Atlanta. Newsroom star newsroom starts right now. Another Trump Administration official is out of a job as the president ramps up his battle over border security. U. S. Homeland security secretary Kirstjen Nielsen resigned saturday. President donald trump announced her depart or on twitter. Nielsen was the face of the white house immigration policies on the border, including the controversial separation of Migrant Children from their parents. Nielsen will stay on until wednesday to help the transition for her replacement. The u. S. President named kevin mcleanian, i should say, the current customs and Border Protection commissioner, as the acting secretary for the department. Now, this comes just days after the president made decisions signaling an even tougher immigration stance. Yeah, they were moves that took nielsen by surprise. Boris sanchez has the details. Reporter according to a source close to Kirstjen Nielsen, she did not resign willingly. The source indicates that nielsen wa
Some breaking news. We begin with these pictures coming to us at a hostage situation in a subject bosch of atlanta, this is stockbridge, georgia, henry county, georgia. Police here say it started with what appeared to be a domestic incident of some sort. According to the local newspaper, henry county newspaper, they call it the henry herald, police came out to call about an unresponsive woman. While an officer was checking her out, somebody opened fire. When another officer ran to help, the gunman shot him, too. We dont know the officers conditions. Were still waiting for that. Heres the location on the map. Police report the gunman is right now barricaded in a home along with a 16yearold male who is considered a hostage. So theres a gunman and a 16yearold in a house. They believe the gunman has shot a couple of Police Officers. Authorities are negotiating and trying to keep anything from escalating here. Trying to get them the man to release the teenager. Again, this is stockbridge ju
Nick miulvaney is reacting to that. Keep in mind they knew they are not going to get these taxes. They what the law is, that one of the fundamental principles of the irs is to protect the confidentiality of it you and me and everyone who files a tax return. You believe the democrats will never see the president s tax returns . Oh, no, never. Nor should they. That is not going to happen and they know it. This is a political stunt by my former colleagues. Never is a big shift from this. If i decide to run for office ill produce my tax returns, absolutely. Im releasing when were finished with the audit. I will release my tax returns against my lawyers wishes when she releases her 33,000 emails. Ill release them when the you had a sit completed. As soon as thats finished, whatever that maybe, and hopefully it will be before the election. Im fine with t. President trumps attorney is also weighing in saying democrats are trying to use the irs as a political weapon. Lets check in with cnns Wh
Legally i cannot do this. Theyre looking for someone to do their bidding at dhs. Thats one of the reasons they push her out, she wasnt willing to. How does that make sense . He wants Kirstjen Nielsen to stop migrants from coming to the border. How would that work . How is she supposed to be a superhero and fend everyone off . Its not a superhero. Its a law breaker. U. S. Law says you can come and present yourself. This is what this country is founded on, we accepted people from other countries, theres benefits to people coming. Immigration is a good thing, illegal immigration is not. I dont want to give her a pass on this because she is the woman who enforced the zero tolerance policy. And claimed it didnt exist. And claimed it didnt exist. We had thousands of families they wouldnt account for, pictures of kids in cages. According to reporting, the one time trump gave her an atta boy is when they used teargas on the migrants. I dont think she deserves a pass here. The idea that somehow
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