Excessive drinking, as well. Four sources describe an incident during an overseas trip in 2015. They say jackson was intoxicated and banging on the door of a female employee, the Ranking Member of the Veterans Senate committee spoke to cnn about that accusation, and others. Its one of the allegations that are out there. There are many. And i think it goes to the point that, you know, as a member of the senate, our job is to vet and confirm. We need to do our job and get to the bottom of these accusations to find out if theyre true. And so theyre very serious accusations, whether its Prescription Drug handing it out like it was candy or intoxication or toxic work environment. Theres over 20 people that have come forward, active and retired military people, who actually put their jobs on the line if their name becomes public. And so weve got to take it seriously. And we have to get to the bottom of it. Thats what is going to happen over the next few weeks. Sources say some in the white h
Youre calling it spygate. Originally, two Republican House members were slated to join the fbi and the National Intelligence directors along with an official from doj on thursday to review top secret material about an fbi source used to gather information about possible contacts between the Trump Campaign, lets not forget, and russia. No democrats were invited. Democrats minded that. Well, tonight, were hearing from the Justice Department there will be two meetings. One with republicans, nunes and gowdy along with john kelly, Deputy Attorney general rosenstein and the fbi and intel chiefs. That will be followed by a second meeting involving the socalled gang of eight, which includes the top leaders of both parties on Intelligence Matters that come before congress. Were also told speaker ryan will not be at that briefing due to a previous commitment. Here is what adam schiff, leading skrat on the partisan and contentious House Intel Committee told our own Rachel Maddow tonight. I was in
Promised to raise the topic of election meddling with putin, but a source tells cnn there is still no set organized agenda for the talks. They begin in a couple hours. Cnns senior White House Correspondent jeff zeleny joins me. Theres been a lot of political chaos certainly leading up to this meeting, jeff. Anderson, there sure has been. One central question looming over this summit, which starts tomorrow, is not whether election meddling is going to come up but whether the president is going to finally confront Vladimir Putin over it. There are no signs that he is going to do so, but the sheer fact, anderson, that theyre having the summit at all is an early victory for Vladimir Putin. I think id have a very Good Relationship with president putin if we spent time together. I may be wrong. Other people have said that, but im different than other people. Reporter President Trump is about to find out if thats true. Vladimir putin has stood the test of time through four u. S. President s,
Nobrainer. Why didnt he say these kids shouldnt have been trafficked . This is disgusting. I hate this. I hate seeing this. Cant do it. Not a word. Doesnt help him fliticalpol. The coast guard guy, it is sad when it happens like this. Whats sad . Its sad that our names are only the list. Its sad to our family. He doesnt say the right thing when he doesnt feel like saying the right thing, period. When it doesnt help him with his base. Not going to do it. Its a busy week. I know you want to get out of here. I wish i was going with you, but i got to go along with the folks at home because they need to get some new information. Youre coming with me in my heart. Ill see you tomorrow. Im see you tomorrow. Chris and i will be appearing together. Better eight your wheaties. Okay. See you, buddy. See you tomorrow, thank you. This is cnn tonight. Im don lemon. It is friday. Usually, you know, friday, quiet day. You can ease into the weekend. You know what that means now . It means fasten your se
Water. Subpoenas two banks for mortgages and issued to the Trump Organization for hotels and a golf course. Ready to run gives the signal he is ready to jump into the 2020 race and former congressman may also announce his campaign. Could others soon follow . Youre in the situation room. Celebrity suspects are due in court this hour as the Justice Department announces dlar dla charges against College Press prep executives in what it calls a nationwide conspiracy and bribery scheme to get students admitted into prestige use colleges. She is known for her role in desperate housewives. Also tonight the European Union throws its way behind an int International Push after a sundays catastrophic crash in ethiopia. U. S. Regulators are resisting calls to act and still operating the jet while President Trump confuses the issue by complaining publicly that airports in his words are becoming far too complex to fly. They will have full coverage of the days top stories. So what we heard today is th