The president backs down from a key promise on gun laws. The president is building as the adult film star, Stormy Daniels, with whom he allegedly had an affair offers to pay back the money she received in her, quote, hush agreement. Offering to pay back the money paid to keep quiet so she can speak freely about donald trump and their relationship. Sarah fitzpatrick has the new details for us. Its great to have you with us. I know youve been following this story for us. What new details have we learned about this offer that she is making . In a letter she offers to settle to pay back the 130,000 she received in exchange for speaking freely and notably release any photos she may have. Was there anything in there that stood out there for you . The original settlement the nondisclosure agreement. Michael cohen negotiated that on behalf of a client. She would return the money directly to President Trump and thats significant. Theyve given a time limit to respond, right . Absolutely. They ne
Firing of deputy chief Andrew Mccabe. With mccabe out, could bob mueller be next . Following the money. The president s legal team hitting back at Stormy Daniels says shes on the hook for at least 20 million. Are they in panic mode . Thats the big question. Information warfare, Trump Organization denying they misused facebook information. Fallout from mccabes firing. Here we go everybody. The president is making his most aggressive moves yet to shut down the russia probe. This president is engaged in desperate and reckless conduct to intimidate the Law Enforcement agencies. I dont know what mueller has found, and ive been really clear. Leave him alone. Let him do his job. Are you worried the president is preparing to order the firing of mueller. That would be the beginning o of the end of his presidency. This would result in a constitutional crisis and i think democrats and republicans need to speak out right now. If you have an innocent client, act like it. Was Andrew Mccabe treated f
Theres breaking news out of south florida tonight, where pedestrian bridge under construction collapsed onto a busy road trapping cars killing at least four people. Were going to go there live later in the hour to bring you late developments on that. We begin this hour, though, with donald trump saying when it comes to russia, the election, the alleged wrongdoing, theres nothing to see here. Tonight, though, for the first time, special Counsel Robert Mueller is looking directly at Donald Trumps family business. Hes hit the Trump Organization with a subpoena. According to the New York Times, which broke the story, hes seeking any russiarepresented documents within the company, within the family business. Joining us now with late details, cnns chief National Security correspondent, jim sciutto. What do you know about this expanding investigation on muellers part . Well, anderson, this is the hardest signal so par that mueller is taking a serious look at trumps business dealings. We had r
The cafeteria. We have new reporting tonight on the poison plot. Authorities now say it was nerve agent used against a former spy. He and his daughter in critical condition. So was the first officer on the scene. And, the nba star and the surprise. Its america strong. Good evening. Its great to have you with us on a wednesday night. We begin with the noreaster slamming the east coast at this house. States of emergency in new jersey and pennsylvania already declared. Drivers facing whiteout conditions. Downed wires sparking. More than 100,000 customers without power for days, now getting hit a second time. And the view tonight from space, showing the system pounding the coast. And theres word this evening of yet another major storm right behind it. But lets get through this one, first. Linsey davis leads us off. Reporter tonight, a nightmare commute. That major noreaster bringing a fullon whiteout. The powerful storm dumping up to three inches an hour of snow, from new york city to phil
Is the next crazy thing thats going to happen. These people seem worried that the next crazy thing might be something to happen to them. That tells you something about the mind set of the people in there. It is also remarkable for me to look at these theres four the Washington Post reporters by lined here and theyre Trump Administration veterans who have seen the craziness, who know how blown out the number line is in terms of what counts as acceptable or predictable behavior here, these people who have seen what the Trump Administration has been thus far are incredulous talking about how white house officials appear as characters in an absurd farce. Thats not the kind of hyperbole. Theyre saying theyre that overwhelmed. And these reporters have talked to these same sources many times before. So theyre telling us their mood now is something very different than it has been already. They have plenty of reason to be worried about whats going on there now. Maybe the mcmaster thing is the o