I now feel like the luckiest Police Officer in the history of the country, because it is my honor to introduce our next speaker. Mr. President , it is a great privilege to honor and to have you here to honor the families of our fallen heroes. It has been a difficult time for Law Enforcement in our country, as you know. More officers are being targeted for violence, simply because of their uniform. In pledging to serve and protect, they willingly place themselves in harms way. But now all too often, harm is seeking them out. They find themselves in the crosshairs of individuals consumed with hatred for police, and who are determined to kill them. Mr. President , on the campaign trail you often spoke of your support for Law Enforcement officers coming and you made a commitment to help us make america and our officers on the beat safe again. And your first days of office, you began to deliver on that promise. Demonstrating that you will be a partner and not a critic of our nations Law Enf
Lets begin at the white house with cnns joe johns. Joe, what are you learning . Reporter good morning, john. The attorney generals role in the firing of james comey is certainly being called into question this morning, even as he started out in the interview process to find comeys replacement. Now, one of the big problems, certainly, for the attorney general, is the fact that he announced to the world that he had recused himself from all things relating to the russia investigation, that because he had an appearance of a conflict of interest after meetings with Russian Ambassador sergey kislyak. Now, of course, its compounded by the fact that the president of the United States did go on the record in a public interview and say that the russia investigation actually was a factor in the firing of comey. So, the ethics of the situation have been called into question by democrats on capitol hill, and the fred werth heimer watchdog group, democracy 21, has also called on the attorney general
Projectile that was fired . That is something that officials will all look into, trying to see what else they can learn about the projectile that was fired, see what they can gather about that firing, and about the Ballistic Missile program. You have heard north korea say they will continue the launches, one official saying you will see this happen on a weekly basis, and prior to what happened this morning you had already seen nine Ballistic Missiles launched at least over six different days since just the start of the year and just the beginning of the Trump Administration. Now, this latest projectile seems to have happened in the first week of the newly elected south korean president. So surely this will be a test to see how the newly elected president moon will handle it. You cant imagine there witting much will be much of a did epartu from s from the procedures, bit of background is that president moon is the First Democratic Party president here in south korea in the last ten year
Someone who could do the job but find someone who wants the job and someone who given the political firestorm of the last six days can get confirmed for the job. Indeed. Youre looking at the eight people that we know met with attorney general Jeff Sessions over the weekend, possible picks for the next fbi director, but sessions even being in that role of helping pick comeys replacement, one of the flareups in this growing firestorm. Lets begin this hour with joe johns at the white house, who has the latest. Good morning, joe. Reporter good morning, poppy. The attorney generals role in the firing of james comey has certainly been called into question, that of course is very much due to the fact that the attorney general had said he was recusing himself from the russia investigation, due to his contacts with Russian Ambassador sergei kislyak. The president of the United States has compounded the matter by saying on television in an interview that russia factorred into his firing of james
I dont know if there was collusion or not. Former director of National Intelligence James Clapper will be here live. And one man show. The president says no one at the white house speaks for him. There is nothing further to add on that. As he contradicts his staffs explanations and publicly burns his own press secretary. Hes doing a good job but he gets beat up. Is there anyone in the west wing who can be trusted to tell the truth . The best political minds will be here on washingtons wild week. Hello im jake tapper in washington where the state of our union is reeling. First, President Trump surprise firing of fbi director james comey, the man heading the investigation into possible collusion by russia by the trump team, then a series of hard to believe explanations from the white house staff that trump himself revealed to be, well, not believable. And then a stunning admission by the president and what seemed like a threat to the fbi director about secret tapes of their conversations