Election. Some states on the list ended up being critical to Donald Trumps victory. And were beginning with politics. President trump ramping up his attacks against senator john mccain for his opposition to a new effort to repeal obamacare. The president taking to twitter early this morning saying john mccain never had any intention of voting for this bill which his governor loves. He campaigned on repeal and replace. Let arizona down. Trump then followed up with four more tweets taking aim at republican senators who are on the fence. Lets go now to new jersey not too far from the president s estate with a good morning to kelly odonnell. As you know, the president made a lot of waves in his speech last night. Give us the headlines. Reporter well, this was quite something to watch, alex, because the president really seemed to rebel in the chance to talk to his supporters. Part of what makes it interesting is he was in alabama at a time when that state appears to be pretty divided among
Russiansponsored political facebook ads and fake accounts that promoted trump and attacked Hillary Clinton. What did the campaign know . Plus, james comey shouted down at Howard University, part of the ongoing campus battle over free speech and protests at berkley have thwarted a rightwing free speech event amidst new data that says Many College Students dont understand or dont appreciate the First Amendment. With the failure of the latest gop attempt to rewrite health care, what can we learn from how its done in other countries . And meet the young speech writer who superviesed comedic obama moments like this one. After the Midterm Elections my advisers asked me, mr. President , do you have a bucket list . And i said, well, i have something that rhymes with bucket list. But first, the president began his day yesterday with a tweet. It said this, the russia hoax continues, now its ads on facebook. What about the totally biased and Dishonest Media coverage in favor of crooked hillary .
Appreciate the First Amendment. With the failure of the latest gop attempt to rewrite health care, what can we learn from how its done in other countries . And meet the young speechwriter who supervised comedic obama moments, like this one. After the midterm elections my advisers asked me, mr. President , do you have a bucket list. And i said well, i have something that rhymes with bucket list. But first, the president began his day yesterday with a tweet. It said this the russia hoax continues, now its ads on facebook what about the totally biased and Dishonest Media coverage in favor of crooked hillary. He ended his day with a similar assertion at last nights rally for Alabama Senate candidate, luther strange. The hoax assertion is remarkable for two reasons, the president s disbelief in the russian meddling in the 2016 president ial campaign. As my colleague was quick to point out yesterday, here was the conclusion of the Intelligence Community assessment released in january. Quote
The Trump Administration faces mounting criticism as the island remains powerless and supplies are stuck in ports. The president has to send much more resources. Send people here. Send the military here. The governor of puerto rico will join me in a few. And the white house pushes hard on its socalled middle class miracle tax reform bill while the president continues to insist he wont benefit, which isnt true. And his top economic adviser stopped short of guaranteeing that middle class tax cut. I cannot guarantee that. You could find me someone in the country that their taxes may not go down. We again this morning with tom price, the hhs secretary whose job could be on the line amid revelations that his use of private jets and military aircrafts may have cost tax pavers over a million bucks after getting sx he popos x. Po politico, he says he will fly commercial from now on and he will pay for his seats. Guess again. That is just under 52,000, but weights, how does 52,000 cover a milli
Hundreds of miles from mexico city. This time out sidest beltway. Nfl players like Colin Kaepernick for taking a knees apart of the effort to bring awareness to racial inequality. Heres what the president said at a political rally in alabama last night. We love to see one of the nfl owners when somebody disrespects our flag to say get that son of a. [ beep ] off the field right now. Out, hes fired when people like yourselves turn on television and you see those people taking the knee when theyre playing our Great National anthem [ boos ] well, Roger Goodell released a statement this morning saying divisive comments like these demonstrate unfortunate lack of respect for the nfl, our great game and oall of our players an failure to understand the overwhelming force for good that our players and clubs represent in our communities. Lets go to new jersey and kelly odonnell. Kelly with, a good saturday to you. First up, can you give us a sense of the reactions last night and how his disinvit