Now, i understand you have suggested this, and we suggest things, and sometimes then we listen to people about it. And maybe they dont look so good a little later. So i just suggest we need a little less tweeting here, and a little more listening, and lets just take that off the table and move forward. All right. Thank you very much. You know, we have a number of states right now that do that. And i think with that in mind, ill call on greg abbott, the great governor of texas. Greg . So thats on the table in this hour. Less tweeting, more listening. Governor inslee joins us momentarily. Also the breaking news ahead this hour that after some delays, president Trumps Communications director and longtime confidante hope hicks is heading to the hill tomorrow, talking to the House Intelligence Committee. Also first daughter ivanka trump and what shes saying about the allegations from so many women against her dad. We begin with the breaking news on guns and reaction to it. Joining us, Washi
Im Michel Smerconish in philadelphia. Welcome to you in the United States and around the world. Former Deputy Director Andrew Mccabe fired friday night at so clock p. M. , little more than 24 hours shy of his retirement. Was this justified or political revenge . Plus, russia continues to meddle in our news cycle poisoning a former spy in the uk, infiltrating our power grid and yet when asked the white house still not sure if theyre a friend or foe. Now with special counsel mueller subpoenaing the trump files is something going to give . Ill ask Michael Isikoff. And toys are no longer us. The retail giant to shudder the stores and whos to blame . You bought toys on amazon and im out of a job. But amazon is just one of the booming Big Tech Companies along with apple, facebook and google. Youll meet the man who advocates breaking them up like ma bell with the railroads. And President Trumps lawyers taking new steps to keep adult film actress Stormy Daniels silent saying she owes 20 millio
This is a local race run by local people. They have seen a lot of elections here. They feel confident how it is going to turn out. There is 1,398 absentee and provisional ballots still being counted. Couldnt that swing to our opponent, rick saccone . Its possible. I dont know what the exact numbers are at this moment. We feel confident based on the way we have done this and our experts to get absentee ballots. Saccone said he is not giving up. Have you heard from him since you declared victory last night . No, i have not. What do you think when he says i never give up. Were fighting the fight. Well, we have known we were in a tough race for the last five months. We expected to have a good fight on our hands. We are willing to wage a good fight ourselves. So what do you think allowed you to have this incredibly close race and this probably narrow victory in this, you know, consistently red district . Well, weve been very hard. You call it a red district. I call it western pennsylvania.
President has called his vindication in the russia probe. Reporters have anticipated this for weeks. The memo written by adam schiff and his staff tries to dismantle the narrative built by the republican majority that the Obama Administration improperly surveilled the Trump Campaign. Our justice correspondent evan perez has read through the document, and cnn White House Correspondent Boris Sanchez is at the white house. Evan, lets start with you. What does this memo say . Well, this memo contradicts and tries to rebut the argument that was made by devin nunes and the republicans. They said that the Christopher Steele dossier, the dossier put together by a former british spy and paid for by the Democratic National committee and the Hillary Clinton campaign, they say that that played a crucial role in the decision to open a very intrusive surveillance of carter page, who was a former National Security adviser to the Trump Campaign. And according to this memo thats been released by the de
They have opened up the roads around the white house, and they are letting some people in and out of the white house complex, depending on their security credentials. But as you point out, this was a pretty harrowing morning and afternoon for many people around the white house. This is a very busy spot. This is a spot that many tourists come to check out the white house. And it was right before noon today where this individual came in front of the white house and fired multiple shots in an attempted suicide. That male was pronounced dead at the scene. At this point, we dont know who he is, but the secret Service Tells Us they have identified him, but theyre waiting to notify his next of kin before releasing his identity. An interesting wrinkle in the story, ana, we spotted a vehicle on the other side of where we are on 17th street, on 15th street. The other side of the white house complex, and this vehicle had alabama plates on it. And Law Enforcement on the scene told us that they wer