Over his financial records. And also, his seething anger continuing over the Mueller Report. And if there was any question if its top of mind for him still today, the president then just tweeted this. Only high crimes and misdemeanors can lead to impeachment. There were no crimes by me, no collusion, no obstruction, so you cant impeach. Like many things in the day following the reports release, that is not exactly what the report said. Lets get over to Kaitlan Collins at the white house for us today. Lets begin. What is this legal battle now between the president and House Democrats . This is a big new development. Its essentially the president and his businesses are now suing the House Oversight committee chairman, elijah cummings, because they want to block his efforts to get the president s financial records. Now, at the center of all this is this Accounting Firm the president used for several years to prepare his financial statements. The House Oversight committee sent them a reque
Glor and our series earth matters, we go deep inside the Worlds Largest rainforest. Each year there is more being taken out, and there is none being replaced. Glor good evening. Im jeff glor. This is our western edition. The government in sri lanka tonight has been granted sweeping new powers to investigate and arrest. Another explosion shook the capital of sri lanka today, a bomb that did not go off yesterday. Bombs did go off at eight sites across the country, killing at least 290 people. We have learned the names of two of four americans killed, Dieter Kowalski lived in denver. Kieran shafritz de zoysa was a fifth grader at a school in washington, d. C. Sri lankan officials admit they were warned weeks ago of a possible attack by the radical group now blamed. Elizabeth palmer is there. Reporter sri lankas government has named the organization it says carried out these atrocities. Towheed jamat, a local extremist Islamist Group probably with outside help. Yesterday the first bomb wen
Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. Lets start with the politics lead. House democrats are right now preparing for a conversation theyre going to have at the end of this hour to discuss whether or not the house of representatives will seek to impeach President Trump. Many democrats on the record are saying they believe special Counsel Robert Mueller laid out a compelling case that President Trump, indeed, obstructed justice. A matter that mueller seemed to kick to congress. Now, on that other matter, conspiracy with russia to interfere in the 2016 election, mueller, of course, said his investigation did not find sufficient evidence of that. But President Trumps attorney, Rudy Giuliani, is telling me, quote, theres nothing wrong with taking information from russians. It depends on where it came from the latest in an evolution or devolution in trump team claims, regarding interactions with the russians. It started with what we were told in november 2016. You might recall, hope hicks tel
The new images coming in now. The new headline tonight from President Trump. What hes now saying about impeachment. Speaker nancy pelosi and what she told members of Congress Just moments ago. And the newest subpoena. Who they want to testify before the american people. The Easter Service scare in this country. A navy vet entering a church with a baby and a weapon in her arms, threatening to blow up the church. The missing 5yearold boy. Tonight, the mother has stopped cooperating. What dog sniffers have now uncovered. The new and alarming numbers tonight on measles just out. The new states where theyre now concerned. And the jeopardy contestant on a roll, winning yet again, and now even ken jennings is weighing in. Good evening, and its great to have you with us to start a new week. And we begin tonight with new images and new reporting here, inside that horrific terror attack. Multiple churches and hotels on Easter Sunday. The death toll is simply staggering tonight. Nearly 300 dead,
Easter sunday in retaliation to the Christ Church shooting in new zealand last month, speaking in the sri lankan parliament, the state defense minister said the chain of bombings was carried out by a National Terrorist group. More from ivan watson in a few minutes, live in sri lanka. The 2020 town hall on cnn. Five democrats, one stage, one goal, reclaiming the white house in 2020. They were all in manchester, New Hampshire, for a cnn town hall last night, the first major candidate event of the campaign. Senators amy klobuchar, elizabeth warren, Bernie Sanders, Kamala Harris, and south bend mayor, Pete Buttigieg asked about one key issue for the party, whether or not to impeach President Trump over the findings in the Mueller Report. The impeachment proceedings are up to the house. They are going to have to make that decision. I am in the senate, and i believe that we are the jury. There is a third way to hold this president accountable, and that is by defeats him in the 2020 election.