Attacking the remarks that he made insensitive remarks. And this is the heart wrenching video of the moment at the miami video as she lay her head on her husbands casket. Congresswoman Fredricka Wilson said she heard the president s remarks to mrs. Johnson on speaker. She says the president said, quote, he knew what he was signing up for. And President Trump says the congresswoman was lying. On cnn a short time ago, the congresswoman first learned the president s tweet and here is how she reacted . I dont know what kind of proof he could be talking about. I am not the only person that was in the car. I have proof, too. This man is a sick man. Hes coldhearted and he feels no pity or sympathy for anybody. This is a grieving widow that is six months pregnant. This is a young woman. Shes only 24 years old. She weighs maybe 110 pounds, and she has two other kids. Two years old and six years old. When she actually hung up the phone she looked at me and said, he didnt even know his name. That
So, the cnn tonight breaking news. Im don lemon. Its 1 00 a. M. On the east coast. The second hour of the shut down of the u. S. Federal government. The first since 2013. The senate tonight failing to pass a fund bill. Heres the vote. It was 50 to 49. They needed 60 votes. Now the Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell says he will offer a new bill to fund the government through february 8. Lets get to jeff at the white house. Also phil. On capitol hill. Jeff, to you first. What will happen tomorrow when the president wakes up the government is shut down, his First Anniversary of his inauguration . Good morning here in the east. We will see if its a good morning for the president. Certainly he is going to be in new terrain. No question about it. The Government Shutdown is happening on his watch. The white house went to Great Lengths to call it the schumer shut down. Schumer called it the trump shut town. Its an American Government shut down. Trump owns this. We received a copy of the w
Classified memo alleging fbi misconduct in the russia probe. Democrats and the company of justice are furious. This committee voted to put the president s personal interest, perhaps their own political interests, above their own interests. This as questions swirl about how Andrew Mccabes abrupt exit from the fbi went down and the white house denies any involvement. The president was a part of this Decision Making process. And by the way, in less than 12 hours, the president will be delivering his first state of the Union Address. All eyes on him. Its going to be a really incredible and powerful night, not just for the president but for the entire country. Were going to begin this morning with President Trump set to give his inaugural state of the Union Address this evening. The russia investigation lingers on and holds a huge cloud over the white house. We are in luck this morning. I have a great panel here to break all of it down, starting with nbcs jeff bennett at the white house and
That will do it for me. Ali veshi picks things up right now. Im not about to talk to you i would love to talk to you. Are you done for the day. 5 00. Have a great afternoon. Good morning. Im ali veshi. We begin with a tale of two days as the country celebrates civil rights champion Martin Luther king on this mlk day, President Trump broke with tradition and did not participate in the day of service. And the president continues to fight off claims that hes a racist after his reported shithole countries comment. Here he is last night. [ inaudible question ]. No, im not a racist. Im the least racist person you have ever interviewed. That i can tell you. Okay. But democratic senator dirk durbin is sticking by what he said and Lindsey Graham said his memory of what was said what was said has not evolved. I stick with my original interpretation. I am stunned that this is their defense. That is that is their choice. The discourse right now is pretty low. It is pretty embarrassing when you hav
Commonsense coalition to do it again. Of course, susan jumps to the front, an office opens up and away we go. With that i want to introduce you to my dear, dear compatriot, Susan Collins. Thank you so much, joe. Well, today is the day to celebrate because we have shown that a determined group of senators working together across the aisle can result in positive action. In this case the reopening of government. When government shuts down, it represents the ultimate failure to govern. It causes real hardship, not only for our military, for those brave men and women who are wearing the uniform of our country, but for all those who depend on Government Programs and those who work administering these programs. Last time we had a Government Shutdown in 2013, it cost our economy 1. 5 billion a day. Thats how harmful a shutdown is. But even more profound is the harm that it does to Public Confidence in government. In our ability to be leaders of this country. Joe and i worked very hard in leadi