Thank you so much for waking up with us here on sunday morning, the best sunday morning for television. Im mike hydeck. She is erica grow. What can you complain about today weatherwise . Nothing. Tomorrow is when things change a bit. But its a very brief lived change. Not going to last very long as well. Lets get things started with a look at the michael son camera on the patomic river. A lot of sunshine, a few more clouds than we had yesterday, 75 degrees at 10 00, 83 at 1 00, another great day to have lunch outdoors. I saw a lot of people having picnics at the rock creek parkway yesterday. Those parks that line the rock creek parkway just beautiful for any Outdoor Activities today. Your High Temperature once again in the upper 80s. Currently it is a little chilly to start, just like yesterday, 55 in frederick, martinsburg and winchester, you might want to put on the sweater or light jacket. 55 in manassas as well, 54 in front royal but 65 in Downtown Washington. Keeping it clear and
Trapped in that city. And they kept scoring and scoring and scoring again during a recordsetting allstar game. Nearly 400 points racked up. Those are the top stories this february 20th. From abc news, this is world news now. Trying to fast forward . I dont know what day i am living . February 28th . No, it is february 20th. It would be exciting if payday was right around the corner. Lets get started with the news. We begin with the president explaining himself. Some of his comments at a weekend rally caused International Confusion for some. He referred to something that happened friday in sweden. Many thought the president was talking about a terrorist incident. That was news to swedish officials who wondered what he was talking about. Heres reporter in one of his new freewheeling speeches, President Trump included these remarks. You look at whats happening in germany. You look at whats happening last night in sweden. Sweden. Who would believe this . Sweden. They took in large numbers.
Space. And how about the World Champion of billiards. Its colorful postmatch interview lighting up the be with on this monday, february it 20th. That one is going to be exciting. Im adrienne bankert. Were going to begin with President Trump. After a weekend of confusion, theres clarity now about comments he made about sweden. The white house says the president was not talking about a terror attack in sweden as he addressed supports saturday. Mary bruce has more on that and his ongoing battle with the news media. Reporter the white house forced to explain this headscratching comment from the president , speaking saturday about the link between terrorism and refugees. You look at whats happening in germany. You look at whats happening last night in sweden. Sweden. Who would believe this. Reporter what couldnt be believed, what the president was talking about. Incident in sweden . What incident . Sweden. They took in large numbers. Theyre have be problems like they never thought possible.
To come to him. He doesnt want that embarrassing moment on the floor of the house where they have the vote and he doesnt get it. Ben, paul ryan has had conflicts with this ultra conservative movement before on various budget issues. Whats the solution . I think this is a different situation. Let us all say a word of warning for the passing of Kevin Mccarthys political career. Obviously hes someone who had a long career of misjudging the whip count when it came to various votes. Your colleague at the Washington Post has a long list where he did not support various measures. And the great irony. I think in this issue he would have ended up with the speaker championship. I think he is going to achieve a leefl of compromise. Their priorities as congressman mulvaney was making clear on the show is the functioning of congress and reform of the way the institute acts. I think this is unique for ryan, and ultimately he will take it. Ron, isnt the debate sometimes one side says technological or
Captioning sponsored by cbs im john dickerson, we have a new poll. Donald trump is in first place in the republican field with 27 , the same as last month. Ben carson is running second at 21 . Ted cruz comes in next at 9 , followed by marco rubio, and jeb bush and Carly Fiorina are at 6 with the remaining coming in at less than 5 among primeary voters. Democratic contenders, Hillary Clinton remains ahead of Bernie Sanders by a wide margin. If you include Vice President joe biden, clinton still has a considerable lead. The rest of the democratic field comes in at 2 or less in either scenario. It has been a tumultuous week as they scramble to find someone who can be speaker of the house. Thats where we began when he sat down with donald trump on friday. Paul ryans name was mentioned as a possible speaker. What do you think . I think hes somebody that could get good support. I think hes a very nice person. I think he doesnt want it very badly. You never know. Speaker of the house is a gre