President , sauli niinisto. They will be in the east room in about 20 minutes time. We expect to get remarks from both of them. The president phrasing the Emergency Response so far on the state and the federal level, all to say, he is amazed with the resilience that the texans have shown in the face of the spirit and how people are coming together like the fellow you see here on his jet ski trying to rescue people on their own. The president will be getting down there for a firsthand look tomorrow. He is going to Corpus Christi. Staying away from houston, because as you can imagine, with the Emergency Response already overwhelmed, adding a president ial visit to houston would not be a good idea. He is supposed to go to Corpus Christi to see firsthand what is going on. How cap helicopter ride. About to go to austin to visit with Governor Greg Abbott for a while. You see people being hauled in the coast guard, helicopters, and citizens themselves patrolling neighborhoods. Trying to get p
How soon, how quickly they begin to move on raising the debt ceiling. Theres a fight back and forth what do they do about that thing. What do you think . Its a fight back and forth and this is where we start looking at infighting within the republican party, right . But i think that what he said is very important. Neil dont encourage him. laughte laughter no, but when hes right, hes right. Encourage me, wendy. They need to come to consensus, this is going to be a big issue when it comes to 2018 and the midterms. The dems want to take over the house, which i know they will, i think this is a place where no, wendy, yu good you were good at first and now backtracked. Neil youre not buying what shes saying. Say it again. Neil youre not buying what shes saying. The dems are going to take over the house . Absolutely not. Not even close to being possible. The republicans actually democrats in the senate are going to have to defend eight seats and probably take more seats. Neil it could be a d
Border patrol agent martinez this afternoon died after suffering head injuries in an apparent attack last week while on patrol at a remote border areas. Mick mulvaney has a new job despite still being of his old position. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. The one who called the bureau a joke. But cannot a battle year. Pete one of the songs you love but we forgot out a long time ago. Good morning. You will be the hero this sunday as we had in to washington. Back to this morning. Good morning. Glad to be back on after yesterday. Train to of course. He rifled through my briefcase. That is a joke. Thats a violation of privacy. I would never do that. Sure into the briefcase is a couple decades ago. I do not have a briefcase. The highlights of yesterday. There should be a counsel investigation into you threepiece briefcase. I suggested this you should date hetherington lucia. I got a lot of messages. Pete always looking out for you. Reading some awkward moments, much like tomorrow mo
Emptiness. We are more connected than ever. I dont think anything is going to change. Welcome to our viewers in the United States and around the world. This is your new day. It is weapons, february 28th, 6 00 here on the east coast. I am in new york. Alisyn is back in parkland, florida. A very important day there. We will check it in one second. Heres our starting line. We have had several major russia revelations rocking the west wing. Special counsel bob muellers team is investigating President Trumps businessings with russia, the key part, before the 2016 campaign. Also, white house chief of staff stripping Jared Kushner of his top secret security clearance. A bombshell report in the Washington Post says that at least four countries discussed ways to manipulate kushner by taking advantage of his lack of experience, financial troubles, and intricate business arrangements. And a source tells cnn the president S Communications director, hope hicks, admitting to house investigators, she
This could potentially be a big deal in the russian probe. The fact that gates is willing to testify against Paul Manafort, that obviously is a coup for bob mueller. But it could also mean putting additional pressure on manafort to cooperate with this investigation. So rick gates cooperating could be a Building Block for bob mueller for something bigger, potentially for charges against President Donald Trump or against one of Donald Trumps other associates. We reported on friday that it was nearing a plea deal but he was not finished. He was cooperating with bob mueller. At that time, the white house downplayed the notion that he could flip on Paul Manafort. Then he said, this doesnt have anything to do with that or the people in the west wing. If he wants to cooperate with Paul Manafort, that is not related to the president ial campaign or the transition. Well see if they are as calm about this and make it more official. They mentioned that the white house is downplaying this as a guy