Inside politics the biggest stories sourced by the best reporters now. Welcome to inside politics. Im john king. Thanks for sharing your sunday morning. A defining early test this week for the president and for republican congressional leaders. A thursday vote on an obamacare replacement plan that is still short votes because of conservative objections. The last is really mad about it. The right is really mad about it. The middle is really mad about it, and so far it just seems to be a constituency of one which is washington insiders. Plus an important new red line on the Korean Peninsula. The secretary of state says no more negotiating over north Koreas Nuclear program. The policy of strategic patience has ended. Were exploring a new range of diplomatic, security and economic measures. All options are on the table. First though the credibility question. I have not seen any evidence that this occurred based upon the briefings that ive seen. Weve not seen any evidence that there was a w
The documents . Im wolf blitzer, youre in the situation room. This is cnn breaking news. There is breaking news tonight, new efforts by President Trump and the white house to shift the investigative spotlight from the president and his campaign to democrats and Hillary Clinton sources now telling cnn that the president has made clear to the state department that he wants any Clinton Emails still in his possession to be released as soon as possible. He is also calling on the Justice Department to lift a gag order on a key fbi informant, the white house is discussing information that the president colluded with russia. They seized on information that a law firm working with the Democratic Party partially played for research that led to that infamous dossier on trump russia ties. Also, nikki haley speaking out on speculation about Rex Tillerson. She says she wants to stay in new york at the United Nations and she would not take the job. Were covering much more during this hour, with our g
Clear he still supports syrian dictator bashar al assad. This comes as President Trump faces another Foreign Policy challenge, warning iran that the world is watching. This happening as rare antigovernment protests flare up in a country known to deal with opposition with a heavy hand. Lets begin with cnns ryan nobles. Hes traveling with the president in west palm beach, florida. Not far from the maralago resort. How is the white house responding to these clashes in iran . Well, boris, they are standing firmly behind those people of iran who have decided to take to the streets to protest their government, and this is something thats a bit of a departure for the United States government. Previous administrations have not weighed in this far into situations like these, but this is something donald trump thinks is important. He used his own twitter feed to voice his concerns about it. This is what he said late last night, many reports of peaceful protests fed up with the corruption and wea
The empennsylvanxpense of a tru hero, john mccain. He was shot down and spent 5 1 2 years being tortured in a north vietnamese prison camp. Who served in Congress Since 1982. Who ran for president in 2008. And who is battling brain cancer right now. Its hard to imagine that anyone, much less a white house aide, would joke that john mccain is these are her words dieing anyway. Thats exactly what kelly sadler said. Anybody with just an ounce of decency would apologize. This white house . If you wont comment on the specific comment, what does the white house believe about senator mccain . Is there a tone set from the top here where it is allowed for an aide to say he is dieing anyway . Certainly, there is not a tone set here. We have a respect for all americans. That is what we try to put forward in everything we do, both in word and in action. Focusing on doing things that help every american in this country every single day. I think if you look at the policies we put forth, you will see
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