Talk about. But i want to talk about the issues. China sends an envoy to north korea while north korea continues to hurl insults at President Trump. Can the president claim his victory on the asia trip . The president s trip as trips with chinese leaders tend to be largely ceremonial and symbolic. So well have to see where the trip overall leads. And third times the charm. The Senate Republican tax reform bill is morphing into obamacare and trying to repeal it. The goal is to repeal an unpopular tax from an unworkable law in order to provide more tax relief to middle class families. This is not just another garden variety attack on the Affordable Care act. This is repeal of that law. There are no shortage of opinions in the gop about the firestorm surrounding Alabama Senate candidate roy moore, but the person who usually is not shy about giving his opinion on matters large and small the one who might matter the most has yet to speak out. Donald j. Trump. All eyes from here in washingto
Case officer Vladimir Putin is. He knows how to handle an asset, and thats what hes doing with the president. He seems to imply the president is being manipulated. Its just not true. What the president has asked us to do with russia as well is to make sure we can deter conflict. You see that with peace through strength, pillar in the National Security strategy, but also to try to find areas of cooperation. And judge not. A viral video tanks a Trump Administration judicial nominee, the third to be deemed unqualified after the nominee flunked law school 101. Just because youve seen my cousin vinny doesnt qualify you to be a federal judge. And he has no litigation experience. And good day. Im Andrea Mitchell in washington. As the president s tax cuts race toward final passage today in both houses, right now the action is in the house of representatives where we will see more debate this hour ahead of the first big votes coming up on this bill. Joining me now, nbcs Garrett Haake on capitol
Loopholes. The first is, we have an inadmissibility problem, meaning when they come to our border, i have to let them in. I cannot keep them out by virtue of them being in a gang. Once we catch them and detain them, i cannot remove them by virtue of them being in a gang. And by the way, these things are unique to our country. No other country has this. This is unique to our country. And its got to change. So the framework that you proposed will close these. So i remain hopeful to work with congress on your behalf and the administrations behalf to close these and other loopholes to secure our borders. So without going into further detail, i would like to turn it over to john krennan, the acting assistant attorney general for Dojs Criminal Division whos going to walk us through a bit more of ms13. Thank you, secretary nielsjen. One of the most dangerous threats comes from ms13. Ms13 has more than 30,000 members nationwide, but the gang has a particular presence on u. S. Soil. The numbers
Personal meeting with President Trump might be helpful. Could a summit happen in just a matter of a few weeks . And hitting russias trolls. An Administration Official confirms to cnn that the u. S. Military Cyber Command is now targeting russian operatives believed to be attempting to influence the upcoming midterm elections. Is it too little too late . Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. This is cnn breaking news. Were following breaking news. President trump is now defending calling himself a nationalist and proudly embracing the word. Just moments ago, in the oval office, the president said the term should be used more often, but when asked about the racist implications of nationalism, the president said, and im quoting him now, ive never heard that theory. Ill talk about that and more with the Ranking Member of the house intelligence committee. Congressman adam schiff. And our correspondents, analysts and specialists will have full coverage of the days top stories. First,
James clapper, john brennan and former nsa director admiral mike rogers. The committee invited james comey but he is not expected to attend. Bill peter, i know you dont have the documents there. Why is comey not there today . He is apparently has a prior commitment, bill. Anything too classified for comey to have put into his highly publicized book and any questions about anything that lawmakers may want to know that they couldnt read there will remain unanswered today at this closeddoor session where a Bipartisan Group of lawmakers are trying to dig into what the intel chiefs knew right after the election. They assessed russian activities and intentions in recent u. S. Elections and want to know about the research that went into that assessment and that is key because the still unverified socalled dirty dossier compiled by the former british spy Christopher Steele was apparently very important source material in putting together that assessment. Bill these intel chiefs, are they accus