Charge of overseeing the Mueller Investigation. Nbc news reports, quote, president Donald Trumps legal team plans to submit answers to special Counsel Robert Mueller by thanksgiving. But the president will not be answering any questions related to obstruction of justice, which happens to be central to the investigation. The president had previously claimed he was 100 willing to sit down with the special counsel, but now hes finally admitted in a new interview with fox news, that he has no intention of talking to Robert Mueller. Is that your final position, that theres going to be no sit down interview and nothing written or in person on obstruction . I would say probably. Probably. I can change my mind, but probably. I think weve wasted enough time on this witch hunt. Anyone wondering why the president has now taken his lawyers advice to not talk to Robert Mueller in person and under oath needs only to look at the president s consistent inability to tell the truth. In that new fox news
President trump told advisors he is eager to strip more security clearances as escalating attack against foes that criticized him or played a role in the alleged interference in the 2016 election according to two white house officials. The post, josh, shares the byline, joins me now by telephone. Tell me what youre learning tonight. What were learning is the president is not done. Still actively looking to strip clearances from officials he thinks have wronged him or been at the heart of the russia investigation. We cited a list of officials who he would like. It seems that the president is determined to make that happen. So, the list that Sarah Sanders read from the podium two days ago, yesterday rather, included james clapper, former director of national intelligence, james comey, the fbi director trump fired, andrew mccabe, frequent target of the president s attacks. To your knowledge, is it people who were on that list who are next in line or could it expand beyond that . That is o
Any moment now emotional reunions are expected to take place in north korea. Dozens of families separated by the korean war will be reunited with relatives they have not seen in decades. And keep in mind these are very brief reunions lasting only three days. But with each precious hour it could be the last chance for these koreans, many of them over 80 or 90 years old, to see their loved ones. Lets go live to seoul, south korea. Our Paula Hancocks is following this story. Paula, this day and more specifically the next hour will be very important for these lucky few to see their relatives. Reporter thats right, george. If they are on schedule at this point, then the families will be sitting down at this moment with family members, as you said, they have not seen for decades. They are in north korea. They drove up early this morning. 89 families from south korea. And they will spend the next three days with family members that many of them they say they dont know if they will recognize.
The cnn newsroom starts right now. 2 00 a. M. On the u. S. East coast, the scope of destruction in the state of california is almost impossible to comprehend. The death toll continues to rise. Take a look at the map. You see the state here. These fires in both the north and south, so far theyve destroyed an area larger than chicago. The death toll across the state now stands at 80 people who have been killed, 77 of those lives lost in the camp fire in northern california. Hundreds of people there still unaccounted for. Officials warn the search for the dead and missing is painstaking, and that it is far from over. In the aftermath of so much chaos, there are incredible stories of survival. One of them involving a School Bus Driver praised for helping 22 students to escape the camp fire in northern california. Cnns paul reports how the man was able to navigate that bus and its passengers to safety. Reporter so many stories of absolutely stomachchurning despair, but heres one of great he
Said this . I can hear you. The rest of the world hears you. And the people [ cheers and applause ] and the people who knocked these buildings down will hear all of us soon. How did you feel back then . And how about on this day, nearly ten years later . Tonight i can report to the American People and to the world that the United States has conducted an operation that killed Osama Bin Laden, the leader of al qaeda. And a terrorist whos responsible for the murder of thousands of innocent men, women, and children. If you were as relieved and proud to hear president obama say those words as you were angry and proud when president bush spoke into that bullhorn, you wouldnt be alone. Osama bin laden wounded this country in a way that could not fully heal until he was captured or killed. People havent forgotten that. We havent forgotten this famous photo from the situation room as the raid on bin laden took place. Nor the sacrifices that made this moment possible. Nor the work of s. E. A. L.