He used the word honored to meet with the north Korean Leader kim jongun if the circumstances were right. The president made the comment in that interview with Bloomberg News that has just been released. No Administration Official has met with a north Korean Leader since secretary of state Madeleine Albright did back in 2000. Here with us is retired admiral john kirby, our cnn military and diplomatic analyst. Let meet be precise, read the exact quote of what the president told Bloomberg News. If it would be appropriate for me to meet with him, i would absolutely. I would be honored to do it. If its under the, again, under the right circumstances, but i would do that. And then he said, most political people would never say that, but im telling you that under the right circumstances i would meet with him. We have breaking news. Thats the president of the United States. Well, he was right about that, wasnt he . He certainly is. Im stunned by the word honored. This is a brutal dictator who
About the president s humiliating criticism of him. How long is he willing to take it . And zinke, murkowski new details in a difficult call from the interior secretary, ryan zinke. Murkowski says it was an unpleasant conversation. Did it include a direct threat . Im wolf blitzer, youre in the situation room. This is cnn breaking news. Were following breaking news, latest effort to pass a Health Care Bill after repeated failures. Lawmakers are now standing by to vote on another measure. This one more limited and targeting obamacares mandates. Republican leaders are clear they dont want the bill to become law, but only to serve as the steppingstone to brokering a better bill with the house of representatives. Ahead of that, the senate is standing by to vote on a russia sanctions bill, this hour. The vote is on the verge of being passed the house yesterday, punishing moscow for meddling in the u. S. President ial election. The white house wont say if President Trump will sign the bill. A
About an hour from now. And theres been no let up in the president s tirade against Jeff Sessions, he tweeted again just before sessions arrived at the white house. The president also tweeting he will reinstate a ban on transgender individuals serving in the United States military, and he cited medical costs and did ruppation. The natt meanwhile has delayed the next vote on a plan to repeal obamacare, scheduled for about 2 1 2 hours or so from now, well update the Health Care Debate here in the United States in a live report, thats coming up this hour as well. But lets start with the u. S. Attorney general Jeff Sessions who was there at the white house when the president launched his latest attack against him. And ill quote, why didnt a. G. Sessions replace acting fbi director Andrew Mccabe, a comey friend who was in charge of the clinton investigation, but got big dollars, 700,000 for his wifes run against Hillary Clinton and the represents drain the swamp. She got 700,000 from the de
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Last 24 hours, hes going to have plenty of fresh material, if you will, to talk about. The it was on thursday that the u. S. Military announced they flew two b1 bombers over the korean peninsula. The kind of drill weve seen before. Military said it was pre planned. The North Koreans didnt see it that way. They put out a statement saying that they believe it was a dry run for a future Nuclear Strike against north korea. Of course the u. S. Denied that. The and at the same time, what youre seeing in the same day, actually on thursday is south Korean Intelligence Agency put out a report saying theyve seen activity in north korea that would suggest there will be another missile test quite soon and that the North Koreans are ready at any moment to conduct another nuclear test. Thats what the president s going to be wading into as he tries to come up with a longterm solution to this ongoing crisis in the korean peninsula. That said, theres also a lot of other things hes going to have to talk