Good day, everyone. Im alex whit here in new york at msnbc headquarters. Just a bit past 1 00 in the east. Heres whats happening right now. The russia probe. New email allegations. This time, the Trump Transition Team accusing the mueller team of unlawfully taking thousands of emails. Is the claim legitimate or merely a political attack. And selling the tax cuts. The man holding the Purse Strings holding the sunday talk show circuit with a populist pitch. I think we could have quarters of 4 , 5 , 6 growth. This is a huge opportunity for creating jobs, creating tax cuts for working families. People are going to see their paychecks go up. People are going to see their wages go up. Thats what this is all about. And its about votes in next years midterm election, so will the tax cuts give President Trump and the republicans enough Political Capital to hold on to power . But lets go to breaking news right now. This from the kremlin as russian officials announce that president putin called P
Colleague jim sciutto in the newsroom. A very good thursday morning to you. Im in washington. Democrats call it meaningful oversight. The president calls it unlimited harassment. Regardless, the fact is democrats now control key oversight committees in the house and they are using that power to investigate this president like he has not seen before. And so this morning, before the sun came up, before his appearance right now at a National Prayer breakfast, the president lashed out again. The dems and their committees are going nuts, he complained, a continuation of witch hunt less than a day ago the chair of the House Intelligence Committee unveiled a sprawling investigation of trump finances and potential foreign influence. Today, two other house panels are investigating migrant family separations at the mexico border and the little known process of obtaining the president s tax returns. Tomorrow the acting attorney general is due before the House Judiciary Committee which will have a
Moscow. Desperate plea. Desperate housewives star Felicity Huffman breaks down in tears as she enters a guilty plea in the College Admissions cheating scandal. Will she face prison time . And by george. A twitter rant by President Trump sparks a twitter tirade in response as conservative lawyer George Conway, the house of trump adviser, Kellyanne Conway, calls the president , and im quoting him now, a malignant narcissist who should be removed from office. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. R announcer this is cnn breaking news. Breaking news. President trump is threatening new moves against china in a sharply escalating trade war. U. S. Stock markets went into free fall today. The dow dropped 617 points while the s p 500 closed down nearly 2. 5 and the nasdaq fell nearly 3 . The plunge came after china raised tariffs on u. S. Goods, retaliating for an earlier move by the president. President trump insists americans will benefit from tariffs, even though consumers, manufactu
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