Players which kneeled yesterday, which is a small percentage of total. These are fans that demand respect for our flag. The issue of kneeling has 234 nothing to do with race. Nfl must respect this. Stand for our anthem. Many are not buying the its not about race line. An africanamerican, someone in the nfl, one of those son of pitches, at the same time i said it is bigger than me. As with many of the president s manufactured crises, the impetus for at least some of it may have been come from a slight for this man. I think beneath leader of our country to go that route. Thats not what leaders do. Lets get to all of this with Kevin Blackstone and robert costa, reporter with the Washington Post. I saw the two of you talk about this on npr, it was riveting. Grateful to you both for joining me. Kevin, speak to this cushion, and we sort of asserted it, this was a divisive question for the nfl, one they grappled with with mixed reviews, the president weighing in, maybe throwing red meat to hi
The special counsel investigation. He is talking. He has flipped in a move widely interpreted as his only play in order to guarantee he and his son, Michael Flynn jr. Avoid jail time for a series of questionable illegal activities. This also means this is just the beginning and likely to go only higher. Not long after this news brokers sources told cnn a very Senior Member of President Trump 2k3w4r50ir7b8g9 the person who directed flynn, that official is the president s soninlaw, kushnJared Kushner. The charge against flynn is the first against someone in the Trump White House for a crime that occurred while he was employed in the white house as National Security adviser. Flynn is now the fourth member connected to the Trump Campaign to be charged as part of the special counsel investigation, and these questions loom large today. Why you did flynn lie to the fbi . What was the thenNational Security adviser so afraid of . Our own investigators finding out about why. What was anyone flyn
Twitter and facebook and how those platforms were used by Russian Hackers trying to influence American Voters. Well dive sb that in detail with two special guests. Plus later, a look at pentagon media coverage. Is the pentagon cracking down on access to the Defense Department . A former spokesman for the pentagon will join me live. But first, President Trump and what is really his alternate reality about hurricane maria. Maria made landfall in puerto rico 11 days ago. The island is still without power, communications are still scarce, people are still struggling there. This is a slowmotion crisis. And all the evidence suggests that both federal and local government responses were flawed and inadequate. But trump and his media allies are swearing that the response has been great and they are blaming the san juan mayor and the Puerto Ricans who, quote, want everything to be done for them. The president calls for unity in one teat tweet but attacks the media in the next tweet. Fake news.
The latest in a live report and whether anythings Getting Better. A new report on President Trumps weekend and whether precious time passed without a sense of urgency on the growing puerto rico crisis. A new nfl poll it tells us what most americans tell us about most americans take a knee and whether President Trump should have even weighed in on the issue. The President Trump blasting the mayor of san juan on twitter. The president is spending his weekend in new jersey. What exactly is the president saying . Reporter well, this is one of those instances where the president is punching back when he perceives that theres been criticism directed at him. So a surprising saturday morning with sort of a sour taste in his mouth as the president put out a series of tweets that really sort of fly in the face of the tone that we saw from the president yesterday on our way here to new jersey. So heres what the president has said, the mayor of san juan who is very complimentary only a few days ag
House and Human Services tom price that cost taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars. Did they violate rules . We welcome our viewers, wolf blitzer is off today. Im jim acosta. You are in the situation room. Announcer this is cnn breaking news. The breaking news tonight, a potential fatal blow to the latest republican effort to repeal obamacare. Senator john mccain announced he cannot back the latest deal, score detailing its real world impact. The measure is one vote away from failure. Republican senator rand paul announced he opposes the bill. A handful of his colleagues are voicing serious concerns about it. We are following the high stakes world of words with President Trump and dictator kim jongun, they are trading personal insult, kim calling the president mentally deranged after President Trump called am mad man. That was one of the latest tweet storm. We are also awaiting the president s arrival in alabama. He will be arriving to speak with senator luther strange, running fo