This deal represents the same failed approach of the past that brought us to the current imminent threat we face from north korea. Secretary tillerson stating that the Iran Nuclear Deal negotiated under president obamas, quote, failed approach. But his own state Department Just confirmed that iran is complying with the terms of the obama negotiated deal. Nbcs Andrea Mitchell asked the secretary about that today. Mr. Secretary, by your own letter to the speaker of the house, iran is complying with the terms of the nuclear deal. If you break out of that deal, wont that send a signal to north korea and other rogue nations that the u. S. Cant be trusted to keep its end of the bargain . I think its important in any conversation on jcpoa and i think this was one of the mistakes in how that agreement was put together, is that it completely ignored all of the other serious threats that iran poses. It is another example of buying off a power who has nuclear ambitions. We buy them off for a shor
And what causes many of us to loseoc1x sleep. Whats the best way to a0mrf announcing early this morning he will announce Rex Tillerson as americas top diplomat, saying hewlfw regards business relationships in russia as an asset. Thats2 socalled sought to run the Energy Department. G h lc the two time president ial candidate was a harsh critic of mr. Trump and the energy a9rc department. Wh transpireda n this morning. Rex tillerson is certainly the news oftp q the day, and his selection to be secretary of state followed by a tweet for the president elect saying the dfn÷rtillerson is that he has v experience dealing successfully withg it is one of those foreign governments, russia, that will be most scrutinized at Senate Confirmation hearings. Went in an hour ago. Cu appearance ahead of tomorrows tech summit and big names from places likehp3 goog and apple and facebook are that is a department which he first couldnt name, then vowed toyrov eliminate years ago duri president ial debate,
Welcome back to the lead. Im jim sciutto in again for jake tapper. We begin today with breaking news in our politics lead. Sources tell cnn donald trump has tapped former indiana senator dan coats for director of national intelligence. That is, the nations top spy. This as the current director along with his counter parts testified for hours today that there is no doubt that russian leadership was behind the cyber hacks during the 2016 race. And that they are more conif i he dent of that judgment than ever. President obama was briefed on the final report just a short time ago with president elect trumps briefing scheduled for tomorrow. Cnns raju is on capitol hill. U. S. Officials said they will when this becomes public, theyll name more than one motive for the russian hacking. Reporter thats right, next week well or direct camp interfere with our election process than weve seen in this case. In the nearly three hour senate hearing, the officials saying theyre even more confident in th
Republicans speaking out about the don junior drama urging another shoe could drop at any moment. One top gop senator is threatening to subpoena a key player in the controversy. They are hours away from unveiling new Health Care Legislation with members of their own party in revolt. The august recess on hold. Will it revive hopes for passage or be dead on arrival . We want to welcome our viewers here in the United States and around the world. Wolf blitzer is off. Im jim accosta. Youre in the situation room. Announcer this is cnn breaking news. Breaking news tonight, President Trump is speaking out about the new russia controversy surrounding his son. Mr. Trump says he was unaware of donald trump, jr. s meeting with the russian lawyer until days ago. He doesnt fault don junior for seeing the lawyer after being promised dirt on Hillary Clinton. President trump is getting ready to fly to paris and leave behind a white house in crisis. The trump team is paralyzed and the president is frust
Making asia nervous, stocks down a trumps tariffs on china. We got our eye on the Justice Department, the deputy ig is about to make a major announcement on Law Enforcement. Pete williams in this that room right there. When we know the news you will know the news. Our team is hear and ready to go. Ill start with nbcs jeff bennet at the white house. Jeff, this white house whiplash situation with the president issuing the veto threat after his own administration repeatedly said he was good with this on any bus bill is to say, the least surprising. Well play what mark short said on this show yesterday about the exact situation. Listen. Hes totally fine and down . Halle theres several thing wed ask for in our budget we should go back to and say are you happy and those are this thing we wanted to see. So jeff, what happened . Well, halle, President Trump says he intends to veto the bill because it doesnt fully solve the docket issue nor fund his border wall. The president writes im consider