2020 democratic candidate mayor buttigieg is here. Plus on your mark, as the president gears up for the official campaign launch, polls show him losing to democrats in key states. With the stage set for the democratic debates, one candidate makes the case that he, not the democrats frontrunner, is best to take on trump. Im going to focus on the future. 2020 democratic contender beto orourke joins us exclusively. Hello and happy fathers day. Im jake tapper in washington where the state of our union is still able to be shocked. This morning a brandnew controversy involving President Trump, russia and the press. This time over a New York Times report that the u. S. Government is ramping up Cyber Attacks on russias power grid. The times notes the president has not been briefed in detail about the effort because of broad concerns he might counter mand it or discuss it with foreign officials. Overnight the president tweeted the story is, quote, not true. And he accused the New York Times of
Use. Its benwednesday, is a big announcement coming . You beto believe it. Good evening, welcome to meet the press daily. We have a lot to get to this hour, all signs are pointing to beto orourke announcing tomorrow morning. His team is asking for people to help with dex messaging tomorrow morning. A piece has come out about him right now. It is a photo spread, by the way, and he will be in iowa tomorrow. We have breaking news after the president ordered all 737 max 8 and 9 jets be grounded, we have more from the admissions fraud case and i will speak with a former education secretary that says the whole system has been run on lies. We begin with the president and his former campaign chief Paul Manafort. A federal judge said this today in washington, an added 3. 5 years to years to his sentence. The judge ripped into manafort for lying to the special council and ripped into the president s behavior. And then it was mayhem because after she rebuked Paul Manafort and President Trumps mis
Show him losing to democrats in key states. With the stage set for the democratic debates, one candidate makes the case that he, not the democrats frontrunner, is best to take on trump. Im going to focus on the future. Contender beto orourke joins us exclusively. Hello and happy fathers day. Im jake tapper in washington where the state of our union is still able to be shocked. This morning a brandnew controversy involving President Trump, russia and the press. This time over a New York Times report that the u. S. Government is ramping up Cyber Attacks on russias power grid. The times notes the president has not been briefed in detail about the effort because of broad concerns he might counter mand it or discuss it with foreign officials. Overnight the president tweeted the story is, quote, not true. And they accused the New York Times of a virtual act of treason which is an odd charge if the story is accurate. But beyond that, it is chilling for the president of the United States to ac
Alongside dana bash and d. Lemon. Wolf, so many candidates on stage. Pressure has to be on, because lets be honest, if you dont break through tonight and get into the main dialogue, you may not get another chance. So as weve seen in past debates, you want to make a name or a move, often it is going to be an attack. What will that be . Well know in just a couple of hours. So right now lets start to get into our coverage of what is going on. The clock is ticking. Lets get right to cnns jeff zeleny inside of the debate hall. So, jeff, for the leaders and laggards alike, tonight very big. Reporter chris, no question about it. This is a the last debate for some of the candidates. We dont know which candidates those will be. But all eyes will be on the center of the stage as you said where Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren are going to be. And they will be flanked by other candidates with moderate positions. That is going to be the heart of this debate. The ideological divide inside of thi
About this and also whats happening with Hurricane Dorian which has made landfall as a cat 5 in the bahamas. It is a busy day and i know all of the gun violence in the country is important to you. Listening to the governor there, and i know you recall his tweet from 2015 where he said, texas, im embarrassed to hear that youre number two in gun sales in this country. Do better. Yeah. Behind the state of california at the time. He did make that we have to do better. Didnt sound as if it was a little well, one might suggest he was doing that tongue in cheek. Almost in the spirit of a governors that will you know, or mayors in the super bowl contest. You can say maybe that was the intent but the message is not lost that that is where his heart and his focus lies. He says hes going to join together with Law Enforcement and look for solutions right now. But there are a number of solutions that were passed by Texas State Legislature in june that were put into effect today. None of which one c