Or say to her. Yeah, what requecan you say t im sorry. Im sorry. I wouldnt want it done to me. Im sorry. More Kara Mcdougal tonight. Thatt thats ahead. And the naming of john bolton as mcmasters replacement. Something the white house said last week was not happening. Sarah, you took to twitter last night to ensure the public that mcmasters job was safe. But has the president spoken directly to mcmaster, carson, scholtens to tell them that their jobs were at stake . I spoke directly to the president last night. He asked me to pass that message along to general mcmaster. Well, that was the old message. The new message is more like thanks and good luck. The latest from jeff zeleny whos at the white house. So sarah sanders, that was a week ago, what happened . Reporter a lot of things happens in six days, one of the things that happened was the leak of the phone call of the president with vladimir putin. His National Security advisers giving him a message, do not congratulate putin. He did
To our viewers here in the u. S. And around the world, welcome to the lead im jim sciutto in for jake tapper. Breaking news in our politics lead. Brandnew cnn polls revealing how americans feel about president Donald Trumps time in office, this in the wake of the 12 punch to his presidency. The bob woodward book fear, and on oped but an unnamed Senior Member of his administration. President trumps Approval Rating has fallen six points in the last month to just 36 approving the way President Trump is handling his job. The president s favorability rating, a measure of whether people like him or not, has also taken a hit. 61 now say they have an unfavorable view of the president. That is the worst level since trump was elected. And when it comes to that bombshell New York Times oped, a majority, that is 58 , say the author should publicly identify themselves. And 55 think it is appropriate or rather inappropriate, for an Administration Official to work against the agenda of the president.
Backup plan if the president s pick to run the cia gina haspel if that falls through the president is rallying and ramping up support today. First lets go to Caitlyn Collins at the white house with more. Lets begin with Rudy Giuliani and the russia probe. What is the president saying this morning . Reporter the president was actually relatively silent about all of this over the weekend. His lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, certainly was not. He did several interviews in an attempt to clarify the bombshell remark he made about the president reimbursing Michael Cohen for the president made to Stormy Daniels. After the president said friday that Rudy Giuliani needed to get up to speed Rudy Giuliani was quoted as saying i havent been able to read the 1. 2 million documents in relation to the special counsels investigation and saying im focussed on the law rather than facts right now. He continued the whole situation of the 130,000 doesnt require an analysis of the facts because it wasnt intended as
The russians literally say there is nothing to see here. They claim there was no chemical attack by their syrian allies. Overnight somebody responded. Russia and syria say israeli war planes fired missiles at a base. The president meets with his cabinet shortly and his National Security advisers first day on the job. You get the sense this is a day of enormous consequence. Lets begin in damascus. The russians say there was no chemical attack despite the pictures we have all seen. Reporter one of the interesting things that has happened since this attack took place is that the area under rebel control has since falling to the other side. Russians are moving in. It is interesting because russianing as are saying they h teams on the ground and find no trace of use of chemicals. That flies in the face of some videos that we are about to show. We have to warn our viewers that they are graphic and disturbing and very important to see. All of this apparently happened at 8 00 p. M. On saturday
If Michael Cohen flips, he knows all the secrets. He knows all the dirt. This may open up a wide universe of illegal conduct. Good morning to you. This morning the United States is promising to keep up pressure on syria after launching a military attack on the country overnight. Want to show you some of the latest pictures were getting in from syria and whats on the ground there. American, french, and british warships and planes targeted sites connected to syrias Chemical Weapons Program just days after dozens of innocent people were killed in a suspected chemical attack. Syria is claiming it intercepted some missiles. These are some of the new pictures showing what is left there. At least in one city in syria. The british Prime Minister this morning calling the strikes successful. Russia has called a meeting of the United Nations Security Council over what it calls an act of aggression. President trump says hes prepared to continue the strikes if necessary. New video just in, some of