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private. something that would make any citizen without regard to party very concerned tonight. allegedly abusing the power of office to try to shut down a probe into his own white house. words that apply to nixon that undid his presidency and words that are advanced tonight. let s get into the story. you may know if you watch this news program, we don t typically tweet donald trump s tweets as news stories because most of them are not news. many of them are not factual, some of them are outright lies and a great many of them are ploys designed to hijack the conversation, distract the media or troll the notion. up front, this is why weaver doing something different tonight. president trump is telling the attorney general to shut down the mueller probe. he s stating it in public and in writing that jeff sessions should stop the probe now. to be clear, if donald trump made that order in a private meeting with jeff sessions, or on a phone call to the doj or held a big press conferen ....
News, analysis and interviews with politicians and observers. cnn s abbie phillip is live at the white house. the president just had an event where he met at the white house with republican lawmakers. did he clarify anything today? reporter: well, nia, the president just let reporters into the room for that meeting. it was originally scheduled to have been closed, but he said nothing. he didn t respond to questions about any of these issues floating around him. he didn t expand on any of his comments or explain, you know, his view of the situation. but what he has been doing over the last day or so, specifically in a lengthy interview with fox news that aired last night and today, is really take the lead in the administration s response to all of these problems. there s no question the white house staffers were caught by surprise by a confluence of bad news stories. paul manafort s verdict and also michael cohen s guilty plea, but president trump has been the one left to t ....
sputtering sales outs tariffs catch up with iconic u.s. motorcycle maker harley davidson provoking a speedy response from u.s. president donald trump spoiler alert he was not amused. wake up and smell the coffee because starbucks isn t the only game in town the chinese chain and lock in coffee is taking on the u.s. java giant all the way to the nasdaq. and when one man s trash is a nobody s treasure return ation still export their ways to poorer countries but that s gotten harder we look at australia struggle to clean up its own after. harley davidson has reported a stall in quarterly profits as it struggles to deal with the impact of tariffs and slow sales the motorcycle makers profits twenty six percent to around one hundred twenty eight million dollars the new sparked an angry response from u.s. president donald trump who blamed europe for the company s poor performance and value to quote reciprocate the e.u. slapped a steep tariffs on harley davidson bikes last year as a r ....
investigation. and the fact that barr has been really the only voice speaking out on this has fed that perception. so with mueller now finally adding his voice, that will hurt the president s ability to continue this line of total exoneration, jim. especially when it s not true. doesn t match the facts. sarah westwood, thanks very much. announcer: this is cnn breaking news. top of the hour here. i am jim sciutto in new york. our breaking news, a bombshell in the making. robert mueller, the special counsel, who has not said a word in public since he took over the russia investigation two years ago this very month, is set to make a public statement, his first public statement one hour from now. this comes amid weeks of negotiations with the house judiciary committee over whether and how he will answer questions on the hill about the report that he submitted in march and will he take questions, will he take them in public? a lot of open questions there about the testimony. but ....