Desperately needed for National Defense is not fully funded. The president just wrote this, the spending bill passed overnight with bipartisan support and until this morning, both houses of congress, even the white house budget director said that it did have the president s support. Going to capitol hill now, cnns Suzanne Malveaux is there. What reaction are you getting from lawmakers, suzanne . Reporter the Republican Leadership has yet to formally respond to the president s latest tweet, but some aides i did talk to are quite stunned with this development. Ive been walking the halls as well here and the offices are empty because many members of congress have already gone home for their twoweek recess. So you can imagine here kind of the surprise, the shock and perhaps a little bit of caution whether or not this is really going to develop into anything. But uncertainty in the process here. There are those who say, look, this is not a popular spending bill that it took a lot of arm twi
The best news is youre back and well get into where liz has been. Im Leland Vittert in d. C. , outside of our studios, there are teachers and students, political activists gathering in what they call a unified demonstration against gun violence and appears by the signs theyre against other things as well. Student organizationers hope that will force congress into passing comprehensive gun control and improving School Safety. The main rally here in d. C. , alison barber, just above that very large crowd you see. Alis alison, we get that these folks are against a lot of things, n. R. A. Signs and the like. Is there one unified message that theyre for or theyre just angry . Theyre calling for a couple of specific Different Things that they say federal legislators can do to make this a better place. And i spoke with one and he felt that often his views have been misrepresented. He says hes not against the Second Amendment, in fact, his father is a fbi agent. He says what he and other stude
Telling her story of an alleged affair with donald trump now to set the record straight. Shortly before the 2016 president ial election, mr. Trumps Attorney Michael Cohen paid Stormy Daniels 130,000 to sign a nondisclosure agreement to keep her from telling her story. Cohen says he made the payment with his own money, and thats raising questions about whether Campaign Finance laws were violated. After that payment was reported in the media, daniels signed statements denying the affair. In an interview on the cbs program 60 minutes, daniels explained why she should be believed now. How do we know youre telling the truth . Because i have no reason to lie. Im opening myself up for, you know, possible danger and definitely a whole lot of [ bleep ]. Reporter the president watches 60 minutes. If he is watching tonight, what would you say to him . He knows im telling the truth. Our Brian Stelter has more on that interview. Hey there, yes, a porn star breaking her silence about her alleged aff
Prosecutors will try to get him to lie. And an intense manhunt under way right now for the killer who opened fire inside a waffle house. This as we learn disturbing new details about the suspects past, including a runin with the u. S. Secret service right here in washington. But lets start with the president of the United States on twitter once again. With the prospect of the legal walls closing in, the president fired off around 20 tweets over the weekend on a number of topics, most notably the legality of the special counsel Robert Muellers investigation and the ties to former fbi director james comey. But also this. On personal attorney and close friend Michael Cohen saying, and im quoting now, michael is a businessman for his own account, lawyer who i have always liked and respected. Most people will flip if the government lets them out of trouble, even if it means lying or making up stories. Sorry sorry, i dont see michael doing that despite the horrible witch hunt and the dishone
Requesting to meet with the woman claiming little rights that she is a russian citizen. Garrett tenney is live in huntington with the explanation. Class eligible us Officials Say 60 Russian Diplomats kicked out actually intelligence operatives working under diplomatic cover. Despite that this afternoon russias ambassador to the us senate diplomats are not abut are our friends. He says they want to move past this done better relations with the us. We are still confident that only close interaction with our countries can help International Strategic stability and find mutually Beneficial Solutions for global and regional interest. We want everybody to understand that we are destined to become friends again. It is important to remember what prompted the us in nearly a dozen other countries to spell Russian Diplomats. Earlier this of the former russian spy living in england with his daughter were attacked with poison. The uk, the us and others determined that moscow was behind the attack.