I have an update at the tunnel collapse in washington state. The incident is moving from the emergency phase to the recovery phase. After extensive testing we remain confident that there has been no radiological release. Personnel begin taking steps to stabilize and fill the hole over the partially collapsed tunnel last night. We expect efforts to be completed today. The site remains closed to nonessential personnel. Dedicated experts on the ground are looking closely at the next steps that should be taken with respect to mitigating future tunnel breaches. In washington, d. C. Today, as sean mentioned yesterday, the president focused on preparations for his upcoming trip. He met with the Russian Foreign minister following up with tillerson last month. A readout of the meeting went out about an hour ago and i refer you to that for further questions on the meeting. Outside of d. C. , as part of the administrations ongoing efforts to address the Opioid Crisis in america, secretary price c
Easily. Now on the topic of the day, mr. President. This morning the Democratic Caucus met to discuss the circumstances of mr. I comes of mr. Comeys dismissle by the white house. There are many actions to be taken. We will pursue many things in the coming days and weeks that we decided in our caucus and we will have more to say about that in the days ahead. There are three things that our caucus agreed must happen right away. First, mr. Rosenstein should not be the one to appoint a special prosecutor. That responsibility should gl to the highestserving career Civil Servant at the department of justice. Second, mr. Comey is needed more than ever to testify before the senate. Third, attorney general sessions and Deputy Attorney general rosenstein should brief all senators on these events separately and in a classified setting, if necessary, and they should do it soon because the questions are just swirling about. There are more every day, almost every hour. Let me go over each. First, it
I have an update at the tunnel collapse in washington state. The incident is moving from the emergency phase to the recovery phase. After extensive testing we remain confident that there has been no radiological release. Personnel begin taking steps to stabilize and fill the hole over the partially collapsed tunnel last night. We expect efforts to be completed today. The site remains closed to nonessential personnel. Dedicated experts on the ground are looking closely at the next steps that should be taken with respect to mitigating future tunnel breaches. In washington, d. C. Today, as sean mentioned yesterday, the president focused on preparations for his upcoming trip. He met with the Russian Foreign minister following up with tillerson last month. A readout of the meeting went out about an hour ago and i refer you to that for further questions on the meeting. Outside of d. C. , as part of the administrations ongoing efforts to address the Opioid Crisis in america, secretary price c
Easily. Now on the topic of the day, mr. President. This morning the Democratic Caucus met to discuss the circumstances of mr. I comes of mr. Comeys dismissle by the white house. There are many actions to be taken. We will pursue many things in the coming days and weeks that we decided in our caucus and we will have more to say about that in the days ahead. There are three things that our caucus agreed must happen right away. First, mr. Rosenstein should not be the one to appoint a special prosecutor. That responsibility should gl to the highestserving career Civil Servant at the department of justice. Second, mr. Comey is needed more than ever to testify before the senate. Third, attorney general sessions and Deputy Attorney general rosenstein should brief all senators on these events separately and in a classified setting, if necessary, and they should do it soon because the questions are just swirling about. There are more every day, almost every hour. Let me go over each. First, it
Easily. Now on the topic of the day, mr. President. This morning the Democratic Caucus met to discuss the circumstances of mr. I comes of mr. Comeys dismissle by the white house. There are many actions to be taken. We will pursue many things in the coming days and weeks that we decided in our caucus and we will have more to say about that in the days ahead. There are three things that our caucus agreed must happen right away. First, mr. Rosenstein should not be the one to appoint a special prosecutor. That responsibility should gl to the highestserving career Civil Servant at the department of justice. Second, mr. Comey is needed more than ever to testify before the senate. Third, attorney general sessions and Deputy Attorney general rosenstein should brief all senators on these events separately and in a classified setting, if necessary, and they should do it soon because the questions are just swirling about. There are more every day, almost every hour. Let me go over each. First, it