Think it would make them feel more comfortable to hear him Say Something critical about russia. Certainly, we have not heard that from the president and no indication yet about whether his tone will change. Great reporting, sara murray, breaking that at the white house. Thank you so much. Lets take you to moscow, because before this hearing even begins, russias president is weighing in. Hes claiming that all of these claims of election meddling are just provocations and lies. Paula newton is in moscow with more. What else did he say . Reporter oh, he said quite a bit. I mean, he had a roundtable in northern russia. This wasnt the topic at all, but he was asked a pointed question, did russia interfere in u. S. Elections. His response read my lips, no. Having said that, though, he had a lot to get off of his chest. He basically was saying that, look, these, as you said, are all lies, these are all provocations, this is whats being done for political gain in the United States. I want you
Republicans as well, that helped win the white house for this republican president and here we are not even 100 days in to president Trumps Administration and what the speaker is telling his rank and file right now, manu raju just had this reporting im looking at his text right now that not only is this dead, he believes and his intention is to move on from health care for the rest of this congress. It is really stunning, stunning to think about that, to take a step back and wrap your head around the idea that these republicans and the house of representatives voted 60 sometimes over and over again for show votes saying that theyre going to repeal obamacare and obviously knowing at the time that it was not possible because there was a man named obama in the white house who would never sign such a thing. Now there isnt, and theyre not going to get this done and i should tell you just by way of process of how this finally went down in this unbelievably dramatic few hours at 3 00 we are t
Im brianna keilar. Youre in the the situation room. Tonight after four rocky weeks in the white house, President Trump is revisiting the greatest hits of his campaign, returning to the kind of rallies in the America First message that got him elect. Talking jobs and facing friendly fans at a bowing plant before he heads to a big rally tomorrow. He will spend his weekend in florida. After retired vice ad mrl bob harward turned down the job. Harward couldnt get assurances he could form his own team and concerned about the chaos in the white house. Right now vicepresident pence is on a mission to reassure allies. Hes set to meet with european leaders who have been concerned about President Trumps embassy of russia and other early Foreign Policy moves. Scott pruitt is set to take charge of the Environmental Protection agency hes promised to reign in. Winning despite democratic opposition and before release of the emails that could shed light about his views. We have republican congressman,
For paul ryans resignation. Does the president want paul ryan to step down as speaker . I did not talk to the president about the tweet. Im just telling the truth there was no preplanning. Why would he say watch her . Because he loves judge jeanine. Does he want paul ryan to step down or not . No, he doesnt. A ryan Spokesman Says mr. Trump was clear his tweet was not meant to be a shout at the speaker. Reince priebus believes steve bannon was very quick to spread stories about ryan which is not helpful to build relationships in capitol hill. Joining us, political economist, greg valir, and cnn politics reporter eugene scott. Good morning to both of you, eugene, take a bow, the tar heels i know you need a moment. Cuff links. Well done. Because im a duke fan im going to start with greg. The blame game is in full order, who do you think the president blames for the failure of this Health Care Bill . How much time do we have . Who does he not blame . I guess the Freedom Caucus. Deep down i
Republican plan to replace and repeal obamacare. But republicans are doing his work for him this morning. Tom cotton pleaded with his colleagues to pause and start over. Meantime, 23 hours and counting. Two house committees discussing this plan, debating it through the night. One of them is still going, making it almost a full 24hour heating, even as this house plan passes its first legislative test, the road ahead appears filled with speed bumps to say the least. Lets begin this hour on capitol hill with sunlen serfaty. Had an is the sense youre getting in terms of how hard this is going to be for the white house . Reporter well, to give you an indication of how long a haul its been up here on capitol hill, poppy, over the last 24 hours, as you noted, those two house committees are working on marking up the bill. The house ways and Means Committee approved their portion this morning. The energy and commerce commit tee is still going strong. Our reporter lauren fox caught up with a con