Routinely. In any other election and we have had new elections. It is then because the outcome of the election was affected. I would remind that you 283,000 people cast legal votes in this race. We had the nba all star game in North Carolina this week. That is 14 capacity crowds of an all star game. Three capacity crowds of the daytona 500. We dont throw out all those votes cast absolutely legally unless we have to. We are dealing i am not justifying anything bad happened. People should be prosecuted who protect the lawsuit. Im saying the levels of irregularities have to rise to a level to conceivably bring the outcome into question. Maam, we are simply not there. That is your opinion. I will say it is unclear how many ballots were turned in by nie these fraudsters. Thank you for being with us. Thats it for me, newsroom with Brooke Baldwin starts right now. This is cnn breaking news all right,ry hasnt narcs thank you very much. I will take it over from here. Im Brooke Baldwin. We will
Justice allegations against President Trump. The New York Times reports the president tried to influence the investigation of Michael Cohen by asking his acting attorney general to put a trump supporter in charge of the probe. That supporter, the u. S. Attorney for the Southern District of new york, had already recused himself from the case. Tonight, mr. Trump is denying the report which offers a very detailed portrait of a president at war against investigators as they close in on him and his inner circle. I will get reaction from david sicilini. Our correspondents and analysts are standing by. First, lets go to kaitlan collins. The president is denying he interfered. This report is detailed and potentially very damaging. Reporter its a major report. It really details how the president has tried to undermine or end the investigations he feels could threaten his presidency. The big one is right at the top. It says that the president asked then acting attorney general matt whiskz whitak
Leaving congress to take up the question. In a letter obtained by cnn, the white House Counsel emmett flood denigrates muellers report by putting him news as a prosecutorial curiosity, compared it to a Law School Exam paper. Also breaking, new reporting from the New York Times revealing that the fbi sent an undercover investigator to meet with Trump Campaign adviser George Papadopoulos to probe possible campaign ties to russia. And attorney general William Barrs war with House Democrats is escalating tonight with Speaker Nancy Pelosi accusing barr of lying to congress as the head of the Judiciary Committee threatens to hold barr in contempt. Well talk about that and more with the top democrat on the Senate Intelligence committee, senator mark warner, in his First Television interview since the release of the Mueller Report. And our correspondents and analysts are also standing by. First, lets go to our white house correspondent, kaitlan collins. This letter from the white House Counsel
Beach. 12 families whose loved ones wont be coming home tonight. Think about that. 12 people losing their lives for absolutely no reason. No reason. A Municipal Building on a friday afternoon, shortly after 4 00 p. M. , just as the workday was winding down. That building was full of city workers as well as residents. Taking care of just mundane errands. Like paying their water bills and so on. The gunman, a longtime Public Utilities worker, police say that they are not releasing his identity at this time. They still have to notify some family members of his. And also the people who have been killed. Authorities say he was killed in the shootout with police. After he shot an officer who was saved by his bulletproof vest. Authorities are trying to figure out tonight what set him off. Heres what sources are saying now. They say he was disgruntled. Police say he entered the building and immediately started firing. Indiscriminately. Shooting anyone and everyone that he could. We dont know w
Bouncing back here. The Unemployment Rate 3. 6 these are generational low numbers and record lows for different job categories and sectors as well and strong hiring in business and information service, in construction 33,000 jobs there. In watching manufacturing, i mean, if you want to really like look for something to be worried about, i mean, maybe look at manufacturing, it lost 6,000 jobs last month and this month had 4,000. On average during the Trump Administration you have had 38,000, 20,000 plus. Im going to reserve another month to see if there is a bit of a pause happening in this manufacturing recovery because of the tariffs maybe biting, the cost of tariffs biting here. At some point were going to start running out of workers, 7 million job openings right now, thats more job openings than people who are looking for jobs. So now youre going to Start Talking about where are we going to get more workers, how are we going to make sure we have the skills match of workers. The pre