who was in charge of investigating the ties in between the trump campaign and russia. and at this point, we just don t know. mueller himself obviously isn t talking. comey laid out a very clear synopsis of what he saw as pressure from the white house. president trump, of course, has denied key parts of that testimony. it s really unclear at this stage as to whether or not mueller is going to see that as a viable pathway. he s certainly authorized to investigate that but whether or not he is remains a question. sunlen, what are you hearing? were house and senate judiciary committees on their own or do they leave it to bob mueller? it s going to move forward regardless of what we heard from james comey on thursday and with the bob mueller special
peninsula in exchange for upping the pressure on the north, the president said, well, if china is not going to solve north korea, we will. that is all i am telling you. north korea, as we know, has conducted dozens of missile tests over the last few months and two nuclear tests as well. what are the options? the administration has said nothing is off the table, but isn t talking details beyond that president trump meets the chinese leader thursday and friday in florida. guys, a lot is at stake. a pressing international issue for this administration. kelly cobiella, thank you very much for that. eamon, let s pick up there. this is weighing on the markets. let s bring in louisa live from london, the first trading day of the quarter, what can we expect? it s going to be a really important week once again. as you indicated not only do we
do you know any men who have admitted touching women in their private parts uninvited? no. this isn t talking. i want to get sarah in as well. nancy french whosehell for oppo donald trump, they have had death friends and attacked and she wrote a piece in the washington post where she said what it s like to experience the 2016 election as both a conservative and a sexual abuse survive and one line from it she says my party, which should have been a place of a certain set of values now shelters an abuser. you also have a judge in texas named lauren parish who has left the republican party over values. she says in short my family values, my christian values, my core beliefs have been disenfranchised by my party s nominee for president and after much deliberation i said it would violate my conscience to continue to be a member of the republican party. which side are you hearing more of, amy kramer side that men
intensify. in addition to that, there s a big battle that s brewing over the exact level to set government spending limits. and mitch mcconnell, the senate majority leader, tried to start negotiations last week. he reached out to the white house to begin those talks. the question is going to be can both sides come together on something that has really divided the two parties over for years, and particularly in recent years, exactly how much money to spend for the federal government each year. there is no resolution in sight to that, carol. all right. manu raju, thank you very much. still to come in the newsroom, the pope met thousands of people in the united states including this pope baby. but how about the controversial kentucky clerk who s refusing to issue same-sex marriage licenses? she said she also met with the pope, but the vatican isn t talking. why? you fifteen percent or more on huh, fiftcar insurance.uld save yeah, everybody knows that. well, did you know that playing
the nypd reportedly sent detectives to missouri to learn more about professional agitators and about strategies to prevent the same thing from happening in new york. staten island s district attorney, daniel donovan, isn t talking. but new york police are in touch with community leaders there to coordinate a response to the grand jury s decision. what they don t want is more of this or something worse. randi kaye, cnn, new york. and court records show that officer panteleo has been sued in the past for unlawful arrests. the suit was brought by two african-american men who were strip searched on the street only to have the charges dropped the next day. there s a brand-new danger making its way into high school communities across this country. synthetic drugs designed to mimic the effects of lsd,