Political future. We all have lived too many years in a culture broken by brutally powerful men. The new day is on the horizon we appreciate the branding from her last night. What a beautiful horizon we showed over new york. Welcome to our new day. Up first, Trump Administration officials are coming to the president s defense after that bombshell book questioning his mental state. President trump himself taking to twitter insisting he is a very stable genius. One of the president s top advisers sparring with jake tapper calling the book trash and slamming former chief strategist steve bannon. We see is the president s ire is having an effect. He now says his treesousoasonou meant only for Paul Manafort, not the president s son. So will the president forgive bannon . Do we care . You probably shouldnt. Lets get into what we have covered beginning with joe johns live at the white house. Joe, what do you know . Reporter good morning, chris. A predictable response from mr. Trump, also from
Emptiness. We are more connected than ever. I dont think anything is going to change. Welcome to our viewers in the United States and around the world. This is your new day. It is weapons, february 28th, 6 00 here on the east coast. I am in new york. Alisyn is back in parkland, florida. A very important day there. We will check it in one second. Heres our starting line. We have had several major russia revelations rocking the west wing. Special counsel bob muellers team is investigating President Trumps businessings with russia, the key part, before the 2016 campaign. Also, white house chief of staff stripping Jared Kushner of his top secret security clearance. A bombshell report in the Washington Post says that at least four countries discussed ways to manipulate kushner by taking advantage of his lack of experience, financial troubles, and intricate business arrangements. And a source tells cnn the president S Communications director, hope hicks, admitting to house investigators, she
We have located the 25minute recording where he talks about what he has done. At this point, we dont know what the motive was. Our biggest concern is to make sure nobody else gets hurt. This is new day with chris cuomo and alisyn camerota. Welcome to viewers in the United States and around the world. Al sip is out on assignment. Erica hill joins me. What a week of news. We begin with a cnn exclusive. Facebook Ceo Mark Zuckerberg breaking silence about their massive data breach. What he now says he is going to do to safeguard your privacy and whether he will volunteer to testify in front of congress. Congress is considering regulating social media giants like facebook, the house is poised to vote on a 1. 3 trillion spending deal today. You will hear today the omnibus deal. 2,232 page spending package that you can almost guarantee almost none of your lawmakers will have read in its entirety. Can they avoid another shutdown tomorrow night . Well see. Cnn is learning about four topics Robe
Police urging residents in the area to stay inside their homes. This latest explosion comes hours after police made a rare Public Appeal to the bomber or bombers responsible to learn more about the message behind the attacks. Is this the work of a serial bomber . Ed lavandara is live with the breaking details. Ed . Reporter good morning, erica. We were in one of the sprapentr to this neighborhood where it was set off. This particular explosion seems to be a little bit different from the three we have seen here in the last several weeks. If you look at the map, you can see where they took place on the eastern part of the season. This in the southwest quadrant. That is why the police chief is urging people to be vigilant about what they see in their neighborhoods. It is is possible this device was a device activated by someone either handling, kicking or coming in contact with a trip wire that activated the device. So that changes things. We now need to have the community to Pay Attentio