Democrat surging up the pressure prayed the president is pushing back. Thats Judiciary Committee will vote wednesday on whether they dont like their thread to hold attorney general barr and contempt will happen. Meanwhile, democrats also pushing for special Counsel Robert Mueller testified. The house Judiciary Committee has set a tentative date of may 15th for that. President trump treated this over the weekend. After spending more than 35 million over a twoyear period, interviewing 500 people, using 18 fromeating a gray democrats and 49 fbi agents, all culminating in a 400 page report showing no collusion, why would the democrats now need to enter testify . No redos for the dems we should note, the president previously had said whether mueller testifies is up to the attorney general barr. The attorney general as that he doesnt have any objections. They say democrats in congress will get their witnesses one way or the other. Speaking of the people who continue to work for the president
I look at joe, i dont know about him. If he looks young and vibrant compared to me, i should probably go home. Announcer this is new day weekend with Victor Blackwell and christi paul. Good morning to you. We are starting with breaking news overnight in sri lanka. At least 16 people are dead and suspected terrorists are on the run. This happened after a gun fright in eastern sri lanka. Ten civilians are dead, including children. They are warning citizens to rethink travel to sri lanka because of the terrorism. Uncovering a potential bomb making garage a few miles away where officials recovered explosives, ball bearings, isis flags. This is less than a week since the coordinated bombings at churches and luxury hotels. 250 people died because of the attacks. Sam kylie is at the scene of the shootout. Sam, talk to us about this raid. Reporter well, victor, what we can see in the background there is a gathering of the police and the special forces police thanking the local predominantly Mu
Subpoenas. This incredible bouncing buzzer beater gives toronto a game seven playoff victory over philly. Oh, the emotions of the sixers as their fans swing the other way on a friendly roll. Look at the fans there. Good morning, everyone, welcome to early start, happy belated mothers day to all you moms. Hope you had a good one. Im dave briggs. And im christine romans. Lets take a look at stock futures. How the world is reacting to those tariffs. Tokyo, shanghai down, hong kong up a little bit. European markets, looks like they are all down slightly here, opening just now for london folks, so theyre starting to react here. Dow features point to go a 300 point decline. Look, youve got the reality here that americans are going to have to start dealing with more expensive goods. Tariffs on thousands of items including dish washers, frozen fish, handbags and clothes jump to 25 . Tariffs hit roughly half of the products that china sells to the u. S. , and President Trumps economic adviser l
That perhaps he could look at adding the question later on. He made the big point overall saying that in his view this fight isnt over and he feels like there are other legal paths forward that they are looking at. Last week the Supreme Court ruled against the administration saying they could not add the Citizenship Question for now because the administrations current justification seems to have been contrived. Congress secretary wilbur ross released a statement saying the census questionnaires have been printed without the question. They confirmed that the question would not be on the census. Then, President Trump tweeted something entirely different. This is what he said. The news reports about the department of commerce dropping its quest to put the Citizenship Question on the census is incorrect. Or to state it differently, fake. We are absolutely moving forward. Then at a Conference Call with judge george hazell, doj lawyers said they had no idea what that tree was about. They sai
Cathedral. Investigations are firmly irnd way as to what caused the horrible fire last night in the cathedral. Firefighters to the top level of the bell tower there. Extraordinarily the facade the iconic fa said is in place. Behind theres a scene of utter devastation. A couple people have been inside since the fire. And describing how the interior is all but destroyed. But the pews Still Standing interestingly. And the statues Still Standing. The higher up art facts have been damaged. Many saved over night as well. Which is extraordinary in itself. We understand that the fire started in the attic. At least the cause of the investigation. The flames spreading quickly through the building wooden infrastructure. That very famous roof. Full of wood. Called the forest. So much wood was used to build it. The spire in the middle of the church fell late in the day. Crashing through the roof and causing so much more damage. Pictures from above show how massive the fire was. The roof was destroy