Brooke . Sam kylie, thank you very much, live in venezuela more us this afternoon. Lets continue on. Youre watching cnn. Im brooke baldwin. Thank you for being here. A furious President Trump responding moments ago to democrats expanding investigations into his finances. House intelligence chairman adam schiff announcing today that his committee would investigate the president s finances beyond russia is how they put it. Heres the president . Hes just a political hack whos trying to build a name for himself and i think thats fine because thats what they do. There would be no reason to do that. No other politician has to go through that. Its called president ial harassment and its unfortunate and it really does hurt our country. Chairman schiff saying today the House Intel Committee is not only prepared to investigate russias actions during the 2016 election but also whether President Trumps financial interests are driving his actions. It is also our most detailed look yet at how far de
Women marching with a message as protests happen across this country. I think were making a difference. I believe this is important. We need to show trump that women are important. A sweep of news this hour with three big developing stories. First up at the white house, the president s first Public Comments to that rare special counsel statement refuting a buzzfeed report on russia and Michael Cohen. Shut down day 29 briggs a new offer from democrats. At 4 00 p. M. , the white house remarks that the president is touting is a major announcement about the border. And womens march. Thousands descending on cities in a show of force but also controversy. First though to the new remarks from the president to the an apparent unraveling of that sensational buzz feed report alleging trump told his former Attorney Michael Cohen to lie to congress. It also prompted a rare statement from the special counsels office refute agreport. Lets go to the white house and Kelly Odonnell for this. Kelly with
Trumps current lawyer Rudy Giuliani says, quote, if you believe cohen, i can get only c the special counsel already knew from other means that Robert Mueller has more than just Michael Cohens word on this reportedly. However, if this is confirmed we should note that the subject of Michael Cohens dishonest testimony was the trump organizations attempt to build a trump tower in moscow, attempts that carried on throughout the campaign for president and an issue thats central to the russia investigation. This morning the democratic chairman of the House Judiciary Committee vowing to get to the bottom of it. Much more on that in a moment. We want to begin with shimon whos been following the story. Cnn has not confirmed this. Whats new in the story . One of the most damning things is there is other evidence according to buzzfeed than just Michael Cohens words. Thats what is so significant if the reporting is true. Lets look at that. Buzzfeed is saying from this directive trump gave to cohen
Right now, the president s announcement is scheduled for 4 00 p. M. Eastern time. Meanwhile, House Democrats will put an offer on the table. Theyre adding 1 billion to border related spending. But no money for the wall. Lets check in with cnn White House Reporter sara westwood. Well hear from the president in a matter of hours. You hear anything more about how specific hes going to be . Well, fred, we are expecting President Trump to lay out a broader deal than hes offered so far. One that would trade wall funding for some of the Immigration Reforms that democrats have in the past hoped to achieve. Theres a lot of skepticism at the moment that this is the deal that breaks the logjam that has kept the government shut down for 29 days now. This deal would involve President Trump holding firm at that 5. 7 billion demand for wall funding in exchange for temporary protections for those young undocumented imgrant imim known as dreamers and in exchange for renewing some temporary protected st
Great men because he will never be one. George conway raises a valid point. This is a troubled man. No, i dont share those concerns. Biden is all in. Hell try to seize command and control of the race. Every vote matters. Get rid of the electoral college. Shes ready on the issues. This is her wheelhouse. Announcer this is new day with Alisyn Camerota and john berman. Good morning. It is tuesday, march 19, 8 00 in the east. Alisyn is off. Erica hill joins me again. Nice to be back. We have big new cnn reporting. The white house wants to get hands on the Mueller Report before you do. Not only that, the white house wants to limit what you see from the report. Overnight, cnn learned white house lawyers are expecting to review the report before attorney general bill barr hands it over to lawmakers. They want the change to claim executive privilege on documents provided by white house officials. This is sure to set up a political battle on capitol hill and potentially a legal battle that coul