so i would expect a civil suit to be appropriate in this matter, yes. all right. always appreciate your perspective. thank you for taking the time to be with us. thank you for having me. it s important to point out that that report that former officer oliver had ptsd was from his parents to the daily mail. cnn has not been able to independently confirm that, but we continue to work on that story. let s turn now to congress and the democrats, who say the future of the republican party is at risk over the gop s health care bill. this as the bill faces really a tough battle in the senate. also, controversy over president trump s second pick for army secretary forces mark green to withdraw his name. now, concerns about the white house s vetting process. you haven t noticed me in two years. i was in a coma. well, i still deserve appreciation. who was there for you when you had amnesia? you know i can t remember that. stop this madness. if it s appreciation you want
frightening development in thinks al qaeda is gets closer to having such a bomb. thank you for that. new this morning, president trump has just officially added a may 25th nato summit to his schedule. in a statement, the white house said the president will, quote, reaffirm our strong commitment to nato. president trump has been relentlessly critical of nato allies for failing to pay their fair share of the alliance s costs. all of this as they scramble for new dates for a nato meeting of foreign ministers after secretary of state rex tillerson s plans to skip that gathering came to light. tillerson is set to host the chinese president gee zing ping in washington during that meeting then he flies to russia the following week. the plans have confused many nato alliances who question priorities. and later secretary of state john kerry will be hosting foreign ministers and senior leaders from arnold the world. all 68 nations from the global
funny, they tried to pin gorsuch down on torture, all the while torturing him for ten hours. welcome back to early start. i m dave briggs. and i m christine romans. just 29 minutes past the hour. president trump bringing his patented brand of hard sale to capitol hill. he s trying to coax reluctant republicans to vote for the american health care act, repealing obamacare. in an all hands, closed-door meeting for house republicans, the president said a loss just isn t acceptable, he called out mark meadows by name. meadows is the chairman of the ultra conservative house freedom caucus. trump predicted meadows and the caucus will get on board. hours later the president repeated that call for party unity at the national congressional committee dinner. the american people voted for historic change. and they also voted for serious action.
this latest coming in the wake of white house in which comey confirmed there is an ongoing investigation into the ties to russia. the stock market at a major turning point. unrelenting optimism over president trump s policies colliding with the realities of washington. that has caused fear to creep into the market. look at this, the dow tumbling 238 points. the s&p 500 shedding 1.25%. that marks the first drop of more than 1% in the last 161 days. there hasn t been a drop of more than 1% going all the way back to early october. so really reversing a trend here. the nasdaq was the biggest loser down 1.8%. those losses driven by tech someplace of the hottest names facing losses. facebook down 1%. amazon down 1.6%. netflix, and wall street just a
friday afternoon could be decent weather. we ll follow that carefully and we ll watch the temperatures today drama off sharply from the mid-80s in atlanta to about 70 grease in new york. down to the mid-30s. but the seven-day forecast has it all for you. getting up to 60 or so degrees on saturday. and then come right back down into the lower 40s early next weekend. we need to get to 60 and stay there. these little teases are brutal. i know, i m done with winter. a funny moment in the oval office. it happened as president trump signed a nasa bill when things took a bit of a turn. ongoing medical monitoring and treatment of heroic astronauts for health conditions that result from their service. a pretty tough job. i don t know, ted, would you like to do it? i don t think i would. march tha martha, would you want to do it?