To early start, im dave briggs. Im renee marsh. Its wednesday, april 4th. 4 00 a. M. In the east, 11 00 a. M. In damascus where well have a live report coming up. Breaking overnight, special Counsel Robert Mueller has reportedly told the president s lawyers he is not currently a criminal target of the russia investigation. The Washington Post reports muellers team told President Trumps lawyers he remains a subject of the investigation including whether he sought to obstruct the russia probe. One source tells the post that the special counsels office is writing a report on mr. Trumps actions since taking office and wants to interview him as a last step. And that, according to the post, has some trump advisers worried the president could be baited into an interview that would put him in legal jeopardy. Meanwhile, the mueller team with the first sentence in the russia investigation. A dutch lawyer tied to former Trump Campaign deputy chairman rick gates sentenced to 30 days in prison and
Word with lawrence odonnell. So tuesday who will the National Security advisor be . Will john bolton get the ethics clearance and take the job or will h. R. Mcmaster sit there until bolton clears or never clears . Whats next . If it were any job other than National Security advisor or any potential conflicts other than hey, maybe youre in the middle of the mueller counterintelligence investigation you might expect they clear whoever it is through. I think the prospect you have a counterintelligence problem for two of your three National Security advisor while the flynn one is still resonating. Flynn is still awaiting sentencing. I think the john bolton situation is a real question. Well see. And theres always the possibility of a pardon discussion in the white house for Donald Trumps first National Security advisor, and would the current National Security advisor be part of that discussion . Yeah. The things to imagine. And who clears the security clearance . Thank you, rachel. Thank y
Very High Profile Company and the shooter was a woman. Both of those things are rare with gun violence. Before shooting herself according to police, the woman was able to shoot and injump three other people, one of whom is in Critical Condition tonight but the only fatality from this shooting will be this woman killing herself after she shot and wounded these three other people. Police have not described any terrorist association and the intent of bringing a gun and live ammunition into a business and starting to shoot the place up. Well tell you about the shooting tonight if we learn more over the course of this hour but so far thats pretty much the extent of what we know. I should also tell you looking ahead to the overnight, we are bracing ourselves for two expected news earthquakes. One economic, one political. The economic earthquake were anticipating has to do with china. President trump today unexpectedly announced another 50 billion in tariffs against chinese products, china sa
One source tells the post the special counsels office is writing a report on mr. Trumps actions since taking office and wants to interview him as a last step. And according to the post, that has some trump advisers worried the president could be baited into an interview that could put him in legal jeopardy. After days of escalating rhetoric on immigration backed up with rehashed policy ideas, President Trump offered a brandnew proposal on tuesday sending u. S. Troops to guard the u. S. Border. At a luncheon and joint News Conference with baltic leaders, the president surprised nearly everyone including the pentagon with his call to use the military to patrol the border until his longpromised border wall is built. More now from cnns Boris Sanchez from the white house. Reporter President Trump hitting a broad away of topics on tuesday, talking about everything from syria in which he said that he wanted to bring american troops home from that country in part, in his words, so they could h
Robert muellers investigation there are going to be a lot of dramatic scenes in airports and different airports. It seems that Robert Muellers fbi agents are doing a lot of their work in american airports. They secretly arrested George Papadopoulos when he got off a plane at washington dulles airport. And tonight New York Times is reporting that agents stopped joel zamel at Washington International airport and briefly seized his electronic devices. Theyre also reporting tonight that fbi agents stopped a Russian Oligarch at a new york area airport, questioned him about his dealings with mr. Trump and seized his e electronics, according to a person familiar with the matter. And ted mallic was stopped at Logan Airport at boston when he returned from an international trip. They took his electronics and questioned him about roger stone and wikileaks. And george nader was stopped in january. Nader is emerging as a more and more complex figure with connections from the United Arab Emirates to