Power from the Incoming Democratic governor and blocking him from enacting campaign promises. Wolf blitzer is off today. Im brianna keilar. Youre in the situation room. This is cnn breaking news. Breaking news this hour. Special counsel Robert Muellers team slamming a suggestion in Michael Flynns sentencing filing that the former National Security adviser lied to fbi agents because he was caught off guard. The new mueller filing just released as i say flynn was, quote, committed to his false story and had already spread the lie about his contact with the Russian Ambassador to other top members of the trump administration. Ill talk about that and much more with congresswoman Jackie Speier of the Intelligence Committee and our correspondents, analysts and specialists with full coverage of the days top stories. Lets get more on this breaking news with cnn Political Correspondent sara murray and crime and justice reporter simo simo simone. They are saying dont let the seriousness of this o
No deal. Thats essentially what the incoming assistant speaker of the house said on this show yesterday. Is there a dream list on your agenda that you might want to get done if youre going to have to trade something to get this shutdown done . Look, im not open to giving a penny to President Trump for this ridiculous wall of his. Then today, Nancy Pelosis office put out this statement. Democrats are united against the president s immoral, ineffective, and expensive wall. The wall that he specifically promised that mexico would pay for. Remember, Chuck Schumer had said okay to 1. 6 billion in wall funding to keep the government open. Now the democratic strategy appears to be focused on making the president eat his words on owning a shutdown. And the shutdown strategy from the white house has gone from demanding money to fully fund the wall and proudly owning a shutdown to asking for a check that is not nearly enough to pay for the wall and pointing the finger at pelosi. Shes unwilling t
Guys nuts, he doesnt have a grasp of the issues, hes making brash decisions, hes not listening to the people who know the subject matter. But in public, if they go after him, they know they get a primary. This is a completely different Republican Party. Now, i think history will judge some of my colleagues harshly, that they didnt stand up to this president. But we start with another market cliff dive. The dow is down big, again, after a weekend that left investors scratching their heads and riddled with new concern over a coming financial crisis. Treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin today is convening the president S Working Group on financial markets, sometimes referred to as the plunge protection team. Word of that meeting follows news from unanimous in a future mnuchin that caught everyone off guard. Were told secretary mnuchin is now in the president s crosshairs for how things are going on wall street, the president , they say, blames mnuchin for the state of the stock market. Here
Shepard smith. Reporting begins now. Well, the white householding their first briefing in 42 days. It comes as President Trump rolls out his new budget requesting 8 billion for a border wall. One of the biggest topics at the briefing, reports that President Trump told republican donors that democrats hate jewish people. The press secretary, Sarah Sanders, not confirming whether the president made the comment, but she did say that President Trump has repeatedly condemned bigotry. The chief White House Correspondent john roberts reporting live. John . Good afternoon to you, trace. This builds on comment that the president made friday as he head out the door to view the tornado damage down there in alabama where he said that the Democratic Party is antiisrael and antijewish after the democrats in the house passed what the president called a watereddown resolution about antisemitism and antimuslim sentiment in this country that fell out of comments that congressm congressman ilhan omar mad
Now democrats are demanding answers. Plus Robert Muellers response to the Supreme Court. New details linked to the mystery case on the russia probe. Well have the new candidates topping the democrats list. We begin with the president closing the border. The shutdown is in its eight days with roughly 8,000 workers affected. Trump is demanding 5 billion for the wall. The Vice President pence said the president will accept 2. 5 billion instead, but Senate Majority leader moo i north leader Chuck Schumer rew e jekted that. Meanwhile as the democrats proo e pair to take control of the house next thursday, more americans are blaming President Trump than they are Congressional Democrats for your the shutdown. Lets start this morning by bringing in our white house kroblt Kelly Odonnell as well as Congressional Correspondent mike viqueira. Kelly, lets start with you. The president went so far as to say he would consider turning it into a profitmaking operation. Kelly, what did he mean by that .