To fund the government, which by the way, in the space of a few days he endorsed and threatened to votto and didnt veto in the end, the president was asked three questions. Two about the bill which he answered and one he did not. Thank you all very much. Lying about the affairs . Well, on the way out to marine one, the same story. Mr. President , is Karen Mcdougal telling the truth . Any comment on mrs. Mcdougal. Will you watch 60 minutes on sunday . Will you watch 60 minutes mr. President . Well, the president also ignored questions at Joint Base Andrews Taking The Long Way to avoid members of the press. This is a president who, as you know, doesnt shy away from speaking his mind about even the most serious allegations against him, including allegations of sexual misconduct. He is, however, silent about the alleged relationship karen
of mind with everything else. And you know, deep inside, i did have a lot of guilt, but i still continued. You believe, though, that he had real feelings
Thats all the time we have. I hand it over to don lemon. 360 will be back tomorrow. This is cnn tonight. Im don lemon. The magnitude of this day is unbelievable. It is historic. It is a moment when our country is on the brink. On the brink of what could turn into a constitutional crisis and potentially on the brink of military acts in syria. A furious President Trump surrounded by grimfaced military leaders in what was planned to be a meeting of syria, his arms folded, blasted the fbi raid today on his personal attorney Michael Cohen. I just heard that they broke into the office of one of my personal attorneys, good man,
and its a disgraceful situation. Its a total witch hunt. Ive been saying it for a long time. Ive wanted to keep it down. Weve given, i believe, over a million pages worth of documents to the Special Counsel. So let me be absolutely clear about this. The president is absolutely wrong. Nobody broke into Michael Cohens office. And nobody, not even the president , is above
Probably stay republican with the chief Justice Roberts as the judge, win it there and declare a victory. And thats what he should do. Well, we have to remember bill clinton was impeached but stayed in office. So it doesnt necessarily mean it would be the end of his precedency. Takes a two thirds vote, remember. So, jack, would firing him get the president his ability to control the Special Counsel investigation. That would be the only reason of getting rid of rosenstein. I think itll be exceedingly difficult. I cant imagine someone will come in and sit in rosensteins place and try to babysit him and redirect of the course of the investigation. Thats just not going to happen. I totally agree with everything bob said, by the way. And i think if he tries to replace rosenstein, if he tries
to replace sessions, it would be seen for what it is. It would be seen as the act of a man with a guilty mind. Innocent people dont behave this way. They dont threaten to fire anyone whos taken a hard l
President trump is set to meet with senior military leaders just a few minutes from now. He says all options are on the table after earlier today he condemned the suspected Chemical Attack this syria and said his administration would be making major decisions on how to respond in the next 24 to 48 hours. We will have much more on that, including the president s unprecedented criticism of putin. But first, the other news thats breaking right now thats tied to russia in a whole different way. The fbi raided the law office of Michael Cohen, president trumps long time personal lawyer today in manhattan. According to cohens lawyer, the fbi was acting on a referral by special Counsel Robert Mueller and Empowered By Search Warrants from u. S. Attorneys in the Southern District of new york. According to the new york times, the fbi seized emails, tax documents, and Business Records from cohens office. Thetimes says the seized reports include communication with president trump. The move today by
Them for the last three months. Four months, five months. And theyre still here. Theyre still here. Meanwhile, bipartisan efforts to Shield Mueller and his investigation are moving forward in the senate, interestingly enough after much delay. Today republican Chuck Grassley, the chair of the powerful Senate Judiciary committee announced his panel will vote on a bill to protect mueller potentially as soon as tomorrow. That puts grassley on a direct Collision Course with the Senate Majority leader who says he will not advance the bill to a final vote. Theres no indication that mueller is going to be fired. I dont think the president is going to do that. Obviously a number of your colleagues fear it enough to say it should be in there. Im the one who decides what we take to the floor. Thats my responsibility as the majority leader. Well not be having this on the floor of the senate. Its possible mcconnell doesnt read the New York Times which reported on two separate occasions when the pre