Coming. We want to welcome our viewers in the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. This is cnn breaking news. Breaking news tonight after days of increasingly troublesome headlines. Cnn learned that white house lawyers began researching impeachment procedures. Sources say the white house only considers impeachment a distant possibility at this point. Also, the noork times is reporting that President Trump bragged to Russian Foreign minister and Russian Ambassador of the oval office about his firing of fbi director james comey saying it removed great pressure from the russia investigation. The report also says mr. Trump called comey crazy and also, im quoting him now, a real nut job. Tonight, the white house is back tonight telling the story raising new question bets president s intent on firing comey at the same time. And speaking out about how the then fbi director tried to keep his distance from the president because comey was so disstushe
Day on capitol hill. James comey under oath in front of the Intelligence Committee saying President Trump and the Trump Administration told lies to try to defame him and trying to defame the fbi that comey knew he had to document his meeting with President Trump even though he had not done the same with either president obama or president bush because he worried that president , there tru mr. Trump, may lie. He took the president s desire letting go of the Michael Flynn incident is a directive. He describes that as a very big deal. There is no other way to walk away from comeys testimony today, without thinking the former director of the fbi thinks the president of the United States is a liar who he could not trust and who took actions that he thought were attempt to under mine the integrity of the american Justice System itself. The white house is responding to these charges and well get to their response in a moment. First, jim sciutto is joining me. Some are suggesting that comey de
President trumps decision to side with democrat on the debt ceiling rippling across washington. We had a great meeting yesterday with nancy pelosi and senator schumer. It was very bipartisan meeting. What is he trying to do is clear the deck so we can get focused on big things like tax reform. The president is a successful businessman who is not a politician. He is getting good deal for the American People. Different parties. We have different thoughts. Different feelings, different ideas. But, i think you are going to see a much stronger coming together. Brian first lets come together and talk about this. We have a fox news alert because of that Hurricane Irma new deadly path of destruction. Now a worst Case Scenario for the state of florida. Ainsley miami and florida keys now bracing for a direct hit from the strongest hurricane in recorded history that is already responsible for at least 10 deaths. Steve monster storm triggering life threatening storm surge warning. Some areas could
Because he got fired. Plus i strongly believe within the next 90 days were going to see an unsealing of an indictment against mr. Comey for a host of very serious offenses. Cnn newsroom starts now. Thanks so much for joining me. Im Fredricka Whitfield in washington, d. C. We are learning about the medical condition of former first lady barbara m bush. We are joined on the phone by jamie in washington. Jamie, what do you know . Reporter 92yearold former First Lady Barbara Bush, i am told, is in Failing Health. This is according to a source close to the bush family. Were told that shes being cared for at home in houston and that she decided she does not want to go back into the hospital. This is not a complete surprise. If she were in public recently, you would notice shes been on oxygen for some time. And we have learned that she had been battling with copd and congestive heart failure. Shes been in and out of the hospital multiple times the last ye year. As recently as about a week ago
The party of the president today. Well take to you houston live with the former president s casket ready for special air mission 41 this hour. Youll see those images here. The service all week including washington will probably affect a shutdown showdown that was supposed to happen friday if congress doesnt cut a deal. Who is the wild card on that and when could it come to a head again if the deadline is extended. Were gearing up for a busy week for special Counsel Robert Mueller. New charges may come against Paul Manafort and we might learn more about the lies former National Security adviser Michael Flynn told federal agents. Were breaking that down later on in the show with our team here and ready to go on this monday morning and all week long. We start, of course, in houston right now where state Funeral Services are set to begin for the nations 41st president. The plane usually called air force one, today special mission air force 41. Its waiting to take former president George He