well, bell, it s great to see you. thank you so much. i knew our have seen a new central starts now good, morning, everyone. i m standing outside the manhattan criminal court. this is cnn special live coverage of the criminal case against donald trump. it s day is the day the jury gets the case. a case that began 44 days ago with jury selection. today, the jury deliberations begin in just about one. our court will open here. the judge will instruct the jury, then they will go behind closed doors and how long it takes. we just do not no, 34 counts against the former president charged with falsifying documents all to coverup payments to stormy daniels to influence the 2016 election. prosecutors say this is a case about election fraud. i do understand we re seeing pictures from outside trump tower, donald trump will leave his home their head down here. he has been speaking before he heads into the core or i do have to say today, if he speaks before going in, it could be part
Be in the top five things that he accomplishes. An abc news poll, Washington Post also part of the poll, showing the president has just 42 approval overall, and an nbc news and Wall Street Journal showing he has just 40 . But look at this. Only 2 of the americans who voted for President Trump say they regret it. His voters are still with him. Nina, is that a bad sign for democrats if they Arent Making Mor more inroads and even what you listed doesnt seem to be intacting them very much. Well, his team he cant continue to fworch with just the people who voted for him. He is the president of the United States and the president of all people, so that is a snapshot. What this means though, We Shouldnt Be Playing Politics either way with the needs of the American People. They want leadership and they want people to do things that really are in their best interests. So this is not sustainable just because his team, the people on his team support him. He has the worst Approval Rating in modern
Worldwide. In his first speech abroad he urged them to purge their communities of, quote, the foot soldiers of evil. The man who campaigned heavily on a proposed muslim ban today asked islamic leaders in the middle east to unite with america in the global fight against terrorism. Lets get out to Nick Robinson in the saudi capital where President Trump gave that speech today. Nick. Reporter ana, part of President Trumps message seemed to be to alleviate the concerns of those in the room that under president obama they lost the support of the United States. He said our friends never need to question our support, a reassuring message for those in the room, but he had a tone that was designed, if you will, draw the audience in. He said, im not here to tell you how to live your lives, that we have common values, and through those common values we can find common security. He also said that whats
troubling the region is not an issue of a contest between faith. This is not a battle between di
So what have you learned . Reporter well, anderson, u. S. Officials tell cnn that last year the u. S. Intelligence used a dossier as part of a justification to get a warrant to secretly monitor carl as one of the sources of information that the bureau has used to defend or to support its investigation. This includes approval from the secret court that oversees the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act known as fisa, to monitor pages communications. The fbi and the Justice Department would have had to present probable cause that he was acting as an agent of a foreign power, mobile engaging in foreign intelligence gathering for a foreign government. Comey and other fbi officials would have had to sign off on
russian spies. Pai page denies he knew these were russian agents. Page says he took a trip independently, that he expressed his own views and overall, he has disputed anything was illegal in his interactions with the russians. He sent us a statement that reads in part, i look forward
The speaker warned him off of that. Made very clear that the individuals that would be voting for this bill were many of the individuals that helped republicans secure and maintain the majority, told them it Wasnt The Best idea. That said, there was still a House Freedom caucus meeting that was scheduled with tom price and nick mulvaney. They allowed that to happen after it was clear after the meeting there would be no movement with the conservatives, the House Freedom caucus members. The call was made. President trump called the speaker and told him clearly it was time to pull the bill and that is exactly what happened and the ramifications of that arent just micro, not just this week or this bill. They are health care, period. Obamacare stands not just for now, not just for the next couple months butter for the foreseeable future. A lot of republicans talked about if this goes down maybe kind of go piecemeal, piece by piece, try to do this in smaller chunks than all at once but is th