Passengers aboard the grand princess off the california coast have tested positive, but only 46 of the more than 3,000 passengers and crew on board have even been tested yet. This afternoon, with all that as a backdrop, with the markets falling, civic life in this country shrinking, the president visited the centers for Disease Control and prevention in atlanta. Vice president s task force held a briefing a short time afterwards back in washington. Its possible that much of what the president said got lost in all the live coverage of that. But because his remarks are so apparently revealing of how he approaches what, after all, affects all of us, were showing them to you up front and at some length. His own words presumably reflecting his own thoughts and sensibilities and priorities here. He began the day with senior counselor Kellyanne Conway declaring the outbreak has been contained which, it is not. Look at the numbers. And with questions growing about the availability of testing,
Were covering every angle of this story like only cnn can. Boris sanchez is at the white house with what the Trump Administration is saying. Were starting on the border with Paolo Sandoval and diane gallagh gallagher. Dozens of members of congress are visiting the facilities around you right now. Tell us what youre expecting, what theyre expecting to see. Victor, they are on the ground already. This is the latest wave of legislators who have travelled to what is one of the busiest sectors in the country when it comes to the apprehensions of people crossing the border illegally. Lawmakers you may see in the southernmost tip of texas as weve heard from border offic l officials they lead the way in apprehensions across the country in this particular region and also prosecutors as weve heard yesterday. 262 increase in prosecution of these illegal entry cases, misdemeanor cases that we didnt often see, because of zero tolerance. That mean those courtrooms, were seeing bigger numbers there a
Clearance for reasons that seem to be at odds. The president says one thing, the white house says another. Brennan writes this piece in which he calls the president desperate to protect himself and says collusion with the russians on the part of the trump team is no longer a question. The president initially cited what he claimed were risks posed by brennans conduct. Later he told the wall street journal it comes back to the russia probe. This is what the president said. I call it the rigged witch hunt. Its a sham and these people led it. So i think something had to be done. Lets go to abby philip who joins me outside the white house. Walk us through what is different between the president s justification for stripping brennan of his clearance and the white house justification. Reporter weeks after this issue first came up, the white house has announced the president has stripped brennan of his clearance. They did it by laying out reasons that included that brennan was unstable, essent
Congress request for the president s taxes . Is that legal . Also, a scoop on mr. Barr. If he seemed calm in the chair the last two days its because he knows exactly what hes doing. He has been there before. The proof of past maneuvers. The real battle has begun between this president and the rule of law. Lets get after it. Well, the president could not have said it better himself. Listen to this. Spying on a Political Campaign is a big deal. I think there was spying did occur. Thinks. The attorney general using the lingo of the deep state coup today on the hill. Sending democrats into a new tailspin. The chief Law Enforcement officer of our country is going off the rails. He is the attorney general of the United States of america, not the attorney general of donald trump. One pushback. Hes not going off the rails. He is exactly on the right track that he wants to be on as the president has directed him. Now, barr later attempted to clarify, saying hes not suggesting there was improper
Involved in negotiating Congress Request for the president s taxes . Is that legal . Also, a scoop on mr. Barr. If he seemed calm in the chair the last two days its because he knows exactly what hes doing. He has been there before. The proof of past maneuvers. The real battle has begun between this president and the rule of law. Lets get after it. Well, the president could not have said it better himself. Listen to this. Spying on a Political Campaign is a big deal. I think there was spying did occur. Thinks. The attorney general using the lingo of the deep state coup today on the hill. Sending democrats into a new tailspin. The chief Law Enforcement officer of our country is going off the rails. He is the attorney general of the United States of america, not the attorney general of donald trump. One pushback. Hes not going off the rails. He is exactly on the right track that he wants to be on as the president has directed him. Now, barr later attempted to clarify, saying hes not sugge