In georgia this evening, where democrat stacy abrams could become the first black female governor in the United States of america. A crucial moment for the highly anticipated north korea summit. President trump today welcoming the south korean president to the white house. Uncertainty hangs over this previously announced june 12 singapore summit. The president today offered assurances, and also made it clear that hes okay with putting this off if thats what has to happen. I will guarantee his safety, yes. We will guarantee his safety. We will see what happens. There are certain conditions that we want. I think well get them. If we dont, we wont have the meeting. In the end, it will work out. Cant tell you exactly how or why, but it always does. Its going to work out. Chief National Correspondent ed henry joins me from the white house. Good evening, ed. Good evening, martha. Secretary of state mike pompeo said the centerings is still working toward the june 12th summit as if its not a d
Congressional requests. The expected hot topic of the meeting is the president s outright demand that, quote, the department of justice look into whether or not the fbi, slash, d. O. J. Infiltrated or surveilled the Trump Campaign for political purposes. The Department Says its Inspector General is looking into that claim. Just hours before trump was scheduled to speak at the cia this morning, he launched tweets quoting a conservative commentator who slammed former cia director john brennan as, quote, largely responsible for the destruction of americans faith this the Intelligence Community. But it was all praise for the people currently working at the cia during todays swearing in ceremony for the agencys newest director, gina haspel. It is a true honor to stan here today before the most elite intelligence professionals on the planet earth. We think of them, and we honor them by pledging that the patriots of the cia will have the tools, the resources, and the support they need to acco
Democrats like nancy pelosi huge prolife gathering as called it an outrageous assault conservatives say they are happy on the healthcare available to vulnerable and underserved women to be wrong about his position while Senate Minority leader Chuck Schumer argued it was a continuation of republicans war on abortion. Building the big border wall. Against planned parenthood and womens reproductive rights. Are you willing to pay to get it the pres. Said those proposed changes to title x would not done. We will explain . Welcome to fox news at night. Republicans complaining about the scope of the mother investigation are asking a special prosecutor of their own. Only help in children but republicans when the midterms. Democrats gave power, they will try to reverse these incredible gains, these are and a secret informant gathering historic gains, they will try and reverse many of them. Intel beating back to the fbi. Tonight Deputy Attorney general Rod Rosenstein agreeing to do the story is
James clapper, john brennan and former nsa director admiral mike rogers. The committee invited james comey but he is not expected to attend. Bill peter, i know you dont have the documents there. Why is comey not there today . He is apparently has a prior commitment, bill. Anything too classified for comey to have put into his highly publicized book and any questions about anything that lawmakers may want to know that they couldnt read there will remain unanswered today at this closeddoor session where a Bipartisan Group of lawmakers are trying to dig into what the intel chiefs knew right after the election. They assessed russian activities and intentions in recent u. S. Elections and want to know about the research that went into that assessment and that is key because the still unverified socalled dirty dossier compiled by the former british spy Christopher Steele was apparently very important source material in putting together that assessment. Bill these intel chiefs, are they accus
So far we have not heard anything from the special counsel ourselves. Robert costa from the Washington Post reports an important asterisk. That deadline might hold true if the president sits for an interview. At the same time, President Trump ordering the Justice Department to investigate an if in fib informant who was used in the early stages of the russia probe. The president tweeting, quote, i here by demand and will do so officially tomorrow that the department of justice look into whether or not the fbi doj infiltrated or surveilled the Trump Campaign for political purposes. As for the president using the power of his office to intervene in an ongoing Justice Department investigation, maybe we shouldnt be too surprised. You look at the corruption at the top of the fbi, its a disgrace. And our Justice Department, which i try and stay away from, but at some point i wont. Looks like some point was today. We are also hearing tonight from the Justice Department as well to talk about al