Steve mnuchins letter from last week. This letter, of course, is addressed to the irs commissioner, but in the letter he says, quote, i am aware that concerns have been raised regarding my request and the authority of the committee. Those concerns lack merit. He then goes on to say, i quote, expect a reply from the irs by 5 00 p. M. On april 23rd, 2019. Please know that if you fail to comply, your failure will be interpreted as a denial of my request. Now this, of course, is just setting the ground work for that legal fight that we expect to see in upcoming months, but again, richard neal wants to see the president s tax returns. Hes argue that had under the law the irs statute he has the authority to do that, whether or not the administration agrees, we know the administration has said that democrats are never going to see the president s tax returns. So we are setting up this fight, again, between Congressional Democrats and the Trump Administration, the showdown, of course, over the
Of negotiations, that big moment was finally set for wednesday, next week. And now this morning, who knows. Were going to have more on that in just a moment. But first another trump cabinet member is gone. The president announcing that labor secretary Alexander Acosta is resigning and announcing it with Alexander Acosta standing right by his card. Theres been mounting calls for acostas resignation because of skrut any of his plea deal with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein a decade ago when he was the attorney. The president was standing right by him today. The fact is, he has been a fantastic secretary of labor and alex called me this morning and he wanted to see me. And i actually said, well, we have the press right out here, so perhaps you just want to say it to the press. But i just want to let you know, this was him, not me. Because im with him. But there is more to it than that. Lets start with cnn sarah west wood. Shes in milwaukee where the president is headed right now. The preside
Israel lloyd congresswoman oh mar and tlaib to visit. He goes on to make more inflammatory attacks against those sitting members of congress. Now it looks like israel is listening. Cnns orren joins me and first to you. Youve been following this. There were rumors. What do you have now . Now the decision is official according to a spokesman for isra Israels Deputy foreign minister. They have decided to bar entry to congresswoman Rashida Tlaib and ihlan omar. Lets not forget these are two muslim congresswomen and tlaib herself is the first congresswoman of palestinian origin. Israel will bar them entry and not allow them in. It was the Deputy Foreign minister who first made the comments on the radio and he was the first to acknowledge the decision had been made. There were no details about who made the final decision and when it was made. We do know it came just minutes after President Donald Trump tweeted that israel would be showing great weakness by allowing them in and that may have
Front of three committees this week. Its unclear if the white house will use restrict his deposition. Lets go to sarah west at the white house. Whats the reaction been like from the white house to these possible testimonies . Well, fred, hours of President Trump has been out in full force h morning questioning the motives of the whistleblower. This as house intelligence chairman adam schiff announces that theres this tentative agreement to bring the whistleblower in for testimony. But that the safety is a top prior thety to House Democrats. They want to keep the ide tntit of the whistleblower protected if he comes before the committee. Also a condition of negotiations for the testimony as cnn reported this week is that the whistleblowers attorneys get the appropriate security clearances from the offices of the drirector of National Intelligence in order to accompany the whistle bloer. Those talks according to schiff are underway. Stephen miller this morning appearing on Fox News Sunday
They had been fighting along inside syria to defeat isis in the area. But the u. S. Abruptly pulled their forces out of that area and that triggered a long expected offensive by Turkish Forces that consider the kurds a terror group. Their troops quickly began taking at least one border town in northern syria. We have full coverage of this story. Barbara star is at the pentagon. Barbara, let me begin with you and the documents that you obtained and how it details the tense exchange. That was the head of the syrian Fighter Force that the u. S. Military partnered with for so many years now. It was furious comments because the u. S. Now, you know, is not going to fight turkey, a nato ally, and is not going to fight with the sdf against turkey. The u. S. Claims continue to state this is only there to fight isis. So listen to some of what is in this readout. According tepartment official you are giving up on us. You have nothing for us. You are not willing to protect the people but you do no