We want to welcome our viewers here in the United States and around the world. Im George Howell in cnn headquarters in atlanta. And im Hannah Vaughan jones in london. Cnn newsroom starts right now. It is 5 00 a. M. On the u. S. East coast. The u. S. President looked like he was still campaigning for the job saturday, exactly 100 days after he was sworn in as president of the United States. Heres the scene in pennsylvania. He told a large crowd of supporters that he was glad to be out of the swamp of washington for a few hours. That rally overlapped again with the annual Correspondents Dinner taking place in washington. Typically the sitting president is the guest of honor at this black tie event, but mr. Trump decided not to attend. The president used that rally in pennsylvania to go after one of his favorite targets, a very common line weve heard countless times, focusing on the media. Lets listen. The washington media is part of the problem. Their priorities are not my priorities, an
Vaughn jones in london where it is 10 00. Welcome to this hour of newsroom. Stay with us. See whats coming up. Straight to the first story. The search for a new fbi director gets under way this saturday at the u. S. Justice department. Acting director Andrew Mccabe will be among those interviewed to replace james comey who was of course fired by President Trump on tuesday. The dismissal itself came just as the fbis investigation into russian modeling was starting to gain tracks. Calls for independent prosecutor to take over the investigation are growing louder in the wake of comeys firing. Some democratic lawmakers say the Deputy Attorney general Rod Rosenstein should resign if he is not willing to appoint special counsel. Those close to rosenstein say he doesnt see the need for an outside prosecutor. It is not clear why comey was fired in the first place. The white house has given conflicting reports and accounts. Rather than settling the matter, the president friday offered a threat,
Their happiness. We want to welcome our viewers here in the United States and around the world. Im George Howell at cnn World Headquarters in atlanta. And im Hannah Vaughan jones live for you in london. Cnn newsroom starts right now. Polls opened in france around three hours ago in a president ial election that could now shape european politics for years to come. The former economy minister Emmanuel Macron, you can see live pictures of him there. He is just to cast his vote, presumably for himself, in le touquet france. He is 39 years old and a relative newcomer to french politics. He surprised his skeptics by successfully creating a new movement. Its called on march. He went into sundays voting as the strong favorite campaigning to keep france in the European Union. However, his opponent, far right candidate Marine Le Pen, she wants france to quit the European Union and also has plenty of support throughout the country. She has argued for closing frances borders and severely restricti
Cnn newsroom starts right now. A vote for change is the question france decides is whats happening. All eyes on that nation this day as voters head to the polls for an historic president ial race. Fair to say, the stakes are high. Polls have been open for about two hours now. Voters there set to choose between two very opposite candidates. Right now were seeing Francois Hollande at the polling station, 10 01 there in paris. Again, the polls have been open for a couple of hours now. People going to make a very important decision. Theyll choose between two candidates centrist Emmanuel Macron and the far rights Marine Le Pen. Le pen opposes the European Union and has pledged to leave nato. Macron, on the other hand, has led in the polls, but his Campaign Said friday that it was a victim of a hack that was meant to sway the vote. And this is, of course, the place to be to get all the information youll need to know. Cnn covering this election with our correspondents at some of the polling p
Viewers here in europe, the United States and around the world. Im Hannah Vaughan jones. Cnn newsroom starts right now. The Trump White House has yet to provide any evidence to back up explosive allegations he made against his predecessor, barack obama. Mr. Trump accused the Obama Administration of tapping his phones in trump tower last year. A spokesman for the former president barack obama dismissed the allegation as quote simply false. A former u. S. Intelligence official called it quote, nonsense. Well, the president apparently blindsided his own staff when he charged quote, how low has president obama gone to tap my phones during the sacred election process. This is the nixon watergate. Bad or sick guy. Reporter along with my colleagues have been asking the white house officials to provide evidence to back up the unsubstantiated allegations that the president made. But my colleague, a senior white house correspondent, did speak with a Senior Administration official in washington.