Birmingham press conference. As you have more and more women coming forward with additional sex allegations against him. Also today the senatorial franken is apologizing after this news anchor in los angeles accused him of groping her a decade and now they are being felt on capitol hill. Heres the photo thats now being circulated. And yes indeed this was then private citizenal franken hands that quite frankly shouldnt have been there. She revealed this picture showing his hands over her chest as she was asleep. On top of all of that the white house today is Holding First on camera briefing at the white house in two weeks now that the president is back from his big trip in asia. So we have all of that happening. But lets go straight to capitol hill because we have breaking news. Moments ago house of representatives passed plan to overhaul the nations tax system. This is the first step in what could be not just the first major legislative victory for President Trump but historic act from
Recognizing israels capital. Lets begin with the apparent disarray with the president s legal team right now as the russia investigation clearly intensifies. President trumps personal lawyer sparking a fierce debate after suggesting that the president cant obstruct justice because he is the president. A white house lawyer contradicting that statement saying that wouldnt be his defense and insisting they would be relying on the facts to defend the president of the United States. Clearly there are dramatic developments unfolding in this investigation. That has been very, very apparent for sometime. It appears to be escalating. Joining us with excellent reporting on all of this, whats the latest . Ty cobb, the president s lawyer who is dealing directly with the special counsels office is saying what john dowd is partner in this. Saying thats not a legal strategy. We are not relying on the notion that the president is in a sense, above the law and cant be prosecuted for this. We will rely
Strike in syria. Saying the missiles will be quote nice and new and smart. After promising never to telegraph moves, isnt that what the president is doing . The judge in the Stormy Daniels case orders lawyers for the porn star, President Trump and other parties to meet and work out their differences over a jury trial for the lawsuit against the president. We want to welcome our viewers in the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. This is cnn, breaking news. The notorious video that jolted the Trump Campaign is back. Sources tell cnn that the fbi raid saw communications between Michael Cohen and donald trump about the access Hollywood Tape with its lewd comments about women. House speaker richard bloomingthal of the the judiciary committee. Our kor spon decorrespondents a specialists are standing by. Evan, first to you. Why is it significant that agents were looking for information involving that access Hollywood Tape. This is very significant
Behavior after Leeann Tweeden, the radio host, said he kissed and groped her in 2006, accusers of both men sticking by their stories. He just grabbed my behind. I mean, forcefully grabbed it. And i didnt even react. I just walked out. I was harassed, you know, but as far as any of the other things that the women had to go through i didnt go through but i know theyre telling the truth. I just wanted him to understand what he did was wrong and how he treated me and how abusers who i think do that under the guise its funny or, oh, i can get away with it because im a comedian and it was funny. Thats never funny. President trump whos largely remained mummed on moores scandal did not waste time slamming the democratic senator on twitter. This is the explanation for why the president wont touch moore and feels franken is fair game. Al franken was a brand new news story and the president weighed in on the days of the day as he did. The president put out a statement on that in the asia trip. We
Most recently, a woman who says moore grabbed him and put his hands on her body without her consent. People in alabama who support roy moore dont appear to be swayed in large numbers by these accusations, they blame the media and Establishment Republicans for spreading lies. Lets go to the white house now and correspondent boris sanchez. Boris, President Trump called out a sitting democratic senator by name of a shauchexual harass charges came out about him, al franken, but hes handled this roy moore question differently, even ignoring it. How do white house insiders explain the silence . Reporter well, a republican source to the white house told cnn earlier this week that the president was apprehensive about getting involved in a conversation regarding the insexual contact accusations levied against roy moore, in part because of his own allegations and controversies in the past. The president specifically did not want to get dragged into a conversation about his own being a could you