Close to call. He has a pretty clear path thats center left. They are not friends. We can see which way the president jumped. Announcer this is new day with Alisyn Camerota and john berman. Good morning. Welcome to your new day. This morning we are preparing for the release of the grease prequel which we are told is imminent. Thats the headline. There is other news as well. William barr will be back on capitol hill after his first day of testimony there. There are several major questions unanswered and several questions that he notably raised with his nonanswers. Namely, what has he told the white house about the contents of the Mueller Report . Barr refused to answer whether the president and his lawyers may already know more than congress and the public about whats inside the report. Barr did tell lawmakers theyll have a redacted version of the report soon, within days. Democrats in Congress Want more. They are vowing to issue a subpoena for the full version. Meanwhile it appears the
Ready. Were going to put the cuffs on you. Reporter with 40 of americans yet to file their taxes, confusion leaves some scrambling for an extension. I dont know what to do. I dont have time to look at this. Brennan and, Steve Hartman a chance meeting at the skate park had an unexpected result. I dont know. Theyve really just shocked me. It was unlike any experience i think ive ever had. Brennan good evening. This is our western edition. Jeff glor is on assignment tonight. Im margaret brennan. President trump flew to the southern border today and delivered a blunt message to migrants hoping to enter the u. S. Turn around. An estimated 100,000 were apprehended at the border last month, a majority of them families. The president says the country is full. He accused Asylum Seekers of trying to pull off a scam. Chip reid is traveling with the president. Vi wall. Reporter President Trump today toured a twomile section of border wall completed last fall in calexico, california. A plaque proud
We could get the redacted Mueller Report on russian interference in the 2016 election next week. Thats new today from the attorney general william barr in day two of hearings on capitol hill. During questioning, the attorney general said spying did occur on president Trumps Campaign and that he would take a look into whether any rules were violated. Bar said, quoting here im not suggesting that those rules were violated, but i think its important to look at them. Why is he concerned . Well, for the same reason were worried about foreign influence in elections. We want to make sure that during i think spying on a Political Campaign is a big deal. Its a big deal. Shepard barr offered no specifics and no evidence that such a thing actually happened. The attorney general says the special counsel prosecutors did not find evidence that President Trump or members of his campaign colluded with russia to meddle in the election. Mueller did not reach a conclusion on whether the president obstruc
Watch. I just want to think the president again for the tremendous opportunity to serve this country. I am forever grateful and proud of the men and women of dhs who worked so hard every day to execute their missions and protect the homeland. I really look forward to continuing to support them from the outside. Harris put 2020 hopeful, president ial hopeful, senator Kamala Harris who sits on the Homeland Security committee and will get to question the new dhs nominee, treated this Kirstjen Nielsen misled the American People and defended trumps inhumane policy of separating children from their parents. It was long past time for her to go. She White House Correspondent john roberts love for us outside the white house now. Good afternoon too. She will indeed have a chance to question the new dhs nominee, whenever that person is named. We dont know if its going to be the person he was the acting or if the president will choose somebody else. Or when that might happen. Kirstjen nielsen will
Reins from nielsen. Plus, never say never unless youre the white house. A new strategy for the administration on how to keep the president s tax returns secret forever. Here with the message not so fast. We have our team here with all of that and much more this morning. We start this morning with that developing news and that new era in one of the administrations most difficult jobs. Kirsjen nielsen out and the president rails against open borders declaring our country is full. Well get to that rhetoric in a minute. But, heres the thing. There is a real crisis at the border that the next secretary will have to tackle. If you add it up, 64 p of bord apprehangzs are minors, trends the u. S. Has not seen before. He has not been quiet about this. Just a couple weeks ago he said the nations Immigration Enforcement system had hit a quote, breaking point. Two weeks ago i briefed the congress that it is at the breaking point. That breaking point has arrived this week at our border. Nbcs hans n