Problems. Everything is going smoothly and you also saw high profile advisors getting chatty coming out in front of cameras. Saying no there is no knife fight inside the trump transition team. And even Newt Gingrich saying no no no were not going to be filling these positions right away. We have time. Were not going to do it on the medias timetable. One interesting question has not been resolved yet. And that is this issue of whether or not Jared Kushner, Donald Trumps soninlaw, the husband of ivanka trump will be receiving the security clearance necessary to receive the president ial Daily Briefing. Kellyanne conway, compawas askes earlier today. She said she didnt know the answer. But when she was asked whether that is appropriate she said yes it is. Because if you are going to get the president ial Daily Briefing you need that kind of access. That kind of talk has prompted the House Oversight committee to fire off a letter to mike pence saying that is not appropriate, sonsinlaw do n
Thank you. The president is awake at this hour, and he is very busy tweeting. He appears to be very, very angry at the conservative republicans in the house of representatives who he still needs to pass any future legislation, and he is still angry. In his tweets tonight at bill and Hillary Clinton. I really think it will be best if he were to step aside, let someone else handle this investigation. Well, im sure that the democrats do want me to quit because they know that im quite effective. Chairman nunes seems to be more of a partisan for the president than an impartial actor. Now we know he went to the white house to get that alleged information. You cant make this stuff up. Im bouncing around the room a little bit with all of his explanation. People dont get on the white house grounds by accident. Go into a secret room and log on to a computer unless somebody on the white house staff allows you to do that. You remember, President Trump said he felt in part vindicated by the revelat
On back foot in syria and iraq. So the fight goes on. Anonymous sources have been telling us that they believe that the Obama Administration was spying on other president ial candidates other than trump. It would be one of the biggest scandal the country has ever seen if thats proven. According to reports, a Record Number of french voters turned in blank ballots for the election yesterday. Apparently they couldnt find le pen. Who are you who are you who who. Brian this isnt live, right . Steve who are we . We are fox news and we are live in that building right there, 1211 avenue of the americas here in new york city. Thank you very much for joining us on this kind of chilly Tuesday Morning here. Brian is it really that light outside . Steve in our magic window . Brian it seems as though its darker in here. Steve okay. It seems pretty bright, brian. Brian im just saying. Seems to be a discrepancy between our outdoor and indoor cameras. Can we look into that . Steve we will put our best
Has a chance to youre i want to begin our coverage this hour with David Swerdlick and david rohde. The New York Times has some new reporting out tonight on whether the president considered terminating robert mueller. Im going to read part of it and get your reaction. When asked by the pool of reporters covering a midday meeting with republican lawmakers at the white house whether he supported mr. Mueller, mr. Trump gave no answer, even though he often uses such interactions to make headlines or shoot down stories he believes to be fake. That may have been by design, according to a person who spoke to mr. Trump on tuesday. The president was pleased by the ambiguity of his position on mr. Mueller and thinks the possibility of being fired will focus the veteran prosecutor on delivering what the president desires most, a blanket public exoneration. Caitlin, whats your response . Does he understand how this works and the gravity of it . What do you make of that . Well, im sure he does, but
Concern about putins ruthless ways. And civilian casualties. The u. S. Military investigates a Coalition Air strike in iraq and reports that it cost dozens of innocent lives. What it will mean for the battle against isis . We want to welcome our viewers in the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. Announcer this is cnn breaking news. Breaking news new tonight. New intrigue surrounding the House Intelligence Committee chairman and his claim that the trump transition Teams Communications may have been swept up during routine surveillance. Just moments from now, ill speak live with the republican chairman, devin nunes. Hes now confirming he visited the white house grounds to view classified information the day before he spoke publicly about that information and rushed to brief the president while leaving democrats on his own panel in the dark. This revelation is fueling even more questions about where nunes got the information, if theres a white