When the Obama Administration in the past years approved sales of uranium to a russianowned company. The implication that somehow hillary clinton, secretary of state, was involved. She said it was nonsense, that she had taken herself out of any Decision Making and was not involved. That is a new investigation by the House Intelligence Committee which has been under fire for its failure to proceed and to have a coherent investigation on the house side into the russian investigation. Thats going on on capitol hill. Meanwhile, President Trump and republican senator bob corker are escalating their stunning war of words today over taxes, north korea and diplomacy. Even as the president heads to capitol hill this hour for his first visit to the weekly Senate Republican lunch since taking office. The president s had choice words for Senate Leader Mitch Mcconnell in the past, but todays round with bob corker made the rounds on television, including the today show. This has been building for so
Wait until you hear how virginia will determine balance of power in that bellwether state. Good morning, and welcome to early start. Im Christine Romans. Im dave briggs. This just in, joe biden has finally stopped praising the president. I think he had to sleep at some point, so its just now came to a close. Thursday, december 21st, 4 00 a. M. In the east, 6 00 p. M. In seoul, its 11 00 a. M. In jerusal jerusalem. Well check in there shortly. First, the republicans taking a victory lap, passing their tax reform, tax cut bill, which now awaits the president s signature, but in touting the bill as a huge tax cut, the president himself made what could be a serious tactical error, admitting the measure was just as much about gutting obamacare. The individual mandate is being repealed. So in this bill, not only do we have massive tax cuts and tax reform, we have essentially repealed obamacare. We didnt want to bring it up. I told people specifically, be quiet with the Fake News Media becaus
Is being examined. Are they linked to the deadly series of bombing thats have terrified austin . Plus, the porn star. Could a lawsuit and the polygraph test keep the press occupied . And what about litigation by a reality show contestant . Im wolf blitzer and youre in the situation room. Breaking news. President trump is taking heat for his call, congratulating russias president putin on his reelection win and with Republican Leaders now openly defending special counsel Robert Mueller. The white house insists it is now planning to fire mueller. The president is also facing risks relating to legal action by a former playmate, a former reality star and a porn star, Stormy Daniels, who has now released the results of a polygraph test. Ill speak with congressman eric swalwe swalwell. Er my specialists are all standing by with full coverage. The white house clearly on the defensive as President Trump congratulates russias president putin on his reelection win. Lets to go our Senior Correspo
Washington. Secretary of state mike pompeo telling fox news just minutes ago when it comes to irans suspected secret efforts to continue developing Nuclear Weapons we are still scratching the surface. Pompeo says the israelis are getting ready to brief our european allies in the unfolding crisis. We have Team Coverage for you tonight. Chief National Correspondent ed henry following the latebreaking reaction from the white house. We begin with conor powell from jerusalem or the israeli province reports the world on notice today. Connor. Good evening. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu may have had an audience of one in mind when he made his argument tonight for the Iran Nuclear Deal should be scrapped. Its part of his effort to convince President Trump to withdraw from the agreement. Which the Prime Minister has long opposed. Netanyahu said that iran lies big time, as he laid out his case with 55,000 pages of documents based on what he calls an extra ordinary intelligence achieve
Good morning, everyone. Im Ayman Mohyeldin here in washington, d. C. President trump and gop senators gathered at the white house yesterday for a ceremonial swearingin for Supreme Court Justice Brett kavanagh. Trump began by apologizing to kavanaugh and his family for the contentious confirmation battle where kavanaugh faced decadesold allegations of sexual misconduct. Take a listen. On behalf of our nation, i want to apologize to brett and the entire kavanaugh family for the terrible pain and suffering you have been forced to endure. Those who step forward to serve our country deserve a fair and dignified evaluation, not a campaign of political and personal destruction based on lies and deception. You, sir, under historic scrutiny were proven innocent. Meanwhile, at a gathering of Law Enforcement officials in orlando yesterday, trump slammed kavanaughs accusers and their allegations. Hes a great person and it was very, very unfair what happened to him. False charges, false accusations