With Vladimir Putin before he hit the ice. Reporter how will the firing of james comey affect u. S. Russia relations . Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley this is our western edition. In a previous career, President Trump was a master at explaining why he fired someone, but critics are not buying his explanation for the firing of james comey. The president told reporters today that comey wasnt doing a good job as director of the f. B. I. Mr. Trump is the first president since Richard Nixon to fire a Law Enforcement official investigating the white house. The timing raises questions. Comey had just asked for more resources for his investigation of russian interference in the u. S. Election, including possible collusion by team trump. Ghll start at the white house tonight with Major Garrett. Reporter as comparisons to watergate swirled, President Trump met today in the oval office with president Richard Nixons secretary of state, henry kissi
Once served. Amy klobuchar of minnesota asking now. Lets go live to capitol hill. Computer that is allegedly going to be housed in the white house. I just wondered if you have had communication with members of the commission about their efforts and what kind of coordination is going on. I dont believe ive had a single conversation with any member or staff of the commission directly. And have people that worked for you been coordinating with them . I dont know that coordinating is a correct weve been asked for assistance on several issues. I think its quite appropriate for the president to have a commission to review possible irregularities in elections. You can be sure that the department of justice will fairly and objectively enforce the law. I believe that to be true. Im just concerned that this commission is off doing their work. And we just found out this week from the Washington Post that one of the employees have been charged with possession and distribution of child pornography.
Er and a liar well find out what the now House Intel Committee uncovered with the chairman of that committee because devon nunes is here and only here and then tired of comics knocking donald trump, wait until you hear the snl veteran and another snl veteran named joe whose ready to drain the comedy swamp. All right and no pool here so dont get any ideas welcome everybody happy weekend im neil cavuto and this is cavuto live where we start things off live at the border, where migrants are gathering and lawyers are circling and National Guardsmen are preparing and a lot of folks meanwhile just nervously watching very very carefully. Reuters chief correspondent for mexico and Central America has been traveling with these migrants and she joins us now. Whats the latest there . Oh, hello, thanks for having me. So about 400 migrants are gather ed in various areas anxiously waiting to possibly cross to the United States tomorrow, thats the plan, and ask for asylum. These are men, women and ch
And on this day, we remember a remarkable story teller, a chef and explorer, the impact and legacy of our own Anthony Bourda bourdain. From cnn world headquarters, a warm welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world. Im George Howell, cnn newsroom starts right now. 4 00 a. M. , 4 01 here on the east coast and we start with the g7 summit in canada. It kicked off friday despite growing animosity toward the u. S. President over the issue of trade. There were no outward signs of loss tild ihostilit hostility, but whether they can produce a joint statement as they normally do is an open question. In the meantime mr. Trump arrived late to the two day meeting spell be leaving early. And in the run up to the summit, mr. Trump had been trading twitter barbs. But the tone friday was much more civil. Listen. The United States has had a trade deficit many years with the European Union and were working it out and emanuel has been helpful in that regard and something will ha
Lie. Theyre working with the north koreans until a few weeks ago on their icbm and Nuclear Program. The europeans want to keep things as they are for the trade value. If we sanction them again, we ought to sanction anybody else that does business with them. That will stop the euros to bail them out while they cheat on this program. John roberts is live with more. John . Good morning to you, jon. Gauging the percentages between nix or fix, nix has the edge right now. The president would like to fix it with a deal that takes care of everything that iran is doing. The short term Nuclear Program, the Longterm Nuclear program, the Ballistic Missile program and the destabilizing behavior. The white house is playing this close to the vest. We know the president in the last hour spoke to emmanuel macron. We understand that the jcpoa was the centerpiece of the phone call. The president spoke to president xi of china. The jcpoa might have come up but that was mostly about trade and north korea.