Worked in politics, well, you know the rest. He said you dont have to follow your parents foot steps, but its pretty likely. A new poll shows mitt romney would actually lead the gop field. But if romney doesnt sit this one out, this polls got jeb as number one. But weve still got a long way to go until 2016. Bush has been all over the map on immigration and rightwingers are skeptical. Heres what the head of the gop said today. Theyre going to pull out all the stops to make sure that a tea partytype conservative doesnt get the nomination. So i think that a lot of this talk about the jeb candidacy is an attempt to see if they can actual, once and for all, in a primary setting, relegate the tea party and members of it who are elected, such as ted cruz and mike lee, impotent. But forget about rush getting on board, jeb still has to convince his mom. I think its a great country. There are a lot of great families, and its not just four families or whatever. There are other people out there,
Cnn in atlanta. Newsroom starts right now. 4 00 a. M. On the u. S. East coast. There is new reporting and theres new fallout from a book that had the Trump White House on the defensive. Both raised two key questions. Did the president the obstruct justice and is he fit to serve in that office . Big questions and a lot at stake. So far, cnn has learned that at least three Top White House officials were involved in an effort to persuade attorney general Jeff Sessions to remain in control of the investigation into russian meddling in the u. S. Election. Former press secretary sean spicer, former chief of staff Reince Priebus and white House Counsel damcgann all worked towards that effort. That Senior Administration official told me, quote, i think it is fair to call it pressure. That is a quote from this official describing these conversations that went on between Top White House officials and Staff Members in the attorney generals office, including the attorney general Jeff Sessions. And
Welcome back. Thanks so much for being with me this saturday. Im fredricka whitfield. President trump meeting with legislators and setting their 2018 legislative agenda. And he held an impromptu press Conference Addressing far more than his 2018 goals. Reporter mr. President , did you ask the white House Counsel to ask the attorney general sessions not to recuse himself . Everything i did was 100 proper. The story in the times was way off, or at least off. Everything i do is 100 proper. I guess the collusion now is dead because everybody found after a year of study theres been absolutely no collusion. Theres been no collusion between us and the russians. Now, there has been collusion between hillary clinton, the dnc and the russians. Unfortunately you people doesnt cover that that much. The only collusion is between hillary and the dnc and the russians. President trump also asked about his loyalty to attorney general Jeff Sessions. Reporter do you stand by Jeff Sessions as your attorne
Happening. Overhanging all of it, reaction to Michael Wolffs tellall book and the central figure in it, the fired chief strategist the president now calls sloppy steve bannon, wolffs defense of his reporting and the remark he attributes to trumps fitness for office. Adding new facts, context and much more color to the entire russia saga and a picture of a president and a presidency under pressure to say the least. Well talk about all of that tonight. We have the reporting from cnn and others, including the New York Times on the roots of the president s ire at Jeff Sessions which came to a head as you may recall late last july. I am disappointed in the attorney general. He should not have recused himself. Almost immediately after he took office. And if he was going to recuse himself, he should have told me prior to taking office and i would have quite simply picked somebody else. So i think thats a bad thing, not for the president , but for the presidency. I think its unfair to the pres
And in hollywood, after months of scandal, and the reputation of some , we preview this years Golden Globes. We want to welcome our viewers in the United States and all around the world. Im george howell. Im lynda kinkade. Thank you for joining us. Cnn newsroom starts right now. 5 00 a. M. On the u. S. East coast. The u. S. President pushing back against allegations that he lacks the intelligence, that he lacks the temperament to lead the United States. Michael wolff paints an embarrassing portrait of the president in the new tell all book fire and fury suggesting mr. Trump is selfish and intellectually lazy. The president denounced the book as phony and full of lies. Earlier saturday, he went further in a series of tweets arguing that his path from businessman to tv star to president , that qualified him as a, quote, very stable genius, as you see there. Heres what he had to say on saturday. I went to the best colleges, or college, i went to a i had a situation where i served very exc