Be the clock ticking for Jeff Sessions. Lets get right to cnns senior political analyst mark preston. Chief National Security correspondent, and National Security correspondent jim sciutto. Senior White House Correspondent jeff zeleny. Legal analyst laura coats. Lots to get to next couple hours on cnn. Jeff, you first, Washington Post reporting tonight President Trump and his advisers to discussing the possibility of replacing attorney general Jeff Sessions. That does match much of what cnn has also been reporting and follows President Trumps swipe earlier where he tweeted this. So why arent the committees and investigators and, of course, our beleaguered a. G. , looking into crooked hillarys crimes and russia relations . What are you learning tonight from the white house, jeff . Reporter don, when you call your attorney general someone what was once a loyal supporter and indeed a trusted ally and friend, when you call him beleaguered, you know, it stands to reason that, yes, theyre lo
Business . Will they talk at all about russians influencing the 2016 president ial election . Good afternoon, everyone. Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. Were going to start with the politics lead today and the first tangible ripples from the stunning charges levelled by a woman in the Washington Post that she was sexually molested by Alabama Senate candidate roy moore when she whe he was 32 and she was 14. The special election is just five weeks away. Moore denies the allegation by Leigh Corfman and three other women who also allege that moore pursued intimate relationships with them when he was in his 30s and they were 16, 17, and 18 respectively. Moore called the Washington Post report allout war launched by the media. Others suggest the notion of a man in his 30s sexually boozing a 14yearold and pursuing other High School Girls is no big deal. Cnns Alex Marquardt is in alabama today where voters are telling us what they think. Reporter if anything can be said about roy moore sup
Candidate for the u. S. Senate in alabama, fighting back tonight against explosive allegations that he had a sexual encounter with a 14yearold girl when he was in his 30s and engaged in questionable contact with other teenagers. Moore slamming that report in the Washington Post as completely false, calling it a desperate political attack by his opponents. I want to begin this hour with cnns Senior National correspondent, alex marquardt, and daniel dale, Washington Bureau chief of the toronto star. Good evening, gentlemen. Alex, explosive allegations tonight about Alabama Senate candidate, roy moore. Give us the latest. Reporter absolutely explosive allegations, which as you note, roy moore is denying. But the women are sticking to their stories. There are four women who came forward and spoke to the Washington Post, saying that roy moore either had sexual contact with them or attempted sexual contact. The most serious allegations coming from a woman named leigh corfman, who at the time
Will they sit down and talk . And clamping down. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson says sanctions are working against north korea, but President Trump is calling for more and slamming what he calls kim jonguns twisted fantasies of nuclear blackmail. How will north koreas leader respond . Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. This is cnn breaking news. Breaking news. Alabama Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore Says the allegations of Sexual Misconduct against him are completely false and politically motivated. A stunning Washington Post report based on dozens of interviews says moore pursued several relationships with teens when he was in his early 30s. The most disturbing account is from a woman who says moore began a sexual encounter when she was only 14. Republican lawmakers say if the allegations are true, moore must step aside and the Gop Senate Campaign arm has now cut ties with moore. There is a stunning new twist in the special counsels investigation of key trump associ
During trumps 2013 visit to the russian capital. But first, we want to begin with breaking news. Roy moore, the republican candidate for the u. S. Senate in alabama fighting back tonight against explosive allegations that he had a sexual encounter with a 14yearold girl when he was in his 30s and engaged in questionable contact with other teenagers. Moore slamming that report in the Washington Post as completely false, calling it a desperate political attack by his opponents. I want to begin this hour with cnns Senior National correspondent, alex marquardt, and daniel dale, washington pure row chief of the toronto star. Good evening, gentlemen. Alex, explosive allegations tonight about Alabama Senate candidate, roy moore. Give us the latest. Reporter absolutely explosive allegations, which as you note, roy moore is denying. But the women are sticking to their stories. There are four women who came forward and spoke to the Washington Post, saying that roy moore either had sexual contact