meanwhile, the immigration front, the travel ban coming out as early as this week, and the New York Times reporting today dhs getting tougher, reportedly, emboldened by Donald Trumps policies. The white house starting to pick the contractors i mentioned to build the border wall. Well explain all of that. Lets get right to it with howard dean and kristen tate, conservative columnist for the hill and author of government gone wild. Richard stengel, former top diplomat of the Obama White House and msnbc analyst and joe conson, author of it can happen here a book about the risk of authoritarianism inside the u. S. , a ton to get to. Let me start with governor dean on a republican here in darrell issa calling for an independent investigation of russia. Most interesting thing about that, darrell issa, one of the previous chairs that delighted in the benghazi investigation and all this other stuff. So what has hap
Libya, somalia, sudan, syria and yemen. Lots to get to. White house efforts to respond to cnn and other reporting about contacts with russian and high level Donald Trump Associates last year. Here we have evan and jim joining me now. Good evening. Jim, what did you find out . Don, cnn is told that fbi rejected a recent white house request to publicly knock down media reports about communications during the 2016 president ial campaign between Donald Trumps associates and russians known to u. S. Intelligence. Multiple officials tell cnn that white house sought the help of not just the bureau but other agencies investigating the matter to say the reports were wrong and have been no contacts. Officials telling us recall that cnn and New York Times first reported this over a week ago. So far the white house has not commented to us on the record. Evan perez, not a typical request. How did it start . Thats right don. U. S. Official says began with Deputy Director Andrew Mccabe and white house