Of representatives is looking more like a house of cards. Dana bash reports. Reporter there is congressional chaos, then theres this. A republican meeting to vote for a new speaker ending abruptly after the frontrunner, Kevin Mccarthy shocked everyone. Suddenly dropping out of the race. You were behind him. Are you stunned . Yeah, totally stunned. No idea tf coming. You were just in there, what happened . Kevin mccarthy, just like john boehner did, put the country and the congress and the conference before his own interests. It was a very honorable thing to do. He recognized and shared with the congress that he was afraid his candidacy might further divide the caucus and the party across the country. Behind closed doors thats exactly what Kevin Mccarthy told his colleagues. I think i shocked some of you, huh . A a and. Reporter and what he repeated to reporters after the News Conference got out. If were going to remain united and strong, we need a new face to do that nothing more than
White house correspondent who was there traveling with the president in florida. How has the white house responded to this report . There is no question that general flynn is the closest member who is at the heart of this russia investigation. The lawyers are pushing back to any conclusions about this. One of the president s lawyers said this to cnn. He said no one should draw the conclusion that this means anything about general flynn cooperating against the president. We know as this investigation proceeds and muellers moves towards its next chapter we know flynn is at the center of these conversations. You know, they are reporting that it is possible and even more than that likely there is some type of some type of cooperation. Well only find that out when this grand jury completes its investigation. The white house saying dont rush to conclusions on this. Well have analysis on this in just a minute. We know we have been talking about this terror attack. Several hundred People Kille
Thetume of the unknown soldier. We begin as we honor this memorial with a High Level Team of u. S. Envoys in north korea today a second team is in singapore preparing for the summit with kim jongun that President Trump cancelled four days ago. Today not only is the firstever meeting between sitting president and north Korean Leader seemingly back on it seems tobe s be set for june 12 so many developments that it was cancelled. Is it a go . Reporter that is the big question mark here. President trump saying it would be inappropriate to hold that summit and now it seems that the United States and north korea are essentially racing to set this back up. Over the weekend we had a u. S. Dellgrati delegation cross over to north korea. We have several officials in north korea meeting with the counter parts discussing what a summit in singapore on june 12 could look like. Also the advanced staff from the white house is on the way to singapore and should be arriving to smooth out wrinkles ahead
All right, an important reminder of what today is all about. Memorial day as you look at these live images of the world war ii memorial in our nations capital. A day when everyone should pause to honor those who lost their lives and gave the ultimate sacrifice defending this nation. Soon a fallen soldier will be brought home to his family at Dover Air Force base and then President Trump will arrive at arlington to lay a relief at the tomb of the unknown soldier and well see the president and hear from him in a bit. Im poppy harlow in new york. We begin with a major story happening right now outside of baltimore. One person is missing after flash floods ripped through Ellicott City, maryland, overnight. This is a scene just hours ago that murky brown water ransacked the towns historic main street and this morning a clear view of the utter devastation left behind. The governor declared a state of emergency. Lets go to Suzanne Malveaux who is there. What do we know about this missing pers
President trump marking this memorial day at Arlington National cemetery touting on twitter, quote, those who died for our great country would be very happy and proud how well our country is doing today, followed by a list of what he claims are achievements, finishing with, quote, nice. Meantime, a High Level Team of u. S. Envoys is in north korea with a second team in singapore preparing for trumps potential summit. The same summit cancelled by President Trump, of course, last week. Now it appears that meeting could may be back on, and for the originally planned date of june 12th, which, of course, is over two weeks from today. Sanchez starts the coverage off today from the white house. Reporter President Trump marking me mori call day laying a wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier sending a message to the family of Fallen Service members. To every parent who weeps for a child, to every child who mourns for a parent, and to every husband or wife whose heart has been torn in two, t