Hasnt already, totally end any kind of talk that he could be up to become our next president. Aides say he will give an official statement at the Republican National committee official ruling himself out of any nomination. Lets go to our senior political reporter manu raju live on capitol hill with all of the details. Listen, he said no multiple times before. But finally this is it, is it really . It seems that way. Paul ryan has dealt with this increased speculation that he needs maneuvering behind the scenes to position himself for a possible run in a deadlock convention. Hes tried to end all that chatter. For months weve been asking him. He said no, im not running. Its only seemed to intensify the speculation and the chatter also among people in the Party Establishment who are worried about ted cruz, who are worried about donald trump and view paul ryan as a savior. Hes going to make the case very clearly that no matter what he will not accept the republican nomination. He is of cou
Intelligence agency spied for president obama. And it is not politics as usual for spicer to deny that the white house apologized to the British Government. None of it is politics as usual. And well talk about all of it in the coming hours here on cnn. Breaking news, though, two government officials tell cnn that classified report delivered from the Justice Department to house and Senate Investigators does not confirm President Trumps allegations that former president barack Obama Wiretapped him. So lets get right to it. Cnns Fareed Zakaria is here, host of Fareed Zakaria gps right here on this very network. Fareed, lets talk about all of this. Lets start with Angela Merkel. Because two of the most powerful people in the world met today at the white house. They met to talk about trade and terrorism and europe and international relations. But all everyone was talking about was this. Watch this. As far as wiretapping, i guess by you know, this past administration, at least we have someth
Administrator dismisses what he calls climate exaggerators. Is the administration denying science . And putin unplugged. The russian president goes off script with lengthy remarks about President Trump, Hillary Clinton and what he calls hysteria fueling the russia investigation. Is putin trying to prevent any probe from reaching him . Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. Were following break news. President trump is said by top aides to be weighing whether to take the extraordinary step of invoking executive privilege to block testimony by former fbi director james comey. Hes scheduled to appear before the Senate Intelligence committee on thursday, and hes expected to testify that the president urged him to drop the investigation into fired National Security adviser michael flynn. Meanwhile, the white house is refusing to answer any questions about the russia investigation. The press Secretary Sean Spicer once again referring reporters to the president s outside counsel saying
Still ahead and the worst could be yet to come. Im eric shawn, this is americas news headquarters. Arthel entire neighborhoods under water. Officials telling people to stay indoors and only call 911 if their lives are in i am nernlt danger. Adam klotz is tracking the storm. How much rain is headed houstons way . Reporter these numbers just keep climbing and climbing. So far this is from the system that made landfall. This your legend up at the top. We are getting into the 12 to 16inch range. A wide area where we have seen heavy rain. And there are those numbers. 15, 16, 17, 18 inches of rain already. And its still raining and it will be range for days. Here is the last 24 hours. You will see where it moved on to shore but where all the rain has been falling father up the coast. Again, just rounds and rounds of heavy showers, thunderstorms, isolated tornadoes within the system. And thats what we have been seeing and continue to see the heavy rain. Flash flood watches and warnings in pla
About the republicans tax plan set to be released this wednesday, what are the remaining sticking points, well talk abe coming up. Plus the road ahead for saudi arabia part of my conversation with the future king, crowned Prince Mohammed and what may be the start of a revolution of sorts there. All that and a lot more coming up right now as we look ahead on sunday morning futures. Well, tax reform will be the talk of the town this week in washington as the house ways and Means Committee prepares to release its tax plan on wednesday. The measure will then go through a markup session before advancing to the floor. House leaders also hoping to address concerns expressed by the 20 gop lawmakers who voted no on the budget bill last week. Joining me republican california congressman and House Majority leader kevin mccarthy. Thanks for having me on. Maria thank you so much for joining us. Wednesday is a big day. Can you give us a sense of where we are in terms of the tax bill and what are the