according to ken dilanian, that is a designation by a cia officer or possibly dia based on conversations with human source overseas, ie, a spy. there s also orcon originator control, noforn, as in cannot be shared with foreign nationals, fisa and si, signals intelligence, in order intercepts of communications. it also contains the marking fpotus, handwritten note, as in fots the former president of the united states is believed to have written after he left the presidency. and in a 13-page memo explaining why the d.o.j. made redactions, the government argues it needed to, quote, protect the safety and privacy of a significant number of civilian witnesses in addition to law enforcement. key in on those words, a significant number of civilian witnesses. we ll explain what that tells us. but first to note, the court s system, the web site, crashed, which is why the redacted affidavit did not come out until about 15 minutes after the noon deadline. apparently there were just too
The senate. I feel so confident. This is a great plan. I actually think it will get even better. This is make no mistake, this is a repeal and a replace of obamacare, make no mistake about it. Premiums will be coming down, yes, deductibles will be coming down. Very importantly, it is a great plan and ultimately thats what its all about. We knew that wasnt going to work. I predicted it a long time ago. I said its failing. Now its obvious that its failing, its essentially dead. This has brought the Republican Party together. As much as weve come up with a really incredible Healthcare Plan, this has brought the Republican Party together. Shannon john roberts is live on a very rainy stormy morning on the north lawn. Good morning, john. This president would never admit to taking a day off. He is in new jersey today at his golf course and no Public Events on the schedule. Lets see if i can go on a limb and likely wont be playing golf today. The weather in new york will be as bad as in washin
Porter could have kept his job at the white house, often right by the president s side. Whats more, the accusations of beating his two exwives keeping porter from getting this full security clearance, a fact known since last fall by senior white house officials, including chief of staff john kelly, according to our sources. In a just released statement the chief of staff said he was, quote, shocked by the new allegations against porter. Porters star was on the rise in the administration until he announced his resignation just wednesday. He helped draft the president s state of the union, attended the World Economic forum in davos, switzerland with the president and a select few who shook the hands with the chinese president when he traveled overseas to beijing. So, one of the key questions, why did it take until now for porter to leave . Just a day after these images of this alleged abuse against his first wife went public. Porter denies all of the abuse allegations against him. So, le
Donald trump in the search warrant. Sources say it appeared in connection to the tape. This warrant is the first indication that the investigators suspect there was an effort to suppress the tape. We dont know what, if any, role cohen or the president would have played in that. We are also learning that investigators wanted records pertaining to bank fraud and wire fraud investigations and on top of that, the warrant involved communications about other potential negative information about trump that the campaign might have wanted to contain ahead of the election. What we dont know is what Additional Information that might be. Alex and christine. Gloria, thank you. A former white house strategist steve bannon has a plan to crush the special counsel investigation. According to the Washington Post the plan involves firing Deputy Attorney general Rod Rosenstein and having the president end all cooperation with Robert Muellers team. He is calling on the president to invoke executive privile
11 00 a. M. In istanbul and moscow. We will have reports from those locations coming up. And first, what they were looking for with the fixer michael cohen. The warrant sought communications with trump and cohen about the access Hollywood Tape. That is on top of what we know investigators are seeking on efforts to prevent the eruption of stories on two women who claim they had affairs with donald trump. Stormy daniels and karen mcdougal. Gloria borger has the latest. Reporter alex and christine, the fbi agents that raided Michael Cohens home, office and hotel room on monday were looking for communications between then candidate trump and cohen and perhaps others about efforts to prevent the release of the infamous access Hollywood Tape. You remember this. It captured donald trump making lewd remarks about women before the election. The warrant specifically refe references trump in the search warrant. Sources say it appeared in connection to the tape. This warrant is the first indicatio