Tremendously talented person. She started off with us right from day one. She used to be in my real estate company. I said what do you know about politics, she said absolutely nothing, i said congratulations youre into the world of politics. Right . She knew nothing, and she was there the first day. And she was fantastic. And ill just say a couple of words. Shes really shy, but thats okay because she is really, really talented. Hope, say a couple. Hi. Merry christmas, everyone. And thank you, donald trump. Hope hicks began work at the white house as a staff member on the Communications Team whose most prominent member then was White House Press secretary sean spicer. Hope hicks as a unique position in the history now of the job of White House Communications director. She is the fourth Communications Director to serve in the first year of the trump white house. No other white house in history has burned through three Communications Directors in the first year and gone onto their fourth.
Im victor black well. An icy welcome awaiting him in jackson where hes likely going to be greeted by protests. Congressman and civil rights icon john lewis is leading the charge calling the president s visit a mockery of the Civil Rights Movement, saying he plans to skip the event because President Trump is there. The naacp will hold a News Conference this hour where they plan to say this. They plan to call out the administrations divisive policies, this right after the president tweeting his full endorsement to the Alabama Senate candidate roy moore this morning, a man who says america was last great during slavery, also a man whos an accused child molester. We cant afford to have a liberal democrat who is completely controlled by nancy pelosi and chuck schumer. We cant do it. So get out and vote for roy moore. Do it. Do it. Cnn National Correspondent athena jones filed this report looking ahead to todays event. Reporter protests are expected to greet President Trump at the grand open
Paula. Now burned 25,000 acres. More than 265,000 customers right now without power. School distributes have announced closures for today. Officials say one person has been killed in a car accident related to the fire. Again, these evacuations are under way right now. Well have the latest throughout the morning. One week before alabama voters go to the polls a new fracture in the Republican Party over Senate Candidate roy moore. On monday President Trump for the first time threw his full support behind moore. First in his tweet democrats refusing to give one vet for massive tax cuts is why we need republican roy moore to withn i alabama. In a phone call, called him a fighter finishing up by saying go get em, roy. Officials saying the rnc will now transfer money to the. The head of the National Republican Senatorial Committee stick to go the position he laid out last month. He said then he believes moores accusers and added if he refuses to with draw and wins, the senate should other re
Military personnel battling to save the homes and businesses there. Were going to have a live report for you in just a moment right here on cnn tonight. Plus breaking news on the russia investigation to tell you about. And it is a cnn exclusive. Sources telling cnn the british publy cysts who arranged that meeting with russians and donald trump jr. Sent multiple followup emails afterwards to a russian who was there and to a member of Donald Trumps inner circle. That news coming one day after trump jr. Refused to talk to congressional investigators. What he and his father discussed after news of that meeting became public. A lot to discuss in this broadcast. And i want to begin with our breaking news that i told you about right at the beginning of the show. Those california fires. Cnn paul vercannon is live until Ventura County with the thomas fire. Paul, youre mt. Midst of this, the biggest fire, the numbers are staggering, 115,000 acres scorched. 439 homes destroyed. This is a monster
Worried. You are in the situation room. Im wolf blitzer. This is cnn breaking news. We are following breaking news on the russia investigation. Tonight the New York Times is reporting one of president s trumps closest advisers, hope hicks, was warned about emails sent to her during the transition. This special counsel Team Reportedly interviewing hicks over the last two days. This as new court filing reveals prosecutors have collected a huge amount of evidence in the case against former Trump Campaign chairman Paul Manafort, including, get this, 400,000 documents, and 36 laptops and other electronic devices. Also breaking, red hot flames are swallowing a rapidly expanding area of Southern California. With new fires erupting and knew evacuations ordered. President trump now declaring the region a federal disaster area as multiple blazes race out of control for fifth day. And this hour president s controversial support for roy moore in the spotlight as he prepares to hold a Campaign Rall