Lifting of u. S. Sanctions in conversations with top officials including Vice President pence. The matter is now being looked at and under investigation if he actually violated any laws, all of this coming, a major setback, 25th day of the Young Administration and to lois such a valued confidant is a tough thing. Having served in the white house, the National Security adviser, the senior staff absolutely has to have confident of the president and the Vice President , and if that is broken you have to move current chief of staff as acting National Security adviser. Kellogg is one of three names being floated as possible replacements for flynn. Also topping the list you see there general David Patreus and howard, a former navy seal, a tough guy they say, they are huddling today trying to figure their way out of this and its important to also note that this is position is not subject to confirmation. Former speech writer is calling this a coverup without a crime. Lieutenant general flynn
With a policy change just revealed today. And protecting the president up and down the east coast, wherever they go. Why this administration poses the largest challenge of the modern era. The 11th hour begins now. Good evening once again from our headquarters here in new york. Day 85 of the Trump Administration. And week 12 of this Young Administration is ending with all eyes squarely on north korea. The secretive nation says it is ready to go to war with the United States if thats what President Trump wants. These are pictures from this mornings military parade. Speaking to the Associated Press there, their vice foreign minister also said President Trumps tweets are making tensions worse. Pyongyang has determined that the Trump Administration is more vicious and more aggressive than the Obama Administration. Officials are trying to determine if north korea is planning a sixth nuclear test any time over the next hours or days, for that matter. The last such test was in september of las
State. That person reports to jared. The New York Times and the Financial Times report in detail today that the preparations for the critical meeting this week with president xi of china, those prepositions are being led by jared also. Jared has been been put in charge with relations with china more broadly including preparing for the president ial meeting. He has been put in charge of u. S. Relations with canada and u. S. Relations with mexico, including building the wall. He has been put in charge of all trade deals. The Washington Post reported last week hes in charge of reimagining the veterans administration. Hes also been put in charge of the National Broad band policy and criminal Justice Reform and the rebuilding of the nations infrastructure. He also sits in on National Security Council Principles meetings when it comes time to discuss the Nuclear Threat from north korea. And now today, baghdad. Busy young man. Hopefully he was adequately prepared for all these enormous respon
To worship according to our own beliefs. That is why i will get rid of and totally destroy the Johnson Amendment and allow our representatives of faith to speak freely and without fear of retribution, i will do that, remember. Jenna we will talk a little bit more about that, in the meantime President Trump is grappling with confirmation battles over several nominees, also follow from a reportedly tense phone call with one of americas closest allies. And pushback from iran, after tough talk from the white house on that countrys band missile test, lets go to our chief White House Correspondent john roberts, who has nothing to talk about these days. John, if you can, what is the latest . Good morning to you, yes, also something to talk about, lots to talk about here. The president and the National Security council are in the deliberative process we are told at the moment, trying to figure out how to best respond to irans provocations with the missile test. The possibility they could inclu
House and the new administration. Its interesting for somebody like him to have that impressive, that powerful a political job not just because of his own ideology, his own politics or anything else you might be interested in about him, its flat out interesting for him to have such a high level in the federal government specifically because of the fact hes never had a job in politics before. At all. This is his First Time Ever working in government or politics and hes the chief strategist and Senior Adviser to the president of the united stat states. He was in the navy for a while, he worked at Goldman Sachs for a while, he made profoundly ridiculous movies for a while. He ran a right wing protrump web site until trump tapped him to run his president ial campaign this past summer. But if you go back to the mid1990s, go back to 1995 1996 p what steve bannon was doing then was living in southern california, running a small Investment Firm that focused on investing in movies and tv shows