Large show of force for the first time in years we will have three Aircraft Carrier groups in the pacific, there are already about 32,000 u. S. Troops in korea. There are more planes coming as well, a submarine. So with this armada that is heading to the region enter President Trump who says his goal is to stand up to north korea to try and build consensus and a coalition to contain north Koreas Nuclear program and today defense secretary mattis was up at the dmz that very tense border area between north and south korea, criticizing the north korean regime, but saying that diplomacy he still thinks and the administration is still convinced is the best option. So, richard as the u. S. Secretary of state tillerson has made clear, our goal is not war, but rather the complete and verifiable and irreversible denuke zags of the korean peninsula. Reporter so denuclearization is the goal and he wants to get that goal through diplomacy and clearly a show of force backing up that diplomacy, but
Sarah Huckabee Sanders responded to questions about the president s order of lifting a gag order and in part about the Obama Administration approved uranium to a Russian Company in 2010. The top democrat says he plans to investigate President Trumps involvement. Adam schiff tweeted if the president personally interviewed with the d. O. J. To advance case against a political opponent, its beyond disturbing. I intend to pursue in new probe. Sarah sanders President Trump has pushed for transparency and shes not aware of any specific involvement from the president. Lets get to john roberts live for us at the white house. We can talk about this. Remember, the big deal about this, john, when we get john roberts up, the big deal if we can get this informant and whether the president made the order or whether the doj made the order and the president had strong influence. John . Good afternoon to you, trace. Im told by folks here at the white house that it unfolded this way. The process was alr
In a lastsecond decision, the president blocked the release of thousands of more records. This is a huge disappointment and a total mess. And a countdown to tax cuts. After the budget passes both chambers, the push on passes goes into high gear. The republican, they want to get this thing passed before th t s thanksgivi thanksgiving, no matter what. Some of the things, im sorry, are ridiculous. Plus, new calls for investigations into the teeny tiny company that got one of puerto ricos biggest Disaster Relief contracts Whitefish Energy in ryan zinkes hometown. Not at the mercy of cronyism and incompetence as i believe the whitefish contract was. We begin this morning with spies, secrets and strippers. Thats right, a first look into the government files surrounding it is a sass nation of president john f. Kennedy. The is being crease has fueled conspiracy theorists for decades. Overnight, the National Archives released nearly 3,000 documents that were previously sealed or at least censor
Yesterday. This president is committed first and foremost to this new deal to fund our military. From the podium and in keeping with the National Defense authorization act. We are very pleased that that money is there for our and women in uniform. This budget bill will be the best thing weve done for our economy, our military, our middleclass for a long time. I am not going to suggest it is perfect but we worked hard to find Common Ground and stay focused on serving the the amen people. Harris just so you know, during the latter part of this hour, the closure vote to haul debate on that from the senate side. This is happening right now, moving forward potentially to keep the government down on the senate side. The budget deal is much less certain on the house side. Nancy pelosi, eight hours she was on the house floor speaking, demanding a commitment from paul ryan to hold a vote on dreamers after they get their funding issues resolved and on the right, deficit hawks have come out swing
Stability in the region the german chancellor made good comments on iran and a host of other controversial issues in a speech to parliament. An unwelcome im not touching the north korea has thrown into doubt plans for historic summit with the United States pyongyang says it will not take pot in the meeting if it is going to be quote a one sided affair whites pressured to give up its nukes earlier the north also council a meeting with south korea and two tasks of military exercises being conducted by seoul and washington. History being written only a few weeks ago at the summit of the north and south korean leaders where pyongyang said it was prepared to denuclearize but now north korea has put the brakes on. And a possible sign of growing problems the north perspire own a summit shed jeweled with south korea. The reason. These the annual Us South Korea Joint military exercises the taking place the u. S. And south korea were surprised and disappointed. That its regrettable that north ko