President trump warns the gop if they dont fall in line, theyre stuck with obamacare. This is cnn tonight. Im don lemon. House republicans work into the night, desperate to save their health care bill. But after all the bluster, after all the dealmaking and armtwisting, it all comes down to the vote tomorrow afternoon. It was supposed to be tonight. Is repeal and replace down for the count . Well see. Plus new information on the russia connection. The top democrat in the House Intelligence Committee says he has new evidence of possible collusion between Trump Associates and russia. Theres a lot to get to tonight. Ive got my political dream team here with me. There they are. You can show them. But first i want to get to Cnns Phil Mattingly live for us on capitol hill. Phil, good evening to you. Burning the midnight oil. Weve been following every congressman you have, i should say, on capitol hill today for us, finding out how everyone is planning to vote. The white house says negotiatio
To be different, it rings hallow. Have you actually investigated and found guilty anybody . If we cant crack facebook, how are we supposed to be able to confront russian aggression . Good day, following all of the action here in washington and around the world, there is a lot of action today. The pressure is on Rex Tillerson arriving in japan today to take on the first major secretary tillersons trip. Andrea . Good morning to you. Good night to you from here. We are in the middle of the night. Rex tillerson arriving here just a few hours ago on what was wednesday night in tokyo. Flying under the radar, no welcome for his spread says fors as he flies into what experts are calling a diplomatic typhoon to abandon the Nuclear Program by north korea and no government in south korea after its impeachment of its president a few days ago. Back to you, chris. Andrea, thank you. Lets get back to the big stories unfolding here in shington. Let me bring in White House Correspondent hallie jackson.
National security council. Is bannon now losing influence and power in the white house . And no comment. After north korea fires another missile, a white house source warns that all options are on the table, but the secretary of state says the u. S. , quote, has spoken enough about north korea. So whats the message for kim jongun. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. Breaking news. The Trump Administration is voicing outrage over the deadly chemical attack in syria. At the United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley held up gruesome pictures of young victims, and President Trump calls the gassing an affront to humanity, adding, and im kwout quoting now, that attack on children had a big impact on me. After blaming his predecessor for missed opportunities in syria, President Trump says the crisis is now his responsibility, but hes not saying what hell do about it, and today he made no mention of russias aggressive role in the conflict. Citing no evidence President Trump tells the New
Trump cane. The former adviser Michael Flynn and Jared Kushner. The meetings were an effort to engage the russians and establish a point person for the administration. Senate intelligence chairman richard burr refusing to rule out collusion. We would be crazy to try to drawl conclusions from where we are in the investigation. Reporter the show of unity in the senate is a stark contrast to the chaos on the other side of the capitol. Devin nunes continuing to fend off charges of collusion with the white house and refusing to answer questions about the probe. What is the hold up about the specific information you saw . Look, trying to get all of the agencies getting the information to us. Reporter the white house deflecting. There seems to be the fascination with the process. How did he get here . What door did he enter. Reporter the ranking democrat on the House Committee expected to meet with nunes today. I dont know how to conduct a credible investigation if you have one person, but th
Its at the story weve devoted more time to here than any other since inauguration. And after a messy change of leadership and the house russ investigation, the expectation was that things would go more smoothly in the senate. But we are learning tonight that the Senate Committee doesnt have a single fulltime staffer assigned to the russia inquiry. According to two new reports democrats on the committee are demanding immediate changes. All this as donald trump nears the 100day mark with some of the lowest approval numbers ever recorded at this point in a presidency. Lets bring in tonights panel, john hilemon, is the cocreator, executive producer and cohost of showtimes the circus. There is an emmy in there soon, right . Yes. Eli stokels is a White House Reporter for the wall street journal. And jeremy barb joins us from washington, d. C. , former chief of staff at the pentagon and cia. Jeremy, im going to start with you. One of your other jobs was on the House Intel Committee and you ha