Investigation. The question, will the president agree to release the democratic version unchanged to the public . The Dow Jones Today taking nearly tanking nearly 1200 points and already another 50 0. The biggest decline in american history. The president , who relishes in taking credit for the highs, refuses to comment on the plunge. Democrats treasonous . The president using that word to describe them for not applauding him enough in his state of the Union Address. They were like death. Unamerican. Unamerican. Somebody said treasonous. I guess, why not . Can we call that treason . Why not . A lot to get to in the hour ahead, though. I want to begin with cnn correspondent pamela brown and cnn Congressional Correspondent manu raju, both of you with us tonight. Pamela, a new report in the New York Times this hour saying the president s lawyers, including john dow, jay sekulow and other advisers are saying dont do it, dont talk to bob mueller. You have been reporting with Gloria Borger o
Coach. The facts for you, the jury make the decision in the case do tonight a friday of surprises from a judge asking tough questions about the authority of the special counsel prosecution and Trump Campaign chairman paul manafor, two officials closing on james comey. And henry is following the latest. Reporter two top fbi officials abruptly quitting from the agency late this evening. A big story, so much scrutiny of that agency, the president going back and forth, james baker was the general counsel, recently reassigned, he is out, lisa page also out of. You see on the left all those Text Messages, antitrump Text Messages back and forth with peter stzrok who was still working at the fbi, last we heard he was working in the Human Resources department. The significance is these officials are getting out ahead of the Inspector General report which will be coming out in the next few weeks and expected to be scathing about the behavior of top officials at the fbi and the Justice Department
Theres a top target of President Trumps attacks aimed to discredit the entire russia investigation. And hurricane warning. A hurricane warning has just been issued as did gulf coast braces for Tropical Storm gordon to intensify over the next 48 hours. We will have the latest on the storms track. Wolf blitzer is off today. Im jim sciutto and youre in the situation room. This is the situation room special report. President trump attacks attorney general sessions for prosecuting two republican lawmakers ahead of the midterm elections. Congressman collins and hunter, the first two house members to endorse the trump candidacy are charged with financial crimes, serious ones. President tweeting, quote, two easy wins now in doubt. Ill speak with congressman jer Jerry Connelly and our correspondents and specialists standing by with full coverage. We begin with our breaking news and cnn senior White House Correspondent jeff zeleny. Jeff, a stunning attack by the president and attorney general, h
So how are we to believe him . Yeah. What happens, god forbid, when he has to address the American People and say, heres whats happening. Heres what we need to do and why, and ive gotten information from fill in the blank of the institution that hes probably bashed in the past. That could be a moment of crisis for us, and certainly its a moment of personal crisis for him now, don. These are real questions. Even the, are you a manchurian candidate its an absurd question except when i cant believe you about anything and you keep sheltering russia, this is what you get. Okay. So when asked a question, have you ever worked for the russian government, a very simple answer would be no, never, instead of, oh, im so insulted by this. Oh, my gosh. I dont think he ducked the question. I do think because its a very simple answer no. And you can go on with its absurd. Now, lets go back but she asked it as a joke, jeanine pirro. She was like, mr. President you know, she was joking when she asked it
Living the proof of that right now. Thank you for watching. Cnn tonight with don lemon starts right now. I was told about his address today on the radio. Mmhmm. And i looked it up, and i was not just impressed by the message. Its a good solid message, but the context and the contrast to who and what hes dealing with right now. And it is the root of the president s problem. He cant be believed on the topic, don. So every question becomes reasonable. Thats my question to you. So if every time you speak with me and you ask me something, and i give you a different answer for the same thing, how do you feel about what comes out of my mouth . Well, often when you make these suppositions, its hard for me to answer on television because it does mimic our personal relationship. So, you know, its weird. Trump, you, its kind of the same thing in my life. No, look, the problem is obvious, and thats what is so vexing about all of it. The president never tells the truth on this issue. So how are we