Trump goes to washington. And ryan heads into that meeting with his house divided, the gop caucus split over supporting the trumptive nominee and ryan fa facing increasing pressure to endorse trump. The speaker stressing this morning his goal is to find a way to bridge the divide before its too late. I think were trying to be as constructive as possible but have a real unification. I said the other day to pretend were unified as a Republican Party after a bruising primary that ended a week ago, to pretend were unified we go into the fall at half strength. This election is too important than to go into the election at half strength. That means we need real unification of our party and after a tough primary, that will take effort. The Speakers Office confi confirming a call between ryan and ben carson and that call, made with trumps blessing is to discuss major issues between the nominee and the speaker, difference trump downplayed between now and tomorrows meeting. Hes a very good man a
I think it is a good thing for me, because it will tell people more about me with respect to the Second Amendment. Because Hillary Clinton wants to essentially abolish the Second Amendment. And good morning. Im carol costello. Thank you so much for joining me. Donald trump thrives on the outrageous, but today, a grave new seriousness, has he gone too far. At best, he has forced his fellow republicans to mop up another debacle. At worst, plummeting to a new low, suggesting violence. Jason carroll has for you. Reporter donald trump on the defensive again. There can no other interpretation. Give me a break zrchl. Reporter blaming media bias. Hillary wants to essentially abolish the Second Amendment. By the way, if she gets to pick if she gets to pick her judges, nothing you can do, folks. Although the Second Amendment people, maybe there is. I dont know. Reporter trump doing damage control, claiming he was calling on the political powers of Second Amendment voters to make their voices hea
Most important interview of his life. When and if he sits down with Robert Mueller. Hes reportedly still going back and forth on whether hell talk to mueller at all. So it couldnt be more important for President Trump to have a legal team that can handle all of this. Yet more and more star lawyers are turning down offers to join the trump team, leaving the president with just one personal lawyer working fulltime on the response to the mueller investigation. And make no mistake, americans are watching all of this. Our new cnn poll out tonight shows six in ten think the investigation is serious. And most americans, 55 , say the president is not doing enough to cooperate with the investigation. And with all of this, the president is also struggling to make good on one of his Biggest Campaign promises, the wall. Build that wall. Since theres no money for a border wall in the spending bill the president signed last week, signed under protest, the one that some of his team members worked on,
through a recess appointment because the senate rules require that the committee actually approve it before the whole full senate actually votes. so, that could be the first step that could be a pretty dramatic step for donald trump. it actually can limit how long they can serve in office if the senate does not confirm them to the post. manu, lastly if you could, cnn has also confirmed this washington post story, betsy devos, president trump s choice to run education, attempted to pled plegiarize some of her answers. is that possible ? it is possible, jake. in her questions and answers to senator patty murry, top democrat on the committee, she was asked about the bullying of lgbt students. and she almost directly quoted virginia knit a gupta, former top obama civil rights official at the justice department saying every child deserves to attend school in a safe, supportive
0 there is an entire industry that exists to feed its viewers and readers with contempt and ridicule for not only the basic science of climate change, but even for the people who toil in obscurity, risking their lives to avert genuine misery and disaster for millions of people. and that industry controls one of our two parties. joining me now is michael mann, professor of meteorology at penn state university. also author of the hockey stick and the climate wars: dispatches from the front line. and michael, you are someone who was targeted for destruction, because you are a climate scientist, by this industry that includes big-money activists, and also just this bizarre, strange underworld of climate trolls, which are the kind of people when drudge links to an article, fill the article with 5,000 comments about what a hoax it was. what was it like to be in their crosshairs? well, you know, it isn t what i signed up for when i decided to get a degree in applied math and physics and