Tax cut and its a big speech, important speech. We cover immigration and for many years, for many, many years theyve been talking immigration and never got anything done. Well get something done. Sandra the big speech tonight comes amid a whirlwind in washington as the House Intel Committee votes to make that classified memo on alleged obama era surveillance abuses public. Bill peter doocy is live on the hill. Byron york and Chris Stirewalt standing by. We begin with kevin corke to kick off the hour. You are right on the money. Final preparations underway for this evenings address right here at the white house. Now you may have heard yesterday during the afternoon at some point the president did rehearse over in the map room and were told he will once again rehearse here at the white house. Even as speech writers continue to tweak some of the finer points of this evenings address. The president will focus on five major points, jobs and the economy, immigration, infrastructure, National
John roberts is reporting live from the north lawn for us this morning. Good morning. Not surprising there was talk of a subpoena in the meeting the president s attorneys had with the special counsel and his deputy back in early march. A few weeks ago fox news reported we had been told that after the Michael Cohen investigation that the negotiations for potential interview between the president and Robert Mueller were still ongoing. The person told fox news, quote, whats the alternative to an interview, a subpoena to appear before a grand jury . The threat of a subpoena has always been out there. What were learning more about today is the content of the meeting that prompted the quote about what is the alternative, a subpoena. The president s lead attorney john dowd said he told mueller and his deputy that this isnt some game. You are screwing with the work of the president of the United States. According to dowd mueller responded saying he could always issue a subpoena to compel the t
President ial election, sort of. Well, i would, because hes in charge of the country just like i consider myself to be responsible for things that happen in this country. Certainly as the leader of a country, you would have to hold him responsible, yes. And two weeks before his inauguration, President Trump while he was president elect was briefed in detail on u. S. Intelligence that putin ordered the election attack. The former director of National Intelligence James Clapper was involved in that briefing. Before we left the room, they started writing a press release about our encounter, and were trying to say that the russian meddling, the interference had no impact in the outcome of the election. We didnt say that, but i do think there was skepticism from the get go. From that day to this day, that indicated that anything that attacked the legitimacy or questioned the legitimacy of nowPresident Trumps election, he just couldnt get his head around. Lets bring in our cnn White House Co
Prepared than me. Senator Kamala Harris not backing down after clashing with biden over race. There is still a disagreement between him and i that remain. And senator cory booker who says President Trump is ripping apart the fabric of the nation. Donald trump wants us to fight him on his turf. Thats not how we win. For two candidates just beyond center stage, opportunity and enterprise. Former housing secretary julian castro. Were going to make sure that the promise of america is available to everyone. And entrepreneur andrew yang. The opposite of donald trump is an asian man that likes math. Betting their campaigns on a defining issue for senator Michael Bennett, breaking gridlock. They have immobilized our federal government. For jay inslee the crisis. For congresswoman tuls Tulsi Gabbard. The most important responsibility of the president is to serve in commander in chief. And bill de blasio. Are you ready if fight . And kirstengillibrand. Now the stage is set for candidates to take
Official. And threeway race. The head of tomorrows president ial debate, cnns exclusive new poll shows joe biden, Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders dominating the democratic pack. Well show you who is up and down in the race for the white house. Im wolf blitzer and youre in the situation room. Announcer this is cnn breaking news. Were following breaking news. Dramatic action by the Trump Administration in response to a growing number of deaths and illnesses related to ecigarettes. The food and Drug Administration is moving to completely ban flavored ecigarettes which is specially appealed to young people. But as President Trump was making the announcement from the oval office, he veered into sharp criticism of former National Security adviser john bolton who he said, and im quoting the president now, made some very big mistakes. Also breaking, a white house officials confirmed to cnn it was the acting white house chief of staff Mick Mulvaney who spoke with commerce secretary wilbur r