backed off. a source tells cnn that white house counsel don mcgann refused that order. it could be a key piece of evidence for special counsel as they try to decide whether or not they re looking at obstruction of justice. there is a legal debate how significant this might be to the investigation. but there is no debate that if the story is true, and cnn has confirmed them, the white house and the president lied about whether the president ever considered firing bob mueller. they lied repeatedly. in the midst of all of this, cnn learned the president is growing increasingly frustrated with chief of staff john kelly who did not travel with the president to davos. he s not there. in about an hour, the president will address leaders at the world economic forum. we will bring you that when it happens. jeff he zelly live in davos with breaking news reporter: john, good morning. there are new questions about
president to davos. instead, visiting the holocaust memorial museum in washington today. the first lady then making an unannounced trip to florida. her plane arriving at the airport in west palm beach. the white house not commenting on her trip. to other news tonight. the developing story in houston at this hour. the father taken captive during a home invasion, then shot and killed as fbi agents were raiding the home. abc s marcus moore, from texas tonight. reporter: tonight, the fbi investigating what went wrong in the raid that left a kidnapped father dead. it sounded like an explosion and that was like about 3:00, 4:00 this morning. reporter: agents storming a house after tracking the suspects down. requesting ems at the location. reporter: the fbi admitting at least one of their agents fired a weapon in the ensuing chaos, but it s unclear if those shots killed the victim. a shooting incident review team will also look into the matter, as is protocol with any agent-inv
i haven t seen them. but go back to what he said earlier, highest corruption at the fbi. that s his words, corruption. based on a piece of a text with no context and the fact that someone told him that the fbi conducts off-site meetings. ali makes the right point. this is a u.s. senator. it s not, no offense to me, someone just talking on television. they re looked to lead and set an example of how we conduct ourselves when we possess pieces of information but not the whole picture. yeah, you can t do stuff like this. he should know better. this conversation obviously is raised to the level in which the president was asked about this, head iing out to davos. he was asked if he, himself, trusted the fbi.
departing on marine one, zürich, en route to davos. when he arrives in davos he will be the first us president to attend the world economic forum since bill clinton in 2000. the president will be promoting america first but not america alone. i m going to davos to get people to invest in the united states, come into the united states with plenty of money but i don t think i have to go because they are coming at a fast clip. reporter: the president travels to davos with confidence in the us economy. a fox news poll shows 40% of americans believe the trump administration is making the economy better. when the president joined 70 other heads of state in davos he will face the resistance from those like germany s angela merkel who take issue with his america first agenda calling a right-wing populism. this generation after the
he will have some support in davos. he will meet with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. the two will discuss iran and middle east peace. thank you so much. a handful of city mayors in this country boycotting an important meeting about economic and safety issues at the white house because the trump administration s views on think joyce it is, donald trump lashing out at the no-shows after the justice department threatened to subpoena sanctuary cities. sanctuary cities are the best friend of gangs and cartels like ms 13, you know that. the result, the death rate around sanctuary cities in and around americans is unacceptable. a number of the biggest cities in the country, new york city of democratic mayor bill diblasio calling the doj s move racist tweeting it doesn t make