dinner later tonight as i have been doing for many years. it s an important cause and we re bringing journalism students this year as our guests. stand by for president trump s 100 day rally. it s about to get underway. also starting soon the annual white house correspondence association dinner. the president as you know is skipping it launching new attacks on the news media instead. we re going to update you right after this. i love kiwis. i ve always had that issue with the seeds getting under my denture. super poligrip free. it creates a seal of the dentures in my mouth. just a few dabs is clinically proven to seal out more food particles. try super poligrip free.
campaign mode. he is touting what he calls the historic success of his first months in office. also breaking tonight new remarks by the president following north korea s unsuccessful launch of a ballistic missile that blew up over it s own land. when asked about the possibility of a nuclear test by north korea the president said he would not be happy and when asked if that means u.s. military action against the kim jong un regime he replied we ll see. and here in washington the annual white house correspondence association dinner is about to get underway with one notable absence. president trump is skipping the event traditionally attended by his predecessors and he tweeted a new attack on what he calls the fake news media saying it refuses to report on his achievements. we are covering all of that. much more this hour with our guests including republican congressman sean duffy and our correspondents and analysts are also standing by but let s begin
we re all winners. he was always energized by the rallies. he gets electrified. basically what you re doing is you re staring up at this big group of people and he could use these rallies really effectively. so he s using it for self-satisfaction as opposed to self-satisfaction and also strategic. i want to point out he s not taending the white house correspondence association dinner later tonight but in that interview with reuters he told jeff mason the white house correspondent for reuters who is also president of the white house correspondents association that he does want to attend the dinner next year. here s hoping. i m sure everyone would love to have him but also president trump does like to tell people in front of them what they want to hear. i ll be putting on my black tie and heading over to the
has stripped climate change information from its website. is the trump administration ignoring science? and look who is not coming to dinner. the president skipping a washington tradition. the washington correspondence association dinner is lobbying the news media. the relationship is at a low point. and will improve over the next 100 days. we want to become our viewers around the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer and this is a special edition of the situation room. the first 100 days. we re following breaking news. president trump going to the capital city for a rally marking his 100th day in august. the latest stop in a new victory lap seeing the president in
it which we have every right to do. abby: cnn declaring the incident retaliation over their so-called reporting of fake news. this morning as we have been talking about all eyes are on giraffe watch 2017. zookeepers at animal adventure park say april, the pregnant giraffe could give birth at any moment. you are looking now at the live look at the mommy to be in her pen. millions of you have been glued to this live stream waiting for april s special delivery. and i m so hoping we get to see this live. we have good luck on this show. you never know. clayton: good luck, april. she wears it well. i couldn t tell. i didn t see her baby bump there president trump tweeting last night and sort of set the world on fire and the press corps and everyone wondering whether or not he would be at the white house correspondence dinner. trump answered it last night with this tweet, i will not be attending the white house correspondence association dinner please wish everyone well and have a great eveni