History of the United States. Dozen of initiatives. Smart, targeted, but ensuring that patients have access to the best therapies. Dana that was alex azar. Now we turn to chief White House Correspondent john roberts at the white house. John . John good afternoon. Welcome to the rose garden where the sun is shining today. Ivanka trump is wearing black and that might not have been the best choice that it is always ten degrees hotter here with the sun beating down and the air doesnt move. I digress. The president promised in the campaign he would try to do something about drug prices. Its emerging as one of the big issues in the 2018 Midterm Elections. The president this afternoon will announce a number of different measures, not just one thing to bring down the price of drugs including encouraging innovation , promoting price competition and addressing foreign freeloading. The white house complains that the u. S. Consumer bear unfair burden of the Drug Development because of other countr
The email setting up the meeting and he doesnt know when the president and his team learned of the email. When it comes to questions about President Trumps involvement in a july 8, 2017, statement about the controversial meeting, trump junior seemed to suggest he was involved through former White House Communications director hope hicks. The initial july statement trump jr. Told the New York Times the meeting with russian lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya was primarily about russian adoption. He did not mention the fact that he agreed to the meeting after british publicist named Rob Goldstone told him that the person had information that might hurt Hillary Clintons campaign. The Washington Post reported that President Trump dictated the statement on air force one. The committee asked if that was correct to which trump jr. Replied, i dont know. I never spoke to my father about it. The chairman of the Judiciary Committee senator Chuck Grassley says the public can read through the documents an
Could get involved. Across the river in virginia, why not send the fbi in to figure this out . He wasnt a citizen of this country, for one thing. You dont know whether or not we have. Do you know whether or not weve sent the fbi . Have you sent the fbi . Im not gonna tell you. Dana john roberts has the latest from the white house. We begin with Benjamin Hall, reporting live from the saudi consul generals residence in istanbul. Benjamin . Reporter hi, dana. For days turkish authorities have been trying to get into the consul generals residence. Finally today we saw forensic teams entering. There had been a dispute between saudi and turkey about what exactly they were allowed to search. That residence is crucial because its where one of those black vans traveled to soon after khashoggi disappearance. Today forensic teams have been key to search the garden as well as the building. Meanwhile, secretary of state mike pompeo arrived today. He told reporters that the saudi king and prince bot
We were not expecting the president to speak to reporters, he did on air force one a short while ago. Hes in the building behind me, set to speak at a fundraising event any minutes. When he spoke to reporters, he spoke about the New York Times op ed and wanting to know who is behind it. President trump doesnt seem to be anybody high up, everybody high up said, it wasnt me. Very hard [indiscernible] i will say this, for somebody to do that is very low. That is the investigation of the op ed President Trump i think so, i think it is national security. I would say it should be investigated and the author of that piece, i believe it is national security. The president is in fargo to help republican representative kevin cramer raise money for his senate bid. Heitkamp is up for reelection in november, republicans want to take her seat, the president came to help cramer and hold a rally in north dakota. Todays event aiming toward the same thing, takeing that seat come november. Small group of
About the accusations that have been thrown against them, thats totally off limits and outrageous. Dana chief Congressional Correspondent mike emanuel is live on capitol hill. Things are heating up, mike. Reporter dana, no question. The fbi is expected to sends a single copy of its report to capitol hill after it sends it to the white house, which im told will be kept in a safe just to show you how tight security concerns are here. All 100 senators and nine staffers will be authorized to read it. Im not worried about a leak. Im confident there will be leaks. Something will say something. Thats not unreasonable. When the fbi information comes out, all of us have a response bltd to read through it and go through it, the same way we have access to the previous fbi investigations that judge kavanaugh went through. Reporter Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell has promised a vote on the kavanaugh nomination this week. Heres how it would go down. Day one, senator mcconnell would file closu