Incivility blocked president barack obama from filling a vacant sprooem court seat refusing to hold hearings on his nominee. Today mcconnell tweeted a picture of himself shaking the justices hand because he knew what was going on. Everyone did. With its decision on the travel ban today, the republican controlled Supreme Court gives an effective green light to the president S Immigration agenda which im sure he receives as more than just about this case. That i amgration agenda lets remember until last week including tearing Migrant Children away from their parents at the border as a kind of punishment and deterrence and reportedly holding those children as hostages to force families to drop their asylum claims. Family separation policy appears to have been halted after overwhelming public backlash but and this is important, the vast majority of those children right now as i speak you to have yet to be reunited with their parents. The president has been quite
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Li thehi there, im brianna keilar. North korea opening the door for diplomacy with the United States saying it would end its Nuclear Program if its security is guaranteed. What does that mean though . Officials from seoul and pyongyang will host an interkorean summit next month, this is following a round of talks that saw kim jongun meet with high ranking south korean officials including the president there. For more on the major developments i am joined by Cnn Asia Pacific editor andrew stevens. Tell us what youre learning. Reporter well, it is such a lot to take in all at once, brianna. This came just a few hours ago after the delegation from south korea came back to seoul. And we got this readout from the president. So basically there is a diplomatic path which the north koreans seem to be serious about following. And they have changed their mind on a couple of important issues. Number one, agreeing to sit down with the United States and talk about denuclearization. It was two days
Now be bold. Throw a little obamacare into the mix, why not . We expect to see some action this afternoon in the Senate Finance committee as members work on their tax package, supporters are noting there is nonpartisan analysis saying the middle class would benefit from their tax package. To Mitch Mcconnells point, every group gets tax relief here. The differences that the burden of Taxation Shifts so that those at the top and are going to pay a little bit more of the burden and those in the middle class are going to pay less of the burden. Bob corker of tennessee, jeff flake of arizona have expressed concerns about the nations debt. G. O. P. Leaders will need to assure them that this tax package wont blow a hole in the deficit. Some key republicans a tax reform would bring in more revenue by bringing jobs and investment back to the u. S. Meanwhile, democrats are taking aim. Ive never seen a more blatant attempt at a corporate welfare bill than this bill. They are literally taking mone
The New York Times reports this afternoon, was approved by Trump Appointee Rod Rosenstein. Quote, in addition to mr. Rosenstein, all of the top Law Enforcement officials involved in the raid are republicans. The times also offering more details this afternoon about what the fbi was looking for in that raid. Quote, the search arent carried out by The Public Corruption Unit of the manhattan federal Attorneys Office seeks information about Karen Mcdougal an ex Playboy Model. She was paid 150,000 by American Media inc. , the enquirers parent company, whose Chief Executive is a friend of mr. Trumps. Our friend joyce vance described the raid as a, quote, bomb, on trumps front porch. Been in agreement that if the president wanted to Fire Bob Mueller, if he wanted to change course here, then he had to essentially get somebody to do it for him. That somebody would have had to have been Rod Rosenstein, the Deputy Attorney general and for all intents and purposes, the Acting Attorney General in t
Prosperity. Second, the United States and north korea will join their efforts to build a lasting and stable peace regime on the korean pinsula. Third, north korea commits to workd the complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula. And finally, the United States and the north commit to recoveringrisoners of war, missing in action remains, including the immediate repatriation of those already identified. President trump held a News Conference just a short time ago and revealed what appears to be a major concession on the american side ending the u. S. south korea joint Military Exercises which he called war games. Can you be specific about what assurances you are willing to give to kim jongun . Does that include reducing military capabilities and just to follow up on your answer no, were not reducing anything. At some point i have to be host and i used to say this
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