Defends his own review of the mueller report, saying Justice Department lawyers didnt agree with muellers legal analysis. And north korean purge . U. S. Intelligence is looking into a report that kim jongun has unleashed a purge of top diplomats held responsible for the failed summit with President Trump. One reportedly executed, another sent off to forced labor. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. Announcer this is cnn breaking news. Breaking news. The Justice Department releases a transcript of a phone call from President Trumps former attorney to a lawyer for Michael Flynn seeking information about flynns discussions with the special counsel Robert Mueller. The call was part of muellers probe into potential obstruction. Tonight, sources indicate that a frustrated President Trump is dreading the threat of impeachment rather than welcoming the chance for a new battle with democrats. And the president has quickly come up with a distraction. A surprise announcement threatening
Him not to do it again. He might have finally been free to signal to his russian counterpart that the question of foreign attacks on american democracy is not personal and not partisan. Perhaps he could tell him that any future or current attacks will not be tolerated again and he had the chance when the two leaders spoke by phone but apparently he didnt. And keep in mind he was asked about it this afternoon. The meddling issues that came up in the Mueller Report with mr. Putin today. We discussed that he sort of smiled when he said something to the effect that it started off as a mountain and it ended up being a mouse. But he knew that because he knew there was no collusion whatsoever. So pretty much that is what it was. It almost sounds like President Trump is still more concerned about denying his own culpability than addressing Vladimir Putins. Anyway, it is good he got a Second Chance to answer the question. Did you tell did you tell him not to meddle in the next election. Excuse
White house. Alex acosta is out as trumps labor secretary amid unrelenting criticism that the former federal prosecutor helped to cut a lenient plea deal in that sex crime case against Jeffrey Epstein. Tonight in a new court filing, though, this is the breaking news, federal prosecutors are now accusing Jeffrey Epstein, who was arrested for allegedly trafficking underaged girls. They are accusing him now of witness tampering. Prosecutors say that epstein wired 350,000 to two of his possible coconspirators just days after the miami herald began publishing a series of articles about epsteins conduct and the circumstances surrounding that lenient nonprosecution agreement he cut with federal prosecutors. Prosecutors write this, quote, epsteins efforts to influence witnesses continue to this day. As in the past, within recent months, he paid significant amounts of money to influence individuals who were close to him during the time period charged in this case and who might be witnesses agai
First thing, area of concern is the northern bahamas, and then were going to talk about South Central florida on the east coast, and then possibly right up through the florida coast into the carolinas. Yesterday the trend was, uhoh, this looks really strong and further to the south. Today, in the last 24 hours, the trend has been, it still looks really strong, but maybe, just maybe, we can stall this thing out enough and curve it out to sea, to avoid a devastating blow on the east coast of florida and even the carolinas. So let me explain the latest from the hurricane center. 115 bhirn 115mileperhour winds and look at how well defined the eye is. Very symmetrical. It just looks like a classic, major hurricane right now. Wouldnt surprise me at all if it gets up to a category 4 overnight tonight into tomorrow morning. And i still think that this may have a shot at some point in the next 24 hours, close to a category 5. That gets your attention enough right there. We know were going to ha
House speaker nancy pelosi. If the house does vote to impeach this would put this president in the category shared only by Andrew Johnson and bill clinton. Richard nixon resigned before the full house could vote on impeachment back in 1974. Just 15 days ago the nation learned of a whistleblowers c complaint. That ninepage memo now has the potential to threat then presidency in the 448page Mueller Report did not. Were learning this weekend who urged the white house to let the public see the transcript of that phone call between President Trump and the president of ukraine, and a source now telling cnn that urging came from the Top Republican in the senate, mitch mcconnell. Why would he do that when the political impact is potentially so damaging. Also, white house officials tried to keep details of the president s calls with otherd l. Calls with the crown prince of saudi arabia and Russias Vladimir Putin and at least one member of the Trump Administration has quit his job over the whist