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sadly, even long-time host wolf blitzer, he's sounding an imaginary line. - - we're calling out blitzereveryone elsegh wrapped up in cnn's faux hysteria. that's tonight's mini monologue. last night wolf blitzer raised the possibility that treatment of the liberal media could be so dangerous. really? balm this. >> you've met with sean spicer, sarah huckabee sanders, meeting with the white house communications team, have you raised the concern that all of us in the news media have about the president calling all of us enemies of the american people? because that is a very, very harsh statement and potentially very dangerous. >> hey, wolf, i don't see isis poses, severed heads. of course blitzer's freak out is just the latest example of the c nn pundits that want to keep their jobs pretending america's freedom of the press is in danger. this naturally includes their chief white house correspondent, almost as unhinged as liberal joe, jim acosta. >> what we're witnessing right now is just this erosion of freedoms in terms of covering the president of the united states. i could hold up my pho

we are calling out blitzer tonight. and anyone else wrapped up in cnn's faux hysteria.ised the possibility that trump's treatment of the liberal media could be so dangerous. really? watch this. >> your meeting with the white house communications team. he raised the concern about the president calling all of us and a means of people? that's a very, very harsh statement and potentially very dangerous. >> sean: wolf, i don't see isis poses, severed heads. of course blitzer's freak out is the latest example of the cnn pendants that want to keep their jobs. pretending america's freedom of the press is in danger. no, it's not. this includes chief white house correspondent, he is almost as unhinged as liberal joe. jim acosta. watch this. >> what we are witnessing is an erosion of our freedoms in terms of coverage and the president of the united states. i could hold up my phone tomorrow and live stream that press briefing with sean spicer and sarah sanders. that's where technology is right now. i don't think we are going backwards and not having things on camera. to me that's j

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> breaking news, a powerful democratic congressman wants the white house to turn over all documents related to the security clearances for the president's senior adviser and son-in-law jared kushner and fired national security adviser michael flynn. congressman elijah cummings questions whether the white house is safeguarding classified information, noting kushner's reported failure to disclose conversations with russian officials. these suggest kushner's clearance should be suspended and notes that after the white house was informed of flynn's undisclosed contacts with the russians, it failed to suspend his security clearance in the three weeks before he was fired. the "new york times" reports that during that period, flynn joined regular classified briefings even though officials believed he was vulnerable to russian blackmail. >>> robert mueller made another visit to capitol hill to rule out possible obstruction of justice and said everything is on

turning you over to wolf blitzer in "the situation room." thank you for watching. >>> happening now, breaking news. delaying the vote. senate republican leaders delay a vote on their health care bill because they don't have enough support from their own party to pass it. after a non-partisan congressional report found it would leave 22 million more people uninsured than under obamacare. white house invite: all republican senators are invited to the white house for a crucial meeting with the president about the health care bill. but one gop senator says the president still hasn't learned how to work with congress. can the president and his party move beyond this stunning setback? >>> chemical attack warning. the white house says syria may be preparing for another chemical weapons attack and warns the regime is may pay a heavy price. will the white house launch another attack against the regime? >>> the white house kaisis capi. isis appears to be losing its terror grip on syria. i'm wolf blitzer. you're inside the situation room. >>> breaking

i'm anderson cooper. >> and i'm wolf blitzer. the advanced copy of comey's testimony rocking washington and the questions they are mounting

hacking into they they don't have any right now that's all and see there you can see wolf blitzer's heart just drop like what do you read how could there not been adam adam schiff who is the head of the who's the ranking member on the intelligence committee he got humiliated by tucker carlson on fox news over this russian lack of evidence then even though he's screaming at the top of his lungs that treason has been committed and so what tucker carlson can you million a sitting congressman especially the ranking member on the intelligence i don't think you got a case that's what i think i think you're really doing a bad job when you're able to be humiliated by tucker carlson well and it's amazing how the shows how the maser me is collapsing and how the worlds have turned on top of themselves you have tucker carlson doing some of the best reporting on the lack of evidence here and yet tucker carlson is an idiot shill the other half of the time and then you've got him agreeing glenn greenwald on in there agreeing to the whole thing and i'm like oh my god these worlds are colliding. yet

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >> breaking news, amid another round of mix the messages in the russia investigation, the white house now says, and i'm quoting, it is possible there may be an answer by the end of the week on whether the president has made secret recordings. it's been ten days since the president promised an answer and well over a month since he hinted in a tweet that he may have tapes of his conversations with fired fbi director james comey. that's about all the white house is saying, refusing to answer most questions on the russia probe even as a lawyer for the president contradicts president trump's own declaration that he's being investigated for firing comey. and first on cnn, top democratic lawmakers are now demanding more documents on former national security adviser michael flynn. they say he left important information out of a security clearance application, failing to disclose a 2015 mideast trip that was followed by a

see what's possible. >>> hello i'm wolf blitzer. 1:00 p.m. in washington.r or so from hearing from president trump. about to take questions from the news media for the first time in three weeks. it will also be the first questions he'll answer since the former fbi director james comey whom he fired testified before the senate intelligence committee. that was yesterday. president trump appears next hour with romania's president. they will take questions from reporters. two questions from american reporters. two questions from romania reporters. among the top questions the president could face is whether he taped his

blitzer point is that they pass the bill. that we get the process going. >> last question. can you tell us a little bit more about mr. scalise? >> we are not going to be the ones commenting on his health prognosis or progress other than to say i had a great meeting with steve this morning. he's bright, he told her. he just wanted to go through the other -- agenda. he wanted to go through what's going on the floor next week.he just wanted to brief us. he is so thankful. we are doing blood drives. he is very thankful for that. he's thankful for the outpouring of support he has received from friends and colleagues and people from louisiana. he was very moved. just to hear him talking about bailey and crystal and his affection for them, and thankfulness, it is something. it seems like he's doing well. thanks. announcer: several house democrats have come out publicly as wanting nancy pelosi to step down as house minority leader. a reporter asked about her future as minority leader, and

. >> four time there is wolf blitzer asked and he could not answer the question.off camera briefing of the white house, administration officials were asked whether the president believes human activity contributes to climate change. >> what's so fascinating to me is he used to be the number two at goldman sachs. the moment he's on there being grilled by wolf blitzer his former boss sending his first tweet ever saying this is the wrong thing to do as president. an interesting position for him to be in. >> and if he supports this withdrawal and he didn't give a clear answer to that either. many believe he does not support this but he didn't answer for himself there. >> the death toll climbing after a rampage at a casino in the philippines. police are saying this was not a terror attack. but president trump claimed it was. thanks for the ride around norfolk! and i just wanted to say, geico is proud to have served the military for over 75 years! roger that. captain's waiting to give you a tour of the wisconsin now. could've parked a little bit closer... it's gonna be

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> the white house is defending president trump as he faces auburn condemnation over one of his most inflammatory twitter attacks since taking office. the president lashed out at msnbc anchors joe scarborough and mika brzezinski singling out her disparaging remarking about her intelligence and appearance. a number of congressional republicans rebuking the president. white house saying, quote, he fights fire with fight. meanwhile the investigation into russian entire fierce into the presidential election are heating up. the house intelligence committee is threatening to sum the white house for information about recordings president trump suggested he had of his conversations with former fbi director james comey. and on the senate side, investigators are looking at possible obstruction of justice related to comey's firing, as well as potential financial ties between trump associates and russia. at the same time, the white house is confirming that preside

i turn this over to wolf blitzer who is in "the situation room." >>> happening now, breaking news. millions uninsured. the nonpartisan congressional budget office has just released the cost to the senate gop health care bill, projecting that in more than a decade. president trump admits he called the gpo program ruined! it no. partial victory. president trump calls the u.s. supreme court decision to let parts of his travel ban take effect. a clear victory for national security. but it's only temporary and far from a final decision as the court decides to hear full arguments in october. >>> and demanding an apology. president trump admits russia interfered in the u.s. presidential election but insists the only collusion or obstruction came from president obama, and he's now demanding an apology. >>> i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> breaking news, the numbers are just out from the nonpartisan congressional budget office estimating that in less than a decade the senate republican health care bill would leave 22 million americans without health care insurance than

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i'm wolf blitzer. you're in the situation room. >> this is cnn breaking news. >> breaking news this hour, the trump administration always refusing, refusing to rule out an tempt to muzzle james comey. this as anticipation builds for sensational public testimony by the fired fbi director six days from now. white house officials say mr. trump will review a possible effort to envoc executive privilege. tonight, senate democratic source is driving home the difficulty of doing that and telling cnn the only way mr. trump might stop comey would be to launch an unprecedented and politically risky court battle and even that might not work. also tonight, the white house is reaffirming that the president still has confidence in son-in-law and senior adviser jared kushner. new questions keep arising about kushner's russia contacts and conflicting explanations about why he met with the banker linked to the kremlin. president putin is weighing in on the russian investigation tonight dismissing it as hysteria. and ne

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i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> breaking news, senate investigators say they'll now start following the money looking for ties between the trump campaign and russian financiers. members of the senate intelligence committee say they've been promised access to backing records from the treasury department's financial crimes unit that tracks illegal money officerstransfers. that comes as the senate judiciary committee may start looking into possible obstruction of justice from the white house. michael flynn is once again at the center of things. democrats now say he may be cooperating with administrators. president trump cannot say whether he recorded conversations with the fired-up james comey. but the add administration offices say they don't have records relating to the installation or production of any recording devices in the white house. that comes as a response to a freedom of informations request by cnn. >>> and polls will be closing two hours from now in georgia's sixth congr

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> we're following break news. president trump is said by top aides to be weighing whether to take the extraordinary step of invoking executive privilege to block testimony by former fbi director james comey. he's scheduled to appear before the senate intelligence committee on thursday, and he's expected to testify that the president urged him to drop the investigation into fired national security adviser michael flynn. meanwhile, the white house is refusing to answer any questions about the russia investigation. the press secretary sean spicer once again referring reporters to the president's outside counsel saying he cannot and will not comment on the probe from now on. spicer and other top administration officials are also refusing to say whether president trump believes whether climate change is real. following his decision to pull the united states out of the paris climate accord. mr. trump once tweeted that climate change is a hoax created by china to harm u.s. manufacturing. >>> and new tonight, some off-the

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >> breaking news tonight, the white house is tamping down renewed speculation that president trump would like to fire or force the ouster of special counsel robert mueller. in a new interview, the president complains about mueller's friendship with fired fbi director james comey, saying and i'm quoting now, we'll have to see if mueller should step down. press secretary sean spicer says mr. trump has the authority to fire mueller, but has no intention of doing that. >>> also tonight, the house intelligence committee is still waiting for official word from the white house confirming mr. trump's admission and he doesn't have any tapes of his conversations with comey. the panel had set tonight as the deadline. after the president's announcement by tweet, he's speaking out about why he hinted at possible tapes in the first place. he suggested he was trying to influence comey to offer an honest account of their communi

i'm wolf blitzer in "the situation room."n burnett "out front" starts right now. >> up front front breaking news, new details on what fired fbi director james comey will stabt his conversations with president trump. his slerverse of the story. and u.s. investigators 3w4r50e6 russia could have been behind a major international crisis, a crisis that trump is right in the middle of. the nsa contractor charged with leaking information,out front front tonight. let's go "out front." good evening, i'm erin burnett. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. the breaking news, cnn learning that fired fbi director jim comey is expected to extra diktd president of the

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i'm wonderful blitzer. you're in the situation room. >>> breaking news in a and a stunning move putting the nuns opposition to the rest of the world. president trump announced he is pulling the u.s. out of a nearly 200-nation paris accord aimed at limiting global warming. the move fulfills a campaign pledge and will find favor among his base especially in coal mining case and other hard hit areas of the economy. but it comes over the opposition of cabinet members and senior white house officials even his daughter ivanka who urged the president to change u.s. commitments to the agreement without withdrawing from the agreement. also breaking right now, fired fbi director james comey is set to testify before the senate intelligence committee one week from today. he is expected to address his private encounters with president trump who reportedly urged him to end his investigation into michael flynn's russia advertises that comes at senate democrats reveal they asked the fbi to investigate ties between attorney

>>> hello i'm wolf blitzer. wherever you're watching from around the world thanks very much for joining us. up first jeff sessions in the spotlight and under oath. the attorney general of the united states testifies next hour before the senate intelligence committee in an open hearing. you're looking at a live picture coming in from the hearing room right now. sessions arrives on capitol hill this hour for what could be another major round of dramatic testimony stemming from the russia investigation. among the issues, sessions will likely be questioned about revelations from last week's testimony by the fired fbi director james comey. his decision, his role in the decision to fire comey and his meetings with russian officials. while the sessions testimony is unfolding up on capitol hill, president trump will be on the road. he leaves this hour on a trip to wisconsin where he'll visit a technical college as part of what's called fork worse development week. let's bring in our reporters for a preview of sessions t

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." trump is blaming troubles on his deputy attorney general rod ros rosenstein and the president clans he is being investigated for firing the fbi direct by the man who told him to fire the fbi director. that remark is raising urgent new questions about the fate of rosenstein who wrote a memo used to justify comey's firing and later launched special counsel investigation. also tonight, democratic dianne feinstein says she is worried that the president might troo fire rosenstein and mueller. also breaking, fbi just denied cnn's request for cop eves james comey's memos detailing his private conversationes with the president. the bureau arguing that releasing memos could interfere with the work of law enforcement. suing the fbi for access to the notes which which comey quoted public testimony saying they were not, repeat, not classified. also tonight, u.s. military is skeptical about returna's new claim of that the leader of isis may be ded. investigating reports that abu and killed by an a

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in the situation room. >>> there is a lot of news this hour on critical issues for the president and the nation. mr. trump has created a distraction from all of that by launching a vicious verbal attack on twitter. the leader of the free world taking precious time to insult the host of cable news show "morning joe" singling out the female actor with demeaning comments about her appearance. many republicans in congress are fuming. they are fed up. they are pleading with him to stop, calling his words beneath the dignity of the office. there is also breaking news in the russia investigation. the leads of house intelligence committee are requesting more information about -- they are threatening to issue subpoenas if they don't get further clarification beyond tweets saying he doesn't have recordings. >>> the president is welcoming south korean president to the white house. tonight the trump administration is slapping new sanctions on the chinese and others accused of enabling kim

i'm wolf blitzer. it's 1:00 p.m. in washington, 6:00 p.m. in london, 8:00 p.m. in moscow. wherever you are watching from around the world, thanks very much for joining us. we are following three major stories right now. first, president trump trying to get back to business as usual over at the white house, as his legal team fights back against allegations in the russia investigation. the white house press secretary sean spicer will likely face lots of questions on that investigation later this hour in an off-camera briefing. earlier, president trump welcomed the president of panama to the white house and during their oval office meeting, a reporter tried to get some clarity from the president on the status of the russia investigation. >> reporter: mr. president, are you under investigation by the special counsel? mr. president, are you under investigation by the special counsel? >> no answer from the president. we are also keeping an eye on attacks in europe and london. police are investigating what the prime minister is calling a sickening attack on a crowd outside a mosq

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i'm wolf blitzer. it's 1:00 p.m.q, and friday morning in pyongyang, north korea. from wherever you're watching from around the world, that's very much for joining us. >>> we start with president trump and his latest tweets sending shock waves through washington, d.c. and around the country. perhaps around the world. uncertainty right now over north korea, possible military options for the u.s. there's also the question of whether the president will have a substantive meeting with the russian president vladimir putin at the g-20 summit at the end of next week and there are senate republicans trying to revive their health care overall, but with all of those critically important issues swirling through the white house, the president of the united states took time out this morning to tweet this -- i'll put it on the screen.

i'm wolf blitzer. erin burnett "out front." >> president trump says james comey is lying and the president says he's alsowilling to testify under oath. are there tapes of conversations between trump and comey? the president promising an answer soon, bringing it up multiple times today and a republican calling out paul ryan tonight. he said if trump were a democrat, that would be talk of impeachment. that republican is my guest. "out front" tonight, the breaking news. trump versus comey. one of them is lying. the president of the united states upping theantee against fired fbi director james comey

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >> this is cnn breaking news. >> the attorney general jeff sessions will testify publicly before the senate intelligence committee tomorrow and he's certain to be asked about his contacts with russia and the firing of fbi director james comey but the white house suggests sessions may claim executive privilege on some questions even as it indicates that the president is no closer to resquealing if he recorded any conversations ahead of comey's firing. sessions who couldn't get a clear vote of confidence from the white house last week was present for the first full meeting of the president's colleagues and joined colleagues around the table. he heaped extravagant praise on the president after the president extravagantly praised himself. that comes as the president once again suffers a major legal defeat. a federal appeals court ruling against his revised travel ban and citing his own trades declaring he exceeded his authority in restricting travel from ha

i turn you over now to wolf blitzer. he is, as you would expect him to be, in "the situation room." >>> happening now. breaking news. willing to testify. after james comey's incriminating testimony, president trump says he's 100% ready to tell his side of the story under oath. mr. trump accuse comey of being a liar and a leaker and yet also claiming his fired fbi director vindicated him. >>> very near future. the president playing it coy about whether there are tapes of his conversations with comey, promising an answer soon, but tonight house investigators are demanding to vote if any recordings exist, and they are setting a deadline. sessions in trouble. the attorney general is facing escalating cleel and political scrutiny as investigators look into whether he had a third undisclosed meeting with the russian ambassador. could he be at risk for perjury charges? and winner loses. a federal contractor named realty winner charged with leaking classified material has been denied bail. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in swoom swoom

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> we're following breaking news. the white house is clearing the way for fired fbi director james comey to testify this thursday to the senate intelligence committee as part of its russia investigation. a spokeswoman says president trump will not invoke executive privilege to try to block comey from discussing a conversation in which sources say the president urged him to drop the investigation into former national security adviser michael flynn. also breaking this hour, british investigators have now identified two of the three men who carried out the terror rampage in london that killed seven people and injured dozens before police shot and killed the attackers. police say one of the men, a british citizen born in pakistan, was known to security officials, and in the wake of the attack president trump has lashed out at london's muslim fa mayor sadiq khan who said people should not be alarmed by the increased police presence on the streets of london. mr. trump accused khan's words and accused of him making, quote, a

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >> we're having new fall out from the president's outrageous tweets involving two cable tv personalities. now leveling serious allegations suggesting a possible abuse of power. joe scarborough and mika brzezinski claim top administration officials offered to strike an tabloid that would be embarrassing to them if, if they agreed to apologize to the president for negative coverage of him. tonight the white house denying that. one official says scarborough reached out to trump senior advisor jared kushner about that national inquirer story, but kushner did not offer any kind of quid pro quo. >>> also tonight another presidential tweet may be complicating the republican struggle to repeal and replace obamacare at the same time. the president now opening the door to an immediate repeal with a replacement at a later date. that is a dramatic shift from what he said during the campaign. senate republican leaders failed

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wolf blitzer is next. >>> hello. i'm wolf blitzer. it's 1:00 p.m. in washington.om around the world thanks very much for joining us. we're following several major stories unfolding this hour, including a brand new bombshell report in "the washington post." the paper detailing today how the cia first learned of russian president vladimir putin's direct and very personal involvement in the cyber campaign to interfere in the u.s. presidential election. the cia's intelligence reportedly came from sources deep within the kremlin, and even

i'm wolf blitzer. it's one o clo1:00 p.m. here in.w down, joem -- how much is comey prepared to say about his meetings with the president. those are just some of the key questions the trump administration is facing

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show more of you. . >>> hello, i'm wolf blitzer in washington. viewers in the united states and around the world. we're following breaking news right now in the ninth circuit court of appeals has just issued a ruling in the legal battle over president trump's travel ban. i want to bring in cnn paul callan and laura coats, our legal analysts. we're going through the ruling right now, paul. i want to set the scene for our viewers. what's at stake in this decision that we're about to get from the ninth circuit? we earlier received a decision prosecute the president's travel ban. set the scene

i'm wolf blitzer. you've in "the situation room." >> this is cnn breaking news. >> we are following breaking news on what appears to be a deliberate and politically motivated shooting attack on members of congress. heavily armed gunman opening fire this morning on a republican lawmakers and staffers as they practice for a charity baseball game in a quiet neighborhood just outside washington, d.c. the barrage of gunfire, captured on video. [ gunshot ] [ gunshot ] tonight, the house majority whip, steve scalise, the fbi clarifying a short while ago that three other people were shot, two others suffered secondary injuries. witnesses describe a very aoughtic scene with people jumping into dugouts and over fences to dodge bullets. the gunman later caught by police and died. he is security was with ask lees and without them, people say, it would have been massacre. james hodgkinson came to virginia from illinois in march. his social media postings are filled with anti-trump and anti-republican rants. one law

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in ""the situation room"." >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >> we are following the breaking news in the trump russia investigation. tonight the white house is dangling the possibility that the president will finally reveal if there are oval office recordings by the end of this week. house investigators have asked the administration to turnover any tapes of mr. trump's conversations with fired fbi director james comey by friday. they are looking into comey's claim that the president asked him to end his investigation of ousted national security advisor michael flynn. also tonight, new indications that flynn may have failed to disclose yet another overseas trip related to russia when he replied to renew security last year. they are requesting documents about a trip flynn to the middle east in the summer of 2015 to pursue a joint u.s.-russian business venture to develop nuclear facilities in saudi arabia. also breaking this hour, a dramatic new move by democrats to protes

i now turn you over to wolf blitzer live in "the situation room." thanks for watching. >> happening now. obstructing justice, a probe. new signs that the special counsel is considering an expanded investigation into allegations the president obstructed justice by trying to quash an fbi investigation. sources say robert mueller's investigators will talk about that with key intelligence officials. >>> phony and made-up. the president unleashes barrages of tweets complaining that the obstruction report is phony and that he's the target of ta witc hunt. and just now he complains that hillary clinton destroyed phones with a hammer, adding, and they talk about obstruction. >>> tough shape, congressman steve scalise is in critical condition, undergoing a third surgery after being shot when that gunman attacked a congressional republican baseball practice. amid vows of unity, republicans and democrats will go ahead with their charity game this evening. >>> and no excuse. doctors say american otto warmbier suffered severe neurological damage during his 17 mo

wolf blitzer in the chair after a quick break.ergy muddlers are you one sneeze away from being voted out of the carpool? try zyrtec® it's starts working hard at hour one and works twice as hard when you take it again the next day. stick with zyrtec® and muddle no more®. >>> hello, i'm wolf blitzer. it's 1:00 p.m. in washington. 6:00 p.m. in london. wherever you're watching from around the world, thanks very much for joining us. today mark the anniversary of a political announcement that changed the course of the united states. it was two years and two hours ago that the billionaire donald trump came down that aes escala with his wife to announce he was getting in the presidential race. the rest of course is history. history that is still being written and we're getting a new chapter today. looking at live pictures coming

right now i turn you over to wolf blitzer. he's in "the situation room." thanks for watching. >>> happening now. breaking news. comey's story. dramatic written testimony from the fired fbi director james comey in a statement released early by the senate intelligence committee. comey says the president demanded loyalty and asked him to let go of the fbi investigation into flynn and lift the cloud. comey says president trump repeatedly asked what could be done to lift the cloud of the russia probe. when all the facts are added up is there a case for obstruction of justice? what more will comey say tomorrow? stonewalling, top intelligence chiefs anger senators by asking whether the president asked them to downplay or sway the russia investigation and why are they keeping quiet? and changing the subject. president trump may have tried to divert attention with a surprise tweet announcing his pick for the new fbi director, and in a speech in the heartland promoting a infrastructure plan where he ducked questions on whether he has confidence in his attorney gener

it's the only way to know for sure. >>> hello i'm wolf blitzer.watching from around the world thanks very much for joining us. up first jeff sessions in the spotlight and under oath. the attorney general of the united states testifies next hour before the senate intelligence committee in an open hearing. you're looking at a live picture coming in from the hearing room right now. sessions arrives on capitol hill this hour for what could be another major round of dramatic testimony stemming from the russia investigation. among the issues, sessions will likely be questioned about revelations from last week's testimony by the fired fbi director james comey. his decision, his role in the decision to fire comey and his meetings with russian officials. while the sessions testimony is unfolding up on capitol hill, president trump will be on the

i turn you over to wolf blitzer in the situation room, thanks for watching. >>> happening now, breaking news, no tapes. six weeks after he dropped a stunning hint about secret white house recordings, president trump admits he made no tapes of his talks with fired fbi director james comey. no regrets, the president's initial tweet, warning comey about tapes led to the appointment of a special council. trump associate says if he doesn't regret this, he should, but the white house doesn't think the president has any regrets. no longer secret. senate gop leaders finally unveil their health care bill, written behind closed doors. they want to rush it to a vote, many republicans are wary of the small print and worry about the reaction from voters. >>> and no votes. four gop senators already oppose the bill in it's current form and others are on the fence. does the bill have any real chance of passing? i'm wolf blitzer, you're in the situation room. >>> this is cnn breaking news. >> breaking news, president trump finally comes clean on want subject of secret white house recordings, six weeks a

i'm wolf blitzer in "the situation room."burnett "out front" starts right now. >> up front front fired fbi director jim comey's testimony saying the president pressured him demanding loyalty. but the nation's top intelligence chiefs refusing to answer questions about their conversations with the president. why are they stonewalling tonight? republicans pleading with trump to stay off twitter during comey's testimony. let's go "out front." >> good evening. i'm erin burnett. "out front" tonight the breaking news. the stunning t.j. of the form r fbi director james comey. here is comey's first-person account of his meetings and conversations with the president. i've got it right here. it's six

i'm wolf blitzer. it's 1:00 p.m. in washington.tching from around the world, thafrpnks ver much for joining us. sources tell cnn that the special counsel robert mueller's office is looking at possibly x expanding his investigation and "the washington post" reports that mueller is already looking into the issue of obstruction of justice by president trump. cnn has not independently confirmed that part of the story, but we do know that investigators are interviewing top intelligence officials as we speak. either way, the president is reacting to the news with a tweet saying, quote, they made