Breaking news up and down the line. For the first time a trump adviser is openly and defying a subpoena from special counsel Robert Mueller. Sam nunberg refusing to testify before the grand jury on friday, refusing to turn over email conversations with roger stone, steve bannon, paul manafort, and others, even donald j. Trump. Robert mueller wants it, but today talking to cnns gloria borger, nunberg told mueller in so many words what he could do with his subpoena. They wanted it by 3 00 p. M. Today. They want me over they want me over at the grand jury. Screw that. Why do i have to go . Why . For what . That was sam nunberg speaking to gloria borger. Hes been speaking here and on other networks since mid afternoon. He said tonight on msnbc that he had been granted immunity to testify, raising the question of why he suddenly decided to snub the grand jury instead. And sam nunberg said this to the leads jake tapper about the case that he thinks Robert Mueller is building. Quote, they kno
Mueller, himself . Yeah. Fascinating day, gloria borger, appreciate it. More on the president s reaction tonight at the white house. Cnns jim acosta is there. Joins us now. Jim, just if you can just refresh our viewers on what the president said about these fbi raids. Reporter well, anderson, before i do that, i just want to tell you, i just got off the phone with a source familiar with everything thats been going on at the white house today who said that the president did not hear about this as we all heard about this earlier today when the news broke, that according to the source familiar with the situation over here, the president was informed of this raid on Michael Cohens offices by one of his aides earlier on in the day, and that these conversations as to what the president should do and how he should respond, that those conversations have been going on all day long. That we can tell you just some new information coming in to us here at cnn. Now, in terms of what the president sa
A possible interview with the special counsel. Our pamela brown joins us on that. What have you learned. Reporter the preparations have been short and informal. And include going over potential topics mueller might raise. The president has not formally agreed to a sitdown with mueller, these preparations are a sign that the president s legal team is intensifying deliberations on whether to allow him to come under muellers questioning and the clearest sign yet that trump and his team remains open with the possible interview. The sources we spoke with though, caution that the more formal lengthier proceedings to prepare for an interview have not begun yet, these are initial steps that are still in their infancy. Both white house this is entering this new phase of preparation. The president has seemed receptive to sitting for the interview. Is that still the case . Reporter the press tells us the president shows more enthusiastic outwardly. Publicly he says he would love to do the intervi
The kayak explore tool shows you the places you can fly on your budget. So you can be confident youre getting the most bang for your buck. Aloha. Kayak. Search one and done. Been quite a night. Not over yet. On the table, a sign perhaps that the president could be more in than out when it comes to possibly sitting down with Robert Mueller. Hes started prepping for it, and as you know, the stakes could not be hire. Also my conversation with another potential figure in the investigation, the selfprofessed political trickster roger stone and what he says about allegations he was a key figure in the leaking of hacked emails during the campaign. And later how russia may retaliate after the white house slaps sanctions on the kremlin in a way that directly hits Vladimir Putins inner circle, the billionaires who back him. We begin with what were learning about the president s latest homework assignment, getting ready to possibly talk to the Russia Special counsel. Pamela brown joins us now. Ta
President berated her in front of his entire cabinet. According to the New York Times, nielson reportedly drafting a Resignation Letter after what was described as a lengthy tirade in the white house from President Trump just yesterday. One source telling cnn the president was furious at the lack of progress towards securing the countrys borders. This report is just the latest example of a white house in utter turmoil. Many of the president s top advisers have been fired or resigned, several in just recent weeks. Trumps cabinet itself now holes a record for the highest turnover in a century. Just to be clear, a century is 100 years of american president ial history. Its stunning. That statistic, according to npr tonight. You see on the screen some of the key players who have been hired, fired or just gone since the president took office. Most recently the secretary of state rex tillerson. Fired va secretary david shulkin, fired health and Human Services secretary tom price, resigned, i