Attempt. Secret service and Police Officers rushed to the scene. They cleared that area and began an investigation. At one point, they found the vehicle he was driving in a couple blocks away from the white house. They used a bomb squad to check out the vehicle to make sure there was no problem with that vehicle. We do know there was an alabama plate on that vehicle before it was ultimately removed. And to answer your question, we dont know a whole lot about this individual other than hes a man. Secret service has identified him but they have not released that identity untail they can identify his next of kin. Nobody in the white house was in danger although the shooting took place hundreds of feet away from the front door of the white house. Of course, there was a barrier between where this man is and the white house. A large fence and then a bike rack, but still, a very scary moment. The president and the first lady not in the white house at the time. They were in florida. They have
International backlash on a trade deal to changing stances on gun control. And now chief of staff john kelly is facing blowback after he tried to defend how he handled Domestic Abuse scandal. Were also learning the president may be ready to get his daughter and soninlaw out of the west wing. Cnns Boris Sanchez traveling with the president and joins us live now from florida. Good morning, boris. We want to find out the latest on, you know, this john kelly story. It just all seems to be piling up in a very chaotic way. Thats right, martin. Good morning to you and christi. It comes at the end of an already tumultouous week. He spent the week lashing out at staff and saw the departure of some key figures in the administration and now getting this news about john kelly and his exchange with reporters yesterday that started off as an off the camera briefing and portions were later put on the record in which kelly defended his handling of the rob porter controversy, one that the white house w
People are still mostly going to put their money on either three billboards and the shape of water. Now the question is how will the Academy Awards address the surge in activism . You saw it there. The president. The press. A little bit of policy. A little bit. A lot of punch lines. Good morning, everybody. We have all of it for you. Im christi paul. Im Martin Savidge in for victor blackwell. Trump is back in washington this morning after joining the journalist he loves to hate for the annual gridiron last night. The president s remarks did touch on some of the major Foreign Policy obstacles he is facing. Cnns dan merica is live in washington. What stuck in your mind most . It seems like a fun event. A different kind of setting for President Trump. The gridiron dinner. A white tie event only in washington that brings journalists politicians together for bipartisan ribbing and President Trump showed last night he was in on the joke. He made cracks about himself and the administration an
Control. So has he already abandoned everything we heard in that Live Television bipartisan meet with talk of gun reform. After months of chatter, there may be a time frame to h. R. Mcmaster leaving his role. It could be the end of the month. With the full security clearance still in limbo, ivanka trump under fbi scrutiny. The fbi learning that counterintelligence officials are investigating one of her International Business deals. Cnns Kaitlan Collins is at the white house. The president this morning, kaitlan, facing bipartisan criticism on his tariffs announcement, but hes not backing down. Reporter hes certainly not backing down. He seems to be doubling down and he seems to be very dismissive of the criticism he stunned his own aides when he announced hes going to be imposing tariffs on the aluminum and steel imports and also shocking gop lawmakers and rattling the stock market but the president doesnt seem to be phased by any of that. He was tweeting this morning saying he believes
The lockdown, students barricaded in rooms. The Dramatic Police takedown on an american highway. From the air, you can see the s. W. A. T. Teams jumping out of cars and into action. And news today on the deadly flu and children, and what you need to know. Good evening, and its great to have you with us to end another week, and what a way to end it. Horrific driving up and down the east coast tonight. The hurricaneforce wind gusts reaching more than 80 miles an hour, and now tonight this noreaster has been deadly. The pilot of this plane struggling against the wind in washington, d. C. , aborting the landing. There is a ground stop at newark right now after stopping at laguardia and jfk. The storm surge several feet. This from Sagamore Beach in massachusetts. A multicar accident on i380 in the poconos in pennsylvania tonight. And look at this. The noreaster as seen from space right there along the northeast. We have the track of this at this hour, and abcs gio benitez is in massachusett