Agreement. Did he mislead about a meeting with a russian associate thats believed to be at the center of the Mueller Investigation . And spying for iran. A former u. S. Intelligence specialist is charged with divulging intelligence information and the identity of an american Intelligence Officer after she defected to iran. Where is she now . Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. The departure coming as the ptd has everyone guessing whether he will sign the spending bill to avert another Government Shutdown in two days. We have more on whether manafort violated the plea agreement by lying about a meeting with a russian associate. That meeting believed to be central to muellers investigation. Ill talk about the breaking news with the Foreign Relations committee. Analysts and specialists are also standing by. Lets get the latest on the breaking news. Another member of the trump team is out tonight. This was a surprise that the fema administrator is leaving after less than two year
Negotiations between democrats and republicans on keeping the government open and funded past fridays deadline indicate that both sides are at an impasse. Not only on funding for the president s longpromised border wall, but also specifically on a cap proposed by democrats on funding for a specific number of beds inside i. C. E. Detention centers. Democrats have argued that they want to make sure that immigration and Customs Enforcement are detaining criminals and not just regular migrants. On the other side, republicans are arguing that democrats are trying to limit the ability of i. C. E. Agents to do their jobs. The president weighed in on this several times on twitter over the weekend, arguing that democrats involved in these negotiations are being held back by democratic leadership and that theyre acting irrationally. The president also sort of misrepresented where democrats actually stand on that bed cap issue. Further, his acting chief of staff, milk mulvaney sugtd its broad. We
Shutdown could be looming. Is it fair to say that whatever Congress Hands him hell sign, he just may not be enthusiastic about it . I dont think so. We cannot definitively rule out a Government Shutdown by the end of this week . You absolutely cannot. Despite the ticking clock, some lawmakers are holding out hope that a deal can come together. I certainly hope were not headed for another shutdown. I think the president has been clear and the republicans in the house have certainly been clear that weve absolutely got to secure the border. Im hoping this committee can come up with a proposal we all can support, that the president can sign. We are not in a point where we can announce a deal. Negotiations are still going on. There are good people on this committee, so i have confidence that well get something done pretty soon. As we wait to see how negotiations play out on capitol hill, another democrat is jumping into the race for u. S. President. Soon senator Amy Klobuchar will take to t
He may have picked a good week to be out of washington, though, because tomorrow his former long term lawyer Michael Cohen starts three days of congressional testimony. Michael cohen will testify publically on wednesday on matters ranging from his own secrets and lies to the president s business, campaign and foundation and much more. Lets go straight to the white house this morning. Sarah westwood is there. I know the president is about to leave. He says that he and kim jongun are eye to eye on this. It was also striking to hear the president say he is not in a rush for kim jongun to give up north Koreas Nuclear capability. So do we have a clear sense this morning of what the u. S. Objective is heading into this summit . Reporter the Trump Administration has really kept close to the vest what kind of steps theyre looking for north korea to make out of the summit although secretary of state mike pompeo did tell our colleague jake tapper yesterday that the administration wants to see a
We have too many people who want border security. I cant imagine if it survives a veto. But i will veto it, yes. Congressman, great to see you. You just heard what the president said. Hes going to reto it. Do you expect the resolutions of disapproval to pass . Right now it looks as if the democrats have the votes in the house. They have 220 democrats signing on to the resolution. I will vote against it. Im not necessarily enthusiastic about what the president is doing. He has the right to do it legally and he is the commanderinchief. But hell be using defense funds to defend the border. This is clearly within his right as president and the congress should not be interfering with it. Eric what about those who say hes exceeding his executive power. The wall street journal says both parties dont mind stretching constitutional limits to achieve their political goals. Democrats cheered on Barack Obamas legal abuse on immigration and so much more. Constitutional conservatives should be wary