Struggle against a common threat, a dangerous enemy. When we are divided the virus exploits the cracks between us. Dana in addition to halting funding the President Trump says the white house will look into the organizations handling of the coronavirus outbreak. He accused the group of mismanaging his response and being too trusting of information coming from the Chinese Government that led to the global pandemic. Health and political leaders around the world are criticizing the president s move. The cdc director says the agency still plans to work with the w. H. O. In the meantime, the death toll in the United States passing 26,000 and that is after new york city revised as numbers to include people who presumably died from that virus but did not receive a positive test. Its a matter of some controversy. We begin with chief white horsee correspondent john roberts. First of all lets take on the firestorm the president ignited last night by confronting to the w. H. O. After early prayer
House democrats on the Judiciary Committee said two things. They dont believe on the merits should the president try and invoke executive privilege it would work. If he did, they point out the political ramifications. That it would look like he was trying to obstruct the testimony. These are two key consideration the white house will have to Pay Attention to as they look forward. As you noted, we dont have an answer. The day before comey appears, the Deputy Attorney general will also testify. Reporter thats right. Separate hearing, separate focus. The big question is, what can members of get out of both Deputy Attorney general Rod Rosenstein but everybody else on the panel . The acting fbi director, the cia director and the director of the nsa. All of these individuals have played some role one way or another in this russia investigation. The reality is, what we have seen over the last couple weeks is all questions will be deferred to the special counsel, bob mueller. Thats the posture
Administrator dismisses what he calls climate exaggerators. Is the administration denying science . And putin unplugged. The russian president goes off script with lengthy remarks about President Trump, Hillary Clinton and what he calls hysteria fueling the russia investigation. Is putin trying to prevent any probe from reaching him . Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. Were following break news. President trump is said by top aides to be weighing whether to take the extraordinary step of invoking executive privilege to block testimony by former fbi director james comey. Hes scheduled to appear before the Senate Intelligence committee on thursday, and hes expected to testify that the president urged him to drop the investigation into fired National Security adviser michael flynn. Meanwhile, the white house is refusing to answer any questions about the russia investigation. The press Secretary Sean Spicer once again referring reporters to the president s outside counsel saying
The behavior of nunez is beneath the dignity of being a chairman of the intelligence committee. What does the president believe on Climate Change. Does he still believe its a hoax. President trump hasnt made it clear where he stands on Climate Change. This is one of the most cynical and frankly most ignorant, dangerous selfdestructive steps ive seen in my entire lifetime. This is new day weekend with Victor Blackwell and christi paul. I almost cut off james earl jones. Happy saturday to you. Were glad to have you with us. Im Victor Blackwell. Countdown to thursday, it is on. Former fbi director koem set to testify publicly and arguably the most anticipated event since election night. Hes expected to reveal details of his conversations with President Trump which could be a game changer in the russian probe. That is if the president doesnt stop him asserting executive privilege which gives him the right to withhold private white house deliberations and records from congress. Press Secret
The president himself has talked about the conversations publicly on twitter and in a letter that he and james comey had. Basically, as it stands, theres a lot of question whether he could or not. The white house is reviewing this issue. House democrats on the Judiciary Committee just released a letter saying two things primarily. First and foremost they dont believe on the merits should the president try and invoke executive privilege it would work. If he did, they point out the political ramifications. That it would look like he was trying to obstruct the testimony. These are two key consideration the white house will have to Pay Attention to as they look forward. As you noted, we dont have an answer yet. The day before comey appears, the Deputy Attorney general will also testify. Reporter thats right. Separate hearing, separate focus. The big question is, what can members get out of both Deputy Attorney general Rod Rosenstein but everybody else on the panel . The acting fbi director