Curling. A show of force of north korea is the story. Good morning. Thanks for getting an early start with us. Im dave briggs. Im christine romans. It is thursday, february 8th. It is 5 00 a. M. In the east in the u. S. Major questions this morning about who knew what and when after a Top White House official is forced to step down over allegations he abused two exwives. Were told rob porter will be out of the west wing today. He is the staff secretary effectively gate keeper to the president whose reputation had been on the rise. Sources told cnn that john kelly and others have known for months about the Domestic Violence claims which porter, we should note, denies. Sources say President Trump was upset when told about it this week. His daughter ivanka said to be deeply disturbed. Especially by the photos of the abuse. Porters exwives accused him of abuse during a background check which held up the permanent security clearance. One exwife told the Washington Post why she thinks more p
Off indonesia. Will it help determine what brought down the plane . And the decision to let durkin stay after the player died on his watch. Im christine romans. Im dave briggs. It is thursday, november 1st. 4 00 a. M. In the east. Hope you are happy with your halloween candy. If not, reeses put out a candy converter. If you dont like your kit kat or skittles, trade them in. Baby ruth. Im a reeses guy. We have so much candy at my house. Ill secretly take it away. Never enough. Lets get to politics. One rally down. Ten to go. President trump in florida for the first event in the weeklong push to the midterms. It is the web ad he tweeted out which is called out for portraying hispanics as criminals. He says he wants to apply for a pardon for the felony he committed. Attempted murder. The ad echos the 1988 campaign ad for bush 41 targeting Michael Dukakis over Willie Horton bragging about his crimes. Kill more. [ bleep ] kill more. The cop killer had been deported twice. Once under clinton
Its exactly 5 00 a. M. On wednesday, february 13th. Happy birthday, mom. It really . My daughters as well in two days. Republicans are opening pushing for President Trump to openly accept the border deal they negotiated. The president hinted he is leaning that way. I dont think youre going to see a shutdown. I wouldnt want to go to it now. If you do have it, its the democrats fault. And i accepted the first one and im proud of what weve accomplished. So what exactly did the president accomplish . He originally wanted 5. 7 billion for 234 miles of border barriers. Last december, he turned down democrats offer of 1. 6 billion for 65 miles of barrier. Now republicans are urging him to take even less, 1. 35 billion for 55 miles. But the president still has a few cards up his sleeve in congressional actions. Fund to barrier. Heres jim acosta. Reporter christine, the president says hes not a big fan from capitol hill to provide border fencing. But it appears the president is going to sign th
Wire fox terriers take it again. One small dog comes atop again, the westminster dog show. Im christine romans. Im dave briggs, its 4 00 a. M. In the east. We start with the shutdown, a few days before a partial shut down. But we do have, republicans are opening pushing for President Trump to accept this border deal. The president himself hinted he is leaning that way. I dont think youre going to see a shutdown. I wouldnt want that now. If you do have it, its the democrats fault. And i accepted the first one. And im proud of what we accomplished. So what exactly did the president accomplish . He originally wanted 5. 7 billion for 234 miles of border barriers. Last december, he turned down democrats offer of 1. 6 billion for just 65 miles. And now republicans are surging him to take even less, 1. 75 billion for 55 miles. Even if the president takes that deal, he still has a few cards up his sleeve in the form of executive ashgsz to fiction to r action. Jim acosta has more from the white