Five bullets for his freedom. Welcome to the lead. Im john berman in for jake tapper today. We do begin with the politics lead. And the president s thanksgiving eve twitter tear as he spends the holiday at maralago. President trump hit all the typical dinner table conversation starters, football, the economy, hillary clinton, and, of course, the fact that lavar ball is probably skipping the president when its his turn to say what he is grateful for. All of this weighing on the president s mind as he later tweeted about the u. S. Navy plane which crashed near japan with three people still missing. Well have much more on that story in just a moment, but first, we want to go to cnns senior White House Correspondent in jeff zeleny in west palm beach. And, jeff, the president says he will be working from what he loves to call the winter white house. Reporter good afternoon, john. The president started bright and early here this morning. Just about the same time the sun was coming up, saying
Spending deal to keep the government running and fund the military for two years, an eternity in washington terms, the president is still talking anti a Government Shutdown. On a morning when the president s lawyers and friends say he should not sit down with investigators from the special counsels office because he might get caught lying, the president is saying he can handle the truth. Also, the president wants a parade, a big one with tanks and troops. In a nutshell, he likes parades and wants one. Much more on that coming up. First, words we dont speak very often because its a thing that doesnt happen very often. Were getting whispers turning into shouts that we could be minutes away from a big, substantive bipartisan deal on capitol hill. Lets get to Suzanne Malveaux on capitol hill with the latest what are you hearing . Reporter e i spoke with senator dick durbin. Senators saying dont let the president taunt you, dont fall into his trap. There is a possibility of immigration on t
Connections here, 12 companies they own or control, also 17 senior russian government officials. So 38 of these people and entities in total targeted. And the reason is, what the administration is calling the totality of russian activities. Their takeover of parts of ukraine, continued violence there, cyberattacks, meddling in elections, although those words werent used, and also connections to syria. Some of the people are notable that are targeted here. We have several advisers to putin, a putin soninlaw who became extremely rich not long after marrying into the family. We have the chairman of the huge energy company, stateowned. We have ol leg dare pos kof who has connectioning allegedly to trumps former Campaign Chair paum man fort and his partner rick gates both of whom were indicted in Robert Muellers russia probe. A number of others here, too. This will raise several questions. First of all, the original list back in january that the Treasury Department was required to come up w
Thats the sound of donald trump not being able to keep a secre. , would donald trump be looking forward to the release of a bad report . Ponder that. One potential big economic cloud on the horizon, the president of the president s own making. Three key u. S. Allies are vowing to retaliate after President Trump stopped them with stiff new tariffs. Canada, mexico, the eu, targeting american products. Christine romans is here with more. You know i dont know this stuff. Thats why youre here. You do know this stuff. The economy is doing well here. It has been doing well for seven and a half years of consistent job creation. 223,000 net new jobs created in the month. Thats a little better than economists expected. Companies are hiring and paying more. 2. 7 was the wage growth. You look at the Unemployment Rate this is the chart i love, it shows you just how well things have recovered here. 3. 8 , you said it, heard it through the grapevine. Early 2,000, 3. 8 . It is hiring across the spectr
Said, if you still have time, get in your car and drive 150 miles north or west. And we had no casualties in this town. Its amazing. Its amazing. Keep moving, sir. All right, hold right here. Hold right here, guys. Hold on. Midway through the tour there in florida, the president says, its very, very tough to see the devastation up close. People needing help displayed the sign for the president and it reads, make mexico beach great again. There is a desperate need for food and water and to get those resources to survivors, many of whom are still trapped inside homes and unable to get out. Search and rescue teams are frantically searching for the missing and possibly trapped victims underneath the rubble. At least 18 people have died across multiple states. Scott mclean is live this afternoon for us in mexico beach. And just talking to folks down there the last couple of days, a lot of people who chose to ride it out say they still havent seen their neighbors. And now were hearing, what