Nancy pelosi and others try to push congressman john conyers out the door. The Sexual Harassment outrage on capitol hill growing with conyers and senator al franken under fire and more accusers speaking out. And refusing to answer. Attorney general Jeff Sessions evades questions by congressional investigators about his conversations with the president on russia. New details tonight on what went on behind closed doors. We want to welcome our viewers in the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. Breaking tonight, cnn has learned that the white house wanted news reports of the cabinet shakeup to circulate as, quote, a public shaming for secretary of state Rex Tillerson. Multiple government officials now tell cnn that a plan is being considered to replace tillerson with cia director mike pompeo and then tap senator tom cotton to lead the spy agency. Longsimmering tensions between tillerson and the president may be even higher tonight after the sta
With russia. There is nothing in this indictment that moved the ball significantly in terms of any Crime Associated with collusion. And the trump white house. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson is laughing off reports that he is about to lose his job. Its laughable. Its a Beautiful Day its a Beautiful Day. Pete beautiful morning. Not day. Beautiful morning. Start with the morning and move through the day. Rachel beautiful cut tax. Ed its a big beautiful tax cut. Rachel good morning. Ed good morning rachel. Rachel thank you for having me back. I love doing this show. Ed i landed in new york. Fly here, past midnight reading my email as i arrive in new york city Vice President pence was arriving at the capitol. I felts there was semitri. Alivening for work. Pete why do they do their work at 2 00 a. M. Why cant they get it done normal time. Big news at 2 00 a. M. You know about, this obviously. Rachel yeah. Ed lets get straight to that fox news alert. There is a lot happening overnight while
To breitbart. The medias largely negative coverage of the president has moved into a new stratosphere over charlottesville. It was extraordinary and despicable. You personally might not be a racist but you are all too happy to reap the benefits of their support. A president for all beliefs or the altright. He has united the country against the vowts he is powtsed today which were on the edge of white nationalism. Howie some conservative commentators breaking ranks with the president. What trump did today was a moral disgrace. It was a disgrace to the Republican Party and the American People. The media hysterical because President Trump told some truths. Howie could they alienate part of their audience on late night . This is mediabuzz. Steve bannon made it clear when he got to the white house he was ready to fight the washington and media establishment. President trump when he was running, here is something the Opposition Party never caught. If you want to see the trump agenda, its eas
Their promises. Plus, we have good news to report tonight. The economy is booming. And this all despite congressional inaction. The president is building a steady record of accomplishments. That and much more in tonights breaking news opening monologue. As we speak tonight, the Democratic Party is drowning in a sea of scandals. Senator al franken has been forced to issue multiple apologies after now four women have come forward to accuse him of sexual misconduct. Now the allegations include unwanted kissing, groping, and earlier today, franken apologized yet again, but made it clear he has no plans to step down. Watch this. I know that i have let a lot of people down people of minnesota, my colleagues, my staff. My supporters. And everyone who has counted on me to be a champion for women. If you had, you know, asked me two weeks ago, would any woman come forward with an allegation like this, i would have said no. And so i cannot speculate. This has been a shock. And its been extremely
Accused of sexual misconduct. And trump versus the truth. Is the president trying to rewrite the history of the infamous access hollywood videotape . A new report says yes but the white house is now pushing back even as mr. Trump launches potentially dangerous new attacks against the news media. We want to welcome our viewers in the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. Breaking news tonight. A federal Court Hearing just ended on an exploding power struggle over who should lead a key consumer watch dog agency. A new lawsuit is challenging President Trumps position to have his budget director also serve as interim head of the Consumer Financial protection bureau. Mick mulvaney who had been a very harsh critic took the helm of the bureau today, but the woman who was named acting director by the bureaus previous boss is asking a judge to rule that shes the rightful director. Were told no decision has been made, not yet. Also breaking, the Senate