Cnn will take you inside of damascus. Warm welcome to our viewers in the United States and around the world with. Im zain asher. Glad to be with you the next hour. Im errol barnett. This is cnn newsroom. We begin with u. S. Politics in the 2016 candidate who keeps rising if popularity. No stopping him. Donald trump. Yet. The republican president ial candidate leads two polls in the key early voting states of iowa and New Hampshire after the debate last week on tuesday night. He spoke at his First Campaign since then on tuesday night and fired back when pressed for his policy plans. Listen. When you are coming up with a plan in business you have to be flexibility. There has to be flexibility. I bought something not so recently, but doral in miami. Everybody wanted it. If i said heres a 12point plan to get doral. I didnt do that. I went in and punched and punched and beat the hell out of people and ended up getting it. Everybody wanted it. Another question he faced that got attention is
Kasich surging. For ted cruz this is a good test of how he performs in this part of the country, the rust belt, he was in michigan last night, today he is in North Carolina, thats a state thats going to vote next tuesday. For john kasich a strong showing in the wolverine state could keep his Campaign Alive and give it new momentum heading into next weeks critical showdown in his home state of ohio. Meanwhile a more urgent question for marco rubio, his star may be fading ahead of next weeks big primary in florida. A brand new statewide poll out this morning there has trump leading rubio by 20 points. There is some good news for rubio, though, in a monmouth poll of florida he does show it does show that he has a big lead among floridas early voters. That doesnt necessarily mean he has the edge overall, though. Trump still leading rubio even in that monmouth poll. Nevertheless rubio spent all day yesterday in florida and he is spending all day there today. If we nominate someone that a th
President s first term. We need people of good faith and different political floss i philosophies and come together and tell the president to stop this, stop it now. Separation an anxiety. America take is inward look at immigration and how it inu mainly treats people facing asylum. Im martin savidge. Im christi paul. Holding on line one . Kim jongun. President trump teases a possible call with the north korean dictator tied. A dilemma facing reporters how to accurately cover the president without giving more oxygen to his false claims. Late in the hour, a priceless fathers day gift. A 132,000 bill for a smash statue. Your new day starts right now. First up this morning, democrats mobilizing, responding forcefully to President Trump blaming him for their own policy change. The separation of childrens from parents at the border becoming a bargaining chip it seems. Becomes such as senator ron widwide wid wid widenwiden says they will tour facilities along the u. S. mexico border and stop
This is cnn tonight. Im don lemon. 11 00 p. M. On the east coast. The Justice Department Inspector General releasing a blockbuster 500page report on former fbi director james comeys handling of the investigation into Hillary Clintons emails. The report concludes that comey was what it calls extraordinary and insubordinate saying he flouted Department Norms and failed to coordinate his actions with his superiors at the Justice Department. But it also concludes that comey was not motivated by political bias. The white house dismissing that conclusion and putting its own spin on the report, claiming it points out the political bias that President Trump has been talking about. The current director of the fbi saying he is disappointed by the report and hinting that some heads may roll. A lot to discuss this hour. I want to bring in cnn legal analyst laura coates, a former federal prosecutor, jack quinn, and nelson cunningham, both former white house counsel. Good evening. I appreciate all o
Separating families. They should not be dragging people from their homes and kidnapping them the president as he has wanted to do is trying to bring everybody together. No no no we are not going anywhere there is a growing chorus of frustration and anger and protest. Home of the free and land of the brave. We should not be using kids as a paternity process. I think a black stain on the president s first term. We need people of good faith and different political philosophies and come together and tell the president to stop this, stop it now. Separation anxiety. America take is inward look at immigration and how it inhumanely treats people facing asylum. Im Martin Savidge. In for victor blackwell. Im christi paul. More on our top story. Also this hour. Possibly holding online one, maybe . Kim jongun and President Trump teases a possible call with the north korean dictator today. We have more stunning and new aerial images from hawaii to share with you. Continuing flowing lava and now cov