On all of that tonight and back here in d. C. , a huge shift is underway. The long rumored, but no real departure of House Speaker paul ryan is underway. Chief National Correspondent ed henry joins us live from the white house with breaking news tonight in both stories. President trump quick to praise paul ryan saying he leaves behind a legacy of achievement. Central to that, of course the tax cut that they passed together last year and will be central to the republican case in the upcoming midterms. Ryans exit is also a reminder about republican angst about those midterms and also is a sign that republicans in congress are not likely to get anything else big done by the end of this year. In fact, ryan right now behind closed doors behind me with the president of the g. O. P. Leaders having dinner. I have spoken to a very senior tripadvisor who knows the president was furious with ryan during the 26 Team Campaign for taking so long to rally behind him. In turn, ryan has not been happy
A way it vows will end up hurting the president s on base. The senate prepares to vote on a 1. 3 trying dollars spending bill for love of the items democrats say they are excited about. Barely a fraction of the 25 billion the president said he wanted for the wall. One d. C. Pundit put it it is stunning how little trump got of his top priority. The president does plan to sign it. As conservatives rail against a measure they see is not won the American People elected them to create. Congressman jim jordan saying it may be the worst bill hes seen in his entire career. Funding for planned parenthood, sanctuary cities, and for what jordan calls an unconstitutional gun control measure. Adding up to a trillion dollar deficit for you. The american taxpayers. Much to discuss with White House Deputy press secretary hogan gidley. Lets start with the omnibus spending bill. Were waiting to see if the sonic the deal together vote. Heres what the top democrat had to say. Here is chuck schumer. Its re
In Trump Organization emails. Plus, minutes ago, floridas republican governor signed the first Gun Legislation since the shooting in parkland. Will this open the door for more action across the u. S. . Good afternoon. Welcome to the lead. We begin with the politics lead. An event that i never thought could happen or would happen in my lifetime and im definitely not alone. A United States president agreeing to meet with a north korean dictator. Now the white house says the meeting will not take place unless north korea takes concrete actions toward dismantling its nuclear program. With White House Press secretary Sarah Sanders repeating the word concrete eight times this afternoon. We wont have this meeting take place until we see concrete actions that match the words and the rhetoric of north korea. Weve semied the invitation to talk based on them following through with concrete actions. This meeting wont take place without concrete actions. The president will not of the meeting withou
From now the president will be meeting with the f. B. I. Director, the Deputy Attorney general Rod Rosenstein as well as the d. N. I. Coats. He oversees the 16 intelligence agencies. This is described to us as a regularly scheduled meeting but the source said they do anticipate that the record request which relates to intelligence source and the information gathered from that will likely come up. In the meantime, you mentioned the Justice Department wasted no time announcing the expansion of the internal investigation in to the government surveillance in the president ial election. New line of inquiry will consider if there was any impropriety and how they obtain the surveillance warrants or used intelligence to collect intelligence. Rod rosenstein said if anyone did surveil participants in a president ial campaign for inappropriate purposes we need to know about it and take appropriate action. We have learned the republican chairman of the house intelligence and the Oversight Committe
And the great representatives. Fantastic job. Thank you, jim. So you wanted to get near the table instead of getting over here. Thats like the prime location until about ten minutes ago, right . I think mia has the prime location. Its all about real estate. I know. Its all about location, isnt it . Jim banks. Andy barr, kevin cramer, sean duffy, tom emmer, franch hill, david custoff. Patrick mchenry. Where is patrick . The greatest name in politics. I dont know why. Every time i say patrick mchenry, who is by the way does a great job, more important than the name, i think you have the greatest name in politics. If i had that name i would have been president ten years sooner. Im telling you. A great name. Thanks. Mia love. Thank you, mia. Blaine lutkenmeyer. Keith roth. Thank you, keith. Very much. Claudia tenney and ann wagner. These are people that have worked so hard. Weve been talking about this so long. So i want to thank all of them. I also want to thank Vice President pence who h