Weve done a fantastic job. The only thing we havent done well is to get good press. Weve done a fantastic job, but it hasnt been appreciated. Even the closing down of the borders, which had never been done, and not only did we close them, we closed them early, the press doesnt like writing about it. So weve done a poor job on press relationships, and i guess i dont know who to blame for that. Maybe i can blame ourselves for that. I will blame ourselves. But weve done a great job. Weve done a poor job in terms of press relationship, but let me have somebody answer your question. So, i tried to cover this in the answer when i talked about quality of kits. And our quality analysis runs through the fda. So all of these platforms, we have asked people to submit. And weve asked states to quality control. So, i mean, anybody could submit their test to us. We dont buy tests that havent been quality controlled, and they show us the data. Either show us the data up front or show us the data afte
Senate Judiciary Committee, a lot of this is about the foreign registration act and who registers as a Foreign Agent. We did contact today charles grassley, who happens to be the chairman of the Judiciary Committee who says the most important people are Paul Manafort, who happens to be the former Campaign Chairman for donald trump as well as donald trump jr. , and to a lesser degree, apparently, jared kushner. Lets listen to what he had to say about bringing those people to capitol hill. Whether its trump jr. Or kushner or even the president of the united states, they seem to want to be very open and transparent about it, and this is a wonderful opportunity for them to be transparent, tell their story. Theyll be under oath nap ought to satisfy everybody on the committee that theyre getting straight scoop. Reporter so either this week or next week is what grassley has to say about bringing donald trump jr. And Paul Manafort to capitol hill. The holdup is apparently paperwork. Were told
Good morning. Top of the hour, im poppy harlow. Right now at the white house, a change in the message, if not the momentum. The administrations launch to make america weak to underscore the top priority of the president is jobs. President trump hit a new low. According to an abc News Washington post poll, Approval Rating now 36 . That is the lowest sixmonth Approval Rating in the history of modern polling in 70 years. One reason, the sole agenda. The Russian Investigation could endure more of the headlines. Donald trump jr. And Campaign Manager Paul Manafort testified. They talk about the meeting they had with the russian lawyer. What about the president s lawyer and the new pushback that hes facing from the secret service. On top of all of that, one huge objective, the Senates Health care vote is on hold amid senator john mccains health scare and his recovery from surgery. How is he doing . Sanj sanjay gupta will have the medical perspective. Lets get to the politics. Suzanne malveaux
And we start on the health care. It was a health care for a senator trying to pass a new Health Care Bill. There are new concerns that john mccains absence could be longer than first thought. Senate Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell announcing he will postpone a vote because senator mccain is recovering this arizona after having a blood clot removed above his left eye. Mccains absence could jeopardize efforts to repeal and replace obama care with rand paul and Susan Collins already declaring their opposition, mcconnell needs every other gop vote all 50 to pass this measure. Doctors describe the surgery of mccain as minimally invasive, but dr. Gupta says he does have a history of invasive melanoma in and around that area. They are waiting for a pathology test to see if more treatment is needed. The health bill, we mentioned senator collins is a no. Asked mike pence if it strengthens or secures medicaid, collins said this. I would respectfully disagree with the Vice President s analysis. T
Here in the United States. Cnn Head Quarters in atlanta, im rosemary church. Im george howell. Newsroom starts right now. Wherever youre joining us from around the world, good day to you. This week marks six months that the u. S. President donald trump has been in office. Allegations of russian meddling and last years election continue to overshadow his administration. In a New Washington post abc news poll a majority of americans say they believe russia tried to influence the race. The president s popularity has also plummeted in that poll. He has the worst Approval Rating of any u. S. President in about 70 years. Just three months ago 62 of americans approve of the job President Trump is doing. That is now 36 . His his disApproval Rating is 58 . President trump said that is not bad and also defended his sons meeting. He tweeted Hillary Clinton can illegally get the questions to debates and delete 33,000 emails but my son is being soer being scorned by the fake news media. He said the