Ago. And i and investors spooked. Im alison kosik. It is another busy news day. Good morning. Im dave briggs. Thursday, december 20th. 4 00 a. M. In the east. We have breaking news from north korea straight ahead. We start with President Trumps decision to order a full withdrawal from syria. Running into an issue, this decision will put lives in danger around the world. The u. S. Official says planning for the pullout is under way. Reaction to the president s move range from shock to outrange. A group of senators firing off a letter to mr. Trump urging him to reconsider. If there is a pullout, isis in syria will embolden their efforts in the region. Top republicans not pleased about getting blind sided. This is an obamalike move. Its a terrible mistake. I think we will pay a price for it if it is not reversed. It i is hard to imagine any president would wake up with this decision with little preparation. Pulling the troops without giving consideration to the consequences is something i
We could find out today what compelled Michael Flynn to lie to the fbi. The former National Security adviser is set to be sentenced today with the contacts with the Russian Ambassador during the president ial transition. Following the judges order in the 11th hour, special Counsel Robert Mueller has released a memo giving details of the fbi interview where flynn lied. Flynn allies, including the president , latched on to the fact that flynn was interviewed by peter strzok who was later fired over antitrump texts. Flynn allies suggest he was tricked into lying because he did not have a lawyer with him. The memo with the questions and answers debunks that claim. White house correspondent Kaitlan Collins with more. Reporter dave and christine, flynn is expected to be sentenced in a d. C. Court today. We know special Counsel Robert Mueller has recommended littletono jail time. Where this gets interesting is the day before sentencing, the special counsel released a memo detailing the notes
World. Im natalie allen. Im George Howell from cnn newsroom. 4 00 a. M. On the u. S. East coast. The lawsuits are flying. The u. S. President barely uttered the words National Emergency and the lawyers came out fighting. Members of his own party warned it was a terrible idea. President trump declared a National Emergency days after congress refused his demand for funding. He will face a gauntlet of legal challenges. Cnns jim acosta reports, he may have already sabotaged his own case. Reporter try to take a victory lap after a defeat in congress, President Trump declared a National Emergency to tap into Administration Funds to build a wall. The president may have already undercut his case when he admitted the motivation is to speed things along. I could do the wall over a period of time, i didnt need to do this, but i have to do it faster. I have done a wall for the election. 2020. Reporter more than 1 billion authorized by congress, they are free to secure 8 billion for the wall. The p
Headquarters in atlanta. We want to welcome our viewers here in the United States and around the world. Im natalie alan, newsroom starts right now. And we begin at the white house declaring a National Emergency is a big deal, so when the u. S. President made good on his threat to do that, to fund his wall the lawyers and a lot of other people packed. Within hours the first lawsuit was filed. It was made by the Government Watchdog Group public citizen. Mr. Trump acknowledged he faces an uphill battle the might not succeed. Strangest of all, he may have sabotaged his own case by admitting he didnt really need to do this. We get more from cnns jim acosta. Reporter trying to take a victory lap after a stinging defeat in congress, President Trump declared a National Emergency at the border to start tapping into Administration Funds to build his wall. But the president may have already undercut his case when he indicated his real motivation is to speed things along. I can do the wall over a
Democrats love him for that. Affluent progressives on the coast love him best. He is one of them. In the betting markets, orourke is the favorite to win the democratic nomination. Two years from now he plausibly could be in the oval office. So its work taking beto orourke seriously. What kind of president would he be . At this point we can only guess. We know like most people in his social class he is totally against border walls. We will fought when necessary against a president focused on building walls. No wall is going to solve legitimate security concerns. Then perhaps you can be forgiven thinking that a wall will solve the problem. We in el paso are ashamed of this now. But this is one of those moments where the folks in germany look back on the berlin wall or the United States looks back on the project to intern japanese americans in world war ii. Did you hear that . Berlin wall, bad. Border wall, also bad. Indeed, bad, very much like interning the japanese direct world war ii w