Availability of a vaccine a big topic of the hearing on capitol hill on the White House Briefing which just wrapped up, the press secretary Kayleigh Mcenany asked if and when a vaccine becomes available, will President Trump ensure that every american can get a vaccine regardless of their economic status . Heres what she said. The president will go to great efforts to ensure that. I would say that when it came to testing, this president before it was even addressed in Congress Called in the private sector and got them to say we have treatments and will cover testing and eventually that was inscribed into law. So this president before was even an issue on the hill took great measures with testing, and he will do the same for vaccines. Thats a roundabout way of saying yes, testing also a big issue today. The president saying the u. S. Leads the world and testing, and will be testing at a per capita rate higher than south korea but in a Senate Hearing, utah senator met romney criticizing
And it was egregious, appalling and it prompted him to pick up the phone or the chief of staff to pick up the phone and expedite an fbi investigation. So this morning minneapolis woke up to fires and smoldering buildings in the citys mayor calling for peace but also for criminal charges for the office on his neck. Mike tobin back out this afternoon getting ready for an evening later on tonight. Mike, what is happening today. This is the target store in minneapolis Summer Community volunteers to clean up in the aftermath. And i should say there is a third group. Some people going into you can see all the entrances that are breaking out all the way up and down the strip mall, entrances and windows are broken out and people are coming and going unabated. Last night, it was a freeforall. People had the grocery carts out, loaded up whatever they could inside and ended up in front of the precinct where they became makeshift barriers on the street. You see the chaos that was last night, you s
Memos got into the hands of reporters and retaliation. The president s lawyer is firing right back denying comeys most serious allegations and claiming hes seeking payback for getting ousted. This as the president restrains himself from tweeting but complains about being undersiege. We want to welcome our viewers from around the states and around the world. Im wolf blitzer and youre in the situation room. Announcer this is cnn breaking news. Breaking news tonight. James comeys gripping and incriminating testimony under oath portraying President Trump as a liar who directed him to end his investigation of ousted National Security advisor Michael Flynn. The former fbi director told senators he takes mr. Trump at his word, that he was fired because of the russia election meddling probe. Comey publicly confirming that the president wasnt under investigation while he was at the helm of the fbi. The white house declaring that the president is not a liar as mr. Trump tells a friendly crowd we
The Washington Post reporter by lining the story for us. Ellen thanks very much for joining us, the secret Communications Channel, your sources are telling you it was kushner who originally raised this idea, is that right . Yes, thats right. According to sources who have reviewed intelligence collecting by use of intelligence agencies. Jared kushner, proposed this secret secure channel at a meeting at trump power in december, with the Russian Ambassador. Talk a little bit about this secret channel, this Communications Channel, it was going to, what, be based at the Russian Embassy in washington . Thats what it sounds like, now, we caution that this is based on reporting by kislayak, up to the superiors in moscow. That reporting was captured on intercepts. And, you know, this could be russian intelligence agencies are known sometimes to put disinformation into their feeds in order to sow confusion. Intelligence officials exaggerate at point, but if this is true, it means kushner was see
Allies over defense spending, raising eyebrows from fellow leaders. Good morning. Its friday, may 26th. Im Ayman Mohyeldin alongside yasmin and louis burgdorf. A member of the president s family who doubles as an adviser is being looked at in the russian probe. Multiple officials tell nbc news that investigators believe Jared Kushner has significant information relative to their inquiry. That does not mean they suspect him of a crime or intend to charge him with anything. The Washington Post first reported that a senior white house official close to trump was a person of interest but did not name that person. The official said kushner is in a different category from trump aides manafort and flynn, who are considered subjects of the investigation. The post reports investigators are focusing on a series of meetings held by kushner in late 2016, who met in new york with the Russian Ambassador to the United States Sergey Kislyak and sent a deputy to meet kislyak. And met with sergey gorkov