nunes of your committee to dig up evidence enough to support getting rid of rod rosenstein, the deputy head of the justice department. why is he purging everybody that s involved with investigating him and the russian probe? well, i have to imagine, chris, that he is scared of what they re going to find out. and, you know, there were of course stories about him, his firing of comey and the reason he fired comey. in fact, the president did an interview that suggest head fired comey because of the russia investigation. and now the pressure that was applied to andrew mccabe and the result today of him stepping down. i said earlier today that andrew mccabe should not be replaced with somebody who is just a presidential stooge and who is going to help kill this investigation. because there are already plenty of people around here, quite, honestly, who are just doing the bidding of the president over conducting a thorough and fair investigation. unfortunately that s where we are now. con
authority over the special counsel s probe. moreover, quote, the pat has told close advisers that the memo could provide him, the president, with grounds for firing or forcing rosenstein to leave, according to one person familiar with his remarks. well, flanked by his democratic colleagues, intelligence committee ranking member adam schiff weighed in late today and revealed that republicans on the committee have opened up an investigation into the fbi and the department of justice itself. today this question voted to put the president s personal interest, perhaps their own personal interests above the national interests. it does show how in my view when you have a deeply flawed person in the oval office, that flaw can infect the whole of government. and it today tragically it infected our committee. i should also mention that it was disclosed to the minority today for the first time that the majority has evidently opened an investigation of the fbi and an investigation of the depar
the senate republican tax bill hits a snag. they have to win over deficit hawks who can t stomach adding that much to the nation s debt. what is clear to a number of republicans is this, this tax plan is not going to pay for itself. it would not, therefore, reduce the deficit, as the trump administration promisepromised. on the other side, the president and the gop hoping for a win. the president repeatedly urged several senior senate republicans, including the chairman of the senate intel committee, to end the russia investigation. this is a highly unusual move for any president. it comes as special counsel moves closer to trump s inner circle. that russia investigation isn t the only thing capturing president trump s attention. cnn has learned the president has been stewing in recent days aggravated he s not getting
one. wolf. diane gallagher reporting for us. president trump visited arlington national cemetery for a some der tribute to america s fallen as the white house digs in against growing questions about contacts with russia. a new controversy stemming from the president s trip abroad. let s go to cnn s phil mattingly. he s joining us from the white house. what s the lateest? wolf, there was some sense coming off the nine-day foreign trip the white house would be able to have some momentum going forward and dealing with a number of major issues and decisions, but it s very clear upon landing that the russia investigation isn t going away any time soon even as today there was a moment that underscored in vivid vivid reality the weight of the office the president now holds. president trump back in the u.s. and honoring the fallen. they each had their own names, their own stories, their own beautiful dreams. but they were all angels sent to