The warning in a briefing from senior counterintelligence officials who urged him to alert the bureau about any suspicious overtures of the campaign. We dont know when that briefing took place, just that it and yet despite being breefnd russias role on the dnc hack, despite being warned that russia was actively trying to infiltrate his campaign, the president kept on denying russia did anything wrong. I dont think anybody knows it was russia that broke into the dnc. She is saying russia, russia, russia. Maybe it was. I mean it could be russia. But it could also be china. It could also be lots of other people. It also could be somebody sitting on their bed that weighs 400 pounds, okay . Ah, yes, the 400pound bed hacker. A similar briefing on the risk of russia infiltration was given to Hillary Clinton around the same time. But unlike her campaign, trumps investigation was already under investigation for its ties to russia. That probe which began in july 2016 according to former fbi dire
Revelations that he met with members of fusion gps. Reaction to those stories in just a second. But, first, Congress Avoids a government shut down by passing a spending bill. But it is setting up major a legislative battle in january. Ed henry is in washington tonight with all the details. Ed . Kimberly, great to see you. The key here passing temporary budget doesnt just keep the government open, it paves the way for President Trump to sign the tax cut into law, with a senior official telling us tonight there is a very good chance that will happen tomorrow. The way the tax package was written, signing it this year would initially have meant that it triggered some automatic spending cuts next year. But this continuing resolution, the stop gap budget, just passed through the house and senate, includes waivers that enable the president to defer those cuts to entitlements until 2019. The president also made p clear he did not want a messy shutdown to overshadow the winning on taxes saying
The 19yearold alleged mourderr was arraigned today and charged with multiple murder counts. There were reports that the suspect might have been associated with a white supremacist militia, those are claims from a guy in this group in florida. Thats not the guy you take his word for it in the absence of any supporting evidence. So in terms of why this happened or whether he had associations of any kind that might change your view. Police continue to say the murderer acted alone. If youre looking to a motive, if that makes a difference for the latest gun massachuset cure out hope. For now, hes the suspect. He had an a. R. 15 and tons of ammo and all legally acquired. Because the laws are lour lawma made on guns welcome a young man in his circumstances to arm himself the way he did, that ends up being the most important thing to know about how he came to a place in his life in this country where he could kill that many people himself. There was no moment of silence today among our lawmake
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I know, we were all watching. But imagine this kim jong un at the white house. Yes, President Trump said he would, quote unquote, absolutely extend the invitation to kim, perhaps to convey that these negotiations are just phase one of this entire process and that the ant signed by both leaders here was simply an agreement to keep working toward what President Trump describes as a, quote unquote, complete denuclearization of north korea, though the deal is short on concrete details. Trump insists that all he gave up is his time but he also announced hes ending decad of joint military exercises with south korea. Lets be clear, that is an enormous concession. Neverthelesshe president heaped trade on the man he once called little rocket man. He is very talented. Anyone who takes over a situation lik he did at 26 years of age and is able to run it and run it tough you trust him. I do trust him, yeah. Really hes got a great personality. Hes a funny guy. Hes a very smart guy. Hes a great nego