Dont have clean Drinking Water or electricity in puerto rico. As cnn gets a rare and stunning perspective at the scope of the damage. Good afternoon, everyone. Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. Were going to begin with the politics lead today in another jambacked day at the white house. A Bipartisan Health care deal that the president seemed to support just yesterday, he is now slamming today, seeming to effectively kill that deal before it really got off the ground. President trump is making a push for his tax plan, meeting with members of the Senate Finance committee this afternoon, all while deal with the fallout from criticism from a goldstar family that he dealt with them disrespectfully. Today, the president denying that he told the widow of Sergeant La David Johnson that the soldier knew what he signed up for, saying democratic congresswoman Frederica Wilson of florida who is close with the family and listened to the call on speaker phone fabricated the claim. Told cnn that t
In atlanta we want to welcome our viewers here in the United States and all around the world. Im George Howell. Cnn newsroom starts right now. 2 00 a. M. On the u. S. East coast. It is going to be a big week ahead for the u. S. President. He is set to have lunch with Top Senate Republicans on tuesday. The main topic at hand, tax reform. This will be a prime opportunity for President Trump to push his tax plan. But he is even hoping to get the approved legislation on his desk by late next month. There could, though, be some awkward, perhaps even tense moments at that gathering on tuesday. President trump will come facetoface with some of the lawmakers that he has attacked during his months in office. Senators like john mccain, bob corker, and jeff flake. The president looking to mend fences on one hand, while the other hand steadily on twitter tweeting a text, continuing his spat with a democratic congresswoman. But now she is fighting back on twitter as well. Cnns Boris Sanchez has thi
Asked the president on monday about those military deaths he addressed them for the first time. We did learn information about how the white house first planned to address the tragedy, and why he changed his mind. We are getting new details about a pledge to send 25,000 to the father of one fallen hero. Joe . Reporter the white house has really offered few new details on why the president took so long to issue that Public Statement after the United States soldiers died in niger, but what we do know is the National Security council did prepare a statement for the white house to release. It was not released, were told, and the white house opted instead for the White House Press secretary to make a statement from the podium, and they thought here that would somehow be more powerful. Meanwhile, we continue to follow the multiple threads of the multiple goldstar families and their interactions with the president of the United States. In fact, the family of army corps corporal, findin out th