Said, quote, were heading for war if things dont change. We begin right now with Cnns Jim Acosta at the white house. First, lets talk about how the president responded to the news of this launch. Anderson, he was much tougher on democrats today than he was on jim jongun. No talk of fire and fury. No talk of little rocket man earlier today, but the president dill tell reporters who were gathered here at the white house earlier today that hes on top of the situation in north korea. Heres what he had to say. As you probably have heard and some of you have reported, a missile was launched a little while ago from north korea. I will only tell you that we will take care of it. We have general mattis in the room with us. And we have had a long discussion on it. It is a situation that we will handle. Now, the white house says as of this evening, the president has spoken with the leaders of japan and south korea, but anderson, absent from the president s comments from today was really any of th
Minnesota. While in alabama, Republican Senate candidate roy moore returning to the campaign trail tonight after an 11day disappearing act. And President Trump now saying the access Hollywood Tape he acknowledged during the campaign is a fake. Whos the boss . A tug of war over just whos in charge of the Consumer Watchdog Agency as the acting director sues to keep control but President Trumps budget director arrives early to take the reins of an agency he has vowed to eliminate. Do you believe you have legitimate authority over this bureau. Yes, yes, i do. And when harry met meghan, prince harry says he is over the moon announcing his engagement to american actress megan markle as the couple stepped out to show off the ring which includes stones from harrys mother princess di. Was it romantic . Very first time we met. And happy monday. Im Andrea Mitchell in washington as we kick off a wild week in politics. First on capitol hill, embattled democratic senator al franken and 27term democr
And josh is here. Hes an asu grad. Is that a problem . Wildcat. We love each other anyway. Well talk about the football game. Nice to have you. Thank you so much. You ready to go . Im ready. Third type a charm. Republicans on capitol hill can count on this hour. The president is coming to talk tax reform. Plus as i mentioned, he was supposed to sit down with bipartisan congressional leadership in the oval office today to talk about year end issues such as the budget and immigration. But the Top Democrats pulled out after the president attacked them on twitter. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority leader Chuck Schumer. Saying they want to meet with Republican Leaders not the president. He tweeted earlier he didnt see a deal with them. The focus is on your tax dollars. Senate republicans say theyre not there yet. Still more votes to get to pass this. John cornyn the texas, remains hopeful. We have to get it done because we need the economy to grow again. We need to get
The volcano erupting. And the standoff at the mall. The officer opening fire, panicked shoppers running for cover. Good evening. And its great to have you back with us here after the thanksgiving holiday. And we have a lot of news to get to tonight. But first, that global headline. The daughter from america about to join the royal family. Prince harry asking Meghan Markle to marry him. And tonight, where he asked her, the history, the First American to officially join the royal family. She was raised in a biracial family. She went to a Catholic High School here at home. Shes now an actress. And tonight, what it was like the first time in the room with the queen. This evening, their first interview now being watched all over the world. And heres abcs chief Foreign Correspondent terry moran. Reporter hand in hand, they stepped into the Sunken Garden at Kensington Palace, prince harry and Meghan Markle. Almost giddy, it seemed. How are you both feeling . Yeah, thrilled. Meghan, how are yo
We begin in pakistan, state media reporting troops seized a key intersection from protesters in the capital islamabad. Look at these images from earlier. They show protesters clashing with security forces. They occupied the intersection for more than two weeks, but police tried to drive them out on saturday. That led to violent clashes. And the protests spread on to other cities. Cnns sophia saifi is in islamabad and following this story live. Good to have you with us this hour. Were hearing that the pakistani rangers stepped in. They have been able to gain control, have they at this point, from what youre seeing . Reporter well, george, the pakistani rangers were called in last night by the interior ministry because the police clearly could not wrest back control from the protesters. What happened is that the operation by the police had to be suspended. The military was requested to send in backup and that backup has arrived this morning. That, however, it does not mean they have take