Tgi tgif. 4 00 a. M. In the United States, 11 00 a. M. In moscow. President trump going further, much further in north korea than any u. S. President has gone before. Escalating his combative warnings to pyongyang and criticizing past administrations for not doing enough to curb north korean aggression. Not only is he not backing down from his threat to unleash fire and fury, the president says maybe he didnt go far enough. The people that were questioning that statement, was it too tough, maybe it wasnt tough enough. Theyve been doing this to our country for a long time, for many years. And its about time that somebody stuck up for the people of this country and for the people of other countries. So if anything, maybe that statement wasnt tough enough. The president added he is concerned sanctions wont even work against the regime. This one day after north Korean State Department media said a plan would be formulized within days to launch missiles toward the u. S. Island territory of
Plus, the special counsel gets a new look at what might have been in the president s head before he fired james comey. Welcome to the lead. Im Brianna Keilar in for jake tapper. Desperate times in the wake of hurricane harvey. Amid the devastation, piles of debris, pulverized homes and pieces of peoples lives gone. This all piled up on the curb, this including waste and chemical concerns in the wake of the storm. Plus, beaumont, texas is a city that was driven out by the flood. There is no Drinking Water there. It is slowly coming back on. Brian todd made his way to beaumont. Brian, most of the problem is this water system. Are crews close to restoring it . Reporter were not sure, brianna, and we got some bad news from the government. Well show you as we take a look at this facility here. The nachos river right here alongside beaumont is continuing to rise. Its 7 feet above its record stage and the government says it may stay at that level for the next week. That has triggered an Emerg
Cohen announces hell leave his post. Im bill hemmer, live from the white house. A special edition of americas newsroom. Sandra, good morning to you in new york. Sandra looking like a chilly but lovely morning. Bill i think the weather reflects what weve seen in the past 12 hours. I just spoke with wilbur ross the secretary. He wasnt giving up much but between him and what the president said last night they believe they have good candidates. Who that will be were not sure and gauge the impact and fallout. Sandra Steve Mnuchin chose also not to speculate. Meanwhile, cohen played a Critical Role in crafting the bill but lately has been directly clashing with the president over his tariff proposal. Before we heard about his resignation, heres how the president characterized working in his white house. Believe me, everybody wants to work in the white house. They want a piece of the oval office. A piece of the west wing. Not only in terms of looking great on their resume, its a great place t
Whats interesting what came out of this news briefing is a couple of things. This bill might not be signed tomorrow. And they dont have an exact date when its going to be signed. I thought that was interesting. Were you surprised by that. No question. What was that about . I honestly have no idea. But i would think you would want to have a big signing ceremony, get it tomorrow, and he would get out of town and go down to ma mir a lag a. But she began this briefing everything the president has done this year. A list. A list. More times you have to talk about all the good things that you have done just goes to show you its not necessarily sinking into the American People. We were talking about that, because they saw the tweet from the bloomberg, cutting taxes by 1. 5 trillion, opening up on war, thats arctic wildlife t confirming 12 appellate judges, she talked about isis territory the fact they are losing territory. So all of that piled on the top to say to the American People, see, we
Sharing a picture of a champagne celebration last night at trump hotel in washington. How about heartless . Heres the president s former campaign manager, cory lewandoski, about hearing of a child with Downs Syndrome being separated from her parents. Read about a 10 grld girl with Downs Syndrome who was taken from her mother and put in a cage. Wahwah. How dare you. How dare you illegally here are the children. Torn from their families, caged by the american government. Babies, sent to shelters, mothers, begging to keep their kids. Heres capitol hill where members of congress are talking. And debating signing letters, some fighting to end this heinous policy. Others, defending it. And heres the president of the United States. Again claiming he is somehow not personally responsible for this policy, that is representing families apart. As a result of democratssupported loopholes in our federal laws, most illegal immigrant families and minors from Central America, who arrive unlawfully at