Night. 16 Police Officers injured in all, several police cars damaged. Only one arrest so far. This after the Justice Department announces the investigation into the Police Killing of this man, terrence crutcher. This went down in tulsa, oklahoma. Police now say crutcher was not armed but he ignored their commands. The latest incidents pushing the concerns of africanamericans into the political spotlight. Hillary clinton and donald trump touching on the tragedies as they try to connect with africanamerican voters. There was a lot to cover this morning. You listened to that long News Conference in charlotte which was surprising because they gave out a lot of information. Reporter they really did give a lot of information but we still dont know a lot because the investigation is really just getting under way at this point as the chief made so very clear. First i want to talk about scott. His family says 43 years old, he had seven children and as you said, he was a family man. They say he
That president obama ordered the tapping of mr. Trumps phones before the election. This has to do with the giant russian cloud over the white house. A new poll out this morning show two in three americans want a special prosecutor to launch an investigation into alleged contacts between russian officials and the Trump Campaign. It comes at a time when the president has a long list of things he should or would like to be dealing with. The next couple hours he could release his revised travel ban. This morning the administration is responding to a new provocation from north korea, launching several new missiles overnight. Were covering this all. Lets begin in washington with kns chief Political Correspondent dana bash. Dana, a remarkable, historic request from the fbi director to the Justice Department. Please correct the president he seems to be saying. Thats right. We dont know the answer as to whether the Justice Department will do that. Now, we can also look at kind of the way things
The message its not the order, its you, mr. President. On capitol hill, Senior Republicans now rejecting the claim that he was wiretapped by president obama. But last night President Trump said wiretapping can mean anything. Can it . The white houses budget plan has many cuts but wont necessarily be the plan that passes congress. At any moment, nancy pelosi will have a lot to say about wiretaps, but the budget, and much more. Cnns Suzanne Malveaux is at the capitol. Reporter john, nancy pelosi will be holding her press conference soon. At the same time we have our cameras trained on the budget committee, where the house bill will go for markup. Its far from certain, john, whether that will get through that committee today. You say know, republicans cannot afford any more than 21 no votes. So far our latest cnn count now showing 19 republicans are leaning no or saying no to this legislation. President trump in the meantime quietly behind the scenes as well as publicly has been trying to
Days after he won the president ial election on november 8th. Their meeting was november 10th. The army general was forced to resign as National Security adviser only 24 days into the job for allegedly lying about his discussions with the Russian Ambassador to the United States. The pentagon is now investigating flynn for allegedly taking payments from a Foreign Government without disclosing those payments. Moments ago the white house responded to news that president obama had warned president elect trump about flynn. The president doesnt disclose details of meetings that he has, which in this case was an hourlong meeting, but its true the president made it known that he wasnt a fan of general flynns, which shouldnt come as a surprise that given that general flynn had worked for president obama was an outspoken critic of president obamas short komings as it related to his lack of strategy confronting isis and other threats facing america. So the e question that you have to ask yourself
We begin with the latest in the increasingly volatile situation in the Korean Peninsula where north korea claims that it successfully tested a Hydrogen Bomb on sunday. It is pyongyangs sixth nuclear test. The first during the Trump Administration and appears to be their most powerful to date. North korean state media says the bomb is meant to be fitted atop an intercontinental Ballistic Missile. South korea has responded by conducting live fire Ballistic Missile drills simulating an attack on the norths main nuclear test site. A south Korean Military official tells nbc news they will soon install four additional thad antimissile systems. President trump initially responded to it by a series of tweets going after north korea while continuing to blame china and now, strangely, south korea, saying, north korea has conducted a Major Nuclear test. Their words and actions continue to be hostile and dangerous to the United States. North korea is a rogue nation, which has become a great threat