politico says that nikki haley won. the washington post says that nikki haley lost. so how to assess the republican presidential debate and the ones that had references to scum and five-inch heels. and actors are going back to work, and a deal has been reached after a strike that brought to industry to a halt. and when your favorite shows could finally be out of reruns. and the fa, and the air traffic controllers are in the hot seat testifying before congress about the string of dangerous calls across the country at airports. with john berman and sara sidner, i m kate bolduan. this is cnn news central. you re just scum. a phrase that was never spokenen the lincoln-douglas debates or any debate for that matter, and now it is time to assess how the presidential race has changed after a candidate not named donald trump has occurred in the gop after the candidates went after each ther. do you want dick cheney in three-inch heels. mr. vivek ramaswamy, thank you. and t
To help grow your business. Another way we have your back. The powerful backing of american express. Dont do business without it. Welcome to kasie d. C. Im kasie hunt. We are live from washington every sunday from 7 00 to 9 00 p. M. Eastern. Tonight, publish or perish . James comey is out with a bombshell new book as the feds release a report deeply critical of Andrew Mccabe. Were joined by congressman jim himes of the House Intelligence Committee who says the president doesnt have the right to shine james comey shoes. Plus sanctions coming for russia after america strikes targets in syria. But what remains to be seen is the american strategy. Beyond declaring mission
accomplished. But first, the week begins full of questions. What do the feds have on Michael Cohen . Who is back in court in just a few hours. Stormy daniels will be there, too. How will the president react to james comey interview tonight . And how much longer will Rod Rosenstein have an office in the Department Of Justi
Wolf Blitzer looks at politics, breaking news and international stories. Undoubtedly, hes going to confirm all the suspicions mounting for the past year that hes been using his chairmanship to protect the president. We recall last year when he viewed some things he viewed as problematic in those intelligence reports. He rushed to the white house, briefed the president about it before even briefing his committee. He was forced to step aside from the Russia Investigation on his Committee Last year, but he still wielded considerable influence from the outside. He stopped democratic attempts to subpoena witnesses, to get more records, to schedule witness interviews. Behind the scenes, he mounted his own investigation to try to sew doubt on the fbi, the Russia Investigation, the mueller probe. That led to the release of the nunes memo from earlier this year, criticizing how that fisa warrant was obtained to monitor carter page. Democrats say this is all part of this effort by devin nunes to
Administration, not only conducted by white house officials but allies of this white house want to know who anonymous is. How much weight is the white house taking these. You say theyre printing them out and basically showing them to him. Reporter my understanding is that, yes, he is, remember, this is a president who likes to have Cabinet Meetings where he goes around the room and Cabinet Officials and secretaries praise him for the work hes doing. This is very much in line and character with that. I will tell you, anderson, talking to sources close to this white house, i talked to one source earlier today raising questions about the strength of some of these statements coming from some of these Cabinet Officials. I think there is, in sort of the same way they were going through that New York Times oped searching for clues whether this person or that person wrote this
in the New York Times. There are allies of the president going through these Cabinet Officials wondering if theyre loy
We run everything straight by the book. Not sure what book hes talking about but not much book on governance that seems to be going on in this white house or anything this anonymous official describes. The president is said to be volcanic about it and said nothing this afternoon going to a trip to montana where he will be speaking tonight and Sarah Sanders spoke about this gutless loser and the times for being deceitful of this act and tweeted the times phone number. Sarah sanders called on him or her to come forward and resign. No takers so far. These are all the Senior Administration officials up to and including the Vice President who have denied writing the piece. Secretary mattis, and pompeo and dan coats and more than two dozen top officials in all, one exception Chief Of Staff john
tweet asking whether or not the journalists of the New York Times are going to investigate themselves and reveal who this anonymous source is. I can tell you talking to sources close to this white hou