A big crowd, big energy but as the president prepares critics are taking aim at his record so far. Plenty of executive orders that no major legislation no obamacare replacement the former Campaign Manager Cory Lewandowski defending the commanderinchief saying he doesnt get enough credit. Time and time and time again the president executed on the promises of his Campaign Paid on top of all of that in the first month alone he brought back 300,000 jobs. Economy continues to boom because of the president s policies. Julie no coincidence tonight is also the white house Correspondents Dinner tradition dating back roughly 100 years and well President Trumps the first president to elect to miss it since president reagan back in 1981. Kevin set the scene scene for say they will and have you seen many protesters in the crowd . I hear a lot of cheers. You to hear lots of cheers. This place is about threequarters full and as you can well imagine theres than a smattering of protesters but outside a
We can each make great contributions to the other. Mr. Prime minister, i again want to thank you for being with us and being our true friend. Italy is a spectacular place. I know it well. I love the people of italy. We have 18 million italians living in the United States, people originally from italy. And its a great honor to have many of them as my friends. Thank you for being here. Thank you, mr. President. Thank you for hosting us here and an honor to be here at the white house today. Ill now speak in italian. [speaking italian]. We had a very fruitful meeting and the president reminded us with his words, this friendship is also a sign of the 18 million italian americans that have such an Important Role in our country in this country. And this friendship is witnessed also by the fact that italy so the second choice for American Students to study abroad. Were very proud of this. This confirms the importance that the United States gives to the cultural dimension of our country as the
President trump tests u. S. Defenses and promises action. Kim jongun now claiming all 50 states are potential nuclear targets. And russia retal yates. Vladimir putin orders the u. S. To slash his diplomatic staff on his turf, hitting back at new sanctions. Well take a closer look at the impact of an aggressive move with echos of the cold war. We want to welcome our viewers in the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. Announcer this is cnn breaking news. Breaking tonight, Anthony Scaramucci forced out as Communications Director only ten days after he was hired. Sources tell cnn the president soured on scaramucci and the president s chief of staff john kelly wanted him removed after he unleashed a vulgar tie raid against two white house officials. Also the white house says scaramucci has no role in the administration. We are told he was escorted off the white house grounds. Retired general kelly clearly is trying to take charge of the turbulent
Guam. A plan they say will be ready in the next few days. So with the standoff escalating, what happens next . Lets get right to cnns chief National Security correspondent jim sciutto and robin wright, joint fellow at the institute of peace and the Woodrow Wilson center. Good evening to both of you. So good to have you on. Jim, im going to start with you tonight. North korea has issued a new response to the president. Heres what it says. U. S. President at a golf range again let out a load of nonsense about fire and fury, failing to grasp the ongoing grave situation. It seems that he has not yet understood the statement. Sound dialogue is not possible with such a guy bereft of reason and only absolute force can work on him. I mean, thats a pretty strong statement, and theyre threatening to launch four missiles near guam. This all crosses the president s red line. So what now . What happens next . Youre right. Its the second time in 24 hours since the president made that statement that
President trump warns the u. S. And allies will never be intimidated, saying the u. S. Has effective and overwhelming options against north korea. And deal with it. His base may be up in arms over the president s talks with democrats, but the white house says President Trump still supports making a deal with dreamers as long as it boosts Border Security. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. This is cnn breaking news. Breaking news. Britain has just raised its Terror Threat level to critical, meaning another attack is considered imminent after a bombing on a London Underground train. 29 people were hurt in what police say was a terrorist incident. A manhunt is under way with hundreds of detectived backed by britains intelligence service. Sources say the device had a timer and likely contained the explosive tatp. President trump is blaming radical islamic terrorism. He suggested the perpetrators were in the sights of Scotland Yard. Britains Prime Minister said such speculation i