Payment for the now dead College Students release. Welcome our viewers in the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer and youre in the situation room. Announcer this is cnn breaking news. Were following breaking news on the rollout of joe biden president ial campaign. Right now the former Vice President is holding a big money fundraiser in pennsylvania. Hes going after President Trump right out of the gate declaring the 2020 race is a battle for the soul of this nation. Also breaking, House Democrats open another investigation of the Trump Administration. Theyre demanding documents related to the firing of Homeland Security officials who reportedly refused to follow orders to break the law. All of this comes as the white house blocked top aide Steven Miller from testifying about his role in the shakeup. Ill get reaction from House Oversight Committee Member gerry connelly. And our correspondents and analysts are standing by. But first to jessica dean with more on the launch
Good morning, everybody. It is dais thursday, april 25th. President trump issuing a broad side against subpoenas vowing not to cooperate with House Oversight efforts while make bold, downproven or down right false claims. The subpoena is ridiculous. We have been, i have been the most transparent president and administration in the history of our country by far. Heres thing. The Trump White House reversed the obama era policy of releasing its visitor logs, documents which activist, lobbyists and political donors are meeting with top officials, nor has the president released his tax returns despite continuing to receive profit reports on his businesses. But trump without any proof claimed mueller gave his financial dealings a clean bill of health. Now the house goes and starts subpoenaing, they want to know every deal ive ever done. Mueller, i assume for 35 million checked my taxes, checked my financials which are great, by the way. You know they are great. All you have to do is look at
[ applause ] welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. You have been watching Queen Lizabeth ii and President Trump each delivering toasts at the state banquet in Buckingham Palace. The queen toasting to the common values and shared interests of the u. S. And the uk, invoking the 75th anniversary of dday this week. President trump echoing that message, offering a toast to the friendship between the two nati nations, the leadership of the queen and the service of the prince. The state visit has been two years in the making. Thats when the invitation was first extended to President Trump. The occasion, obviously, involves a lot of tradition, which is interesting for a president who is, i think its fair to say, anything but traditional. Max foster is outside Buckingham Palace for us right now. Max, what did you make of these toasts from the queen and from President Trump . Well, President Trump talking about how he was profoundly honored for this invitation, for the state visit vi. Both of the
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