President is looking for but we do know that the tweet is already yielding results. Department of justice with the statement this evening saying that theyre going to expand that investigation that you were talking about looking into the wiretapping procedures of the fbi to gain access to the members of the Trump Campaign expanded to include any type of political motivation behind the level of the investigation and Deputy Attorney general Rod Rosenstein is overseeing the russia investigation putting out this statement saying, quote, if anyone did infiltrate or surveil participants in a president ial campaign for inappropriate reasons we need to know about it and take appropriate action. Thats all he had to say and not that there was evidence that that was taking place as the president repeatedly said over and over this weekend. Ana, the president seems to have reached a new level of frustration with the Mueller Investigation now past one year since it began and hes now making very speci
Leland nice to be at home, welcome to americas news headquarters from washington. Im leland vittert. Liz im Elizabeth Prann on a very busy morning. Ten victims of fridays High School Shooting in santa fe, texas, have been identified by authorities, the first funeral is being held this afternoon and as we remember the lives that are now lost, the debate begins about what can and should be done in the aftermath. Molly joins us with the very latest. The incoming president of the National Rifle Association Says theres a disease among young people, particularly young males where they are, quote, steeped in a culture of violence and he says this is part of the problem. But the immediate way to prevent these School Shootings, north says, is to make it more difficult to get a gun into a school. The same way that airlines do it, metal detectors. Youre not going to fix it by taking away the rights of law abiding citizens. Youve got to fix it in a way that hardens the place sufficiently that thos
Administration. Put this into context for us if this upset the president. The president was, at the very least, annoyed by what happened with the election in 2016. But now he is accused of getting access to the Trump Campaign before the election and after, and that Robert Muellers team then met with that informant and used it as part of their investigation. The president attempting to imply that maybe even perhaps president obama was behind this attempt skpl just put out a flurry of tweets talking about this topic. He said, now that the witch hunt is giving up on russia and is looking at the rest of the world hes talking about a New York Times report this morning that detailed a meeting with the president s son donald trump jr. And a group of businessmen from the middle east that we now know the mueller team is looking into. The tweet goes on to say, they should easily be able to take it into the midterm elections where they can put some hurt on the republican party. Dont worry about d
Powers inside trump tower in new york city. Was it naive, sinister or both . And did President Trump blink first in the trade standoff with china . The president on the defense. But lets begin with the legal demand that threatens to become a constitutional crisis. At the center of it all, a tweet by President Trump. Over the weekend, the president tweeted that he would hereby demand his words that the department of justice look into whether or not the doj infiltrated or surveilled the Trump Campaign for political purposes, and if any such demands or requests were made by people within the obama administration. The tweet stems from the confidential source interacting with trump advisers about possible russian ties. But officials tell cnn the source was not embedded within the campaign as the president suggests. Lets bring in our cnn source jim acosta. He says to expand an existing review to include the president s latest demand. Will that be enough . It may not be enough, wolf. Talking
The wildcat then turning on a second victim, who did not survive. The race to find and stop that dangerous animal. Path of destruction. Heavy rain triggering a fatal mudslide. A passenger plane skidding off a runway in slick conditions. Tonight, the Severe Weather now on the move. And good evening. Thanks for joining us on a busy sunday night. Im tom llamas. We begin with chilling new details about the gunman in the Santa Fe School shooting. Sources telling abc news 17yearold Dimitrios Pagourtzis studied other School Massacres before his attack. Investigators also keying in on a trenchcoat worn during the massacre, and evidence of explosives, both hallmarks of the columbine killers. The community in a state of shock and grief. Services beginning for some of the ten victims, and the governor of texas ordering a sta statewide moment of silence tomorrow morning. And lawmakers being pressed about what, if anything, will be done to stop this from happening again. Abcs marcus moore lieds us