Met its nuclear objectives. It comes ahead of two historic summ summits. Trump welcomed kims announcement tweeting this is good news for north korea and the world. Big progress. Look forward to our summit. Lets bring in our washington correspondents. As we get these announcements from north korea, from kim jongun, is this really about the United States or might this be about south korea and potentially is the president is he moving too far too quickly and this is really not about him or about the United States . Look, at first in the immediate future, of course this is about south korea. The leader of south korea, who tends to be more progressive about issues related to north korea, is having a summit with kim jongun i believe towards the end of this week. This announcement that kim jongun is something that lays the groundwork for those talks. This is useful to trump. It gives him something to brag about, but the idea that substantively this is a huge win for the United States doesnt h
Refusing to admit their mistake. Sloppy bernstein making up story after story is being laughed at all over the country. Fake news. Were live at the white house this morning. Why is cnn standing behind this report . For starters they say Carl Bernstein was not the only source in this july report in response to the president s tweet cnn sent out a tweet of their own, make no mistake, mr. President , cnn does not lie. We report the news and we report when people in power tell lies. Cnn stands by our reporting and our reporters. There may be many fools in this story but Carl Bernstein is not one of them. And late july cnn broke a story on Michael Cohen, the president s former attorney, the one lot of refer to as his socalled fixer in the controversial june 2016 meeting in trump tower where trumps son, don junior, met with a russian lawyer expecting to get some kind of dirt information on Hillary Clinton and her campaign. Cohen alleges that he was present along with several others when trum
Expecting. Jeremy diamond is at the white house. The president said that he is excited about mcgahns replacement. We have some idea as to who that may be. Are we getting any indications from the white house as to who he is picking to replace mcgahn . I spoke with a senior white house official who says the sense inside the white house is no final decision has yet been made as to who will succeed don mcgahn. Thats despite the president s tweet where he said, i am very excited about the person who will be taking the place of don mcgahn as white House Counsel. I like don but he was not responsible for me not firing mueller or sessions. So much fake reporting and fake news. Despite the fact that the president hasnt named a successor for don mcgahn, the senior white house official said flood really does appear to be the top contender. He is the special counsel handling everything with regard to the special counsel investigation into russian interference and the questions of obstruction of ju
All of this as the president is tweeting that white house us counsel don mcgahn is leaving this fall, a tweet that apparently surprised even mcgahn himself and despite news of another exit, President Trumps executive time is in full swing, the president insisting the white house is a smoothrunning machine, no kay yot to see here. Hes excited about the person taking mcgahns place and, oh, in case you were wondering, daughter ivanka, soninlaw jared kushner, the president tweets they had nothing to do with the counsels departure. Theres a lot to discuss thursday morning achlt thee that jones is at the white house. Athena, the president hinting he knows who will replace mcgahn. Erica, thats right. The president tweeting hes excited about the person but not naming them. He said im very excited about the person who will be taking the place of white House Counsel don mcgahn. I liked don but he was not responsible for me not firing bob muellerover Jeff Sessions. That is a reference to the fact
Selected by john mccain personally in the year since his diagnosis, including asking his good friend former Vice President joe biden to deliver one of todays eulogies. Their friendship reflected in their last public appearance together almost one year ago. I hope he has heard my profession of gratitude for him. It was always duty, honor, country. Thats john. John understands what it means to sacrifice for what you believe in. To put the greater good ahead of personal feelings. Good day, everyone. Im Andrea Mitchell in washington. As friends and family in arizona and throughout the nation pause, pausing to remember the life and the legacy of John Sidney Mccain iii. Today the late senator will be honored at the only Public Service in his home state, the North Phoenix Baptist Church, where two dozen senators, including ten democrats, have also gathered. Tonight, as you see these live pictures of the hearse traveling through the State Capitol with a motorcycle escort. Tonight, that casket