Are now the subject of criminal investigations. The new favourite, Emmanuel Macron, says he has a plan to clean up french politics. And, saddle up cowboy. The new us Interior Secretary arrives for the first day at the office on his horse im katty kay in washington, Christian Fraser is in london. Allegations of inappropriate links between the Trump Campaign and russia just dont go away. Today, president trumps Attorney General, Jeff Sessions, has been accused of lying under oath after he failed to disclose to the senate that hed had two meetings with the Russian Ambassador during the election campaign. A Growing Number of Senior Republicans are demanding Jeff Sessions withdraw himself from overseeing any investigation into the administrations links with russia, while democrats are calling for the appointment of a Special Prosecutor and even a criminal investigation. This is how this story unfolded. Mr sessions joined the Trump Campaign last february. Injuly, he attended a Heritage Found
Welcome to power lunch , im the dow off by 52 points, and nasdaq is lower by 27, as melissa said, soaring in the debut, i almost said snoring. More on that in a moment, but, first, we are following a big breaking story on caterpillar. The Stock Plunged in the past hour on news federal agents are searching that companys global headquarters, off nearly 5 , you see from the intraday chart when the news broke. These photos coming into cnbc. In them, irs agents are gathered outside the headquarters. Lets get to morgan with more on the developing story. Morgan . Reporter thats right. As you mentioned, shares of caterpillar sliding now, as federal agents search three facilities, including in illinois. As you see from the photos, you just showed one, theres another one that has cars lined up outside of the head quarters, and those cars belong to federal agents. In this particular picture, you see agents from the irs, also fbi and Commerce Department participating in these searches. The Company
2016 president ial campaign. Theres growing call from both the democrats and the republicans for sessions to recuse himself from the russia probe. Should he do it . Attorney general sessions, hes still maintaining his innocence. He says and i quote for the very latest, go to our own blake burman live at the white house. Hey, blake. Reporter hey, trish, the important part of that quote that you read was about the campaign. Here at the white house, they are pushing back by saying thensenator Jeff Sessions was able to talk to ambassadors, in this case, ambassador, an ambassador of any country under his duties as a member of the senate. However, the other part here and which is a problem for sessions is the testimony he gave during his confirmation hearing which he said and i am quoting, i did not have communications with the russians. To that end, many republicans are calling republicans keep in mind are calling for the attorney general, should he be overseeing an investigation into russi
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You again, admiral, for my Honorary National aviator selection. Officers and crew of the uss , mammal. Ford, mike tt, jennifer dunn, and my fellow newport news shipbuilders, distinguished guests and ladies and gentlemen. Welcome, what a magnificent this is for the young life of this mighty ship. [applause] mr. President , you have spoken passionately about americas greatness and there are no finer examples of that greatness than the two groups that are before you here today, the crew of the uss gerald r. Ford and the newport news ship builders. [cheers and applause] hopefully we all be together in norfolk this summer to commission this ship. And let me add a special thank you to the navy leaders for your continuing efforts to find a solution to pier 11 dilemma and for the commissioning. Thank you very much. To my fellow newport news shipbuilders, this is my 17th visit to our ship. Your patriotic commitment to excellence is reflected in every rivet and every bolt. Therefore, i am very p