The thumb of john mccain, that is, an opposable dagger in republican efforts to repeal and rae place obamacare after midnight after being cornered by colleagues, called by the president himself, the senator from arizona voted no on what kpob the republicans last best chance to overhaul obamacare. He did it with a simple thumbs down. That thumb not just casting judgment on Health Care Reform but perhaps on the entire trump presidency. Yeah. Presidency that seems less focussed on policy than personality. A white house consumed with itself, senior advisers hurling fbombs at each other. The another saying he likes to blank his own blank. We dont even know if steve ban non can touch his own toes. All this as the republican agenda withers in the shadows. The this is a huge moment for health care and the presidency. As we speak, House Republicans are meeting right now to try to figure out what to do next. We got a lot to cover. Let us begin with Cnns Phil Mattingly on capitol hill where hes b
Picture are President Trump and Vice President pence. There was the firing of james comey in may, the russian thing was on the president s mind. And then there was the implosion of the mooch. What does it all mean for the Trump White House . Chaos paralleled the governing chaos. We have a panel to talk about that tonight. We begin with Donald Trumps First National security advisor, remember him, general Michael Flynn was an attack dog during the campaign. Lets watch and listen. We do not need a reckless president who believes she is above the law. Lock her up. Thats right. Yep, thats right. Lock her up. Im going to tell you what, if i, a guy who knows this business, if i did a tenth of what she did, i would be in jail today. Well, the irony must have been lost on him. Hours after flynn was canned on february 13th the New York Times reported the acting attorney general informed the Trump White House late last month that she believed Michael Flynn had miss misled Senior Administration of
bring you people who can give you information about targets because they re going to shut up. cut to the question. get schooled on foreign affairs, new jersey governor chris christie has been consulting the former secretaries of state henry kissinger and condoleezza rice. there are a lot of republican who is still believe that even with chris christie in the running jeb is still the one with the best shot at beating hillary. open question about what a federal crime potentially committed? i d love to say i missed you but i didn t. not even a week after chris christie s sin city getaway and the launch of the taxpayer-funded effort to revive christie s national political standing, we are learning federal prosecutors have upped the ante in their investigate into bridgegate. today there are new reports that the port authority official at the center of the lane closures, david wildstein, met for several days with federal prosecutors as esquire magazine reports that
0 the gophers! the little brown, fury rodents. we can do that. we don t even have to have a reason. i think we ve all learned something tonight about staying calm, take things in stride, and realize that sometimes a bad day at work is just par for the course on the ridiculist. that does it for us. see you again one hour from now at 10:00 p.m. we ve got a good group tonight. piers morgan live starts now. this is piers morgan live. welcome to our viewers around the state and around the world. you re looking live sat chris christie bridge over troubled waters and tonight those waters are getting even more troubled. bridgegate is a growing headache for the big man and the governor faces a new scandal tonight, allegations that he used snowstorm sandy relief money to produce tourism ads starring himself and his family. tonight i ll talk to the lawmakers leading the bridgegate allegation, and the woman who ran against christie and lost. and this is a blockbuster that roger ailes doesn
0 of course, we should never forget the american forces we lost over the past year. we can only hope they know and knew the depths of our gratitude for their service and sacrifice. that s it for the lead. happy new year to you. thanks for watching. i now turn you over to dana bash, who is filling in for wolf blitzer in the situation room. happening now, red-hot danger. new information about a fiery train crash that s driving home growing fears about railroad safety. plus, ready for rescue. will dozens of researchers trapped in the antarctic be airlifted soon? and new year s fireworks. we ll show you a celebration of 2014 unlike any other. wolf blitzer is off. i m dana bash. you re in the situation room. right now, residents are being allowed to return to a small north dakota town where an oil train crash triggered explosions and a huge fireball. hundreds of people were evacuated after warnings that the fumes might be dangerous. chris lawrence is here with an update on t