The uss Teddy Roosevelt with a bunch of iranian cargo ships and other ships heading that way. We learned in that iranian convoy of nine ships there are warships as well. Theyre not just cargo ships. The u. S. Is concerned about what the cargo is does it carry weapons. The public message is different from the private message. Publicly the white house, state department and others are saying were there to protect navigation shipping lanes et cetera but military officials telling me privately, that watching that iranian convoy is certainly part of this. Thats why you have f18 hornets flying Recon Missions off the Teddy Roosevelt, by watching sending a message to iran they are watching. Were keeping an eye on you, are you sending arms in. You will not see the Teddy Roosevelt pull in front of an iranian warship and put sailors on that that would be an extraordinary step but the hope is sending this physical message of the u. S. Aircraft carrier is enough to cause the iranians to pull back. T
Wars. I thought it was a spanish soft drink company. Its down now, if you can believe it. It was up for a good six hours, five hours. He posted at midnight. I think he fell asleep in the middle of it. And they took it down. Who tweets in bed, anybody . Well. Good morning everyone. Its wednesday, may 31st. With us we have nicholas come sorry, former aide to the george w. Bush white house elise jordan and New York Times reporter Michael Schmidt in washington. Schmidt knows everything. What did that mean. The president of the United States, the leader of the free world. I was trying to figure out if it was comey or not. Schmidt sees comey in everything. Where is the team that would catch a problem like a mistaken tweet where the president might what if he said something really uncouth or what if he said something really dangerous . Would it sit up there for five hours, nobody to protect him . At what point do you wake up the president to tell him about an awful thing thats happened or tel
Good afternoon, everyone. Welcome to the lead. We start with politics and President Trump sounding off today as the special counsel investigation into Russian Election interference and any possible trump Team Collusion officially enters the second year. President trump taking to twitter to call special counsel muellers investigation a disgusting, illegal and unwarranted witch hunt. Fact check, it is certainly not illegal and certainly the trump appointed Justice Department and Law Enforcement officials think that the investigation is warranted. The president also alleged today that a fbi informant on the Trump Campaign first revealed by the New York Times is a bigger scandal than watergate. Cnn White House Correspondent starts us off and the president asked about north korea and based on the tweets hes clearly focused quite a bit on the russia investigation, as well. Reporter he is. What answer you get, jake, depends on whether or not the president in public or private. In front of the
President obama used an informant to spy on his campaign. And deposition possible. A judge lets a former apprentice against President Trump proceed. Does that mean the president could be forced to answer her allegations under oath . Im wolf blitzer. You are in the situation room. This is cnn breaking news. Breaking news, President Trump says plans are still in the works for a meeting of kim jongun saying that the dictator could be in power if he gives up his Nuclear Weapons program. Ill speak with congressman castro. And our correspondents and specialists, theyre standing by with full coverage. Lets begin with our senior White House Correspondent jeff zeleny. The president seems to be dictator to stay in power giving up the nukes. Reporter good evening, wolf. Reassuring kim jongun to remain in power if he abandoned this Nuclear Program and offering a warning if he didnt. Now, all of this is coming as the president vr much want it is summit to happen and we did hear today that the presi
States democratic convention, but it was the passionate plea of one senator and a security scare involving another that took center stage. This white house has literally, literally a bully pulpit. Its wrong and it is immoral what theyre doing. It is time that we come together and stand together. Some clips from the weekend there that was. So joining me to break it all down is our own road warrior shaquille brewster. I do want to start with that scary, scary moment, as it was, for Kamala Harris. You were there inside that room as it all played out. Take us through it. Reporter well, it was really a tense moment there. Before we even go there, i spoke to some attendees here at the Democratic State convention in california and they say they fear for the lives of these candidates when they see moments like this. Just to set it up, it was yesterday at the move on ideas forum. Senator harris, as every candidate there was tasked to do, they were tasked on presenting their own big idea. Senato