Welker. White house reporter ashley parker. New york times politics reporter jeremy peters. Nbc National Security and justice reporter, julia ainslie. And michael schmidt. Kristen welker, start with the news of john dowds departure. You spoke with imhad just moments ago. Give us a sense of why now and whats sense this sort of change in strategy within the president s legal team . Peter, we have confirmed this report broken by the New York Times. I spoke to john dowd very briefly. He confirmed he resigned. When i asked him why he wouldnt give any details. He said just tell people i love the president and wish him very well. Now of course, this move comes, peter, after all of the shakeup that you just mapped out and also after that weekend statement by john dowd in which he effectively called for the special counsel investigation to end. A lot of people say that was a green light for the president to go on the attack against the special counsel. So we saw all of these tweets. The preside
Well show you how. Lets get to it. Tuesday before independence. First from the fox news deck, a dozen children could have to wait for months to get out of that cave in thailand. Or attempt to save themselves. With an extremely risky rescue plan. The children and their soccer coach have been stuck in the cave for about ten days. Searchers found the boys alive yesterday and brought in food and lights at last. They were some three miles from the cave entrance. Now rescuers are deciding on their next move. They have two main choices. Option number 1, wait for the flood waters to recede in rainy season ends in mid to late october. More than three months from now. Think of it. Most likely 100 days. Children from 1116 years old in a pitch black wet cave with food and water but little more. Option number 2, teach them how to use scuba gear and swim to safety. The kids are all said to be in Good Condition considering all theyve been through. Seven Thai Navy Seals are staying with them in the ca
Another day, another high level resignation at the white house. A day after President Trump named a pick for his new chief of staff, he hopped on to twitter to announce the resignation of his interior secretary. Ryan zinke has faced multiple ethics investigations and was reportedly under pressure to step down. The Washington Post reports he was given an ultimatum to either leave by the end of the year or to be fired. Zinke joins a long list of top officials to leave the administration. You see the list of names and faces there, all people who have been shown the door. His exit comes as democrats are set to gain control of the House Committee on Natural Resources in charge of oversight of the interior. Cnns Boris Sanchez picks it up from here. Reporter we can tell you the white house was closely watching ryan zinkes departure. Hes been accused of misusing Agency Resources to advance his own personal finances. There are more than 15 different inquiries opened by the inspector general. Qu
To early start, im christine romans. Good morning, im dave briggs. It is 4 00 a. M. In the nations east. House democrats angling for their next fight with the president. They are going after his tax returns. Cnn first to report that house ways and means sent a letter to the irs wednesday. Hes citing a little known section of the irs code to request the president s personal returns from 2013 to 2018. He wants tax returns from eight of the president s business entities. The president reacting with humor and a familiar excuse. Mr. President , the chairman of the democratic ways and Means Committee moments ago asked the irs for six years of your tax returns. Is that all . Thats all. Usually its ten, so i guess theyre giving up. Until such time is im not under ordered, i would not be inclined to do that. Democrats insist the request is about oversight. Republicans see it as a political escalation. The Ranking Member of the ways and Means Committee, republican kevin brady sending a letter to
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