Than 1 00 a. M. Tonight. We could resolve this much earlier if the democratic leader withdraws his procedural objection and allows the senate to proceed to a vote. Our constituents want us to end this. But democratic leader Chuck Schumer didnt sound optimistic earlier on the senate floor as he continued to lay the blame squarely at the feet of republican dysfunction. Not only do they not consult us, they cant even get on the same page with their president , the president from their own party. The congressional leaders tell me to negotiate with President Trump. President trump tells me to figure it out with the congressional leaders. This political catch 22 never seen before has driven our government to dysfunction. Americans know why the dysfunction is occurring. A dysfunctional president , hence we are in a trump shutdown. That was leader schumer of course earlier today. Now it looks like were going to get at least a morsel and perhaps more of new information when senator Mitch Mcconn
Bill both sides taking shots at one another pointing the fingers. It went like this. Shut down the government unless they get their way. We sincerely hope that senator schumer will abon done this shutdown strategy. This bill is a halfbaked facade. Nobody i know wants a shutdown of government. Maybe except for the president. Illegal immigration. Thats what they shoe hornd into all this. We all know what the problem is. Complete disarray on the republican side. Our republican leader has said that he will not negotiate until he knows where President Trump stands. The democrats want to see a shutdown to get off the subject. The subject is not working for them. The tax cuts and tax reform has not been working well for the democrats. Bill team fox coverage starts this hour. Kevin corke from the white house and guy benson standing by with analysis. We start with peter doocy live on capitol hill. Do we know of any progress in the senate as of this hour, peter . No progress. In the last two min
February. Investors think stricter regulations are now likely. It faces tough questions on how it protects user data from being exploited. And thousands of developers siphoned data every day. From games like farmville to tindr. Unlike the forms firms, Cambridge Analytica said it was for academic use. Now Cambridge Analytica said it deleted the data and agreed to the audit. For the latest on the crisis, it is a threat to facebooks reputation already tarnished to manipulate the data for the 2016 election. And the whistleblower is worried. Im concerned we made russia aware of the programs that we were working on and that might have sparked an idea that eventually led to some of the Information Programs we have seen in the interference from russia in american elections. So for me, im concerned about that. If i played some role in that, i feel it is my duty to tell people about it. Meanwhile, an advocate plans to leave facebook. The head of security alex stamos. In a tweet, he did not deny
Republicans. What she apparently cannot do is get the fbi investigation that her lawyers are insisting on or delay the process beyond monday. Lets go to capitol hill where the sentiment, sunlen, seems to be turning a little bit. Or a lot, really. If you listen to the words of Lindsey Graham or senator corker or senator flake, what are you hearing . Thats right, poppy. Those voices for many key republicans are so important, as essentially this turns into a waiting game at this moment. As you noted, from now until tomorrow, 24 hours, that dr. Ford has to make her intentions known to the Senate Judiciary committee whether she intends to show up on monday or not. Shes supposed to submit a prepared statement, a biography. Those making it clear whether to the committee whether she shows up or not. Chairman grassley laying down that very firm marker in a letter yesterday where he flatly rejected called to delay this hearing. He flatly rejected calls for there to be an fbi investigation before
And with friends like these. Conservative lawyers form a new group to put checks on President Trump and speak out against his abuses and attacks. Among the highprofile founders, the husband of white house counselor, Kellyanne Conway. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. This is cnn breaking news. Were following multiple breaking stories this hour, including a possible white house shakeup and any time as President Trump openly weighs firing Top Administration officials. The president described as isolated and growing more furious by the day, following republican losses in the Midterm Elections and poor reviews of his weekend trip to france. The tension with european leaders was clearly evident. Ill talk about that and more with congressman Hakeem Jeffries and our correspondents, analysts and specialists are also standing by. First, lets go to our senior white house correspondent, jeff zeleny. Jeff, tension clearly very high in the west ring right now. Wolf, no question about it