once. we will see if it plays out this way. i would also say jake, it raises the question, he is the front runner, what if donald trump is not the nominee, would biden reconsider the reelection effort if that s the key rationale? because it s the kind of admission a candidate should be making? it will provide donald trump an opportunity here to talk about joe biden being more focused about him than anything else but if joe biden s critical mission of this time is starting to piece back his coalition of voters, some of which he has seen a diminishing support, reminding them of the contrast with donald trump and that donald trump is the target, could help rally the troops if you will. interesting, stick around, would be in kristin and michael, the former special assistant, you worked for president biden, you ve heard him say this before behind closed doors, have you heard him say that, and i surprised he admitted this to people outside of the white house? we always heard
So who really does speak for the president . And the israeli Prime Minister arriving in washington to start a new relationship with the white house. Iran, hezbollah, syria and settlements. There is plenty to discuss. This story begins at the end of december. President obama had just imposed new sanctions on russia in retaliation for moscow hacking the election. Donald trumps senior Foreign Policy advisor, general mike flynn, hopped on the phone with russias ambassador to discuss the penalty. Now us law bars any private citizen from conducting Foreign Policy. But the greater mistake was to mislead the Vice President. The National Security advisor told mike pence that sanctions never came up in his calls with the Russian Ambassador. Not true. The conversation had been bugged by us intelligence, disproving the generals account. In his resignation letter, flynn sai, unfortu nately, because of the fast pace of events, i inadvertently briefed the Vice President elect and others with incomple
Im wolf blitzer in the situation room. Erin burnett out front starts right now. Donald trump taking aim at americas generals. Hillary clinton says no more troops in iraq as polls show trumps lead shrinks. Plus the Putin Obsession is, is it a smart political move or is trump being played . What is aleppo . The three words haunting gary johnson tonight. Lets go out front. Good evening, im erin burnett. Bitter battle, Hillary Clinton, donald trump in the biggest clash of the campaign so far launching nasty personal attacks on who is fit to lead america at war. Tonight clinton slamming trump saying hes scary and dangerous. Its hard to forget what trump did last night. It was a test and he failed it. He trash talked about americas generals saying that they have been, quote, reduced to rubble. He suggested he would fire them all and hand pick his own generals, since he knows so much about what it takes to be a general. Trump firing back citing clintons use of her private email server saying
Who is our person of the week. Good evening and its great to have you with us on a friday night. We end the week with the breaking headline from the white house. President trump demanding the resignation of tom price, the secretary of health and Human Services is out. Hell be replaced at midnight tonight comes after Spending Hundreds of thousands of dollars of your money on luxury jets and that list of Cabinet Members under fire for spending is growing. Epa chief scott pruitt. Treasury secretary Steve Mnuchin, interior secretary ryan zinke and Top Republicans are demanding an investigation and mary bruce on how much of your money taxpayer dollars has been spent and the questions now mounting tonight. Reporter as he boarded Air Force One tonight, it sounded like the president had made up his mind about Health Secretary tom price. Im disappointed in him. Hes a good man, but im disappointed in him. Reporter just minutes
before, abcs jon karl asked the president if price was going to last.
American taxpayers more than a Million Dollars. Earlier white house tried to downplay its role. To be clear, white house doesnt have role on the front end of approving private Charter Flights. Thats agencies and something were looking into from this point forward and asked a halt to be put particularly at ahs on any Charter Flights moving forward. White house may not approve but played a role in travel costs overall. Approved the use of Military Aircraft for prices trips to africa, europe and asia to tune of half a Million Dollars. Adding to the cost. Price reimbursing government about 52,000. Inspector general is investigating whole mess but in case of private jets, anyone can figure out how outrageous the
travel costs were. 300 to fly commercial from washington to nashville. He took a private plane at more than 17,000. At least 20 trips. Including a flight from washington to philadelphia, can drive in 2 1 2 hours or train for 72. This is just the spending that price railed against un