challenging the president. more than a dozen states are suing to put an end to donald trumps controversial national emergency declaration. the president is accusing top justice officials of committing illegal and treasonous acts. after stunning revelations from the former acting fbi director. plus america's top commander in the middle east talks to cnn. what he's saying about u.s. troops in syria. >> welcome to our viewers in the united states. from all around the world. this is cnn "newsroom."

donald trump is back in washington. after a long president's day weekend in florida. facing a major challenge to his national emergency declaration. 16 states joining together in a lawsuit filed in u.s. district court in northern california. they claim the president is going around congress to reallocate money to pay for the border wall with mexico. california attorney general is leading the charge. >> the president doesn't have the power of the purse. president can't decide to shuffle money around once congress allocated it. that's for congress to do. otherwise president's for the last 240 years would have been doing the same thing. when they don't like where congress puts the money. because trump fabricated a crisis and called it an emergency doesn't mean he can violate the separation of power under the constitution. >> as you know president trump wanted $5.7 billion for the

wall. congress approved only $1.3 billion for the fencing and repair. >> white house expected legal challenges to the emergency declaration. they are a host of other issues to occupy president trumps attention. we have details. >> hello, miami. >> the president maybe considering firing his top intelligence official. as he fires back as his former acting fbi director. one of closest confidants telling cnn the president may get rid of the director of national intelligence. >> the intelligence chiefs including dan coats went before open session of congress and said they police chief the president policies and efforts in north korea are going to fail based on intelligence. i'm hearing from sources that general disappointment of the president with director coats.

there's a feeling that maybe there needs to be a change of leadership. in that position. >> revelations about coats come as the president is lashing out at former fbi director mccabe. following his interview with 60 minutes. >> trump tweeting he was fired for lying and now his story gets more deranged. he and rod rosenstein hired by jeff sessions another beauty looked like they were planning a very illegal act and got caught. there's a lot of explaining tootd to the millions of people who just elected a president who they really liked. this is an illegal and treasonous insurance policy in full action. in the interview mccabe described in detail discussions with rod rosenstein about using the 25th amendment to potentially oust trump from office. >> rosenstein was actually openly talking about whether there was a majority of the cabinet who would vote to remove the cabinet.

>> that's correct counting votes. or possible votes. >> possibly wearing a wire inside the white house to record conversations with the president sfwl he said i never get searched. i can wear a recording device. he was not joking. he was serious. >> the justice department firing back. calling mccabes account inaccurate. not specifically denying the claim the conversations occurred. the deputy attorney general never authorized any recordings that mccabe references. as previously stated based on personal dealings with the president there's no basis to eninvoke the 25th amendment. all this prompting trump to retweet one fox anchor who called the account an i legal attempt on the president of the united states. trump adding true. mccabe says trumps public comments after firing comey were

cause for investigating obstruction of justice. as well as trumps private pressure on rod rosenstein to include the word russia justifying the firing sf. >> it concerned investigators. >> protesting the national emergency declaration. to build wall. one adviser to the ruling out the president might use the first veto of the president. to over right congressional attempts to stop the wall. in addition to the drama involving dan coats and mccabe. the white house experienced personnel turmoil over the weekend. nauert withdrew her name for consideration for the post. after concerns raised about her background. her name was announced publicly before the white house fully

completed a vet of the background. she was forced to withdraw. sources tell cnn the president has returned to the drawing board searching for a permanent nominee to be ambassador to the united nations. >> the head of the u.s. and american program. she joins me now. live from london. good to see you. >> thank you. >> so in the wake of the mccabe bomb shell revelations. president trump is fighting back attacking him and credibility. now we hear from a friend and confidant of the president. that he may fire his national intelligence director over comments he made about north korea. what would be the ramification of just such a move? considering the other seen your advisers that trump has dispensed with so far. particularly in the defense community. >> another sign of a president who values loyalty more than he

values the independence and the credible information being given to him by those who are have been appointed to over see various parts of the government. especially on the question of intelligence and north korea. it would under mine a lot of peoples confidence in the run up to the second summit. the idea that the president doesn't trust his own intelligence agency is one that is deeply disturbing. we have seen it for a long time. from the very get go. the president was willing to attack the intelligence agency. >> in his 60 minutes ber view. mccabe revealed the deputy attorney general rod rosenstein seriously considered invoking the 25th amendment to oust trump from office. for whatever reason nothing came of that. in another revelation he said rosenstein proposed wearing a wire inside the white house. to record conversations with president trump. after he fired fbi director

james comey. what will come of the bomb shell revelations? >> of course some of that information was in the public domain. it's there in a new way now. the president reaction has been unsurprisingly very negative. so i think one thing we're likely to see it that this will drive the division that we're already seeing in reaction to the general investigation not only by mueller more generally among the public. the majority of people see the range of investigations in the particular mueller as being independent and credible. in their eyes they con flat many of the different things. one push back is lindsey graham saying the senate judiciary committee is going to hold hearings. to see who is telling truth. again the divisions of this will stoke among on congress and the hill. are likely to be very

significant. whether it will shift attitudes in the public or amongst congressional leaders. it seems very unlikely to me. it demonstrates the very uncertain environment that characterized that white house still. but especially in the first four, five months. >> late monday night president trump tweeted this. remember this. mccabe didn't go to the bathroom without the approval of leaking james comey. and of course we know the president has called mccabe a liar. and says his stories are deranged. he's attacked his credibility. will this be enough to discredit mccabe and distract from the revelations and move it to the next issue as we have seen so many times before? >> again it's going to keep rearing its head. the raem game changer will be when mueller finally concludes his investigation. and some of that we don't know how much is released to the

public. separate issues very much related and i think the question of why the president fired james comey. will be one that is very integral to the report. and it's what led to the question amongst those surrounding the president about allegedly or mccabe says about whether or not there was a justification for rethinking the role of the president. it's quite dramatic. it's shocking. we have become quite used to it. it won't go away. it will come and go. >> americans very numb to all of these events these days. we have to be ever vigilant. thank you so much for your analysis. >> thank you. >> as donald trump sees its crisis in venezuela was about much more than ending the regime of president. it's about ending socialism once

and for all in the western hemisphere. speaking in miami on monday. he called him a cuban puppet. who would rather see his people starve than give aid. he urged military leaders to allow aid into the country. >> if you choose this path, you have the opportunity to help forge a safe and prosperous future for all of the people of venezuela. or you can choose the second path. continuing to support maduro. if you choose this path, you will find no safe harbor. no easy exit. and no way out. you will lose everything.

>> and we get more now on the crisis from cnn correspondent. >> the crisis here on the border between venezuela and colombia. mounting. tension by the day. president trump's speech in miami doing what it can to amplify the sense of concern here. certainly. we'll deal with the rhetoric of it in a minute. which was extraordinary. in the ambition. a direct appeal to the venezuela military. to essentially turn against the government. and possibly for doing that get some sense of reward. the u.s. president making it clear the american knew where military leaders ship money was hidden. saying it might target it and say you can have pretty much everything or lose everything. if you continue to block this humanitarian aid. the speech was given of course to a large audience.

donald trump pointed out continually the ails of what he referred to socialism. pointing to cuba and anythinica. to the hispanic communities of florida. where he needs a victory in 2020. and potentially casting those more left leaning democrats. facing in 2020. as being allies of socialism as well. the most striking quote i remember from the speech saying he hopes to soon see the first free hemisphere in human history. like swomeone from the 1980s facing towards the berlin wall. even though only two or three countries still have remnants of that. and the administration. the tension is building here. day by day. we are seeing a deadline now next weekend set by the opposition to get humanitarian

aid in. this is really not enough to change the plight of people. but the self-declared interim president and opposition leader said the aid will enter this weekend regardless. setting the stage for significant stand off and show down here. trump trying to tell the military away. it may not well work. the question will be will the deadline pass. many hope so. without sense of certainly volatility. if potentially -- >> following newly two weeks of violent antigov protest the haitian government says it has arrested eight people. five americans. for more we have this report from porter prince. >> there is real intrigue across

the haiti right now over the eight arrests. five americans. a russian and haitian local. police chief saying they were arrested when the cars were spotted by police. they were suspicious. the suspicion they didn't have license plates. they had taken them off. when they first started to talk to them they were evasive and didn't cooperate. they started to search the cars and found weapons. those are illegal here. that's the reason they are held. they found handguns and satellite phones. drones. what some haitians refer to as weapons of war. they found on the individuals. it is not clear who they are. who they were working for and what they are doing here. or were doing here. the police chief saying there is now an investigation into those very questions. >> haiti government remains in crisis mode. protestors have been out in force accusing the leadership of corruption and demanding they

resign. already been to iraq and syria. now the top u.s. demander for the middle east has made another surprise stop on his farewell tour. cnn exclusive with general joseph. coming up. >> the army core of engineer people came over and said based on the map the wall is going to be right here. >> how would you feel if the border wall was going to be built through your backyard? we will hear from upset property owners trying to fight back.

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the top u.s. commander for the middle east is visiting afghanistan. the trip is part of a farewell tour for general joseph. getting ready to retire after 40 years of military service. he was just in syria discussing isis and the planned u.s. troop withdrawal. we have been traveling with the general. and has this cnn exclusive. >> security was tight near syria. when general arrived on sight. from meetings with his syria

counter part. the commander of the syria democratic forces. the troops that the u.s. has been backing in the fight to oust isis from the country. but general made clear in an exclusive interview with cnn that he believes isis is a threat and threat to directly to the united states. >> at this point they could inspire. and perhaps provide some guidance in terms of that. i think we have to take it seriously. they demonstrated the ability to do this in the past. we should expect they will attempt to maybe do that in the future. >> general put forth a proposal in the meeting for up to 1,500 coalition including u.s. troops to remain in syria. to help the sdf. making no promises saying that the u.s. was looking at how it could continue to help the sdf.

but making it absolutely clear that u.s. ground forces more than 2,000 of them will be coming out of this country. that withdrawal is going to take place. and that is going to put the sdf in a difficult position. many people believe it will now have to join forces with the assad regime. that could end u.s. help for the sdf. as long as they continue to fight isis, general said he would be willing to see weapons continue to flow to them. but if they join with the regime, the u.s. doesn't do business with the regem. and that relationship will stop. israel summit with central european leaders has been called off. after israel official alkzed poland of complicity during the

holocaust. poland pulled out in protest over remarks made by the foreign minister. who said they collaborated with the nazis during the second world war. lieberman with more on this. a lot to cover this. let's start with israel and poland. at this cancelled summit. what's the latest on the controversy? >> looking forward to hosting the group. a group of four countries. poland, czech republic and hungry. to meet for the first time ever in. it has been called off. poland has cancelled their participation in what would have been the group. that meeting was cancelled. it's the other three countries. what happened here. it started when he was in poland. and said reported as saying polls cooperated with the nazis.

that implies the entire nation. and they claim it was a mistranslation. this already started the problem with poland. we'll send a lower level delegation. then the acting foreign minister in his first day on the job in his first interview was quoted saying the poles suckle antisemitism with their mothers milk. calling it a racist comment. acting foreign minister doubled down on it. in response poland is pulling out of the summit. in what would have been the group is one on one meetings with the prime minister. this meeting would have been a major diplomatic and national achievement for. israel tries to fix the issue with poland. and try to keep up good relations with the polls.

>> following another story. for us. the uk has signed trade agreements with israel. and the palestinian authority. what's the latest. >> this was an easy decision for israel. it keeps the same sort of agreement israel had with the eu. with brexit looming. they moved ahead with a an agreement with britain. saying essentially said all terms before are still continuing and promise significance savings without the eu involved. for israel this was an easy decision. to keep up a trade relation chl the big issue is britains part as it tries to sign with the other countries it's trying to do business with. that is the bigger issue. again there's another element. israel is trying to strengthen relations with britain and countries critical of the eu. for example the group that was supposed to be here. it's an easy decision to keep up trade relations and taking a

crack at the eu. as britain prepares for brexit. >> joining us there live from jerusalem. >> ahead on "newsroom." >> they want to build a maintenance road in front of the wall. >> they didn't mention that. >> that's what you heard about. >> you're home wouldn't be able to survive a border wall. >> no. >> president trump proposed wall is threatening homes on the u.s. mexico border. we will explain how owners are fighting back. >> the former acting fbi director is fighting back. when we return, russia, president trump and the latest on the allegations by andrew mccabe. (client's voice) remember that degree you got in taxation? (danny) of course you don't because you didn't! your job isn't doing hard work...

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welcome back to "newsroom." i want to check the headlines this hour. 16 u.s. states taking the trump administration to court to stop the president from using emergency powers to build his border wall with mexico. they claim the president is going around congress to reallocate money. it's just one of many lawsuits expected to be filed over the border wall. the top u.s. commander for the middle east has arrived in afghanistan. after general votel met with troops and allies in syria. he says isis will remain a threat. but the u.s. plans on pulling

ground troops from syria. planning to close automanufacturing plant in england. in 2021. the plant employs 3,500 people. honda senior vice president says the closure is not related to brexit. and more a response to changes in the global market. the uk business secretary calls the decision devastating. now back to the one of the top stories. the u.s. president is taking angry aim at the former acting fbi director and his own deputy attorney general. in an interview mccabe claimed rod rosenstein discussed wearing a wire to record the president. and also invehicling the 25th amendment to remove him from office. >> discussion of the 25th amendment. was simply rod raised the issue and discussed it with me in the context of thinking about how

many other cabinet officials might support such an effort. the deputy attorney general offered to wear a wire into the white house. he said i never get searched. he was not joking. he was absolutely serious. and he brought it up in the next meeting we had. >> the president called mccabe disgraced and said his story is deranged. then he accused the two officials of planning a very illegal act. and getting caught. he went onto claim this was the illegal and treasonous insurance policy in full action. mccabe and rosenstein disagree on what skb how things were discussed. they agree they didn't act on anything. even so, the president taking his queue from a conservative ally on the fox news. quoted him in a tweet. this was an illegal coup attempt on the president of the united

states. trump under scores true. for more on the this. a former fbi supervisor agent and cnn law enforcement analyst. i asked him about a potential national emergency and how vulnerable the u.s. might be if president trump believes russia over his own intelligence. >> two aspects to this troubling relationship the president trump has with his intelligence community. first being we know since he first took office he's any time he's run found hichls in the cross hairs of nvt tors for example he is blasted the intelligence community. he claimed on twitter president obama wiretapped trump tower and referred to the cia as nazis. and he's obviously wrangled people inside the intelligence community by lashing out at them. so that's one aspect. the second is for the intelligence agencies to be

effective they have been to be believed. when the president of the united states is presented with a piece of intelligence and they have high confidence that what we're telling you is the way of the world. again there's so many public safety and national security issues at stake. if the president rejects that because it maybe poses political challenges. and the last thing there's an over arching question that we have. that we're trying to dig into what motivates the president to accept russia's world view. there's a theory that some have perhaps the russians have a leverage over him. or compromised in some aspect. which national security scholars are buying in. this pattern unfolds. which maybe answering the question. but that's been the nightmare situation. the president not believing his own intelligence agency for sinister reasons. it poses challenges. in a future threat perhaps if we're in crisis situation and

the president has to make tough decisions based on the officials. it poses a host of challenges. >> when we're looking at why president trump is suspicious or distrustful of his own intelligence, it leads us to the question of whether mr. trump is working for russia. either wittingly or unwittingly. >> it is a fair question. folks like me who work in the national security establishment. when this came to light and people were saying that's a possible theory. president trump is compromised. many shook our heads like there is no way. the president is either working. many have evolved on that topic. especially when yo recall the president's actions in helsinki. he stood next to putin and essentially propped him up on the world stage. saying i believe this person.

my intelligence community people said something different. this person told me strong and powerfully that he denies interfering in the u.s. election. a lot of eyebrows went up. the behavior of the president continued to have questions raised. why is the president saying this about russia. and you'll recall it goes back to the fbi. the campaign and opening investigation into the president himself because of the issues. this is no longer a thing just that academic exercise. to determine what is motivating the president. many look and said there are real world issues that need to be addressed. and again the ballot box is one area to do that. one thing we also would be interesting with this democratic house majority they already said they're launching an investigation to get to the bottom of what is motivating the president. we'll see what they come up with. serious questioning at stake here. >> long time trump adviser roger

stone is agonizing for apologizing for posting two instagram attacks against the judge in his case. one referred to his upcoming show trial and accused prosecutors of legal trickery. to ensure he was tried by a judge appointed by obama. we're not showing the judge. the picture has the distinct image of cross hairs behind her. stone has removed the post. which he says were the work of a volunteer. he's charged with seven counts including lying to investigators and witness tampering. >> president trump proposed border wall. would require seizing land from private citizens. as you can imagine many are not happy about it. now some along the u.s. mexico border are suing to stop the trump administration from building the wall through their property. >> i have never seen anybody

here cross. >> you have never in 40 years? >> not at all. >> zero people. >> she has lived on this land in texas since she was in second grade. even though she has never seen anyone crossing, it didn't stop government officials from approaching her a few months ago. >> they said they want to build the wall. >> on your property. >> she has received three letters from u.s. customs and border protection. asking permission to survey the property. which she said no to. it's all leading to the government offering her price for the eight acres. if he turns it down declaring imminent domain and taking it away for a fair market value. >> the people came over and said based on the map the wall is going to be here. >> this is about six yards. maybe 20 feet from your house. and want to build a road in front of the wall. >> they didn't mention the road.

>> that's what you heard about. >> you're home without wouldn't survive a border wall. >> one of the plaintiffs in a private lawsuit against the president. she says she's on top of losing the house. her mother who lives on the property in a separate home is receiving hospice care. for advanced cancer. >> i feel in infuriated. i'm mad. i'm frustrated. all this is out of my hands. >> she plans on continuing to speak out. in addition to volunteering to be a plaintiff in the lawsuit. she is shouting from the rooftop. she painted this message. hoping president trump would fly over it. he didn't. but the message remains. >> this is our house. we were raised here. >> fred said his family owned land. >> to make a living they sell cattle. and rent out parts of the 70

acres. mostly for people with rvs and mobile homes. he has been in a wheelchair since suffering an illness two decades ago. says his family makes just enough to make ends meet. >> it will be build here on top of this lev sy. >> this is all your land back here. this is where you rent the properties. and all these people would be behind the wall. >> yes. >> no man's land. right. >> they're livelihood would be ruined. who will want to vacation behind a border wall. his grandmother used to tell him never sell the property. it will always provide for them. >> my dad fought for his property. during the world war ii. he was a tanker. under general patten.

went through hell for him. and i wonder what he would say. they're trying to do this sfwl he will do all he can to keep the land. the same with alvarez. >> i'll fight it all the way. if i have to tie myself to the big tree in the front. i'm not giving up my land without a fight. >> both say they have been told construction could begin soon on the property. that is very unlikely. lawsuits from private landowners could be a big headache for trump. and effort to build physical barrier here in texas. there's precedent. 2006 george w. bush signed a secure fence act. which authorized hundreds of miles of border wall. what happened back then fts hundreds of texas residents filed suit and some of the suits are still in court to this day. almost 13 years later. we'll take a short break here. just ahead, u.s. democratic

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to do. back when we were looking at the affordable care act and stopped. was trying to get a public option in there. that is a way if you remember that debate. that is a way to provide a public al tern native. that's real. beyond the exchanges. to bring down the rates. and we can look at other options. we have to start somewhere. we can do that immediately. >> no medicare for all? >> it could be a possible in the future. i'm looking at something that will work now. >> in stark contrast to a presidential democratic field mostly staking out the left and may well lead to a set of critical choices in the race to defeat president trump. jeff zeleny reports on a debate splitting the party. >> that sound you hear on the campaign trail is democratic presidential candidate moving sharply to the left. for medicare for all. >> healthcare is a fundamental

right. we will deliver that right with medicare for all. >> to a green new deal. >> it should be the moon shot of the generation. >> to a new wealth tax. >> it's time to put a modest tax on the giant fortunes in this country. >> the wind of primary blowing foors fiercely from the left. >> it's hardly a new divide inside the democratic party. >> revolution, our revolution. continues. >> it's taking on greater significant given the progressive shift. president trump it already trying to seize on that shift and democrats as extreme. >> we renew our resolve. america will never be a socialist country. >> most democrats re cyst that label. there's little doubt the energy

of the party is coming from the left. declaring victory after amazon pulled headquarters out of new york. >> we can ask for more. we deserve more. >> or democrats calling for the elimination of ice. the primary is raising question about the balance between purity and pragmatism. also on the senate floor. last weeks vote to avoid a government shutdown. klobuchar and sanders supported the spending bill. booker, harris and gillibrand and warren opposed it. klobuchar is selling herself as a prgive. >> do you feel pressure to sign on to the latest liberal or progressive idea in? >> i look at each vote we have and make a decision on what we should do. we have the vote on the agreement on the border. and voited for it. because i thought that's what i would do whether i was running for president or not. everyone makes their own

decision. you have to be able to be yourself. and not just try to be someone different than you have been. >> there's an appetite for moderation. a poll shows 53% of democrats and independents who lean that way prefer a moderate direction for the party. 40% favor a liberal one. one democratic voter hoping the party takes the pragmatic route. >> someone who can beat trump? >> yes. i don't like the idea of purity on the left. i never have. the candidates have to be so pure. >> jeff zeleny reporting there. we will be watching to see how the field continues to take shape. 50 million people in the u.s. are under a winter weather watch. warning or advisory. we will look at which areas could get the brunt of the latest storm system. we're back in a moment.

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millions of americans are once again in the path of a strengthening winter storm set to drop heavy snow and disrupt travel across the eastern u.s. meteorologist joinings now to talk about this. it's horrible.

>> it's winter continues here. this time around for dc in particular that will be a bulls yoo e for the heaviest snow. we'll have gulf moisture coming in. this is the similar set up in snow in the south. the cold air is not that far south. that's a good thing for folks who don't have shovels or snow equipment in the south. the pink is an early morning situation. this moisture will be all rain for the south. so much rain i'm thinking flood potential here. we have been raining good the last several weeks the ground is saturated. and we'll have several inches of rainfall. three to six. enough for a flash flood issue. over the next 24 to 48 hours. pink showing up for the appalachians into the nations capitol. that's a winter storm warning for the potential of four to six inches of snowfall. this wornt be today.

that wouldn't be today. we're talking late tonight and through the day on wednesday. that will be the worst of it. and ending on thursday. it's going to set up interestingly. we will get snow. but the warm air takes over. we'll get rain. a mess of a forecast. take a look here. we put the clock in motion on tuesday afternoon. you see the torrential rain coming in across the south. and the moisture heads out. and marries with the cold air. the result will be a lot of snow. four to six inches for d.c. any time of the year: new york won't be into it as far as. less an an inch. maybe not even that. the rain will win over here into the day on late wednesday and heading into thursday. here it is. four to six inches in d.c. three to five in philly. before we switch over. back it rainfall. winter rolls on here. it's a short week. but we missed the storm on

monday. this winter will hit us right where it hurts. >> we'll work through it toward spring. >> we close this hour with an image that closed world war ii. george the u.s. sailor who is believed to be the man kissing a woman in the photograph, died sunday at age 95. he was 22 in 1945. when japan surrendered. he later said everyone was celebrating in new york times square. drinking and raising hell he said. he had seen nurses save troops during the war and grabbed one for a kiss. she wasn't a nurse. she was a dental assistant. he was also on a date at the time. with another woman. his future wife. not sure what she thought about the picture. we'll remember that for a listening time. thank for joining us. remember to connect with me any time on twitter.

early start is next. and for everyone else stay tuned for more news with max foster in london. have yourselves a great day.

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