President trump and that wiretapping claim hes Still Standing by despite no evidence provide and he even made a joke about it with visiting chancellor Angela Merkel yesterday. She didnt seem to appreciate the humor in it. More alarm over last Weeks White House intruder and a huge unanswered question. How could he have roamed the grounds for than 16 minutes before he was arrested . And this morning, renewed outeye over the president s proposed budget cuts including meals on wheels. What can rho outraged democrats do about it . New today, secretary of state Rex Tillerson is in china on an important mission, meeting with chinas top diplomats to discuss the escalating threat posed by north korea and the path forward. Janice is in beijing for us. Good evening to you, janice. Secretary tilleon spoke earlier this morning. What did he say . Reporter the visit was expected to be ugh. Its cordial but got a bit chillier with that tweet that arrived overnight from President Trump where he said nor
These are bad policies that will hurt people. We begin today with the house investigation into Trump Campaign ties to russia. Now stalled indefinitely. Hearings and meetings cancelled while intelligence chairman devin nunes is defying calls to step aside. But in the senate, something to keep an eye on today because they are forging ahead. The chair and vice chair, republican and democrat of the Intelligence Committee set to brief the press. Ive got a great team with me to break it all down. I want to start with kasie hunt. So, kasie, lets start with all of this on the house side first. How do they get this investigation back on track . Well, chris, its still not 100 how they are going to do that. Theres still a lot of rancor, partisan anger between a chairman and vice chairman ranking member, excuse me, who had previously gotten along pretty well. Have known each other for a long time. But what happened with this new information that devin nunes brought to the table has really sparked
The sandra so much going on, great to have you. Lets begin with a big meeting between President Trump and Angela Merkel. At the white house sang the agenda includes discussions between strength a nail, fighting isis, and resolving ukraines conflict. The highly anticipated sitdown comes after donald trump repeatedly slammed the leader on the campaign trail. Accusing her of ruining germany for allowing an influx of refugees. Kevin joins us live from the white house. Mix it up why dont you . Youre just trying to stir the pot. I would love to be a fly on the wall for that meeting. This is her first trip to the white house during the term presidency. Her first trip back here in a couple years to be specific. There have been a number of important topics at the two World Leaders will want knock out. Lets give some of the bullet point so the folks at home can follow along. Trade, a big one today. Merkel traveling with the ceos of bmw and siemens. Youre going to hear the word reciprocity betwee
Michael flynn vacated that job, and its just that chain of events that well be talking about today. Its that chain of events and this story specifically that dominated the White House Briefing within the last hour here as part of the exchange with press secretary sean spicer. President obama warned president elect trump from hiring general mike flynn. Why did he not heed that warning . Its true that president obama made it known that he wasnt exactly a fan of general flynns. The question you have to ask yourself, really, is if president obama was truly concerned about general flynn, why didnt he suspend general flynns security clearance which they had approved just months earlier . How did they not do that besides not liking some of the comments he made . As we get to our correspondents as well, hallie, its been called a connard for the trump house to rely on their reasoning, why wasnt general flynns security clearance canceled . Do you know why . This is a line youll keep hearing over
The u. S. Supreme Court Nominee and the widening fallout over trumps comments. Plus, a special report tonight on what some are calling a key to democrats resurrection in the area from resist to persist. How liberals are backing up Elizabeth Warren after her odd encounter with Mitch Mcconnell last night. We have it all on tonights show. And as senator mcconnell might say, youve been warned. Unusually strong criticism tonight from President Trumps own supreme Court Nominee neil gorsuch. He is disheartened by the demoralizing and abhorrent comments made by President Trump. I listen to a bunch of stuff last night on television that was disgraceful. Courts seem to be so political. The not understanding of the separation of powers within our government should be of concern to every american. The Senate Voting to confirm Jeff Sessions for attorney general after a bitter 24 hours. The facts may hurt, but were not in the United States senate to ignore fax. Elizabeth warren takes to the floor. I