shrouded in seek ress east. we are learning details about a subpoena for a foreign company and what it might mean for the russia probe. without a foundation. the president suffers a big legal blow as his charitable foundation is forced to dissolve in the midst of a lawsuit. new york s attorney general arguing that the trump s used the organization for personal and political gain. and border wall borrowing. the white house suggests federal agencies may help foot the bill for the president s wall, reversing course in a funding battle as the clock ticks towards a possible government shutdown. did the president blink? we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room . this is cnn breaking news. we re following breaking news on the stunning turn of events at michael flynn s sentencing hear today, the judge
you could make a case did collude. greg, let s talk about tariffs, trade very big week for trade right now. a lot of balls in the air. anded a midnight deadline passed last night for these they re going to get exemptions. they re going to delay the decision of exemptions for another 30 days. did the president blink here? he may have. i think he doesn t want to get into a trade war right now. i think he s gotten a lot of blow back from farmers, people in the midwest who don t like a possible chinese retaliation against soy beans, things like that. i think he s softened his tone a little. i still say we re in a trade dispute with many countries not in a trade war. so that s the eu, canada and mexico. what about this upcoming trip to china. steve mnuchin, this could be contentious. where is this headed in terms of those tariffs and our trade deals? well, i thought he gave mnuchin carte blanche to negotiate and sent peter
house democrats tried to bring up the tax extension on capitol hill. the house stands adjourned until 10:00 a.m. on friday mr. speaker, mr. speaker. mr. speaker! that was a democrat there trying to get the attention. he failed. less than a half hour later, after cutting off the democrats the house republican leader was asking, where are they? we re here, ready to work. looking for our counterparts to sit down with us. so when will the games be set aside and both sides actually start working together to save you money? dana bash working her sources on capitol hill. republicans seem to be on the defensive now. i want to read you from the wall street journal editorial today. the wall street journal generally a conservative editorial page. they call this a fiasco. quote, the gop leaders have somehow managed the remarkable feat of being blamed for opposing a one-year extension of a tax holiday they are surely going to pass. this is no easy double play. so the wall
in the state are still closed and this flooding is said to be the worst since the great flood of 1903. bill: that is remarkable and historic for all the wrong reasons, huh? busy thursday already, some of the stories we re watching now, you heard about them, but much more ahead, including the president, the speaker the president, the speaker of the house, did the president blink? good politics or more to it? we ve got a terrific panel on that in moments. martha: should you be allowed to smoke a cigarette in your own car? which state now says huh-uh? no lighting up in your own car, folks. bill: how about that? families evacuated by car, boat, whatever they could find, wildfires in two states burning dozens of homes to the ground and the danger is not over yet. suddenly, it was like a fire tsunami, just a wall of fire, probably 100 feet tall, came sweeping through. i mean, i could literally feel the flames in back of me while i was running. that s how close this was.
for 13 months? why did the white house say, fine, two years for them? two years for the unemployed. nicole did the president blink? i don t think the politics are that bad for barack obama. with the voters that were the deciding factor in his election. i think independents will be heartened to see him keep another campaign pledge which is what you alluded to getting everyone in a room and working on a compromise. i think the disillusionment with barack obama, the reason the numbers have plunged from 80% the week he was inaugurated to, i think they hover below george w. bush s these days is because what people thought they were getting was a guy that could work with the other side and pass reasonable, sometimes moderate, compromises. do you think that, ed, republicans see this as i sign of weakness? this is a victory for them? i think what they see it as is getting this my moving again. and i think they see a president unlike speaker pelosi earlier this week, who s willing to wo