How it could effect the president s credibility going forward. The president has one of two koiss. Either retract or to provide the information that the American People deserve. Pressure mounting for President Trump to provide proof of his unsubstantiated claim that former president Obama Wiretapped phones at trump tower during last years election. I have no reason to believe that the charge is true but i also believe that the president of the United States could clear this up in a minute. And now one of the ps top advisers illuding to alleged monitoring that she says may have involved more than wiretapping. Theres an krtel this week that talked about how you can surveil someone through their phones, certainly through their Television Sets and microwaves that turn into cameras, et cetera. What the president has asked is for the investigation into surveillance to be included. All of this as the House Intelligence Committee is calling on the Justice Department to present evidence today t
Ultimatum, make a demand. Why . Is there any chance it gets done . All this in the context of two National Polls showing President Trumps Approval Rating tz hit historic lows, day 95 starts a critical week of this presidency. Lets begin with cnns joe johns live at the white house. Joe . Chris, good morning. Five days to go, and the white house and Congressional Republicans seem to be getting a reality check on the limitations of power. Apparently settling on a strategy to do whatever it takes to keep the government from shutting down, though the president s messaging on his desire to get a border wall seems to be getting in the way. The president has been pretty straightforward about his desire and the need for a border wall. The right thing for sure, but i would suspect he will be insistent on the funding. Reporter the white house setting up a showdown with congress, just five days before a potential government shutdown, demanding that a 1. 4 billion downpayment for President Trumps b
House over the u. S. Policy on syria in the aftermath of that deadly chemical attack. Hello, everyone, and welcome. Im Fredricka Whitfield in new york. This is the cnn newsroom. We start with north korea where the u. S. Is sending a Navy Strike Group towards the Korean Peninsula in response to north koreas latest missile test. I want to bring in cnn pentagon reporter ryan brown. Ryan, these ships were scheduled to head to australia before they were redirected. What more can you tell us about this . Thats right, fred. These ships are being sent one u. S. Administration Officials Says as a result of north koreas provocation, specifically those missile tests you mentioned. It is being led by the uss carl vinson, an aircraft carrier, but also two destroyers that have Missile Defense capabilities so they can shoot down any potentially threatening missiles from pyongyang, if need be. This move was called prudent by National Security advisor Lieutenant General h. R. Mcmaster in an interview t
What we do know at least at this stage is that the administration had a bit of a conflict between two of its secretary and the brand new head of the Justice Department the attorney general. In part sources tell cnn that the president s education secretary oppose the guidance but was pressured on the get on board by Jeff Sessions and betsy devos issued a statement that said this is not merely a federal mandate but a moral obligation no school, district or state can advocate. Claims of discrimination and bullying and harassment against those that are most vulnerable in our schools. It appears that Jeff Sessions, the attorney general did win this argument. The president apparently siding with him now that the United States government has no position on this and they will let the states decide on transgender bathroom rights. Lets discuss this with our panel. We will all have a remote conversation, what do we know about the motivation and the timing for why . Its curious about the motivatio
Replace him. The chairman ought to recuse himself. Leading democrats calling for embattled chairman of the km the to step down arguing devin nunes, a former member of the trump team is too close to conduct an investigation into the potential ties to russia. Weve reached a point after the events of this week where it would be very difficult to maintain the investigation if the chairman did not recuse himself. After nunes acknowledged monday he made a secret visit to the white house grounds to meet an intelligence source in a secure location. Nobody was sneaking around. All it was was just a place i had to go to be able to review the information. Nunes denying any wrongdoing and defending his position to brief President Trump and the press about incidental collection of the trump transition Teams Communications before informing his colleagues on the Intelligence Committee. I wasnt planning on going to the white house the next day. After i was able to read what i read, i realized it had n