The democrats are already shooting down. Good evening to you. Votes are set for thursday in the senate, one proposal from President Trump, the other on a plan in the democrats favor, the bottom line, the Senate Majority leader is selling the president s plan. To reject the proposal, democrats would have to prioritize political combat with the president ahead of federal workers. Ahead of daca recipients, ahead of Border Security, and ahead of stable and predictable government funding. But mom cant only had seven democrats to vote yes for the 60vote threshold. And the Senate Democratic leader says that his side was not consulted. Let me say that again, there were no serious negotiations with Democratic Leaders or any democrat to produce the proposal. The president did not ask what democrats needed in the bill to achieve our support. He simply laid his proposal down on the table and proclaimed it a compromise. To speak of the plan offered byy the president includes 5. 7 billion for constr
Different story. A journey through one of Kenyas National parks coming up here this hour. Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world. Im natalie allen. Cnn newsroom starts right now. 5 01 in the morning here in atlanta. We appreciate you joining us. Our top story, now that u. S. President donald trump has been impeached, he is falsely telling his supporters that democrats violated the u. S. Constitution during that process. Of course thats not true. And he offered no explanation. For more on what hes been saying, here is cnns kristen holmes. Reporter well, in there was any doubt that President Trump had impeachment on his mind, there is no longer. When he was speaking to this turning point Student Action summit, he launched almost immediately into impeachment. He slammed democrats. He slammed the process. At one point he even brought up dan crenshaw who voted no on the articles of impeachment. And he put on a little bit of a show. Crenshaw handing over the ti
Dozens of bushfires. They are scorching millions of acres and claiming more lives. Thank you for joining us. Our top story. We begin with the impeachment of u. S. President donald trump and the unexpected delay in sending those articles of impeachment to the u. S. Senate. President trump is falsely telling his supporters that democrats violated the u. S. Constitution when they impeached him last week. And he said nancy pelosi has abandoned the issue even though thats not true. The one fact he did launch onto is no republicans voted against him. What kind of great support did we have from those incredible congressmen and women this week . They were fantastic. We had three democrats come to our side. So we have to say it was bipartisan. For more on what mr. Trump is saying about his impeachment is kristen holmes. Reporter well, if there was any doubt that President Trump had impeachment on the mind there is no longer. When he was speaking to this turning point Student Action summit, he l
First time he will detail in public Donald Trumps role in some of his crimes. So what will he say . And then on the other side of the split screen, you have the president just landing in vietnam arriving in hanoi for his second summit with the north korean dictator, kim jongun. After weeks of lowering the expectations what will come of the meeting and how will headlines here at home impact what the president does overseas . There is a ton going on there right now. Michael cohen, lets talk about him. What is he telling congress . What is he expected to Tell Congress . Reporter this hearing has been happening behind me in a closed door setting and has been going on for about 90 minutes or so. Republicans and democrats are eager to hear why he lied to this very committee about a range of issues, but namely about the trump tower moscow project that occurred into 2016 and why he discounted it at the time. We have now since learned after cohens guilty plea that he did so to according to cohe
Breaking news on the russia investigation. Tonight, we are learning for the first time that the special counsel has expressed interest in the Trump Campaigns relationship with the nra. This emerging just weeks after alleged russian spy maria butina pleaded guilty to attempting to infiltrate the nra. The Senate Sets Votes on competing republican and democratic bills to reopen the government. Both are expected to fail. Hopes of ending the standoff remain slim as the president escalates his power struggle with the house speaker. The white house moving forward with plans for mr. Trumps state of the union address, despite pelosis request for a delay. I will speak with the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, adam schiff. Our correspondents and analysts are standing by. First, sara murray. What are you learning about the special counsels interest in the nra . We knew that lawmakers had been scrutinizing the nra and its role in the 2016 election. Now we learn that special Counsel Rob