take another look. why the worse is yet to come. you re in the situation room. threats facing the united states. from russia to iran, north korea income and isis the intelligence communities outline many publish testimony differs sharply from the president s own declarations. even the senate republican leader today issued a sharp rebuke to the president by pushing the amendment urging that u.s. troops stay in syria and afghanistan. it comes a mt. trufrpt s
will suffer subzero temperatures. we will tell where and when the snow, the ice, the bitter cold hitting the hardest. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you are in the situation room. top u.s. intelligence officials are openly contradicting president trump s assessment of some of america s most dangerous adversaries. the intel chiefs telling congress that isis is far from being defeated, that north korea isn t likely to give up its nuclear weapons and that russia s interference in u.s. politics is an ongoing threat with the 2020 election at risk. in another rebuke of the president s global policy, mitch mcconnell is now urging u.s. forces to stay in syria and afghanistan. also tonight, longtime trump ally roger stone will return to court in washington on friday after pleading not guilty to
president. he can agree with it or veto it and send it back to us for further action. there is no doubt that the president is going to be in touch with members of the conference committee from his side of the aisle i m sure and legislative people will be in touch. i was on the appropriations committee for many many years. obviously you re in touch with the administration and you know if it s not your administration they are in touch and many times in touch with you. i m sure the white house is going to be watching this. the issue is whether or not if they say they agree that they stick with what they agree to. let s see what happens. the house majority leader, thanks for joining us. thank you very much. up next from isis to iran, from russia to north korea in intelligence chiefs on the global threats to the united states, is he listening as
emergency, assuming there s no deal worked out between the democrats and the republicans. go ahead and use other money in the government to try to build his wall. what s intriguing to me, when the intelligence chiefs were testifying before the senate, they spoke about the major national security threats facing the united states, whether iran or north korea or whatever. they never mentioned what s going on between the along the border between the united states and mexico. i will tell you an intel chief who did, that s el chapo. one of the biggest narco terrorists. what did he say? drugs come through legal ports of entry. they don t come through the desert. if you look at what happened today in terms of the gap between the president and intel chi chiefs, they said something different on isis, north korea, russia. they will say something different on intel. they would say stuff as people in the administration of earlier said, stuff comes through legal ports of entry, places where peop
threats to the u.s., contradicting president trump at nearly every turn. the director of national intelligence told lawmakers the terror group isis remains a potent threat. remaining pockets of isis and opposition fighters will continue, we agree, we assess, to stoke violence. isis is intent on resuresurging. reporter: the assessment stood in contract with the president s rosier claims. we have won against isis. we have beaten them and we have beaten them badly. reporter: coats seemed to differ with the president on north korea, six months after mr. trump tweeted there s no longer a nuclear threat from north korea, coats told congress that s not quite the case. reality check coming weeks before the president is set to meet once again with dictator kim jong-un. we currently assess that north korea will seek to retain its wmd capabilities and is unlikely to completely give up its nuclear weapons and