To fund the government, which by the way, in the space of a few days he endorsed and threatened to votto and didnt veto in the end, the president was asked three questions. Two about the bill which he answered and one he did not. Thank you all very much. Lying about the affairs . Well, on the way out to marine one, the same story. Mr. President , is Karen Mcdougal telling the truth . Any comment on mrs. Mcdougal. Will you watch 60 minutes on sunday . Will you watch 60 minutes mr. President . Well, the president also ignored questions at Joint Base Andrews Taking The Long Way to avoid members of the press. This is a president who, as you know, doesnt shy away from speaking his mind about even the most serious allegations against him, including allegations of sexual misconduct. He is, however, silent about the alleged relationship karen
of mind with everything else. And you know, deep inside, i did have a lot of guilt, but i still continued. You believe, though, that he had real feelings
So glad to have you with us. And we have breaking news. The president angry, lashing out, going off on twitter by attack Robert Mueller, the free press, and even threatening a Government Shutdown if democrats wont agree to pay for his border wall. The president arrived at the white house just a few minutes ago. Its unclear right now if hell continue his tirade once he settled in for the night. Its also unclear what exactly has set him off. But it could be a number of things, as weve told you. His former attorney and loyal friend Michael Cohen appears to be ready to flip on him. Sources say cohen is willing to tell mueller that trump knew in advance about that infamous 2016 trump tower meeting, the one with the russians, Offering Dirt on hillary clinton. And on top of that the president has learned along with everyone else that cohen has been secretly recording their private conversations for who knows how long. We played one of those tapes for you last week. Its the one where trump and
Even as we await the final iowa results. They certainly didnt expect to be in this position with a week less than a week ahead of the New Hampshire primary. Jessica dean is with us. Lets start with mayor Pete Buttigieg and what he is saying about what is really now a very narrow lead. Yeah, thats exactly right. Its a very, very tight, tenth of a percentage point now. Pete buttigieg told his supporters, look, when its all said and done you can expect an incredibly tight race. What did Pete Buttigieg do . He took advantage of the fact there was no for sure narrative or result coming out of iowa so that they were victorious and has really ridden that story line all the way here into New Hampshire. So hes really been able to take advantage of the fact that they were these muddled results coming in that we still dont know on, gosh, thursday now, what those final results are. So hes forging ahead like so many. Like all the 2020 candidates. Iowa has already happened. New hampshire is what com
Follow us mitchellreports. Katy tur is up next. Good afternoon everyone out there. Two major event were waiting on now, the first any moment President Trump is expected to appear at the department of Homeland Security in washington where he will sign two executive actions related to sanctuary cities and his famous wall along the southern borer it. Moments ago abc news aired a preview of its interview with President Trump airing tonight. Here is what the president said about the wall including when he hopes to begin construction. Are you going to direct u. S. Funds to pay for this wall . Will american taxpayers pay for the wall . Ultimately it will come out of whats happening with mexico. Were going to be starting those negotiations relatively soon, and we will be in a form reimbursed by mexico. Theyll pay us back . Absolutely 100 . So the american taxpayer will pay for the wall at first . All it is, well be reimbursed aa later date. . Mexicos president said mexico absolutely will not p
Were going to be starting those negotiations relatively soon, and we will be in a form reimbursed by members of the jury mexico. So the american taxpayer will pay for the wall at first . Well be reimbursed at a later date from whatever transaction we make from mexico. Mexicos president said in recent days that mexico absolutely will not pay adding that it goes against our dignity as a country and our dignity as mexicans. He says i think he has to say that. He has to say that. But im just telling you there will be a payment. It will be in a form, perhaps a complicated form, and you have to understand. What im doing is good for the United States. Its also going to be good for mexico. We want to have a very stable, very solid mexico. When does construction begin . As soon as we can. As soon as we can physically do it. Were in months . I would say in months, yeah. I would say in months. Certainly planning is starting immediately. Later this hour, the president signs another executive actio