questions about this today. senator kelly ayotte weighing in. she said while gorsuch made clear he was not referring to any specific cases he finds any criticism of a judge s integrity disheartening and demoralizing. some on the hill are saying that judge gorsuch should say this publicly, if that s how he feels, he should make his feelings known before a public audience. bottom line, this could help judge gorsuch in a confirmation process because it makes it look like he has some independence from the president. so many people honing down on that key question, does the president respect the division between the executive and judicial branches? now of course the administration has he does but neil gorsuch s comments makes it very clear he takes that very seriously, hallie. and it s something joe mancion will ask about this morning. and what else are we hearing about the tweet slamming john mccain? this came after the press briefing when the white house secretary who said
if we are successful, mitch mcconnell is fine. if not, we are all in trouble. conservatives cheer the president s decision to stop subsidies. some see a price if congress doesn t step in and pass obamacare fixes. what the president is doing is affecting the ability of vulnerable people to receive health care right now. and the secretary of state said all is fine. they are on the same page when it comes to north korea. those diplomatic efforts continue until the first bomb drops. secretary tillerson among those meeting with the president right now. with the cabinet meeting, we expect tape momentarily. he is giving lengthy remarks about world problems to spending levels at home to the health care debate to the relationship with steve bannon. we will bring you that tape in a moment. next for the president is busy and intense. the president will have lunch with mitch mcconnell and mike pence. the top of their agenda which is how to salvage. both desperately need a win a
president s obamacare cuts. a new report suggests who might be hurt most by the moves. more allegations of sexual assault against movie mogul harvey weinstein, the latest details ahead. and the spreading california wildfires, new stories from the front lines on the rescues and how doctors are taking action to save lives. but first, politics. secretary of state rex tillerson, pressed this morning on whether he called his boss a moron. as i indicated earlier, i was asked about that. i m not going to deal with that kind of petty stuff. when you don t answer the question, it makes people think you probably did say it. but either way, whatever happened, it is serious. so can you please clear it up? as i said, jake, i m not playing. these are the games of washington. these are the destructive games of this town. they re not helpful to anyone. and so my position on it is, i m not playing. i m not dig nnifying the questi with an answer, jake. tillerson also setting the
president is being played. on the defense, alabama senate candidate roy moore defiant as sexual allegations swirl as more republicans say he should dropout. new signs he still has strong support in in his home state. plus this. my sons and said there is no one left. it is called ethnic cleansing and the massacre unfolding before the world s highs as hundreds of thousands of people run for their lives in myanmar. up first, president trump brags about the receptions in his asia trip. he is under lots of fire for downplaying meddling in the presidential elections. the white house said the president briefly brought up human rights in the meeting with the president and a spokesman for the leader said the issue never came up. president trump also sent mixed messages in the 2016 election and vladimir putin s denials. he told reporters and i m quoting, president trump now said he didn t meddle. he said he didn t meddle. i asked him again. you can only ask so many times. our white
caveat that they were not taking to the streets where folks haven t been home from church and they will be off the streets by 5:00 before folks go to evening services. folks tell me that the phone call is not a priority if they are having interaction with people in alabama. they want it to be face-to-face. when i asked the question of what the strategy would be on monday, that last push to election day they said they are not sharing the strategy. they didn t want the jones campaign to have an understanding of the particular areas they would be targeting. a lot has been made of the fact that they haven t seen roy moore since last tuesday in that spirited event with the chief strategist. we did get a chance to see him on television with the voice of alabama politics show. bill was friendly to moore and even took opportunities to mock democratic opponent doug jones at times. we know that the next time we will see moore out in public among the people will be tomorrow. another app