Congress wont do its job. We could have done a lot better and given him the 5. 7 billion he requested. The president must not repeat his mistakes of the recent past. President trump, sign this bill. Neither side got everything it wanted in this bill but both sides want to avoid another shutdown. President trump i appreciate all the work the republicans have done. Theyre going against a radical left. I dont want to see a shutdown. Shutdown would be a terrible thing. Well look at the legislation when it comes and ill make a determination. Sandra kevin corke has the latest from the white house this morning. Kevin, does the white house believe that there is enough time to thoroughly review this massive spending bill before the deadline . Thats the issue. You are so on the money on that. When you think about it. Its the timing. Were talking about going over a massive amount of paperwork. The real issue here white house sources tell me the president hasnt decided whether or not he will sign
Ground. Sandra over at the white house, President Trump set to depart for hanoi, vietnam a few hours from now for this second summit with the north Korean Leader kim jongun. The white house cautious but optimistic ahead of that meeting. President trump we see eyetoeye, i believe, but youll be seeing it more and more over the next couple of days. As long as there is no testing, were happy. Weve built up the worlds coalition to communicate to chairman k im. Now is the time and the moment and i hope well make progress this week. Lets give trump the latitude he needs to get the result we want. We have a goal now. Give up your nukes and well provide you the security you need and help you become more prosperous. What i hope will happen is out of this negotiation well have a roadmap and a timetable that will get us there. Eric its just after 9 00 a. M. Eastern, 9 00 p. M. Eastern with john roberts. What can we expect . Good morning from vietnam. There is always the chance there could be a bre
Congressional hearings are remotely about the witness letting it all hang out. Theyre adversarial encounters and revelations if any good grudgingly. Today was no exception. The acting attorney general did his best to say as little as possible. Lawmakers at times talked more than he did, which is almost always the case. You may call the effort today grandstanding, sincere pursuit of the truth or perhaps a little bit of both. Heres a sampling. The time for this administration to postpone accountability is over. I do not intend today to talk about my private conversations with the president of the United States. This is a department of justice oversight hearing, supposedly, oops, im sorry, back to theatrics again. The curtain opened up and we found out what was really going on. No, we want to damage the president. I have not talked to the president of the United States about the special counsels investigation. We have followed the special counsels regulations to a t. Have you been asked t
Atlanta. Newsroom star newsroom starts right now. Another Trump Administration official is out of a job as the president ramps up his battle over border security. U. S. Homeland security secretary Kirstjen Nielsen resigned saturday. President donald trump announced her depart or on twitter. Nielsen was the face of the white house immigration policies on the border, including the controversial separation of Migrant Children from their parents. Nielsen will stay on until wednesday to help the transition for her replacement. The u. S. President named kevin mcleanian, i should say, the current customs and Border Protection commissioner, as the acting secretary for the department. Now, this comes just days after the president made decisions signaling an even tougher immigration stance. Yeah, they were moves that took nielsen by surprise. Boris sanchez has the details. Reporter according to a source close to Kirstjen Nielsen, she did not resign willingly. The source indicates that nielsen wa
This comes as House Democrats prepare to subpoena the Mueller Report and the president says he will let the attorney general make that call. Chief White House Correspondent john roberts starts us off tonight from the north lawn. Good evening, john. Bret, good evening to you. On a Conference Call this morning. Dhs official said the system is on fire. And while President Trump may indeed close down the border, he pointed to some recent steps taken by mexico that may have lowered the chance of that happening, at least for the moment. In the oval office today with the secretary general of nato, President Trump appeared to down play any imminent closure of the border. Mexico, as you know, as of yesterday, has been starting to apprehend a lot of people at their southern border. They are really apprehending thousands of people. And its the first time really in decades that this has taken place and should have taken place a long time ago. As fox news routerred yesterday, mexico has promised to