Everybody in washington is very concerned about this phenomenon called the sequester which is the benefit of the audience, these automatic indiscriminate acrosstheboard cuts, 5 to domestic agencies, 8 to the pentagon, youve been looking at the kind of impact this will have. What do you expect . How much damage do you think it would do for Government Operations . How badly would it affect your constituents and people across the country . Well, needless to say, being an appropriator, i think its an idiotic way to do business. These are indiscriminate cuts. Theyre not thought through but are automatic across the board without any consideration of good, bad or evil, or whatever. So i think the cuts are devastating. Im sad to see it take place but i dont see an effort being made realistically to stop it. Do you, mr. Chairman, do you think that once the sequester actually takes effect, that people will see the wide ranging implications of this and they would actually start working together t
One highprofile congressman going a step further and publicly declaring that he does not see mr. Trump as a legitimate president. All this setting the stage for a tense week ahead in our nations capitol for the inauguration ceremonies. Peter doocy is standing by live outside of trump tower here in new york city with reaction from president elect and his team, peter . Reporter uma, there will be a congressional investigation a probe to see whether or not whether anybody from any of the campaigns had any kind of contact with anybody in russia that they werent supposed to in the run up to election day. Now in a joint statement, the top democrat and Top Republican from the Senate Intelligence Committee Say this, as part of the Senate Select committee on intelligence oversight responsibilities, we believe it is critical to have a full understanding of the scope of russian intelligence activities impacting the United States. One law maker in the house who thinks russia tipped election in tru
Seemingly out of nowhere the president late today returned to the subject of yesterdays combative press conference and the target of his ire. He tweeted the Fake News Media failing nbc news, abc, cbs, cnn, is not my enemy but the enemy of the American People. His initial tweet had the word sick in all caps at the end. Tomorrow he holds a rally in melbourne, florida. More on that tonight and his search for a new National Security adviser. We begin, though weather the surprise lateafternoon intel briefing. Cnns Phil Mattingly is at the capitol. What if anything do we know about this briefing from fbi director comey . Limited amount, john. But the fact it happened and when it happened is kind of underscores the importance of what this moment was. Senators were done with the session. They were supposed to be headed home for recess. You know you never get in the way of a lawmaker on his way home for reses. And you dont get in the way of a senator and a camera. Jim comey did both today and e
Politics. And theres also some serious and sad news breaking tonight. Within the last hour we got news from the mayo clinic that arizona senator john mccain has a brain tumor. Now, im just going to read to you from a statement put out less than an hour ago from the mayo clinic. Quote, on friday, july 14th, so last friday, senator john mccain underwent a procedure to remove a blood clot from above his left eye. At the Mayo Clinic Hospital in phoenix. Subsequent tissue pathology revealed that a primary brain tumor known as a guilty oh blas tomea was associated with the blood clot. It was a minimally invasive crane yot my, since that procedure, shows that the tissue of concern was completely resected by imaging. Im not a doctor, but in laymans terms i think that means they were satisfied that the tumor was removed. Quote, the senator and his family are reviewing further Treatment Options with his mayo clinic care treatment. Treatment options may include a combination of chemotherapy and r
Less than an hour ago from the mayo clinic. Quote, on friday, july 14th, so last friday, senator john mccain underwent a procedure to remove a blood clot from above his left eye. At the Mayo Clinic Hospital in phoenix. Subsequent tissue pathology revealed that a primary brain tumor was associated with the blood clot. Scanning done since the procedure shows that the tissue of concern was completely resected by imaging. Im not a doctor, but in laymans terms i think that means they were satisfied that the tumor was removed. Quote, the senator and his family are reviewing further Treatment Options with his mayo clinic care team. Treatment options may include a combination of chemotherapy and radiation. The senators doctors say hes recovering from his surgery, quote, amazingly well, and his Underlying Health is excellent. Again, that statement coming out from the mayo clinic just in the last hour. Senator mccains office also released this statement at the same time. Quote, senator mccain ap