direction fiscally. carlos, fox news host laura ingraham tweeted her disapproval of this. we ve seen the president change his mind before, frankly, after speaking of dana s column. speaking of outside pressure, undoing the cave. i don t think anything that s going to happen here that s going to change the trajectory we re in in terms of how much spending is going on. the president certainly going to hit a speed bump with his base on this issue. number one, because he promised not to do this. really? do you think so? they seem to forgive a lot. i said a speed bump. a little one. little tiny one. it will pass quickly. and also because of the deficit spending. there are still some republicans in this country that really are worried about deficit spending and that understand this isn t sustainable. and that understand that this government has to start making tough decisions at some point or anoth another. if we want to keep spending at
to have retaliated. matthew chance, cnn, on the gulf of oman. matthew, thank you. the u.s. president is trying to get an american rapper, asap rocky, out of a swedish jail. however, sweden s prime minister told mr. trump the swedish court system is completely independent and won t be swayed by outside pressure. melissa bell explains what the u.s. president is up against. reporter: free asap rocky asap. the sign just side this prison the only sign of the controversy of the american rapper being held inside. on saturday, the president personally weighed in. i do not know asap rocky, but i can tell you he has tremendous support from the african-american community. reporter: asap s more than 10 million followers haven t heard from the man himself in nearly three weeks ever since he was jailed in sweden on suspicion of
own sanctions. we re getting to a stage where the impact of the sanctions is already so substantial, there s not a lot more that can be done to add to it. so, that part of the pressure on iran is beginning to run we don t have that many more options left. bobby ghosh, we appreciate your time and perspective today. we ll stay in touch with you. thank you. anytime. u.s. president trump is trying to get an american rapper out of a swedish jail. sweden s prime minister says their court system is completely independent and won t be swayed by outside pressure. the president told the prime minister of that nation, asap rock, she not a flight risk and vouched for his bail. david culver joins us from london. good morning to you.
of a swedish jail. however, their president says the court system is completely independent and won t be swayed by outside pressure. mr. trump told the president the rapper is not a flight risk and vouched for his bail. asap rocky has been jailed for weeks on assault allegations. let s go to david culver. good to be with you. our first time together. what do we know about the rapper? why is he being held there? hi, george. we know this dates back to three weeks ago today. it was a street fight in stockholm. three weeks that the rapper has been in jail. and it looks like he will stay in custody until at least thursday. that is according to a ruling of a stockholm district court. i ve gone through the videos that appear to show the confrontation from three weeks back.
officials pray the president had previously denied involvement i. kushner s legal team is pushing back against the report, sing his security clearance was handled without outside pressure. house intelligence committee chairman adam shifts, a democrat, says, this is the latest indicator of the president s utter disregard for national security and for the men and women who sacrificed so much every day to keep us safe. there is no nepotism exception for background investigations. we will keep our eye on this one for you. cpac 2019 is now well underway. top white house officials have taken the stage and continued to in calling out what they described as the rising threat of socialism. vice president mike pence also has made an appearance today, slamming some of the most talked about democratic proposals. watch. under the guise of medicare for all, and a green new deal, democrats are embracing the same tired economic theories that have impoverished nations and stifled the liberties of