With President Trump and offering big reward to anyone who could quote, i. D. The thug. And sanction reversal. After nikki haley announced the sanctions on russia, the white house reversed them and now they say the sanctions are coming shortly. What is behind the confusion. And sooner or never . President trump said the u. S. Has already held talks with north korea at extremely high levels. He said a meeting with north Koreas Kim Jongun could happen very soon or not at all. As the president said, quote, well see what happens. Im wolf blitzer and youre in the situation room. Announcer cnn breaking news. Breaking news, a terrifying or deal as an engine explosion blows out a window fatally injuring a passenger and forcing the plane to make an Emergency Landing and in the middle of President Trumps battle with james comey, the president takes heat for undercutting the United Nations ambassador and walking back new sanctions on russia. Ill speak with congressman Eric Swalwell and our corres
Trump oversees private Investment Corporation into u. S. Acting u. S. Secretary of state. Which will mobilize 500 million in private capital to invest in projects that empower women in latin america. This new initiative will break down barriers that limit womens full participation in the economy and reaffirms the trump administrations commitment to empowering women in latin america and around the globe. As you saw yesterdays confirmation hearing for secretary of state mike pompeo went well. From his years in the army to his time as a key member of the House Intelligence Committee to a successful tenure as kcia director, he axeled. America has been safer, more sku secure, and prosperous. Theres no reason that pompeos confirmation process shouldnt be done in a speedy and bipartisan manner. Even the Washington Post Editorial Board published an editorial yesterday with the headline confirmed mike pompeo. Democrats and republicans should do that by coming together and doing what is without
Within two days the president slipped off that rationale like he was falling off a Slippery Rock when he told lester holt that when he made the decision to fire comey he had the russia issue on his mind and he said the same thing to high ranking russian officials. He said i just fired the head of fbi. I faced great pressure because of russia. Thats taken off. James comey said it seemed he was getting fired because of the russia investigation. Do you believe the russia investigation played a role . In why i was fired . Yes. Yes ive seen the president say so. I take the president at his word that i was fired because of the russia investigation. Something about the way i was conducting it the president felt created pressure on him that he wanted to leavrelieve. James comey saw the president admit to lester holt, brag to russian officials that he fired the fbi director because of the russia investigation. Why wouldnt anyone think that was true . We then got lots of detail bolstering james
To show up at the courthouse on tuesday when the potential jurors get there on tuesday, theyll start filling out paperwork and answering questionnai questionnaires, the initial steps in the jury Selection Process for the trial. But its interesting, before those jurors go into court on tuesday, theres going to be one more hearing before the trial starts. That will be monday morning in judge elliss courtroom in alexandria, virginia. This is the hearing that judge ellis delayed from earlier this week. That raised a lot of eyebrows because judge ellis never delays anything. That raised intriguing about whether or not there might be some meaningful change going on in the Paul Manafort case. Maybe he was considering a potential plea deal. It now appears that that is not whats going on. Again, according to a source very close to the case, we are told there are no signs of any sort of plea negotiations going on on the part of Paul Manafort. The Trump Campaign chairman. So we will see the jung
Good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. Day 635 of the trump administration. And while the president had no Public Events on his schedule today, he certainly launched a few on social media. And then for good measure this evening sat down for an interview with the Associated Press on a range of topics. Zeke miller, one of those three reporters who conducted the interview there in the oval office, standing by to join us live. Trumps comments about the missing journalist, Jamal Khashoggi, are perhaps the most striking. Khashoggi disappeared two weeks ago at the saudi consulate in turkey. Trump told the a. P. On this i think we have to find out what happened first. Here we go again with, you know, youre guilty until proven innocent. I dont like that. We just went through that with Justice Kavanaugh, and he was innocent all the way as far as im concerned. And heres what he said in yet another interview today taped earlier to air tonight on fox business. It d