Intelligence chief says american democracy is under assault by President Trump. This comes after the firing of fbi director james comey and that sent shock waves still finding their level in washington. Lawmakers are calling on the president to turnover any taped conversations the president may have with james comey. President trump is also preparing for a major test this week. First foreign trip of his presidency. Lets begin our coverage with cnns joe johns live at the white house. Good morning, joe. Reporter good morning, alisyn. With the firing of the fbi director as an example, the former head of National Intelligence making an extraordinary assertion that the president of the United States himself is eroding the system of checks and balances at the core of american government. The fallout over President Trumps firing of fbi director james comey isnt going away. I think in many ways our institutions are under assault both externally ands thats the big news here is russian interfere
Of 3500 miles, possibly 4,000 miles. That means alaska could be in range. United states is strongly condemned the launch and earlier today the u. S. And south korea respond by firing missiles into south koreas waters off the east coast. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson says the launch is a quote new jessi esescalation from the threat of north korea. Nikki haley requesting a new meeting after the launch. We will keep you updated on any major developments from that meeting. Weve got it all covered today. I want to bring in nbcs Kristin Welker, following the latest from the white house, and hans nichols tracking information from the pentagon this afternoon. Ha in hans, you and i have been talking about this since it happened. This is a more serious missile. To many, this demonstrates escalation in the situation. What are you hearing from the pentagon . Well, that it is serious. Mobile. And that its new. What we have learned the last couple of hours, it was a twostage missile. One booster
Pictures of his macho pursuits on a boat and without a shirt. Is he trolling mr. Trump . We want to welcome our viewers in the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. Tonight as President Trump marks 200 turbulent days in office, hes defending his stalled agenda, attacking the news media and the u. S. Senator and denying poll numbers that show shrinking support even within his base. Mr. Trump unleashing new tweets tonight after multiple Early Morning rants, even as he declared that hes working hard at his new jersey golf club. North korea is ramping up threats against the United States, warning it will pay dearly for new United Nations sanctions on kim jonguns regime. Pyongyang accusing the u. S. Of desperate and diabolical moves that are driving the region to the brink of nuclear war. The u. N. Security Council Unanimously agreed to punish north korea for recent Ballistic Missile tests, sanctions that could cost the country a billion dollars.
Political report your, katherine ram pell, opinion writer at the with wp, msnbc terrorist analyst malcolm nance, and maya wiley, Senior Vice President of social justice at the new school. Allstar panel here. Katherine, we have the president now coming to manhattan. He is going to be addressing the u. N. For the very first time but with a message, from what we understand, of nationalism, of America First, opposite of what is typically discussed and the theme and tone at the u. N. Yes. Usually, the whole point of going to the u. N. , of participating in any sort of u. N. Activities is multilater multilateralism. That is far from what trumps message was during the campaign, far from what its been in office, of course. And the question is, is he kind of undermining his own message of America First if, in fact, we dont really have a seat at the table because we have fewer delegates going this time around, because we are in many ways withdrawing from our participation in this very Important
Headquarters. I Marcel Neville five and im eric shawn. Releasing a robo call today that was recorded by President Trump. It is most direct involvement on behalf of mr. More and more also sitting down for an interview with the local political website in alabama. He once again denies those salacious allegations saying they were simply meant to drag his name through the mud. Its part of everything, they are attacking me in that area. I understand that but its also part of the scheme of Political Parties today, political candidates in both parties, quite frankly, to degrade your opponent and to take him down so that you appear to go up. Arthel the of box Team Coverage in the birmingham covering the Doug Jones Campaign we began with jonathan covering the Roy Moore Campaign in montgomery. Jonathan. Reporter the president s message in this robo call is clear. He views this as a referendum on his agenda and he also wants to keep his Alabama Senate seat in republican hands. As for the more camp