Standoff with iran there. Quote, trump now faces a potentially combustible situation where the u. S. And iran are elbowing for influence in u. S. And iraq as u. S. Allies israel and saudi arabia urge a more forceful confrontation with iran. That nations rogue leader promising the world a new strategic weapon in the near future. The development senger writes he is not disconnected from trumps political weakness. Both the iranians and the north koreans seem to sense the vulnerability. The president s twin global crises are where we start today with some of our favorite reporters and friends. At the table White House Reporter for the l. A. Times eli stokols, and Senior Writer for politico jake sherman is here. And ben rhodes joins us. Ben, youve been tweeting up a storm on all these crises, but i really want to take them one at a time and flesh out some of your observations and sharp criticisms for our viewers. Lets start with what happened in iraq and the president s conduct there. Well,
Impeachment . And odd new ally. President trump has a new campaign surrogate, kim jongun, as the north korean dictator goes after democratic president ial candidate, joe biden, taking a page right out of the president s playbook. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. Announcer this is cnn breaking news. Breaking news. For the second time this week, a federal judge sides with congress against the president in the latest ruling, a judge in new york is upholding subpoenas to Deutsche Bank and capital one for financial records tide to the president. That comes as the president storms out of a meeting with Democratic Congressional leaders and stages a hastily arranged rant in the rose garden next to a sign reading no collusion, no obstruction. The president erupted after House Speaker nancy pelosi said he had engaged in a coverup. She spoke following a meeting of House Democrats, where she tried to discourage a push for impeachment. The president then went ahead with his meeting on
Good morning, everybody. It is friday may 10th. Im Yasmin Vossoughian alongside jeff bennett. Were starting with President Trumps long threatened tariff increases on chinese goods. They have now taken effect at 12 01 this morning the tariff rate on 200 billion worth of chinese goods was raised from 10 to 25 . Chinas Commerce Ministry says it will retaliate with necessary countermeasures without elaborating. The hikes come in the middle of the latest round of trade talks between the worlds two largest economies which began last night and set to continue today. The president and his administration this week have accused beijing of quote reneging on prior commitments and of seeking substantial and substantive changes to the draft deal which 90 complete according to treasury secretary Steve Mnuchkin. Yesterday the stock market continue this weeks major sell off due to the tariffs and on fears the two sides are not close to resolving the situation. President trump who once labelled himself
Harris and on social media, the fowler nation is loving you puppies and cookies [laughter] lisa everybody likes those richard its good to be outnumbered with you ladies. Melissa president Trumps Campaign reportedly better finance and organized in his first run. Political reporting the president s sitting on on a war chest topping 40 million. The campaign boots on the ground spread across nine regions, crucial to his 2020 map, they have a network of volunteers ready to go for the months ahea ahead. Earlier President Trump tweeting, big rally tomorrow night in orlando, florida. Looks to be setting records. We are building large movie screens outside to take care of everybody, over 100,000 requests. Our country is doing great, far beyond what the haters and losers thought possible. And it will only get better meanwhile, new fox news polling shows challengers are ahead for the Trump Campaign in headtohead matchups for Vice President by deleting the president by ten points and Bernie Sander