Change, or the endeavor was to change the way the russia investigation was being conducted. The administration then chose to defend me and more importantly the fbi by saying that the organization was in disarray. That it was poorly lit. That the work force had lost confidence in its leader. Those were lies, plain and simple. So i asked a friend of mine to share the content of the memo with a reporter. I didnt do it myself for a variety of reasons but i asked him to because i thought that might prompt the appointment of a special council. I very carefully chose the words. I have seen the information about tape. Lord i hope there are tapes. Comey revealed in a closed door session right after that that there may have been a third meeting between attorney general Jeff Sessions and the Russian Ambassador. A look at whats next in the investigation. Good morning, the question is where does this go from here . Democrats and Top Republican on the Senate Intelligence committee do plan to meet wi
Decision earlier. Reince is a good man. John m kelly will do a fantastic job. General kelly has beenti a star, done an incredible job. Thus far, respected by everybody. A great, great american. Reince priebus, a good man. Thank you very much. More details now from chief National Correspondent ed henry. Reince priebus get some credit helping to elect President Trump, providing critical ground for the campaign but has had nowhere near those kinds of results in terms of major legislations and its worth noting he is out near ours after a major failure on health care. In some ways, the president was never fully in sync with his death back to previous days as chairman of the rnc he urged the g. O. P. Nominee in october to get out of the race because that access hollywood tape. The president sometimes him about that in private and it only grew after the arrival of Anthony Scaramucci one week ago today. Over the strong objections of priebus and his rnc loyalist, sean spicer quickly resigned. I
Story covered around the worlds this morning. Good morning, everyone, welcome to early start. Im dave briggs. Im christine romans. It is thursday, august 17th, 4 00 a. M. In the east. 11 00 a. M. In jerusalem, 9 00 a. M. In london. Welcome to all. First, the widening fallout from President Trumps defense of white supremacist protesters in charlottesville. Some of the president s advisers concede all the pushback is hurting chances to advance an agenda once the president returns to washington next week. Within his own party, a growing number of republicans are forced to decide whether to stand by this president. Many gop lawmakers appear to believe deserting the president now could only harm their political fortunes, but others are going public, calling out the president by name. Senator Lindsey Graham says his words radio dwight, not words are dividing, not healing saying, Many Americans do not agree and will fight back with a check of the headlines the against that the party of lidge
Cuomo and alisyn camerota. Welcome to your new day, alisyn is off. Poppy harlow joining me. Good to have you this week. My pleasure. A Community Coming together, hundreds turning out in charlottesville singing songs of hope. Listen. We all need somebody to lean on that was an impromptu candlelight vigil honoring Heather Heyer at the very location where hate groups marched with torches and nazi signs just days ago. The escalating crisis over President Trumps response has the president fighting back this morning denying his own words, his moral equivocation that hate groups and those protesting them share responsibility. And the revolt against President Trumps response is growing louder and louder from former republican president s and ceos to the president s own military generals. Thats rather, stunning and notable. Republicans in Congress Largely avoiding attacking the president by name, and this comes as the president we are told remains defiant and without regret over his defense of
Melissa White House Correspondent kevin corke is live on the north lawn. That was just a little bit of what he had to say. Let me tell you, hes been talking about this for quite some time both on twitter and today over at quantico. White house officials for quite some time have felt there was this biased against the president among the higher ups at the fbi who are investigating Hillary Clinton at the time. The president today, well, he was president ial in his remarks over at the graduation over at quantico, celebrating the history of the borough and calling on all in attendance to do the bidding of the American People. That is with fidelity, bravery, and integrity. I want you to deliver a message to your fellow officers. The president of the United States has your back 100 . I will fight for you, and i will never, ever let you down ever. Now, more than ever, we must support the men and women in blue. That is consistent with his messaging about a Law Enforcement in general, but maybe