Wanted to have them all in this same meeting in the same room here to discuss all this with the president. But still, even though the vote is scheduled for this evening, expected this evening, other republicans im talking to here and on capitol hill say they would nobt at all surprised if it was set aside or pushed back. That happens, thats a sign there is a big problem. John . Thats an understatement to say the least. Jeff zeleny at the white house. Lets bring it into the room. House Speaker Paul Ryan was supposed to speak to reporters this morning. Hes delayed that until this afternoon. Horse trading behind closed doors, wheeling and dealing, the very thing republicans criticize the democrats for doing when they passed obamacare but well put that aside for a second. What does this tell you that the president is meeting and gets a standing ovation from members of the House Freedom caucus who at the moment you can make the case are undermining the president on priority number one becau
In both directions, major thoroughfare, takes people into the city and out to new jersey. Three lanes in each direction, sometimes four lanes. Next to that is a popular, wellknown, longestablished bike path. Its not a path. Its a Concrete Street but only for bikes. It is separated by a median between the West Side Highway and the bike path. There is a median in the middle with trees, sometimes just a curb but always a separation. To the right is the highway, to the left is the bike path. We are looking north. A truck got into that bike path and began mowing down pedestrians and bicyclists. The hudson river to the right, new jersey. These are all victims. At latest report from the authorities, this white truck, this home depot rental truck, not one driven by a home depot
trying to piece together what happened as you said, this does appear to be an Act Of Terror. Everything that the witnesses observed is consistent with an Act Of Terror. None of the authorities going on camera here at th
Chance to be briefed by the u. S. Pacific command and made his way over to the Pearl Harbor Memorial with the first lady. It will be interesting to see what that conversation was like after they had a chance to sort of absorb all that. Now, at the top of the agenda, of course, is lots that the president is going to try to get done here as he makes his way through asia. A number of important stops along the way and north korea and the threats theyre posing, and south korea. The president will be in search of a united front before going to china where hell try to get president xi to get together on pyongyang. Ivanka trump batting leadoff, giving a speech in tokyo on friday before having dinner with the Prime Minister of this country shinzo abe. Thats before the president s visit and the stops wont overlap, but white house officials acknowledge that hers is a value added element to the trip especially as she keeps the focus on women in business. Now, elizabeth. You made an important point
there s terrorism nex us is in terms of the war in the middle east or a domestic terror nex us is related to radicalization on the home front. so lots to wait for. this is rare to have a series of planning for a suicide attack that would then result the in a mass casualty event without some particular motivation that maybe extends beyond personal or mental depression or something else. we are expecting this news conference shortly. one of the big questions is this still a domestic terror investigation and if so, why. the answer could be coming within minutes. thank you so much. thank you. still ahead for us, donald trump s lawyers are expected to appeal both colorado and maine s
heightened alert right now, as we have been talking for several weeks now hours into the new year. thank you. with us now is senior national security analyst, former assistant secretary of homeland security. the detail here s, a car crash outside a new year s eve concert, gas stcanisters found, note find in the hotel room. fill in the blanks here. what raise this is now to a terror investigation? what does that change? so right now, it would change in terms of the lead investigator. right now, it will be the fbi. and that s right. they can always ratchet down. first of all, this is premeditated. just given the suicide note, but also earlier reporting of talk of potentially a rental car. so that is an attribute used by