Terrorism. Even asked why theyre listening to the oral arguments today after the doj attorney said on repeated occasions that things were moving very quickly. Heres that exchange. Why should we be hearing this now if it sound like youre trying to say youre going to present other evidence later . Could the president simply say in the order were not going to let any muslims in . Thats not what the order does here. Could he do that . Would anybody be able to challenge that . Does here. Weed like to get an answer to that question because it speaks back to the standing issue. If the order said muslim cannot admitted, would anybody have standing to challenge that . Reporter the standing issue came up repeatedly. The doj Attorney Says the states dont have the legal right to bring this lawsuit because many of the people impacted by the travel ban have never even stepped foot in the United States. But there were moments of high trauma, anderson, and at one point the doj attorney conceded that h
Athena, can we expect to see classic Campaign Trump today . Hi, pamela, i would say absolutely. The answer is yes. We know that Campaign Rallies are where the president has felt most comfortable. These are events that energize him. His goal so to get around the media filter. He doesnt want to be edited or contexturalized. He wants to speak directly to his fans, his crowd. We expect to hear a lot of the kind of rhetoric we heard on the campaign trail. Well be talking about repealing and replacing obamacare, the need to build a wall on the southern border. We expect he could go through the list we heard him detail at thursdays press conference, the accomplishments he feels hes achieved in his first four weeks in office. Something we know the president is very much looking forward to. And as you mentioned, the white house is describing this as a campaign rally. The campaign is paying for it and we should note that he filed a form with the federal Election Commission on Inauguration Day in
Before rushing through a health care bill. Passing health care has fallen short again. We are making good progress. President trump is making fools of the congress. During the first 100 days, i lay a foundation. I give us an a. This is new day with chris cuomo and alisyn camerota. Welcome to new day. Warning of a major conflict with nblg north korea is possible. Despite the words, the president said he hopes a diplomatic effort prevails. Meanwhile, the president unable to deliver on the signature promise to repeal and replace obamacare. House members will not vote on the bill today or anytime soon. The president making a candid admission on the presidency and the life he left behind. Lets start with joe johns live at the white house. Reporter good morning, alisyn. Blunt messages from the president and secretary of state in the much more muscular approach to north korea than in the past. The president suggesting a faceoff is possible. The secretary of state saying direct talks are possi
Recusing himself from any investigation involving russia and the Justice Department. At 6 35 a. M. He tweets, quote, terrible, just found out that president obama had my wires tapped in trump tower just before the victory. Nothing found. This is mccarthyism. Then at 6 52, i bet a good lawyer could make a great case out of the fact that president obama was tapping my phones in october just prior to the election. Then just after 7 00 a. M. , how low has president obama gone to tap my phones during the very sacred election process . This is nixon watergate, bad or sick guy. Finally after accusing the 44th president of the United States of perhaps the worst crime since watergate, he tweets again attacking Arnold Schwarzenegger and once again mentioning the ratings of the tv show the apprentice. Anyway. Later on, saturday, the white house apparently caught by surprise by the president s tweets demands a congressional investigation of the threat to the public, not the ratings of the praens.
Russia. Friday a powerful republican said a special prosecutor isp needed and he appeared to backtrack on that today. Also today the white house said theres no need for one. The gop chairman of the house÷u essentially threw cold water on the story while denying the story he was enlisted by the white house to pour coldzv wat on the story. However, own reporting on some of it is solid, clear, tonight and here is more. Reporter on capitolym hill today, a tale of two realities, the chairman of the house Intelligence Committee, a republican denying evidence of÷ communications between trump advisers and russians during the campaign. As of right now, i dont have any evidence that would of any phone calls. Thatym doesnt mean they dont exist, but i dont have that. Just hours later, the Ranking Member of the same committee, a democrat who has seen much of the samezv intelligence contradicting that assessment. We have, i think, reached no conclusion, nor could we in terms of issues of collusion