All around the world. Im george howal. And im natalie allen. Cnn newsroom starts right now. At 5 00 a. M. On the u. S. East coast, we start with the latest on the woman accusing u. S. Supreme Court Kavanaugh of Sexual Assault. Theres a new deadline calling on her to testify. Chuck grassley says Christine Blasey fords has until saturday to decide whether shes going to testify before his kmuty. They said if she didnt let them know by wednesday they would vote on monday to confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the high court. And fords attorney called that deadline arbitrary and asking for another day to decide. Committee chairman tweeted judge kavanaugh, i just granted another extension to ford. She should decide so we can move on. I want to hear her. I hope you understand. Rut its not my normal proach to be indecisive. President trump made very clear where he stands on the subject. Listen. Brett kavanaugh, fantastic man, she Just Announced she wont vote for him, can you believe that. You talk abou
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And our reporting ends with President Trump reportedly saying he wanted to order the Justice Department to prosecute his political rivals. Thats not how it works. Its according to the reporting of the New York Times citing two people familiar with the conversation. The times reported last spring that President Trump or then President Trump told the then white house counsel, don mcgahn, that he wanted to order the doj to prosecute Hillary Clinton and james comey. Mcgahn warned the president that that could lead to your impeachment. Fox news has reached out to the white house for a response. We havent heard back. The president s lawyers say he has turned in his written answers to the special counsel Robert Muellers questions. Muellers team is investigating moscows meddling in the 2016 election, possible collusion with the Trump Campaign and russia and whether the president obstructed justice. President trump said there was no collusion and no obstruction of justice. Catherine herridge re
Im cory booker and im running for president. Will it move democrats . People in america are losing faith that this nation will work for them. All in starts right now. Good evening. President trump is nowong the record denying that he ever told roger stone to get involved with wikileaks. The problem is his denials are worth nothing. Trump said Rod Rosenstein told his lawyers that trump is not a target in the mueller vez. But when asked directly about roger stone, he said this. Did you talk to him about wikileaks . No. No, i didnt. Did you ever tell him or other people to get in touch with him . Never did. As i listen, i could not help but recall the moment on air force 1 when the president was asked a similarly direct question about whether he knew about Michael Cohens payments to stormy daniels. A question we now know the answer to is yes. As a matter of record in federal court and before any of that, here is how trump reacted to a direct question about the hush money. Does his respons
Newsroom starts right now. And we begin with breaking news that russia is suspending its inf missile treaty. This comes one day after the u. S. Says it would withdrawal from the agreement unless russia complied within 180 days. The russian president Vladimir Putin said this, quote, we have a tit for tat response, American Partners have announced they are suspending their participation in the treaty, so we are suspending ours as well. They announced they are engaged in research and Technological Development work and we will do the same. We get more now. Reporter the United States announcing today it is suspending one of the last Nuclear Arms Treaties between the u. S. And russia. We provided russia an ample time to mend its ways and for russia to honor its commitment. Tomorrow that time runs out. Reporter the intermediate range Nuclear Forces treaty or inf was signed by president reagan and Mikhail Gorbechev in 1987. For the past years, the u. S. Accused russia of violating the treaty a