Declared. Good morning, everyone, welcome to early start, im christine romans. Headed over 20 it looks like. Im dave briggs. A new national champ, from embarrassment to champion, the virginia cavaliers putting the final touches on a remarkable turn around, beating texas tech in overtime to win their first ncaa title. One year ago they became the only one seed ever to lose to a 16 seed in the first round. They exercised those demons last night in minneapolis thanks in large part to deandre hunter. He scored 27 points and drained a critical threepointer with under 13 seconds left to second this into ot. It was hunters threepointer with just over two minutes left in overtime that put the cavs ahead for good. Hunter missed last years tournament with a broken wrist making this title so much sweeter. The joy is in competition. A great win for our program, great win for our coach. We worked for this all season, and all that work just paid off. They are still partying in charlottesville, virgi
The size of his ears. We are not in kindergarten. That is also just kind of color. Officials tell us that senior white house advisor Stephen Miller is playing a key role in these firings and wants to see more. Quote, hes executing his plan, unquote, says one official about miller, saying it amounts to a wholesale decapitation of dhs. It appears to be driven by President Trumps impatience on border issues and his desire for drastic and possibly unlawful action perhaps bringing back and expanding the policy of separating Migrant Children from their parents. Yes, thats back in play at least. That reportedly was a breaking point for Kirstjen Nielsen who warned the president that doing so would be legally questionable. Keeping them honest, its not like secretary nielsen couldnt have spoken up sooner. Its not like she didnt help enable the policy, defend the policy publicly and lie about the paolicy repeatedly and even about its very existence. On april 11th she falsely told a house subcommi
Breaking news. Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper with some breaking news about how far the president of the United States is willing to go to stop migrants from entering the country. Some of this includes ordering officials to break the law. Last night, the president essentially fired the secretary of the department of homeland secretary, Kirstjen Nielsen. Conflicts with nielsen has been building for months, but escalated in recent weeks, including two thursdays ago when a meeting with President Trump and other officials like secretary nielsen, mike pompeo, jared kushner, Mercedes Schlapp and dan scavino. The president , according to one attendee, was, quote, ranting and raving, saying Border Security was his issue. Senior Administration Officials tell me that President Trump then ordered nielsen and pompeo to shut down the port of el paso, texas, by the next day, friday, march 22nd, at noon. The plan was that in subsequent days, the Trump Administration would then shut down other po
Malware, and thousands of dollars in cash. Was she involved in espionage . And mueller to testify. The House Judiciary Committee chairman says he intends to bring in special Counsel Robert Mueller to testify and attorney general william barr is due on capitol hill tomorrow. Are we about to learn much more about the Mueller Report . Im wolf blitzer and youre in the situation room. Breaking news, President Trump cleans house over at the Homeland Security department. Hes firing alles a day after the firing of Kirstjen Nielsen. And a senior official says that President Trump has become unhinged over the immigration situation. Cnn has learned that white house aide Stephen Miller, an immigration hard liner, has played a key role in the ouster of nielsen. A source says the firing of the secret service chief is not tied to the security lapse at the president s maralago resort, where a chinese woman managed to enter illegally. In court today, prosecutors said she had a device that could detect
Good morning, everybody. It is tuesday, april 9th. Im yasmin vossoughian. We start with President Trump beginning this week by gutting the department of Homeland Security. Purging allies of his exchief of staff and john kelley. Yesterday the white house announced the director of the secret Service Retired marine Major General Randolph Alice is out. Alice disputed that he had been fired. Outi assure you that this is not the case. In fact i was told weeks ago by the administration that transition in leadership should be expected across dhs. It is my regret i was not able to address the workforce prior to this announcement. The New York Times reports trump who talked with members of his own secret Service Detail had soured on alice a while ago convinced as an outsider he not popular among the agents. The president made fun of the agents looks calling him dumbo because of his ears. Dhs reports the president may remove claire grady in order to avoid any legal challenges. And lee cissna and