Directors failure to stop i think thats probably one of the many factors. I mean, you cant deny somebody that that wasnt a problem, and so i think that was just another one of the many reasons that he no longer had the confidence of the president or the rest of the fbi. Do we expect more firings from the Justice Department . Not that im aware of today. Going forward, does the president want the department of justice to shut down what he has called the taxpayer charade investigation . He wants to continue with whatever they see appropriate, and see fit. Just the same as he has encouraged the house and Senate Committees to continue any ongoing investigations. Look. The bottom line is any investigation that was happening on monday is still happening today. That hasnt changed, and, in fact, we encourage them to complete this investigation so we can put it behind us, and we can continue to see exactly what we have been saying for nearly a year. There is no evidence of collusion between the
Fidelity to the constitution and the law has been the cornerstone of my professional life. And its the hallmark of the kind of judge i have tried to go for the past 18 years. If the senate sees fit to confirm me to the position for which i have been nominated today, i promise to continue. A u. S. Court of appeals judge in the washington, d. C. Circuit. He is now president obamas choice to preplace the Late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. Lets be clear here this. Announcement is sure to set off a major partisan war. It really already has. Republican senators have allowed not to hold hearings on the president s nominee and insist this decision should be made by the next president of the United States. We know garland supervised investigations in the uniona bomber case as well as the Oklahoma City bombing. Tell me more about him, a. And b, what reaction are you hearing from republicans . If the Supreme Court justices had a pick for this open seat they probably would have pick Merric
And several yemenee civilians. Are we closer to getting more answers . Plus, suing the president a wine bar in d. C. Claiming the power of the president s office is giving one of his businesses an edge over theirs. Do they have a case . Announcer this is cnn breaking news. Good afternoon and welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. We do have breaking news now in our politics lead. Fbi director james comey is on capitol hill right now meeting with top lawmakers. Lets bring in cnns senior congressional reporter manu raju. Manu, with whom is the fbi director meeting and what are they meeting about . Reporter well, jake, we know that its the top eight members in congress who deal with intelligence matters. That means four republicans, four democrats, and the house and the senate, the leadership, they get these roughly quarterly briefings about some of the major investigations that the fbi is currently undertaking. What we know right now is that one of the investigations, of course, is russia
Threepage Justice Department memo from two days back saying that comey was fired as head of the fbi because hed been mean to Hillary Clinton, that was never really the reason. The president said today he was going to fire him regardless. But we digress. This was an eventful day. 112 of the trump presidency. Weve learned that the administrations fullcourt press this week from sean spicer briefing in the dark between two bushes on the white house lawn to the Vice President on capitol hill, the fullcourt press to say that comey was fired because of miss handling the clinton emails, that was all wasted effort, reversed today by the president who said hed already decided comey was a goner. The president maids the admission in an interview with lester holt. It drove the news cycle today and continues tonight. Here now are the salient portions of that conversation. Monday, you met with the Deputy Attorney general rose steen. Yes. Did you ask . I was going to fire comey. My decision. You had m
A Top Republican senator warns the president s plan the budget will be, quote, dead on arrival. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. Translato announcer this is cnn breaking news. The first address to congress, hell be speaking to the entire nation tonight in a primetime address is a prime opportunity to hit the reset button after a bumpy first month in office. The president says hell be speaking from the heart. And aides say hell present an optimistic vision focusing on the renewal of the american spirit. After speaking of the carnage in the inauguration address. Senior official say President Trump would like a compromise immigration bill and he may make mention of that tonight. The Officials Says the legislation may allow undocumented immigrants to stay without worrying about deportation but concedes it will take a softening on boeing sides to make a deal. Republicans are already divided how to handle obama a care, and there are deep differences as well over the president s