Only after the department of defense authorized it. Congressman cummings releasing this letter given to him earlier in the month from the Defense Department saying it did not find any records. General flynn was seeking permission to receive money from a foreign source or getting that permission. Flynns lawyer quickly firing back saying the Defense Department was fully aware of flynns trip to moscow where flynn was paid to give a speech. And tonight democrats have questions for the white house. I watched sean spicer make all kinds of excuses about how rdt would be to comply with our request. Come on, man. Look, general flynn served in his position for 24 days. So, that excuse in the white house will not fly. It does not make any sense, and it makes the American People think the white house has something to hide. There is obviously a paper trail, ladies and gentlemen. There is a paper trail that the white house does not want our committee to follow. But let it be known that we will follo
More than 2 dozen republican representatives still arent backing the bill. Will last minute changes to it get them on board. We want to welcome our viewers in the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the the situation room. Announcer this is cnn breaking news. The breaking news tonight. New turmoil sparked by President Trumps claim that he was wiretapped by president obama. Mr. Trump stood by his unfounded allegation during a News Conference with the german chanceler Angela Merkel, herself a target of the u. S. Surveillance with the president saying, im quoting her now, at least we have something in common. The Justice Department handed over documents pertaining to the president s claims to congressional investigators. President trump refused to apologize for sean spicers suggestion that british spies were behind the surveillance, a notion that uk officials dismissed as utterly ridiculous. They were livid at the accusation and spicer apologized. The president s
Plan passed. He had told the guard he had a bomb in his vehicle. Chuck berry was one of the pioneers of rock n roll. Good morning to you. Were so glad to have your company this morning. I am christi paul. I am martin savidge. And a critical week for President Trump. Congress will finally hear the fbi directs answer to the claim the president obama had trump tower wiretapped during the campaign. And a showdown as gorsuch takes the seat. And then house speaker, paul ryan, says its now or never. To add what has already been a tense week, another intruder made it on to the property. Security is back to normal after a car drove up to a white house checkpoint late last night, and the driver claimed to have a bomb. That checkpoint is still blocked and authorities searched the automobile for more than four hours but found nothing. They removed the man from the car and placed him under arrest, and we have watched as they have gone in and very methodically taken everything out of the vehicle ver
Is settled. A special election held for decades by republicans now heading for a runoff between karen handle and ossoff. This has been a republican seat since the carter administration. T now its a bellwether for trump. Good morning, alison and dave. The democratic candidate here in the sixth district of georgia falling short of the 50 plus 1 that he needed to win this seat outright. Theres a runoff in two months against the republican candidate karen handle former georgia scale its will consolidate support. This district has not gone to a democratic candidate since, actually the last 30 years. The fact mr. Ossoff came close gave democrats reason to cheer last night even though he fell short. This is what he said when he addressed supporters. We have defied the odds. We have shattered expectations. We will be ready to fight on and win in june if it is necessary. And there is no amount of dark money, super p. A. C. , negative advertising that can overcome real Grassroots Energy like thi
These heinous actions by the assad regime cannot be tolerated. Reporter donald trump confronting crises during a week of high stakes diplomacy. Including the meeting today with xi jinping. My attitude toward syria and assad changed. Reporter the changes in action over the chemical attack perpetrated by Bashar Al Assad against his own people. When you kill innocent children. Innocent babies. That crosses many, many lines. I do change and i am flexible. Im proud of that flexibility. That attack on children yesterday had a big impact on me. Reporter a significant shift for a president who in the past has advocated against intervention in syria after similar attacks. Were supposed to get involved with syria. I would say stay out. Reporter and fought for a ban on syrian refugees. Im putting people on notice that are coming from syria as part of the mass migration. If i win, theyre going back. Reporter United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley warning the u. S. May take unilateral action whether