these machinations were going on, the president putting out map after map, north carolina and south carolina were being hit by this hurricane. this is, again, this is the point. whether or not donald trump was right about alabama, he wasn t, there were americans in the path of a natural disaster, and to bend this much government time and energy and money to try to prove a point is remarkable and to be honest scary about the future and what it means. heard jim heims say if this new york times report is correct, wilbur ross should be fired, other members of congress are also beginning to say exactly the same thing. much more right after a quick break. anyone can deliver pizza. only marco s can deliver america s most loved pizza. hot and fresh, and right to your door. every day at marco s, get two medium, one-topping pizzas for just $6.99 each. hello to the italian way.
at the national oceanic and atmospheric administration. that followed a tweet from the weather service office in alabama that contradicted president trump s claim about hurricane dorian threatening the state. we ll talk about that and all the breaking news with congressman jim heims of the intelligence committee and correspondent and analysts standing by. first, let s go to our white house correspondent kaitlan collins in north carolina. the president is getting ready to attend a pretty large rally there tonight. reporter: yeah, he is. before he left the white house, he spoke about that canceled summit, a summit he hoped would end america s longest running war. but was a meeting that was put together at the last minute after a push by the president even though as they were negotiating the details of inviting taliban leaders to camp david, some of his top national security advisers were pushing back. tonight, president trump declared u.s. peace talks with the taliban dead after his ab
camera under any circumstances, much less at the kind of stage that camp david or the white house provides. what i would say to this president, i think i did say to this president via social media, please, make a deal. we need to deal with pretty nasty people in our own interests. but do not give these guys a platform. especially so close to the anniversary of 9/11. can you imagine what it would be like for a a family who lost somebody in 9/11 to see the president shaking the hands of the people who harbored the terrorists who committed that act? so, again, let s get a deal done, but no trump-like theatrics. this is not a game show, not reality tv. do a deal, do it quietly. jim heims, thanks for your perspective, appreciate it very much. thank you, wolf. the breaking news continues next. more on this new york times report, the top weather officials were actually threatened with firing after a weather service tweet conflicted president trump about hurricane dorian. all money man
community about mishandling of intelligence by trump and his administration. and those concerns were described to me by five sources who served in the trump administration, the intelligence agencies, and congress. and, wolf, as a final note, i should mention that cnn is withholding several details about the spy to reduce the risk of this person s identification. terrific reporting. jim sciutto, thank you very much for that. let s get more on all of this. democratic congressman jim heims of connecticut is joining us, a member of the intelligence committee. thank you for joining us. what is your reaction to this exclusive new report we just heard from jim? well, wolf, as you might guess, i can t go near the details of this story with a ten foot pole. sources, the treatment of sources, and methods used are some of the most sensitive matters. i can give you a little back ground, wolf, i ll offer you two
they re not happy with the with the inspector general doing the investigation. they want a special counsel. reporter: right. exactly. i think for most republicans who we ve talked to, they are satisfied that the inspector general is the right place for this investigation to happen. but you do have some of the president s most vocal critics more conservative members now saying they want another special counsel to investigate the investigation. that is sort of a bizarre situation. but it is weird to demand another investigation when right now as the the attorney general the acting attorney general for this purpose rod rosenstein has already said that the inspector general is a person to look into this and come back with whether or not there was something improper that happened, wolf. evan, thank you. evan perez reporting. and joining us, democratic congressman jim heims of connecticut. thank you so much for joining us. and quickly, do you trust your republican colleagues to k