Start with us. Im dave briggs. Im rene marsh. Its 4 00 a. M. In the east. First, President Trump is standing firmly behind scott pruitt this morning after controversies mount. Returning from the event in West Virginia yesterday, the president was asked if he still has confidence in pruitt. I think that scott has done a fantastic job. I think he is a fantastic person. I just left coal and energy country. They love scott pruitt. They feel strongly about scott pruitt. They love scott pruitt. The president s backing is so strong sources tell cnn he floated replacing attorney general Jeff Sessions with scott pruitt as recently as this week. Sessions is a target of the president ever since he recused himself from the russia investigation. The president endorsed pruitt despite the headlines and allegations he sidelined top aides who pushed back on spending. More from cnns sarah ganim in washington. Reporter good morning, rene and dave. Reports that scott pruitt sidelined officials after they
Hundreds of thousands of dollars paid to the president s personal attorney. Good morning, everyone, welcome to early start. Im dave briggs. Im christine romans. Exactly 5 00 a. M. In east, 6 00 p. M. On the korean peninsula. 1 30 p. M. In tehran. Well have live reports in a few minutes. Lets start with the breaking news. Mike pompeo in north korea this hour. According to south korean government officials, the secretary of state is expected to return home with three american detainees. I want to bring in cnns paula hancocks. She is live. She is in seoul for us where the hopes are high certainly here that these three men will come home. Any indication that it is official yet . Reporter no indication at this point, no. We have had a pool report from journalists traveling with the secretary of state. They said that he had an hourlong meeting this morning with the north korean former spy chief cho. It was behind closed doors they discussed the agenda for the summit between kim jongun and u.
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Good morning. Its tuesday, november 20th. House democrats say they are likely to investigate white house advisor and first daughter ivanka trump for using private email to conduct government business. This after her lawyer says an internal review found scores of emails about policy and official business with hundreds more related to scheduling, meetings and travel, in possible violation of records law. The microsoft stored personal domain was set up in november of 2016 for ivanka trump and her husband Jared Kushner, who is also an assistant to the president. The use of personal email was discovered by politico in september of last year. The New York Times posted images of trumps emails. A spokesman for her lawyer said review began in september of 2017. Quote, while transitioning into government, ms. Trump sometimes used her private account almost always for logistics and scheduling concerning her family. Sources tell the Washington Post that after his review, trumps attorney forwarded
Corey Seager will not be in the starting lineup Tuesday night as the Texas Rangers take on the Dodgers in the first of a three-game series at Dodger Stadium.