Countrys bloody civil war. Good morning, everybody. Its tuesday, may 16. Another week has brought an injury to the white house. Revealing that President Trump revealed highly classified information to the russian minister and ambassador in a facetoface meeting last week. The information was provided by a u. S. Partner through an intelligencesharing arrangement considered so sensitive, details have been withheld from allies and tightly restricted even within the u. S. Government. The foreign partner had not given the u. S. Permission to share the material with russia, and trumps decision to do so reportedly endangers cooperation from an ally that has access to the inner workings of the islamic state. Officials told the post that trump revealed the city in the islamic territory where they detected the threat. A detail the Washington Post is withholding at the urging of officials in the Trump Administration who warned it would jeopardize important intelligence capabilities. They said this
Cnns joe johns is at the white house following all of this. Joe, what are you hearing right now . This has been a very hard fought decision here at the white house, kay, and there have been people all over the place on this issue and we picked up information just this last weekend that the president apparently had made. This decision wasnt confirmed through sources in a reportable fashion until today and we also have to caution that according to sources the president could change his mind and hes been known to do that even after issues get floated in public sometimes by his communication and theres that caveat. The way it breaks down here at the white house has been very complicated and steve bannon, one of the president s key advisers very much wanted the president to pull out of the paris accord and fulfill the Campaign Promise he made because the president had always argued it was bad for business. Ivanka trump, the president s daughter had encouraged the president to look very care
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