Guests coming in and out of trump tower. It is like a second white house right now. It really is. It is a manhattan white house in waiting you might say. And donald trump just wrapped up a very important meeting with the japanese Prime Minister shinzo abe. Who just wrapped up his own comments on that meeting just a short while ago here in mid town manhattan. They had a lot to talk about from trade to National Security issues in asia. But keep in mind as you also mentioned donald trump has had a number of very interesting at any time lysing encounters throughout the day today. Encounters that suggest he knows he has Fence Mending to do. A signal is being sent that the president elect just might be ready to put the scorched Earth Campaign behind him and perhaps engage in some healing. In addition to his meetings with Foreign Policy heavy weights like Henry Kissinger donald trump has been sitting down with his rivals and critics from the primaries. Nikki haley, under consideration for Sec
It quickly. Thanks very much. Good work. Thats it for me. Thanks very much for watching. Im wolf blitzer in the situation room. Erin burnett out front starts right now. Out front next, flipflopping on his plan to beat isis. What does trump really want to do . The fbi director saying we dont play games on the clinton investigation. The debut of the iphone 7 will customers turn a deaf ear to apples newest idea . Lets go out front. And good evening. Im erin burnett. Out front tonight, donald trump attacking Hillary Clinton in a major speech outlining his plan to Vamp Up Military Ships and trump charging that clinton is reckless and in his words,
totally unfit to be Commander In Chief. Sometimes, it seemed, like there wasnt a country in the middle east that Hillary Clinton didnt want to invade, intervene in or topple. Shes trigger happy and very unstable. Trump is speaking rather softly in his tone for him. He did read off a teleprompter declaring the United States is unprepared to face en
They did not defund planned parenthood. They definitely dont want to build a border wall. But now almost ten months into the republican congress, Top Republicans on capitol hill have finally found an issue they can really rally around. Preserving President Obamas immigration policy. The Trump Administration has announced that next tuesday will decide the fate of daca, the Obama Era Program which apparently illegally gives work permits to Illegal Immigrants who arrived in the country as children. Killing that program would fulfill one of the term campaigns promise. It would also fit with the republican partys stated position against amnesty and in favor of enforcing the law rather than granting politicized immunity. Scrambling to preserve daca. This morning in a radio interview, Speaker Paul Ryan begged the president to keep the program in place until congress can pass a bill granting amnesty to the Illegal Immigrants daca covers. I actually dont think you should do that. I believe that
Under fire from Hillary Clinton, but also within his own part. Clinton now backing more getting more members of the military to back her as a result. Cnn washington correspondent, jeff zeleny, is following all of the developments for us. Jeff. Good morning. The praise donald trump is showering on Vladimir Putin is a traditional break from American Politics. It is outraging democrats and making republicans uneasy about the plurblurred lines of countr versus party. Hillary clinton says this is the latest sign that donald trump is not fit for the presidency. He is really very much of a leader. Amid ongoing criticism of his praise for Vladimir Putin. Donald trump in an interview on a Television Station funneled by the kremlin, telling larry king, he thinks it is unlikely the russian government is meddling through hacking. I think it is probably unlikely. Maybe the democrats are putting that out. If they are doing something, i hope that somebody will be able to find out, so they can end it.
Do you know more about isis than they do . I think under the leadership of President Obama and Hillary Clinton, the generals have been reduced to rubble. I think that the decision to go to war in iraq was a mistake. We must learn what led us down that path so that it never happens again. Im asking to be judged on the totality of my record. When referring to a comment that putin made about you. He called you a brilliant leader. When he calls me brilliant, ill take the compliment. He is a brilliant leader. The man has very strong control over a country. This is a different system and i dont happen to like the system. Certainly within that system, he is a strong leader. Were some the emails sent about the Drone Program or covert Drone Program . Yes. Every part of our government had to deal with questions and the secretary of States Office was first and foremost. There are ways of talking about the Drone Program. Cnns Brianna Keilar has the latest on all of this for us. Reporter good morni