But we twbegin with a Major New Development about something the president talked a lot about today in public and private. Robert muellers conclusions. A Justice Department official telling cnn that we could be reading his report within weeks and not months. Weeks. This official also telling us there are no plans to give the white house an early copy. And another official, this one with the administration, confirming that indeed no one at the white house has seen a copy, which means that when the president today said what youre about to hear him say, he almost certainly had not read the entire Mueller Report. Mueller report was great. It could not have been better. It said no obstruction. No collusion. It could not have been better. Keeping them honest, the president appears to be painting with a very broad brush there. Hes suggesting hes seen the Mueller Report which he says was great when theres no evidence that he has. And hes saying it exonerates him entirely. Now, to be generous, t
He said i never get searched when i go into the white house. I can easily wear a recording device. They wouldnt know it is there. He was not joking. He was absolutely serious. And, in fact, he brought it up in the next meeting we had. All right. That is significant to say the least. Mccabe also went into more detail about rosenstein allegedly floating the idea, as you just heard, of using the 25th amendment possibly as a way to try to remove President Trump. That has the president s twitter fingers typing post haste this morning calling the alleged wire talking conversations about using the 25th amendment to possibly remove him illegal and treasonous. Just a moment, though, heres what the constitution says about treason. Establishing it as, quote, waging war against the u. S. Or aiding its enemies. Lets go straight to Sarah Westwood from west palm beach, florida. Thats where the president is this morning. So we see what he says on twitter. Whats the thinking of the white house this mor
The second question, however, whether the president illegally interfered with the special counsels investigation, Robert Mueller was far less clear. In fact, mr. Mueller wrote explicitly his report does not exonerate the president. He left that decision to the attorney general who decided in just two days that there was insufficient evidence to prosecute. That decision is already sparking hard questions while President Trump, however, is going on the attack threatening his critics. This was an illegal takedown that failed and hopefully somebody is going to be looking at the other side. So what now . Will the president and his Administration Push for a new investigation, perhaps even a new special counsel to investigate the investigators . Will the president feel emboldened to pardon those in his administration, including Michael Flynn who have pleaded guilty to federal crimes. Conversely, will democrats feel chastened and pull back on this and other probes of mr. Trump . Finally, will
Nadler plans to grill him with help from committee lawyers. Seems a reasonable thing. Barr, however, the attorney general, is not having it. Cnns lauren fox is on capitol hill. Twotime attorney general, washington lawyer for decades. Why is he unwilling to answer questions from lawyers on behalf of the Judiciary Committee regarding the Mueller Report . Has he given an explanation. Reporter good morning, jim. Its going to be a blockbuster weekend on capitol hill. Bill barr set to be before the committee on wednesday. The testimony is still up in the air and that is because of the way that jerry nadler, the chairman of the committee, wants to structure the committee hearing. He essentially wants to give each member on capitol hill an opportunity on that committee to question barr for five minutes each, but then he wants to allow the committees lawyers to have questions for 30 minutes. Republicans would get 30 minutes, democrats would get 30 minutes. This is something that i am told is no
Bought a pump Action Shotgun as well as ammunition. All this have coming just days ahead of the 20th anniversary of the columbine shooting. Cnn correspondent Scott Mcclain is live in littleton, colorado this morning. An enormous number of students across an enormous number of School Districts who have been taken out of school as a precaution this morning. What else are police doing to find this woman . Reporter it is hard to overstate just what the impact is of having that many schools closed across such a large metro area. Its important to note, though, there is no specific threat to any one school, but obviously what authorities know about this 18yearold woman is concerning enough to potentially close schools across the board. You mentioned her name is sol pais, she is a student at a high school in miami beach, florida, and she came to colorado on monday. A reporter for the miami herald actually managed to speak with a man at her home who identified himself as her father. He told tha