Victims of the recent hurricanes. All of us on this stage here tonight could not be prouder of the response of americans when they see their neighbors and they see their friends, they see strangers in need, americans step up. Good day. Im kasie hunt in for Andrea Mitchell in washington today where President Trump welcomes the Prime Minister of singapore. This hour as his latest disagreement with a gold star family goes even farther. This morning, my eshall johnson, the widow of fallen Sergeant La David Johnson discussed her husbands death in niger, defended democratic congresswoman Frederica Wilson and detailed the call she received from President Trump last week. The president said that he knew what he signed up for. But it hurts anyways. And i was, it made me cry because i was very angry at the tone of his voice and how he said it. He couldnt remember my husbands name. The only way he remembered my husbands name because he told me he had my husband report in front of him. And thats w
Tweet aimed at that widow next. Plus, another tweet on and different fight. This one for your 401 k . Republicans may, may cut back bigtime on how much you can save now and pay taxes on later. But the backlash has some slamming the brakes. Then theres yet another fight brewing about that border wall. Remember that . And who pays for it. Coming up, we head to the Construction Zone for a firsthand look at what the wall may look like. We have a lot to get to this morning, but we want to start with the latest on the niger investigation with hans nichols doing doubleduty at the white house along with Garrett Haake at the capitol. Hans, there are a lot of questions and some are coming from the widow of Ladavid Johnson that she still wants to know after burying her husband this weekend. Reporter she wants to know where her husband died, why he died and how he died. She wasnt allowed to view the body to give her questions on what was inside the casket she kissed. Shes giving her version of the
Cnns m. J. Lee here with us no. M. J. , what is the lawyer asking for . What hes trying to do is to force donald trump to tell the truth under oath. The motions that were filed overnight would try to depose both President Trump and his personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, and get them to answer questions under oath about the 130,000 payment as well as the nda that Stormy Daniels signed in 2016. All of this, of course, is about this alleged affair she had with President Trump in 2006. Now, a hearing date has been set for april 30th to go over all of this. What the lawyer is saying is that if hes able to get donald trump and Michael Cohen to testify under oath that he believes that a number of lies will be exposed. Here he is on that this morning. We want to know the truth about what the president knew, when he knew it, and what he did about it. As it relates to this agreement, were going to test the voracity or truthfulness of mr. Cohens, his attorneys, statements. And were confident that wh
To your report from london. Now it is official what is being called unofficial visit by kim jongun to beijing for that summit with chinese president xi jinping after secret motorcade, the red carpet was rolled out for north Korean Leader and his wife. Kim jongun meeting a foreign head of state makes sense, china the key diplomatic for north korea. Those two key take aways from the talk that you noted correctly, harris, first the commitment for denuclearization. We never heard that directly from north korea and commitment to meet with President Trump. It should be noted, those two points werent broadcast by north korean state media we did hear it from Chinese Media and readout that china relayed to President Trump. The timing is absolutely crucial. Kim jongun said to meet in the summit with a south korean president. Most importantly with President Trump in may. This visit is seen as a way for china to reassert it itself diplomatic process. I have a contact very close to the south korean
Fly gra flagrant violations of the rules. And ivan watson is in beijing. And the president tweeting about it noting that we are not in a trade war, but china of course taking this issue to the wto. Fill us in. Reporter clearly china is making it clear that it will retaliate for any tariffs imposed by the Trump Administration by as it puts it the same scale and same magnitude. So it announced tariffs for 25 slapped on 50 billion worth of u. S. Goods. Among the sectors that are targeted are soybeans, aircraft, cars and chemicals. Soybeans and aircraft are two of the biggest. And those would theoretically get the 25 tax if china goes ahead with it. And it says that the time of the imposition of these tariffs has yet to be determined. Top officials saying that now is the time for negotiation. They are responding of course to the Trump Administrations imposition of a 25 tariff on 50 billion worth of chinese goods. And the list is some 1300 goods that includes everything from artificial teet