Here. And the real problem is donald trump is not the closer. He cant call these people up and say, hey, ive done so much for you, you need to vote for this for me. This is not going to sway senate republicans. Darlene, a lot of the opposition in the bill isnt something that the sweeteners will necessarily be able to fix. A lit more money here or there to alaska or maine. The critique is more fundamental from Susan Collins. So how does senator graham and cassidy get over the hurdle . Thats a good question. You mentioned Susan Collins and rand paul who is always for repeal and his opposition to this bill now is based on the fact that it does not entirely repeal obamacare. So i dont know how you flip him on that basis. And can President Trump close the deal . That remains to be seen. This is one of several headlines moving forward throughout the day here. What is happening on the health with health, happening on the
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All year round. So call today. Because nows the perfect time to learn more. Go long. Im jim accoosta for wolf blitzer. Maria on the move. Churning north and gaining steam. What the storm is leaving behind and who is next. The hunt for survivors after a deadly earthquake grows more frantic and we will take you there live. Turning to trump. The Special Counsel seeks new documents about the president s actions in office including a meeting with the russians. We begin with Hurricane Marias rampage with 3. 3 million u. S. Citizens. It has been devastated and President Trump approved a
system. In san juan, what is the situation there right now . Its strange because people are beginning to move around again. You see people stopping to pause and look around and take stock of the scope of whats changed in a little over 24 hours. We were here before the rains moved in to see a perfectly functional city, but there is a Puerto Rican Flag trying to go in the breeze. Part of today has been about tak
About mexico, here is President Trump announcing the cancellation of his meeting with the mexican president in philadelphia today. The president of mexico and myself have agreed to cancel our planned meeting scheduled for next week. Unless mexico is going to treat the United States fairly, with respect, such a meeting would be fruitless and i want to go a different route. We have no choice. So david, was this sort of a mutual agreement, a mutual cancellation, or do you think that the mexican president pulled the plug . I think that the mexican president pulled the plug, and he did that because donald trump frankly put him in a corner. He kept in a tweet sort of pushing mexico saying you know you have to pay for the wall. I think nieto has to worry about his own political audience, mexicans were outraged, angry at
him for months, if we talk this way to china, chinese are not going to stand for china backing down. This is very different from a Business Deal where youre bluffing. Foreign
Honored that recusal with regard to matters pending the Department Of Justice, but i just want to comment on what may have been on anybody elses mind or offer any opinion about that because its not for me to make those decisions. Well, it is exactly, i think, why Senator Schatz asked a whole series of questions about the scope of recusal, because i am a lawyer. Senator schatz may not be. He asked better questions than i did, but i also am having real difficulty understanding the scope of the recusal, its contours in definition, and i have an unresolved question about whether or not thats why the Attorney General failed to appear before us today, is to avoid having to answer direct questions about the scope of his recusal. I do appreciate and respect your appointment of a highly talented Special Counsel, and there have been questions from both sides that imply strong support for his independence and his conduct, and i appreciate the care with which you are answering my questions, but im
Premptive strike by the United States. The president also is publicly declaring that he has no plans to fire Robert Mueller as his russia investigation heats up. Fbi said he was surprised the raid of the home of Paul Manafort. And pouring more feud on the Top Republican in the senate. He called Mitch Mcconnells failure to get obama care repeals and replaced a disgrace. This after he posted multiple tweets slamming the Majority Leader and urging him to get back to work. This hour, ill talk about the north korea situation with our today, trump said he would consider diplomatic efforts but offered a pessimistic view of their odds of success. We will always consider negotiations, but they have been negotiating for 25 years. You look at bush and obama imploring china to step up their pressure on pyongyang. I think what noo can do more and i think they will. His secretary of state, rex tillerson, taking a different approach. Offering reainsurances to the American People. I think the preside