Headquarters in new york. Breaking right now, were waiting for the first News Conference from the brand new Speaker Of The House, mike johnson. He won with a slim majority from the republicans but they were lined up this time around, which we have not seen in the prior three rounds. This happened three weeks after they ousted former speaker, Kevin Mccarthy. This is a beautiful country. Its the beauty of america that allows a firefighters kid like me to come here and serve in this Sacred Chamber where great men and women have served before all of us and strive together to build and preserve what lincoln referred to as the last best hope on earth. Martha well hear from mr. Johnson about what he plans to do as he takes on this very big role in the United States government. Also, on the other front, a very big afternoon as President Biden spoke today, he spoke quite briefly actually, in a News Conference that everybody was waiting all day for about what we now know have been attacks on u.
At up to 70 are shop guilt. Com today its wednesday, may 8, right now on cnn this mornings Stormy Daniels on the stand with lurid details about her alleged alleged sexual encounter with donald trump, the fallout ahead, plus the Biden Administration pausing a shipment of bombs to israel last week and a State Of Emergency in parts of michigan, tornado is flattening homes, collapsing buildings. And weve been people trapped all right 5 00 a. M. Here in washington continue to live. Look at the Statue Of Liberty in New York City where all that, when telling yesterday, good morning, everyone. Im kasie hunt. Its wonderful to have you with us and a day off from this trial. Today is a day off, maybe just what Everyone Needs after a drop, dropping day yesterday of testimony in the donald trump Criminal Hush, money trial. Stormy daniels took the stand and she had salacious details about her alleged encounter with trump in 2006 the former president was cursing and shaking his head during the testim
Weeks. i wonder if he s realized now we ve disclosed all the information. it s in the government s possession. if i go, it s hard to put it back. it s too late to fire rosenstein at this point if you re the president. there s too much stuff that s in the hands of real investigators. from your lips to god s ears. comey at george washington university last night said there s no point in firing either one of these people at this point. you d have to fire the whole fbi. you d have to go after every state law enforcement. there s too many prilaces. you go to the justice department website and look at the press release where robert mueller was named. there s three words that discredit the spin we know is coming. the investigation, the purpose of it is to look into russian interference in the election and related matters. and any federal prosecuter in
Communication with members of the press so folks are given timely and accurate information. do we always bat .1000? not necessarily. last night was probably an example of where there could have been better communication. the president of the white house correspondents association weighed in saying, quote, one week after the election it is unacceptable for the next president of the united states to travel without a regular pool to record his movements and inform the public about his whereabouts. the white house correspondents association is pleased to hear reassurances by the trump transition team that it will support a pool structure, but the time to act on that promise is now. alex, senator bernie sanders was at george washington university last night to promote his new book. during a question and answer session, he tried to explain why so many people voted for donald trump in the election. let us be clear. there are people in america who
It was about the country we love and about building an america that is hopeful, inclusive, and big hearted. i know this isn t easy. i know that over the past week a lot of people have asked themselves whether america is the country we thought it was. the divisions laid bear by this election run deep, but please listen to me when i said this. america is worth it. our children are worth it. believe in our country, fight for our values, and never, ever give up. well, the future of the democratic party may lie in the hands of an independent senator, bernie sanders. during a speech at george washington university last night, sanders vowed to hold president-elect donald trump accountable for his campaign promises and sought to explain the lessons that the democrats could learn. mr. trump said a whole lot of