about this memo and to get any information about what this administration views as its legal powers and limits when it comes to war. and willie i bet senator john mccain would like to see more republicans step up at this point. you re probably right. back to general mcmaster. in a statement he thanked president trump and said that after 34 years he s requesting retirement from the army effective this summer after which he says he will leave public office. hours after the announcement, mcmaster attended a dinner washington hosted by crown prince mohammed bin salman of saudi arabia. mcmaster received a standing ovation after being pointed out from the stage by former florida governor jeb bush. joining us now from the white house with more on this, nbc news national correspondent peter alexander. good morning, good to see you. give us a sense of what took place inside the white house yesterday. we saw the footage of john bolton going into the west wing, having a meeting with president
kushner. this was another example of muller s team reaching into the inner circle and continuing that probe into the obstruction of justice issue. in the hot seat once again, a former adviser carter page testified in front of the house intelligence committee yesterday. what did he say about his russia contacts and what sessions knew? carter page disclosing that he told jeff sessions that he was traveling to russia at the height of the campaign. he said he informed sessions about that trip in a group dinner washington in 2016. while sessions was a top coombe pain surrogate and leading the campaign s national security team. this is what carter page said behind closed doors to the house intelligence committee yesterday. back in june of 2016, i mentioned in passing that i happened to be planning to give a speech at a university in moscow. he continued saying understandably it was as irrelevant then as it is now. page downplaying the brief discussion.
we re not balancing it as an accounting exercise. we re not trying to simply make numbers add up, we re trying to improve people s lives. it includes a repeal of the obama health care plan and makes dramatic changes to medicare and the changes would not affect current enrollees. conservative activists have been meeting outside washington talking about what went wrong in the last election and what they can do to win back their own house. late this afternoon paul and i talked to hur political director about the poll results and what the win means for rand paul s future. they tended to be about 50%. about 3,000 total. half of them were young. he has inherited his father s political organization in many ways and his candidacy for the president in 2012 was fueled by young people. any surprises, any big
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day. jeannie moosz, new york. love that. 88 years old grandma, keep on dancing. that s it for me. thanks for watching. i am wolf blitz inner washington. the news continues next on cnn. hello, everyone. you re in the cnn newsroom. whatever the outcome, it is a trial that stained a teen s reputation and strained friendships in the town of steubenville, ohio, and it is almost over. tomorrow could be the last day of testimony in the case of two high school football players accused of raping a 16-year-old girl and a series of alcohol fueled parties back in august. just minutes ago the girl finished testifying against the defendants, trent mays and malique richmond. poppy harlow has been in court all day today and is updating us now. tell us what the girl said.