World once again that the United States can be trusted. We stand with our friends and o allies, and we have shown that the United States of america will do whats right and so we have. As Jared Kushner hails the white house standing by its word, the president is getting hammered for appearing to back down on u. S. Sanctions. President trump tweeted he wants to help zte, it is on the sanctions list for doing business with iran as well as north korea. What about the white house aide who insulted john mccain. She told mccains daughter she would publicly apologizapologiz. Well, in the end, that is something that has not happened, and the white house has been more upset about leaks rather than what was said in that meeting. Theres much to discuss, as we wait for the briefing to begin. I have with me now, dana bash. Dana bash and chris is a liz saturday. Were going to hear the briefing soon. Lets start with the focus on jerusalem, weve seen the treasury secretary, ivanka trump, Jared Kushner
The rest of the week. Details in a moment. It will be dealt with and has been dealt with internally. This is being addressed internally. The white house unable to put the brakes on the story that could have been resolved last week. Pressure builds from john mccains colleagues to apologize for mocking his cancer battle. Bizarre split screen. Celebrations in jerusalem and devastation in gaza. More protests this morning. We have reports from gaza, tehran, hawaii and england on a very busy tuesday. Good morning. Welcome to early start. Im dave briggs. Im christine romans. May 15th. We start in washington the First Lady Melania Trump recovering at Walter Reed Medical Center for a treatments on a benign kidney condition. No complications. Mrs. Trump is expected to spend the rest of the week in the hospital. Our chief medical correspondent dr. Sanjay gupta finds that unusual. He says the patients with this type of procedure are typically hospitalized for just one night. This procedure is not
The home that blew up. One victim found on the street in critical condition. Emergency crews on the scene. Days before Meghan Markle marrying a prince and reports her father could be pulling out of the wedding. Tonight celebrating Margot Kidder and that moment she took flight. Good evening great to be with you to start another week. We begin with the first lady in the hospital. Melania trump now recovering from surgery to treat a quote benign kidney condition. Were told shell be there the rest of the week. Cecilia vega starting us off. Reporter President Trump late today boarding marine one headed to the hospital visit to visit his wife. First Lady Melania Trump is at walter reed medical center. The white house making the surprise announcement that she is being treated for a benign kidney condition. This morning, doctors performed an embolization, a procedure to plug up a blood vessel to stop bleeding. Aides say the procedure was successful but released no other details. It is unclear
Boris sanchez joins us from the white house. What more do we know . Reporter hey there, anderson, at this point the white house is staying relatively quiet on this. Stephanie grisham, the first ladys Communications Director, greeted reporters at walter reed medical center. She was still wearing scrubs. Shed recently been with the first lady, she was in good spirit. She wouldnt elaborate on her condition or what it was that led her to have this procedure. We dont know if this was a lastminute decision or something long in planning. We also havent heard much from President Trump on this. We actually heard more from the Vice President , mike pence, hes taking part in an event in washington tonight, celebrating israeli independence, and he told the crowd that the first lady is already on the mend and wished her a speedy recovery, anderson. The president wasnt with the first lady during the procedure, which isnt actually all that uncommon for president s. He did visit this afternoon, right
Joke. And gazas deadliest day on the border in years. We are reporting from gaza, beijing, hawaii and tehran. Im christine romans. Im dave briggs. Royal wedding drama and the volcano continued concern in hawaii. We start with the first lady. Melania trump recovering at Walter Reed Medical Center after going through a kidney procedure. Mrs. Trump is expected to spend the rest of the week in the hospital. Our chief correspondent dr. Sanjay gupta finds that unusual. Patients are typically hospitalized one night. Embolysm procedure. This is threading a catheter near a kidney and injecting a g g glue to stop blood flow. The benign is good. What is it that was treated here . Some of the benign things that happened to the kidney are cysts. What it a mass or Something Else . The first ladys hospitalization caught everyone off guard. She has been out in public frequently attending a state dinner for the french president and greeting the three north korean detainees. The president tweeted she is