Battling back from bone cancer. Good for her for not showing up with a wig, not being afraid to show what a recovery really looks like. Thats it for this edition of reliable sources. Im howard kurtz, go to itunes on monday and search for reliable sources. Well back here on monday. State of the union with Candy Crowley gyps right now. The times they are achanging in the u. S. Military. Today subtracting jobs in the pentagon and adding women into combat. The fact is that they have become an integral part of our ability to perform our mission. Is chuck hagel the right ban to run a well ask retired general Stanley Mcchrystal and michael hayden. And then assault weapons. The public may not want them, so why is banning them unlikely . Plus does the republican road to recovery begin outside washington that with Virginia Governor bob mcdonal. Im Candy Crowley. And this is state of the union. Chuck hagel, the president s choice to be secretary of defense, will face many of his former colleagues
Have new details for you about what led to President Trumps decision to fire fbi director james comey. This as the administration continues to change their explanation and it comes as the acting fbi director will be on capitol hill today to testify before the senate. Also, an interview with President Trump and whether his white house is too combative. Weve got it all covered. Good morning, joe. Reporter good morning, chris. No public event on the president s schedule today as the white house hopes for things to calm down after the up roar of jim comeys firing. Now were learning the president was essentially seething over comey apparently for some time and it was the president who wanted him out. New details emerging. A longtime friend of the president telling cnn he was white hot over the russia investigation, that his anger had been mounting since comey rejected the president s still unproven claims that president Obama Wiretapped him. I have no information that supports those tweets.
Im christine romans. Im dave briggs. Its been 30 years since the tax code was overhauled. Its 4 00 a. M. In the east. Historic day as republicans big tax overhaul is all but a done deal. Just a few hours ago the Senate Approved the final version of the bill scoring republicans for significant legislative win since President Trump took office. The measure, yes, has proven unpopular. It passed along party lines. The approval came over the objection of democrats and protesters in the gallery. Restore order in the gallery. President trump celebrating on twitter. Terrible individual mandate from obamacare repealed. The president inviting republicans to join him at the white house this afternoon to tout passage of this landmark legislation. The only hitch, that will have to wait until the house goes through the motions of passing the bill again. Reporter without any question at all, the biggest hurdle republicans face as they tried to pass their tax overall, something that hasnt been done in
A mixed jobs report should keep the Fed on track to leave interest rates unchanged at its next meeting, experts say. Although the July jobs report showed that wages rose once again, the slowest pace of hiring since late 2020 and downward revisions to the prior two month's payrolls figures likely keeps the Federal Reserve on track to leave interest rates unchanged at the next Fed meeting, experts say.Nonfarm payrolls expanded by 187,000 last month, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said Friday, miss