To keep the repeat of obamacare alive. The repeal pardon me. Big questions remain on how to reconcile the conservative and moderate wings of the party with more on all of this chief White House Correspondent john roberts is live. John . Jon melissa good morning to you. What role democrats might play in this. The president headed over to the white house last night. A Bipartisan Group of senators where he floated the idea of writing a new healthcare bill to replace the one that got pulled last week with a version that might attract the support of conservatives and moderates and republicans as well. Also suggesting that he might employ a frequent tactic of the former House Speaker john boehner that when conservatives refuse to come on board and support you, you reach tout democrats to get the vote you need. Heres the president from last night. I know that were all going to make a deal on healthcare. Thats such an easy one. So i have no doubt that thats going to happen very quickly. I thin
Significant statements until we knew what the strategy was, what was the commitment going in. In that regard, the president has made a decision. As he said, he wants to be the one to announce head to the American People. So i will stand silent until then. Until that point. Melissa boy, that is a good tease. We know its going to be good news based on that. John roberts is alive with more. John. Good morning to you. Live from fort meyer, we will find out what the president is going to do about afghanistan. The decision was made for the most part in that friday National Security Council Meeting up in camp david where all the president s top advisors gathered. If he follows the people like james mattis, h. R. Mcmaster, its likely that we will see a significant troop increase in afghanistan. About 8400 u. S. Troops there right now. The talk has been about putting another 5000 men there to try to get the country more under control to bolster Afghanistan Forces so that they can take over secu
The president praising the city and all those who put their lives on the line to save others. President trump i will tell you the people of nevada and the extraordinary city have shown the world their incredible character, courage, and resolve. Nevada really is a very, very special place. Im honored to be here today at the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police department in the company of heroes. Melissa White House Correspondent kevin corke joins us live with more. The president s message was a simple and poignant one. You are not alone and we will never leave your side. The message from not just the president but the first lady as they met with the first responders, Police Officers and victims of sundays massacre in las vegas. This, of course, happens amid renewed scrutiny over gun laws, assault weapons and the socalled bump stocks the gunman used in that las vegas hotel. Let me share just a bit as is customary. The president took to twitter to talk about his thoughts, taking his thoughts to
Jon kind of a terrifying tease. Kristen fisher is live with more on this one. Kristen. Melissa the fact that everybody is wondering what storm was President Trump referring to, thats likely exactly what he wanted. You know, from north korea to iran to isis, what those comments did was put all u. S. Adversaries on notice if they werent already that this storm could be coming to them. So far today the white house hasnt even attempted the try to clarify those comments and President Trumps top Economic Advisor gary cohn was asked about it this morning and here is what he said. Knowing the president , i think the president was reminding everyone how we continue to make a large investment in our military. We continue to spend money in our military. We continue to invest in our military and continue to modernize our military. The president wants the world to understand thats important to him. He is never going to telegraph what his next move is, though. No answer there, either. President trum
This was expected. Over the last several months if you asked anybody who was following the Mueller Investigation closely, the one thing they all agreed would probably happen would be that Paul Manafort would be in indicted, over those months, the number of people in jeromes world that told me that they expected him to be indicted. That is not a surprise. Melissa we have also learned of a second case, this is trump aid George Papadopoulos making investigating the russian meddling in the investigation. John roberts is live with the story, john. He was a Foreign Policy advisor to the trunk campaign that was hired in the spring of 2016, and unpaid position like a lot of these Foreign Policy advisors that to the campaign brought in. He had suggested to the campaign according to the investigation that he had connections that could get a meeting with president Vladimir Putin and donald trump, apparently the campaign had every step rebuffing the entreaties, not sure where he is going to go, bu