Victims. Porter was one of dozens of white house workers handling Sensitive Information who still dont have a security clearance. Whats the delay . And democrats document defending the fbi against charges of bias will be released soon. The deadline is looming. Is the white house deliberately delaying the release . And subtle diplomacy. Kim jonguns sister sits just feet away from mike pence at the olympic opening ceremonies. With the eyes of the world on the will winter games, is north korea controlling the narrative . Im wolf blitzer and youre in the situation room. The number three official at the Justice Department is stepping down. Well have more on that in a minute. Also breaking, President Trumps first public remarks on the resignation of key aide rob porter who stepped down after accusations of assault on his exwives and the president said, we wish him well. Adding it was a very tough time for porter. The president made no mention of the alleged victims. Well talk to former defen
Tremendous. Always underappreciated the military families, the greatest people on earth. Rich edson is live right now in west palm beach, florida. Rich, the president spending time with family today . Yes. A very publicly quiet day for President Trump and first family. Havent seen much of him today. Also a quiet day on twitter for the president. Fairly unusual for him. Though this morning he did tweet out a christmas video message from himself and the first lady. Our fellow americans, melania and i have delighted to wish america and the entire world a very Merry Christmas. At this time of year we see the best of america and the soul of the American People. The president and mrs. Trump spent time at a religious service last evening at the nearby bethesda by the sea. Its episcopal church. Thats also where they were married 12 years ago. Penny . Also some Serious Business for the president today. Thats right there was Suicide Attack in afghanistan earlier today. Aides says the president b
All right will. Hello again and thank you so much for being with me this saturday, im fredricka whitfield. And now, President Trump tweeting that peoples lives are being shattered and destroyed by a mere allegation, and some are true, and some are false, and some are old and some are new. There is no recovery for somebody falsely accused because the life and career are gone and any such thing as due process . The tweet coming as the president is facing fierce criticism over his response to the white house staff rob porters departure saying this yesterday. He says that he is innocent, and i think that you have to remember that. He said very strongly yesterday that he is innocent. So, you will have to talk to him about that, but we absolutely wish him well. He did a very good job while he was at the white house. All of this as another white house official resigns over the Domestic Abuse allegations. David sorenson a member of trumps speech writing team is out after his wife alleged that
Steel. They want to put the Steel Companies out of business, and after theyre out of business, theyll come in and charge five times more than you ever thought possible. And we need steel, and we need aluminum. And those industries are doing well. But steel is incredible. U. S. Steel is opening up a minimum of eight plants nucore is opening up plants. Billiondollar plants, in some cases. So whats happening with the Steel Industry is very exciting to me. Its being rebuilt overnight. If you look at the miners in coal, if you look at energy, lng, japan just gave some numbers that are incredible. Theyre doubling the amount that theyre going to be buying for japan. Theyre taking the lng, and theyre doubling it up. I said, you have to do me a favor. We dont want these big deficits. Youre going to have to buy more. Theyre buying massive amounts of equipment and military equipment. And other countries are doing the same thing. Because we have trade and balances with almost everybody. Its a rare
Anonymous claims in the kavanaugh saga were flying last night with the release of three accusations received since sunday by senators, along with two men who claimed each that he, not Brett Kavanagh, had the encounter with dr. Christine blasey ford. Republican Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley provided this timeline around 9 30 last night. The first mention was on this past monday, quote, Committee Staff have first interview with a man who believes that he, not judge kavanagh, had the encounter with dr. Ford in 1982. He submitted a written statement earlier in the day. On tuesday, they conducted a second interview where he described his recollection of their interaction in some detail. Yesterday the Committee Staff received a more in depth written statement from the man. Yesterday the committee investigative staff spoke with another man who believes he, not judge kavanagh, had the encounter with dr. Ford. It is not known how these claims will feature in todays hearing but the Committee