If he wants to fire the fbi director, all he has to do is fire him. We got to the point where the president s own lawyer has to hire a lawyer. Nobody has unimpeachable credentials. This is a president who engaged in questionable behavior over the last several months. If hes really not guilty, then he will be happy to be exonerated by somebody who is out to find the truth. This is new day weekend with Victor Blackwell and christi paul. Good morning, everyone. Im rene marsh in for christi paul. Thanks for joining us. Im Victor Blackwell. Happy saturday to you. The search for seven missing sailors continues off the coast of japan where a u. S. Navy destroyer collided with a merchant ship in the Early Morning hours. Drivers are set to inspect the uss fitzgerald, which is now back at port in yokosuka, japan. The ship took on water after sustaining damage both above and below the waterline on its starboard side. The warships captain, along with two other u. S. Servicemen are listed in stable
This is cnn breaking news. 5 00 a. M. On the u. S. East coast. Welcome to our viewers in the u. S. And around the world. We are following breaking news this hour. Be right bareaking news out korea, they have sent up a projectile. It is unclear what it has launched. This comes after a week after they successfully launched a missile that landed in the ocean. Our Alexander Field is live in seoul. We are understanding this news comes from the deposgovernment south korea. Reporter thats right it comes from the joint chiefs in south korea. We are learning south korean officials will convene a meeting of the National Security council. That will happen shortly. Officials will be trying to analyze what projectiles was launched in what is a long string of provocations from pyongyang. All we hear it is some kind of projectile, but to put this into context, we know that pyongyang has fired off nearly a dozen Ballistic Missiles. We we heard here just at the start of the Trump Administration if this
Second term. We are live from cnn World Headquarters in atlanta. Im George Howell. Im fall la newton, you are watching cnf newsroom. Cnn newsroom. Day two there of u. S. President Donald Trumps ambitious foreign trip. You can say that again, ambitious to the middle east and europe, the first of his presidency. Now, he is still in saudi arabia. He has already met with several middle eastern leaders. They include egypts president seen with mr. Trump here. Now, later the president is set to have one of the key moments of his visit. Thats when he will give a speech on combating radical extremism. Also interesting, given the president s heavy use of twitter. President trump will be taking part in a Twitter Forum with saudi youth. Our International Diplomatic correspondent nec robertson joins us live. I cant resist, george brought it up. Were going with it a. Twitter forum. Please explain. Then well move on. Reporter some may say made to measure for President Trump, given his proclivity for
Corroborated, and they can be corroborated by the intelligence agency. The threat is enough to bring Paul Manafort and donald trump jr. To the table. I want to thank sean spicer, not only on behalf of myself, the president and administration. I just think it was within the best interest of our communications department, our press organization to not have too many cooks in the kitchen. I like the team. Let me rephrase it. I love the team. I think hes got some of the best political instincts in the world. And perhaps in history. Announcer this is new day weekend with Victor Blackwell and christi paul. You know, we are always grateful to see you on saturday and sunday. Thank you so much for being here. Just days after President Trump aired his frustrations about his attorney general Jeff Sessions is nation new scrutinies over russia this morning. And this morning, the slamming the Washington Post over new reports of leaked intelligence intercepts. They say that russias ambassador told his
Thus far. Cnns nina dos santos is live at the station where the explosion took place. Were not hearing much about the arrest, theyre saying significant arrest. It may actually be more newsworthy about what theyre not releasing about the person they have in custody. Reporter yes, lets compare and contrast this with the aftermath of the Manchester Attack which was the last time that the uk was struck using tatp explosives. A number of arrests and raids. Things have been progress far more cautiously and a lot more undercover, lets say, over the conversation of 24 hours. Now, of course, we do have that news of an arrest and it being significant. An 18yearold man was taken into custody for questioning. And arrested on terrorrelated offenses in relation to the attack that took place yesterday morning in Parsons Green. He was apprehended in dover. Thats significant, 75 mile southeast from where im broadcasting to you from the british capital. Its also a major exit point from the United Kingdo