Beginning to see is the putting together of a case of obstruction of justice. The president renewed talk of obstruction yesterday when he tweeted that he knew that Michael Flynn lied to the fbi when he fired him. Meaning that he also would have known that flynn lied to the fbi when he asked former fbi director james comey to stop investigating flynn one day later. President trumps attorney said he wrote that tweet, not the president. Well have more in a moment but it seems the president is back behind the keyboard unleashing a tweet storm attacking everything from james comey to Hillary Clinton and the fbi saying it is in tatters and the worst in history. Were joined by my colleague crime and justice reporter. You have followed the investigation since the beginning. Based on what you have seen from this plea deal struck by Michael Flynn and some of the other plea deals and charges against Paul Manafort and the like, does this give you the impression that the focus on collusion with rus
Cooperate with special counsel roblt muellers russia investigation . Playing the course. President trump abknowledges something he often does but rarely admits, hes playing golf at one of his golf courses. Why did he assure his twitter followers it would only be a quick round . And king pin of terror. A new blast of antiu. S. Rhetoric from north korea, calling america a terrorism king pin. It comes as members of north korea koreas military dig a trench and make other changes to prevent more defectors making a dash across the border. What provocation is kim jongun planning . Wolf blitzer is off. Im jim acosta. Youre in the situation room. This is cnn breaking news. We are following breaking news. The manhunt is on for the terrorist behind todays heinous attack on a mosque in egypts north sinai region. The terrorists set off explosions inside the mosque during friday prayers. Then after survivors streamed outside, gunmen opened fire on the crowd and arriving ambulances. At least 235 peop
Staff john kelly told fox news. In fact, its the complete opposite. He has evolved in the way hes looked at things. Apparently chief of staff kelly also does not think his boss is very informed when it comes to the wall. He told a room full of members of congress that the president was uninformed, his word uninformed, on the issue of the wall during the campaign. A source familiar with all of this this morning tells our Caitlin Collins that has left the president fuming ave. Listening to all that john kelly said, that he hated his comments. Caitlin collins t one who broke that news. What else are you hearing . Reporter thats right, poppy. President trump fuming saying his views on the wall had evolved since he was on the campaign now that he has taken off kelly said. Clearly weaw the result of that on twier when the president directly contradicd what his chief of staff said. Im told by sources inside the white house that the president hated john kellys comments where he said his views
[ inaudible ] again, weve said that the allegations are concerning. And if true, he should step aside. But we dont have a way to validate that, and thats something for the people of alabama to decide, which weve also said. And we maintain that. And ultimately it will come down to the people of alabama to make that decision. How can that vote in the senate be that important that you would take a gamble on somebody thats been accused of molesting kids, of harming someone whos underage . As ive said thats something for the people of alabama to decide. We find the allegations very troubling. Again, this is up to the people of alabama to make that decision. Im not a voter in alabama and cant make that decision. Why endorse him, beside youre influencing the decision by endorsing him. And secondly are you saying that no matter who runs as a member of the gop, its okay as long as you are in lock step with the president and vote like he wants . Once again, im not going to get into every person
The president was pretty definitive yesterday when he said he would pay more and his wealthy friends would pay more. So what was he referring to . Like i just said i believe his reference was to a lot of the deductions that may no longer exist that are in the current policy right now. So the president insists he and his wealthy friends would pay more under the gop plan, even though expert after expert have said the 1 would be the big winners here. You know what would answer that question pretty definitively . A look at the president s tax returns. All of this as the president of the United States is attempting to force out his own secretary of state while saying this. Do you want Rex Tillerson on the job, mr. President . Hes here. Rex is here. Well, maybe not for long. A source telling cnn the president not only wants Rex Tillerson out, he wants to publicly shame the nations top diplomat while were right in the middle of the most dangerous crisis in years with north korea and kim jongu