Humshawn. Reporter tonight he and Vice President pence will be hosting their first big social event at the white house. Eric do we know who will fill in. We dont know who if anyone will be filling in. What we know is this dinner will definitely go on. Its just that the president wont be there. The president s position is why should he be there when so many people in the room are the target of so many of President Trumps attacks. Many of the people in the room President Trump has called the enemy of the American People. Erica Huckabee Sanders said why pretend . I think its kinds of naive of us to think we can walk into a room for a couple of hours and pretend some of the tension isnt there. One of the things we say in the south, if a girl scout eggs your house, would you buy cookies from her . I think this is a similar scenario. Reporter the white house secretary respond with a quote, the dinner continues to be a celebration of the First Amendment and the Important Role played buy an In
Reporter for the Washington Post robert costa. We are just hours away from President Trumps first address to a joint session of congress. Mika, thats the big setup. A lot of people talking about this. The trump show, i think, was one of the shows last night talked about it, chris hayes. It is going to be quite a show. What are you expecting . We can glean what white house aides told us in terms of tone they are trying to put a twist on his carnage of american. Tells news themes will focus on renewal of american spirit and optimistic vision for all americans, whatever that means. The president reportedly told local News Reporters last night that his message would be the country has enormous problems but tremendous potential adding that theme. He is expected to focus on what hes accomplished so far in his first weeks in office. Here is what he told fox news last night. All i can do is speak from the heart and say what i want to do. We have a really terrific Health Care Plan coming out. O
Where were you in 2017, when we had the worst president in the history of the united states. Sunday morning is upon us. We are so glad to have your company. I am christi paul. I am victor blackwell. Right now new Orleans Police are investigating a terrifying incident, 28 people injured when a truck crashed into the crowd during a Mardi Gras Parade. They believe he was highly intoxicated. It was Something Like you would have seen in a movie. I never encountered anything like this before. Eyewitnesses describe the scene in new orleans, after a truck hit a crowd of bystanders. I saw the car, and i was, like, what happened here . When i heard the impact over here, i seen the truck hitting the people on the ground, coming through the crowd, and it ricochetted off of one to tooth, and thats when he had all the people over here, and everybody was just kind of trying to help one another. Police say a suspected drunk driver plowed into pedestrians. We have one suspect in custody, who was drivin
European leaders reacting disappointme disappointment. Warning the deal is not going to be renegotiated. Fired fbi director james comey is set to testify before the senate next week. What will he say . All of this as the white house turns to the Supreme Court to get the halted travel ban reinstated. We have it all covered for you with cnns joe johns at the white house. Reporter withdrawing from the paris accord was a big promise the president made to his base and most loyal supporters. Fulfilling it, he had to faceoff with the condemnation of the world. Now going forward, the leadership on the global stage could have enormous impact. The United States will withdrawal from the Paris Climate Accord. Reporter President Trump making good on his Campaign Promise to withdraw from the landmark 195nation agreement, but leaving the door open for potential new deal. We are getting out, but we will start to negotiate and we will see if we can make a deal thats fair. If we can, thats great. Report
Im Yasmin Vossoughian. Tens of thousands of people across the cities marking earth day. Their concerns include lawmakers who deny evidencebased research when making policy decisions. Scientists and advocates also voicing their anger. All of this happening across the country including new york city where Morgan Radford is live and ali vitali is washington, d. C. , where things are just getting started. Reporter were out here in the rain and scientists and researchers alike, you can hear the crowd around me amping up on their walk over. As weve talked about today, this is one of hundreds of marches internationally on this earth day and here specifically in d. C. , theres a political aspect of this. There are a lot of people out here saying that the Trump Administration steps theyve taken from a budget perspective and in the way that theyve taken an attitude towards Climate Change are things that they are out here protesting. This is just part of the resist movement. That being said, of c