About his border wall and it will cost 50 million to build it. Well talk about that. He said hiss daughter, ivanka talked to him about images of children well over 2,000 of them so far, being separated from their parents. Some of those children held in cages. Some housed in this city along the southern border. The president s daughter has so far remained silent publicly, when so many others, including the president s supporters had been speaking out. If youre attempted with misinformation coming your way to think this cant be as heartless as it seems, listen to trumps loyalist. I read today about a 10yearold girl with Downs Syndrome who was taken from her mother and put in a cage. Did you say whomp whomp to a 10yearold you can say how dare you, how absolutely dare you sir . There is a word for that. That word is disgraceful. But make no mistake, this is happening because its what President Trump wants. This is what donald trump wants. He can put a stop to all of this at any time, right
Russias top diplomat summing up the meeting with near xoouberation calling it better than super. So if its better than super for russia what did the u. S. Agree to, and what did we get out of it . We and most of the senior members of the government are still waiting for answers to those questions from the white house. And the while we wait, more news coming from moscow today. Cnn learning about a highlevel u. S. Russia phone call that took place and learned it from a kremlin website between secretary of state mike pompeo who spoke with the foreign minister of russia, Sergey Lavrov. They talked about the socalled american initiative, its said, and a normalization of relations. With all of this swirls, where is President Trump today . At his new jersey golf course declaring war over a secretly taped conversation by michael cohen, his former fixer and lawyer. The president tweeting today, its inconceivable that a lawyer would tape a client. Go to cnns ryan nobles near the president s golf
This morning pope francis celebrated Christmas Mass at the vatican. Later in his messam in st. Peters square he also wished for, quote, fraternity among individuals of every nation and culture. Quite a message this morning. There is an extra reason to celebrate in iraq. For the first time in that nations history, the Iraqi Government has marked Christmas Day as a national holiday. Country is still home to some 300,000 christians. Merry christmas in england, Queen Elizabeth and the royal family spent their Christmas Morning celebrating mass. Newlyweds prince harry and Meghan Markle are spending their first christmas as husband and wife and they are set to welcome their first child in the spring and the queen is expected to deliver their christmas message to the nation in a tradition in the next hour. A bit of a tradition in australia and the southern hemisphere, for many christmas means a day at the beach decked out in santa hats and christmas cheer. Thousands spending the holiday in th
In law enforcement. He was a marine. He does corporate security and hes not the kind of person who would stumble into a strange environment or make poor choices that would cause him risks but he wouldnt have made choices that have gotten him sideways of the russian government or espionage act. He was a marine and has traveled to russia multiple times and hes now a Global Security director for a private firm which he joined in 2017. The family did not know about the spy accusations until yesterday morning when russias Counterintelligence Agency reported he was in custody. Martin savidge is standing by. Has any of the family been able to speak with him since he was detained in russia . No, pamela, they have not. Thats a grave concern for them right new. You talk about how youve got this kind weird dichotomy where they find out hes alive, thank goodness and find out hes in custody and charged with spying. It was a real whiplash for them. Theyre waiting for u. S. Officials in russia from t
Ungulfed in a scandal over racially charged images and in the case of Lieutenant Governor, alleged sexual assault. Its not just democrats now. Republican senator issuing this statement. The issue of black face is abhorrent in our society. Of one of seven working on a 359page year book. I cannot associate myself with every photo entry or word on each page. He said the richmond dismatch that he didnt appear in the photos and didnt take the racially offensive photos but on and on we go. The photos in question in this case cover the 1968 Virginia Military Institute Year book. It follows on the heels of other allegations of other controversial issues that trans invented the parties and have people asking what is it with virginia . This is a crucial state politically. Its 13 electoral votes are highly prized. Recent years, its gone very democratic. Howard franklin is here, ned ryan is here with us. Steph, ill begin with you. Your take on this widening scandal or controversy. The pecking orde