Weapons seized by the feds, guns and ammo tracked down in a home in los angeles. Im christine romans. Good morning, im dave briggs. Its almost friday. Its thursday, man 9th. Dont tease me like that. Almost, its 4 00 a. M. In the east. We start in the Nations Capital where its not case closed. The Senate Intelligence committee wants another round with donald trump jr. , but will the president s son comply . The subpoena comes from a Committee Led by republicans. Discussions over his testimony began before the release of the special counsels report. Don jr. s team resisted, in part because they say muellers findings were still secret. The subpoena is sign the committee is escalating its probe into Russian Election interference. It raises two major questions, why do senators want to speak with don jr. And will he show up . Christine and dave, case closed was the message from mitch mcconnell. It appears at least in the senate, including the Republicanled Senate, the case is not quite yet c
House saying about his next steps . Reporter brooke, this is the most important part of a process that has taken many weeks of negotiation between republicans and democrats. Will the president actually sign this compromise that has been come to as of last night and what were hearing from a white house official and even from some of the president s allies on capitol hill is that they believe the president is likely to sign this bill . What else he might do is not exactly clear and whether or not he will make his decision known publicly is also not clear, but the president is clearly unhappy with what hes getting out of this. Its less than he would have gotten about a month and a half ago had he taken what the house and the senate had agreed to and passed but he rejected at the last minute and its less than the 5. 7 billion that he originally wanted. What is been happening behind the scenes here at the white house for several weeks now are preparations for President Trump to potentially
Brown weighs in. And new revelations. The drip, drip, drip of the Mueller Probe continues with new allegations about roger stones ties to wikileaks as a leading senator has his committee has still found no proof of collusion. The chairman of the House Intelligence Committee adam schiff responds. Hello, im dana bash in for jake tapper in washington where the state of our union is facing a constitutional showdown. President trump is at his golf resort in florida this weekend after declaring a National Emergency on friday in order to secure funding for a wall along the southern border. Its intended to bypass congress and allow the president to redirect billions of federal dollars toward the wall. The move is facing challenges in the courts and theyre vowing to stop the president legislatively. Some republicans are also criticizing the tactic. Senator marco rubio said no crisis justifies violating the constitution. And just like he did in 2016, President Trump is making the wall a central
And more than a thousand weapons seized by the feds, guns and ammo tracked down at one home in los angeles. Good morning, everyone, and welcome to early start, im dave briggs. And im christine romans. You keep calling it friday eve. I like almost friday. It just makes me feel better for a moment. The Senate Intelligence committee wants another round with donald trump jr. But will the president s son comply. The system comes from a Committee Led by republicans. Discussions over his testimony began before the release of special counsel Robert Muellers report. Don jr. s team resisted in part they say because muellers findings were still secret. The subpoena raises two major questions, why do senators want to speak with don jr. , and will he show up . Phil mattingly has more from capitol hill. Reporter christina and dave, case closed was the message from Republican Senate majority leader mitch mcconnell, it appears at least in the senate including the Republicanled Senate, the kacase is no
Administration and the president just wrapped up a rally in the florida panhandle. This following a day of stunning headlines back in washington. The House Judiciary Committee voted to hold attorney general william barr in contempt of congress. President trump invoked executive privilege to shield the full unredacted Mueller Report from the Judiciary Committee. The House Intelligence Committee issued a subpoena to the Justice Department for the full Mueller Report including Counter Intelligence and the republican led senate Intelligence Committee subpoenaed Donald Trump Trump juror to testify about his knowledge of the trump tower moscow project. Were going to get to all of it but first, it was a party line vote, 2416 the final margin in the House Judiciary Committee earlier today to advance a measure that would hold attorney general barr in contempt of congress for failing to compile with a subpoena to hand over the unredacted Mueller Report. That contempt resolution that passed the C