Welcome to new day. Today is a big day. We may get an answer to whether the white house was telling the truth about Michael Flynn. Former acting attorney general sally yates will testify about what she knew about nieflynn an when. Cnn learned that sally yates will contradict the timeline of events and say her stern warning was more than a heads up. Former promise breaking his silence. We have it all covered for you. Lets start with cnns manu raju with new reporting for us. Reporter alisyn, im told by a source familiar with the testimony that yates will be limited on what she can say over the concerns that Michael Flynn could have been compromised by the russians. The testimony is about to raise questions why the white house did not act sooner to remove him from the job. At the same time, investigators on the house and Senate Intelligence committees say the investigation into russia could move into the fall if not next year with one lawmaker says the documents are taller than he is at 5
Attacked north korea and the leaders of both countries thumbing their nose at the president. An insult between the leaders of the u. S. And north korea. He called kim jong un a mad man in a tweet after a statement was carried on state where he called mr. Trump a mentally dereached do tard. He called him the rocket man. A new missile capable of carrying multiple warheads. Ben weederman is in tokyo. Tell us about kim jong uns response to President Trumps remarks and the latest threat of a Hydrogen Bomb. Things are escalating quickly. Yeah, this statement from kim jong un was published on kcna, the official state news agency. This is the first time any Korean Leader and there have only been three since 1945 has directed such a statement in the first person singular. This is sort of one insult after the other. He calls President Trump a rogue and a gangster. He ends the statement saying i will surely and definitely tame the mentally deranged u. S. Dotard with fire. The original korean is n
Investigation. Were going to cover a lot of ground tonight starting with these new indictments. For more on that, were going to turn back to new york to ari melber. Take it away. Thank you very much, richard. There is, indeed, major news today in this russia investigation. Bob mueller charging 12 mill tear military Intelligence Officers with conspiracy, and other serious crimes. Mueller says the objective was to medal in the 2016 election. These charges come just three days before President Trumps scheduled oneonone meeting with putin in finland. Tonight, the white house says that meeting still on. Now, here is the first thing to know about this indictment. It is exhaustive. Mueller making the case against putins agents with far more detail than would be legally required. Over 29 pages of meticulous detail, mueller showing how these 12 Russian Military intelligence operatives allegedly worked to impact the election. These are not random hackers or the proverbial 400pound guy sitting on
Days before President Trumps scheduled oneonone meeting with putin in finland. Tonight, the white house says that meeting still on. Now, here is the first thing to know about this indictment. It is exhaustive. Mueller making the case against putins agents with far more detail than would be legally required. Over 29 pages of meticulous detail, mueller showing how these 12 Russian Military intelligence operatives allegedly worked to impact the election. These are not random hackers or the proverbial 400pound guy sitting on his bed. These are putin government officials hacking their way through our political system, targeting not only clinton aides, but were learning here from todays indictment, targeting entities opposed to trump in 2016, which includes the Democrats National party and their Congressional Election shop then leaking that stolen material through fictitious online personas including d. C. Leaks and guccifer 2. 0. Right there, those entities are obviously quite important bec
To meddle in the 2016 election. These charges come just three days before President Trumps scheduled oneonone meeting with putin in finland. Tonight, the white house says that meeting still on. Now, here is the first thing to know about this indictment. It is exhaustive. Mueller making the case against putins agents with far more detail than would be legally required. Over 29 pages of meticulous detail, mueller showing how these 12 Russian Military intelligence operatives allegedly worked to impact the election. These are not random hackers or the proverbial 400pound guy sitting on his bed. These are putin government officials hacking their way through our political system, targeting not only clinton aides, but were learning here from todays indictment, targeting entities opposed to trump in 2016, which includes the Democrats National party and their Congressional Election shop then leaking that stolen material through fictitious online personas including d. C. Leaks and guccifer 2. 0.