Circumstances on very opposite sides. Lets discuss now with steve hall, retired cia chief of russia operations. I mean, im having trouble getting my head around this because the u. S. And russia are on opposite side of so many Key National Security issues. Issues russia shows no interest in changing, in relenting on. So where is the potential for Common Ground here . Well, its not just you, jim. I think everybody can agree, all analysts i have heard, saying look, the United States should engage with russia on areas where there are things that the United States has interests in. The question is, where do any of those interests over lap with russia . As you go down the list of things you just listed, its difficult for me to imagine really any of them. Let me tell you how i think the russians are seeing this. First, when you get pompeo or President Trump to russia, its a big win politically for russia. It shows theyre still at the big boy table. Theyre geopolitically strong and can insert
And raging fires. Evacuations and road closures in california and arizona as firefighters rock to beat back the flames. With 20 Million People under heat warnings today as temperatures hit triple digits. And we start with an 11th hour agreement on key evidence in the Mueller Report. How Judiciary Committee chairman jerry nadler says hes reached a deal with the department of justice that pulls possible criminal contempt charges for attorney general william barr off the table for now. Manu raju is on capitol hill. Manu, take us through what this agreement is for and what it means. Reporter yeah. This agreement comes in the aftermath of house Judiciary Committee holding a hearing to vote to hold bill barr in contempt for not turning over unredacted portions of the Mueller Report and underlying document. They have agreed to provide some evidence that the democrats have been demanding as part of their probe into potential obstruction of justice in the white house. Now at the moment jerry na
In the Oval Office Just moments ago, he was asked if the entire Mueller Report should be made public and heres what he said about that and more. Up to the attorney general. Wouldnt bother me at all. There are a lot of people out there who have done some very, very evil things, very bad things, i would say treasonous things against our country. Those people will certainly be looked at. I have been looking at them for a long time, and im saying, why havent they been looked at . They lied to congress, many of them. You know who they are. Theyve done so many evil things. I will tell you, i love this country. I love this country as much as i can love anything. My family, my country, my god. But what they did was a false narrative and it was a terrible thing. Robert mueller found no collusion between the Trump Campaign and russia, but he did not reach a conclusion on the issue of obstruction of justice. That is according to a summary by attorney general bob barr. The president is claiming to
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi may not favor impeachment, but she says its not off the table. Can she withstand pressure from key democrats to open an impeachment inquiry . And spice like us. Was kim jonguns half brother a cia asset . And was his public assassination retribution by north korea for working with the americans. President trump isnt confirming or denying that possibility. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. Breaking news. House democrats flex their muscles with a resolution authorizing the Judiciary Committee to go to court to force Trump Administration officials to comply with subpoenas. And the judiciary chairman indicates he wants to use that new power quickly. Also breaking, its noholdsbarred as President Trump and democratic frontrunner joe biden go head to head with dueling Campaign Events in the early caucus state of iowa. Biden wasted in time slamming President Trump as an existential threat to america and its core values. Theres no doubt biden has gotten und
America. Up first, pomp, pageantry and political insults. President trump beginning his state visit to the uk by getting into a war of words with the mayor of london and trying to walk back calling the duchess of sussex nasty. Ahead of the visit the president spoke with the spoke about the domestic issues of brexit, saying to walk away if british officials dont get the brexit deal that they want. Pamela brown is traveling with the president. Tell us, pam are a, whats unfolded so far. Reporter certainly been a stately welcome, brianna, for President Trump and first lady melania. Its also been filled with a little bit of controversy as you pointed out. Theres been a war of words between President Trump and the mayor here in london, President Trump tweeting about the mayor saying he was foolishly stupid, something to that effect as he was landing here in london, but if the royal family was bothered at all by this, they certainly didnt show it. They were very welcoming to President Trump a