Thousands rally in support of irans government as the foreign minister mocks the u. S. For its emergency meeting at the United Nations. Angry scenes in bethlehem as palestinians protest against the Greek Orthodox patriarch accusing him of selling church land to his ratings. And good news from nasa the hole in the ozone layer is getting smaller thanks to the global ban on c. F. C. Chemicals. President trump has rejected accusations that he is mentally unfit for office describing himself in a tweet as a stable genius it follows the publication of a book that questions his ability to do his job and claims his staff view him as a child Michael Wolff book went on sale on friday four days early despite threats of legal action from trumps law is the president has described fire and fury inside the white house as full of lies misrepresentations and sources that dont exist he insists he never even spoke to wolf the author to nice president meanwhile is telling his focus to keep pharmacies as hu
And we begin with breaking news from texas where gay rights activists have scored another victory. A short time ago a federal judge struck down the states gay marriage ban. This follows similar decisions by federal judges in utah, oklahoma and virginia. Mark snyder joins us from dallas. The judge found the ban unconstitutional, but is letting it stand. Why is that . Well, its pending another ruling later this year and another appeals court. Yes, they say theyre complying with the u. S. Constitution and not trying to defy the people of texas. The rule something in response to a challenge by two gay couples of texas banning gay marriage. We just got a response from one of the couples, and they say, quote, were extremely happy, happy beyond words with judge garcias decision having been together 17 years. We look forward to the day we can get married, and when all gay texans enjoy equal rights to marry as well. We also got a statement from Texas Governor rick perry who said and then in 200
And republican retreat. President trump and gop leaders plan to gather at camp david days from now. We will preview to map out the republican agenda. In less than an hour, it will be official. Doug jones will be certified the winner of the race. Roy moore is not giving up without a fight. He is alleging voter fraud and calling for a delay and certifying the results. The secretary of state said thats not going to happen. We will talk with john merrill in a few minutes. We want to bring in Diane Gallagher in montgomery, alabama. Walk us through the specifics of roy moores complaint. So bryanna, initially the goal of the complaint is first they would like a new election. A doover. If they cant get that, they would like for the secretary of state to investigate the claims of fraud that they alleged determine if they had an impact on the special election result a couple of weeks ago. As far as the lawsuit itself, its a kitchen sink of voter fraught allegations. The crux is on increased vote
During an nearly 40minute question and answer session with reporters this afternoon in the rose garden. Have you considered using Emergency Powers to grant yourself authorities to build this wall without congressional approval . And second yes, i have. You have . Yes, i have, and i can do it if i want. So you dont need congressional approval to build the wall. No, we can absolutely, we can call a National Emergency because of the security of our country, absolutely. So, if its so obvious, absolutely, so sure that he can do this, why is trump letting hundreds of thousands of federal workers twist in the wind without pay . Something that he is willing to keep doing for, as he said today, months or even years. Youll hear him say that. Lets be direct. If the president declares a National Emergency to build the wall, he would be using taxpayer dollars to build it. And frankly, even though he is twisting and turning to say mexico will pay for it, he knows that is not true. Watch these exchan
Estate may have come from fox news where they ran these words, no exoneration. It was a far cry from trumps words, total and complete exoneration. To have been outed and revealed by a man like Robert Mueller who could not be corrupted, baited or intimidated by Donald Trumps mean tweets seemed to undo the president. I think he is a total conflicted person. I think mueller is a true nevertrumper. Hes somebody that dislikes donald trump. Hes somebody that didnt get a job that he requested that he wanted very badly, and then he was appointed. And despite that. And despite 40 million, 18 trump haters, including people that worked for Hillary Clinton and some of the worst human beings on earth, they got nothing. Its pretty amazing. The worst human beings on earth. If you need any further evidence that muellers performance yesterday left trump stripped of his typical bluster today he admitted that russia helped him win writing on twitter, quote, i had nothing to do with russia helping me to g