Importantly, we will hear from the new fbi director Christopher Wray who has been in the middle of several washington fire storms, plural, fire storms with an s. This is his first real public appearance since the release of the memo alleging fbi abuses in the russia investigation over his objections. What will he say about that and about the holdup in releasing the democratic response . Will he reveal new information about why he pushed out former Deputy Director andy mccabe. Then the brand new controversy, the claim from the white house that his people, the fbi people, are the reason that dozens of west wing staffers still dont have security clearances. That came up as a result of the deepening mess of response from the white house of former staffer rob porter accused of Domestic Abuse. Theyve clarified little and confused a great deal. Cnns abby phillip has the latest on that. Reporter good morning, john. Were one week into the contingency over rob porter and the Domestic Abuse alleg
grunting today is your day. Crush it. Angies boom chicka pop whole grain popcorn. Boom this is cnn tonight. Im don lemon. A little past 11 on the east coast. New developments tonight. A 19yearold exstudent kefzed to the Florida High School shooting rampage. Nikolas cruz is charged with premeditated murder. Amid questions about Mental Health and warning signs he left on social media. That as President Trump addressed the nation a day after the deadly rampage. You know, the president said something today that hit me. You might have missed it in the remarks. The remarks where he didnt mention the word gun once and said he wanted quota plan that works. What a great idea. What is the plan . Anyway, what he said was this. And so always, but especially today, let us hold our loved ones close. Let us pray for healing and for peace. And let us come together as one nation to wipe away the tears and strive for a much better tomorrow. I want everyone in this country to hold their loved ones close.
Much. Its 2 00 p. M. In washington. Were asking two Big Questions after the nations spy chiefs went before the senate intel committee. One, are we, the United States, ready for another onslaught of russian interference in this years elections . Were taking a lot of specific efforts to blunt russian efforts by the president . Not specifically directed by the president. The second big question, whos lying . The white house or Donald Trumps fbi pick, Christopher Wray . The fbi submitted a partial report on the investigation in question in march. And then a completed Background Investigation in late july that is soon thereafter we received requests for follow up inquiry. And we did the follow up and provided that information in november. And then we administratively closed the file in january. And then earlier this month, we received some Additional Information and we passed that on, as well. Under questioning from oregon senator ron wyden, wray directly contradicted what the white house h
And sister act. Kim jongun is sending his younger sister to the olympic winter games. She may be the second most powerful person in north korea and plays a key Counter Intelligence role. What will she be doing in south korea . Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. Breaking news. Senate republicans and democrats find Common Ground on a budget deal. In the house, it may be on shaky ground. Attack from both sides as lawmakers scramble to keep the governments shutdown threats from becoming reality. Also breaking. A top aide to President Trump resigns following allegations of assault from two exwise. Now sources say statements down playing the allegations were crafted by a white house official hes dating. Ill speak with senator Richard Blumenthal of the judiciary and Armed Services committees. And our correspondents and specialists are standing by with full coverage. Lets begin with a mad scramble for a budget deal following President Trumps shutdown threats and a new scandal brewin
Due process that he refuses to afford others. Like the wrongly convicted central park five for whom he wanted death. At the time he took out ads, in four new york city newspapers, calling for the Death Penalty for them. And as recently as 2016 doubled down on it. And to this day he refused to apologize or even admit he was wrong. Due process for, take note, for accused beater of women, rob porter, for accused pedophile and serial harasser roy moore and serial harasser bill oreilly who paid out multiple settlements including one for 32 million. For accused disgraced serial harasser roger ailes. There is more but i think i have made my point here. All of this leaves his white house now in turmoil again because his staffers, they dont have much to work with here. When it comes to who knew what and when about Domestic Violence allegations, against former staff secretary rob porter. In 30 seconds in todays White House Briefing Sarah Sanders told at least four lies about the white houses han