Criminal acts basically said it was an effort to sort of distract from Hillary Clintons, quote, terrible loss. Notably as you just hit on, he basically said it was the fake news as he described it, that was responsible for treating Michael Flynn so unfairly, which raises a question that donald trump didnt have to answer because it never got posed to him, but the question we would have liked to ask is, if it was fake news, then why did you fire him just a couple of days ago . Its a question that remains unanswered right now, even as the white house is looking forward to trying to find a new National Security adviser with acting National Security adviser Keith Kellogg in that role right now. Another question not answered because it wasnt posed to President Trump today was a question focused on the new reporting from a variety of outlets suggesting that there were contacts between donald trump, his campaign, and its officials and more broadly some senior russian intelligence figures. The
Need to move forward. Subway terror attack of explosion ripped through the metro train while Vladimir Putin visits the city of st. Petersburg. Ten people are dead and dozens hurt. Whos behind the bombing. Going along, the u. S. Is read d i to go it alone like this weeks naval exercises. What options does the president have in i am wolf blitzer, you are in the station room. This is cnn breaking news. Breaking news right now, Senate Democrats have the vote to block neil gorsuch unless or until republicans use the Nuclear Option and blow up the senate rules lowering the threshold for confirming Supreme Court nominees from 60 votes to 51 votes. The white house says it is comfortable with growing nuclear warrants. The democrats are setting a dangerous precedent are also breaking. The House Intelligence Committee is meeting behind closed door this evening. It is the first session since the republican chairman paid a visit to the white house grounds and announced trump aid has been picked up
President trumps trip for the Supreme Court. Mr. President , the 60vote bar in the senate is the guardrail of our democracy. When our body politics is veering too far to the right or to the left, the answer is not to dismantle the guardrails and go over the cliff. But to turn the wheel back toward the middle. As that break news unfolds in the senate, over on the house sight the chairman steps aside from the russia meddling investigation because he now faces an ethics review of whether he improperly disclosed classified information. Im sure it was a very difficult decision for him. But as he mentioned, i think it is in the best interest of the investigation. It will i think allow us to have a fresh start moving forward. And republicans insisting today they havent given up to repealing obamacare, but as they brag of their progress today, guess what . They still dont have a plan that has a prayer of passing. Their amendment makes this a much better bill. It gets us closer. This is the kin
Sandra holidays with bernie. Memorial day. Bernie labor day a matter fact. Spell before you fire up the girl, thank you for joining us in the hour. No holiday for the democrats, however, they plan to keep up their plan with the g. O. P. Health care bill through the july 4th break. In fact, a summer of heated protests like weve seen in recent days and capitol hill is being planned against republican lawmakers, unless they already have clashes with police over the efforts to stop g. O. P. Reform of obamacare. One leading organizer has issued a new toolkit to guide protesters on how to conduct a sit in congressional offices, that could last a very long tim time. This comes as congress grapples with how to handle security for members in the wake of the recent baseball park shooting. Their hero, Bernie Sanders, spoke about the need to resist. We have to stand up and fight. We have to be involved in the political process in a way that we have never been before. What is happening in washingto
He also promised to defeat radical islamic terrorism. We have that and so much more into nights breaking news opening monologue. President trump it has been proven right about wiretapping. Guess what . The allknowing holierthanthou destroytrumppropaganda media has been caught in a massive lie and a major coverup. The Mainstream Media has been misleading all of you, the American People for months and months about this story. We will once again do their job and set the record straight so you have the facts. According to the new report, former Trump Campaign chairman Paul Manafort was in fact wiretapped by the fbi under fisa Court Warrants before and after the 2016 election. According to reporting, the fbi was monitoring manafort over concerns that he was communicating with russian operatives. Whats more disturbing is that manafort was under surveillance earlier this year when he was known to be communicating with President Trump President Trump. Manafort earlier tonight put out a stateme