i'm brooke baldwin. thank you for being with me. "the lead" starts now. >> thanks, brooke. can donald trump sell the health care plan the same way he told himself to voters? and is he even willing to try? "the lead" starts right now. >>> president trump in his element, hitting the campaign trail, expecting to sell a health care plan tonight, one that he's not yet willing to put his name on. leaving the house speaker to deal with the fall out in washington. paul ryan is going to join us live in just minutes. >>> no evidence, house intelligence committee leaders including one trump supporter saying there is no proof the president's told the truth when he accused president obama of wiretapping him at trump tower. >>> plus, this town is run by elephants and donkeys, but today we have a shark. mark cuban talking to us about president trump's taxes, his leadership, and what he thinks the president is really worth. >>> good afternoon, everyone. welcome to "the lead." i'm jake tapper. topping our politics lead today, president trump is taking his act to nashville as he tries to sel

i'm brook bae baldwin. senate intelligence committee announcing the boundaries of its investigation into the trump campaign potential ties to russia. a stark contrast, as you just heard all the different voices on my panel explain to the shenanigans on the house side, with the republican chairman of the intel committee on the house side, devin nunes, essentially not saying he won't recuse himself, despite calls from the ranking member for him to do so. phil mattingly is with me. he's been covering all the zigs and the zags on this. so, still, you know, you listen to these white house daily briefings, phil. the questions are the same with regard to, you know, sean spicer, do you net know hyet kn nunes was cleared to get into the skiff and what did he see, and still coming up with nothing. >> yeah, the questions are the same, brook, and the answers up to this point have been the same, as well. it's worth noting, when it notes who gets into the white house and how they get into the white house, according to fo

live at scene is "action news" reporter bob brooks. bob, i know that information has been scarce throughout the afternoon. have you been able to learn anything more about the specifics here? >> reporter: well, jim, it has been scarce but i just got an update from police. this is being pegged as a horrible construction accident. we are hearing that a man was crushed when an old bank safety deposit box fell on him at the old wells fargo bank as they were trying to move it. this is the situation behind me right now. you can see special operations are out here. they've been out here all afternoon trying to get this massive deposit box removed. it's been a tragic situation going on all afternoon. cheltenham police confirm a man is dead inside the cheltenham mall. he is 35-year-old jonathan mouse of elizabethtown pennsylvania. they say he was and crushed to death after an old bank safety deposit box fell on him. detectives say work was being done at the old location of the wells fargo bank. crews were trying to move that safety deposit box.

>> a lot to go through, brooke. you saw the white house would you say distancing itself from michael flynn's lobbying ties to turkey, sean spicer saying president trump had no idea that his national security adviser's company was working as a foreign agent. i want to break down first, a source does tell me that the white house council was well aware before the nainauguration and after that the company was planning to file a full agent disclosure form, so i'll back up and tell you what's at issue. at the height of the election, the flynn intel group received a $530,000 contract in the netherlands, it was to improve business developments with u.s. and turkey, when michael flynn was appearing at campaign rallies with then candidate trump, michael flynn at the same time was meeting with turkish government officials in new york. this was part of a disclosure filed this week. it does state no fees were actually paid by a foreign government, just the dutch consulting firm but nevertheless flynn did wait to file the mandate

i'm brooke baldwin live in washington d.c. major moment for the trump presidency, his health care bill right now it's hanging in the balance. we're told the white house has given a final offer to republicans who are some of whom very skeptical of this bill the most far right of house republicans who left the white house just a short time ago after meeting with the president again, here is what sean spicer had to say in moments ago in the white house daily briefing. >> there are some members who stood up and told the president i'm with you now and i think member by member that's how they're going to vote. we have continued to see that number rise and same with the tuesday group, there are members who had not been with us expressing their willingness to be part of it. the president went over -- we continue to see the number rise, but i think we continue to see the number go up, not down and that's a very positive sign. >> yeah, a key freedom caucus member suggested negotiations are not over. >> we are certainly trying to get to

watching cnn i'm brooke baldwin. more on breaking news today as president trump reiterates his claims that president obama wiretapped him during the campaign. his press secretary sean spicer saying they don't regret anything after spicer cited a fox news contributor. joining me ari fleicher. it is so wonderful to see you, my goodness. okay, so you have this essentially this self-induced crisis, coming up on two weeks from this early saturday morning tweet from the president. and you have this senior white house official saying that they had apologized to gchq the british intel agency who smacked them when sean spicer smacked them with this news, britain backed them up but sean spicer is now again saying we don't regret anything. >> yeah, brooke, i consider this whole thing to be an immense waste of finger movement. and a waste of breath of everybody wasting time. i think put it on the side. it's unfortunate it happened but people are much more focused on what's going to happen with the economy, the health care bill,

. >> reporter: it is, brooke. and you heard the speaker of the house repeating what devin nunes said long the adam schiff there's no evidence of wiretapping conducted on trump tower before or after the 2016 election and now to have the statement from both republican chairman of the senate intelligence committee long the ranking democrat mark warner saying based on the information available to us we see no indication that trump tower was the subject of any surveillance by the united states government either before or after election day 2016. i think the key word is the word surveillance. you have been hearing from this white house over the last few days you had the white house press secretary sean spicer putting wiretapping in air quotes saying that refers to all sorts of surveillance. here you have a statement from the senate intelligence committee saying that they don't believe, see any indication that trump tower was the subject of any surveillance by any element of the united states government before or after e

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>> brooke, no. i'm at a loss because i have not seen the report, we've been involved with other meeting, but if devin nunes says that, i believe that, and if he says the president's personal communications were picked up i only have to think that happened and then we need to investigate how that came about, who authorized that? and the way i see this town working so often is that there's this layer of plausible deniability, but people feel that the buck stops at the top that president obama, him or below him knew about this. >> but it's not actually the same thing what nunes is saying versus what the president tweeted. >> okay. i'm going to weigh out of this because i know nothing of the report. >> okay. let's move on to the health care, you say you cannot support the health care bill as it stands right now. i know you met with the president. take me behind the doors? >> we wanted to know where we stood on this bill. the affordable care act is a disaster. it's going to collapse on its own so the pre

brooks jumped on a plane to ohio today.he wedding. >> what. >> not sure what you guys are doing this weekend but if you want to go, we weren't invited but let's just go. >> yeah, right. >> that's so cool. >> all right. >> thanks. >> all right. >> moving on, it's called bigs in blue its a unique one to one mentoring program between students and police officers. they launched it today at the elementary. this partnership with big before thes big sisters of america pairs philadelphia police officers with children in the district they serve. the goal is to build trusting relationships between police and the younger generation. >> ♪ fios is not cable. we're wired differently. maybe that's why we've been ranked highest in customer satisfaction by jd power 4 years in a row. and now you can love fios too. get 150 meg internet, tv and phone. all for $79.99 per month, for the first year with a two-year agreement. it's the only internet with equal upload and download speeds. cable only offers upload speeds that are a fraction of the do

i'm brooke baldwin. thanks for being with me.e lead" with jake tapper starts now. >> thanks, brooke. so, why wouldn't president trump want it to be called trump care? i mean, it's not as if he's averse to putting his name on things. "the lead" starts right now. >>> an all nighter, speaker paul ryan and the gop pushing ahead with their health care plan to replace obamacare as groups representing hospitals and doctors and seniors push back and are joipd this afternoon by the top doctor in the trump administration medicaid program. >>> breaking right now, brand-new details coming out about the yemen raid. president trump's first military action as commander now taking

. >> brooke: my gosh. you ate all your -- >> ridge: give me that. >> brooke: no, that's -- >> ridge: why do you want me to eat all the pineapple? >> katie: can't be easy for you. >> brooke: [ laughs ] oh, before we left, i forgot to tell you, r.j. sent an e-mail. >> ridge: what'd it say? >> brooke: "happy eloping. watch out for the kangaroos. love, your dear son." >> ridge: that crazy kid. >> brooke: [ chuckles ]

. ♪[ music ] >> brooke: eric deserves to know what's happening. >> ridge: nothing is happening.ot anymore. >> brooke: you two were kissing earlier. >> quinn: we were kissing each other goodbye. >> brooke: what i saw wasn't a man kissing his step-mother goodbye. >> quinn: no, we were -- we were saying goodbye to all of this foolishness. the -- the flirting, it was -- it was awful, i hated the way it made me feel. >> brooke: hated it a little, loved it a little. >> quinn: we knew it had to stop, especially once you two got married. >> brooke: why? your marriage to eric certainly didn't stop anything. >> quinn: we were toying with each other -- stupidly, but innocently -- but that's over now. i promise you it is. there is no reason... there is no reason to cause eric any pain. i'm begging you. please don't tell eric. >> eric: n r

but i can't deny what i saw. >> brooke: which is what, exactly?> katie: ridge and quinn... standing very close to each other, the way he... touched her. >> brooke: quinn or the necklace? >> katie: i kind of felt like the jewelry was really a prop, to be honest, and an excuse to be intimate. and this isn't the first time i've seen them like this together. i wish i didn't have to say anything. >> brooke: no, no, gosh. go ahead -- say it. get it off your chest. >> katie: i think there's something going on between ridge and his father's wife. >> brooke: [ scoffs ] >> quinn: so, there's nothing to

brooks' rival, robert mcintosh, was disqualified because of violations. in an op-ed in "the houstonh the results-- saying it was unfair because mcintosh received 750 more votes than his opponent.. perry suggests, brooks' victory was unfairly engineered in a quest for diversity. we started with 68 - and now it's down to sixteen. after a few days rest, march madness picks back up again today with the sweet sixteen round. there are four games tonight including the only d-c area team left - west virginia. the mountaineers tip off against number one gonzaga at 7:30 tonight. at xx time for weather. toss to eileen cool day - 60s return tomorrow - 70s saturday (first weekend of spring) - spring showers late sunday today: mostly sunny. unseasonably cool. highs: 47-50 winds: n to s 5 mph tonight: partly becoming mostly cloudy. not as cold. lows: 30-35 winds: s 5 mph friday: mostly cloudy. breezy & milder. isolated shower early, mainly north. highs: 62-66 winds: s 5-15 g 25 mph of girls gone missing around the district. with those cries for help, here's ana lysa gal

"the lead" starts now. >> thank you, brooke. sean spicer said the cbo is consistently wrong, but his boss used to think otherwise. "the lead" starts right now. >>> the price tag fall out on capitol hill from democrats and republicans after the cbo finds that the republican health care plan would fall well short of the president's campaign promises. >>> the white house now saying the president is extremely confident that he will be vindicated on his claim that president obama wiretapped him. maybe they found that microwave cam. >>> plus dangerous winds, sleet and snow coming in sideways, shutting down cities and the danger is far from over.

i'm brooke baldwin. happening right now, a first for the trump administration. 52 days in, the president is scheduled to hold his very first meeting with his cabinet. we'll bring that to you as soon as we have it. in the meantime, just a little while ago, the white house dodged repeated questions about today's big deadline. the deadline being this, the house intelligence committee is demanding to see by today any evidence of president trump's baseless claim that he was wiretapped during the campaign under former president obama. now, remember, president trump tweeting the accusation a little more than a week ago, right, that was on that saturday morning. so here is what white house press secretary sean spicer said about today's deadline. >> what i'm saying is, the request that was made from the house was to the department of justice. i think that that's an appropriate question to ask them. what i'm telling you is, from a white house perspective, there is no question that there have been an abundance of r

i'm brook baldwin. jim acosta is joining me. a sort of bombshell report coming from "the new york times" which is what took up the bulk of that briefing with sean spicer. these two officials who gave this information to chairman nunes and talk about how huge this report is. >> reporter: and we should say reportedly that "the new york times" is saying that these two white house officials were helpful to devin nunes when the chairman made that mysterious visit over to the white house last week. during the briefing, as you went over, white house secretary sean spicer didn't confirm that. he danced around the question and did not confirm whether these two white house officials mentioned in "the new york times" were in fact devin nunes' sources for all of this. what he did say is that the white house has sent over a letter to both intelligence committee, both the house and senate, inviting them to look at information that the white house believes is very helpful and i should point out i just talked to a sour

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brooks: no, i do not.t whatever legislation we pass achieved the goals we hope to achieve. this legislation does not achieve those goals. as a consequence, i think you will see an adverse effect on the economy, which, of course, as people discover how bad the legislation is, will also have an adverse effect on the markets. reformn: as far as tax is concerned, what kind of doubted you have in mind if you will spend more time dealing with health care? rep. brooks: we could address it next week if we wanted to. italy takes a day or two on the house for to pass legislation, -- it only takes a day or two on the house floor to pass legislation. given the complexity of tax reform, it could take a week, but we could do multiple things at one time. we have already passed dozens of piece of legislation even though we have these major issues pending. i do not subscribe to the belief that we can only chew gum or walk the same time, congress can do both. aboutcan you not talk legislative agenda and economic agenda the

i'm brooke baldwin.ng right now, a first for the trump administration. 52 days in, the president is scheduled to hold his very first meeting with his cabinet. we'll bring that to you as soon as we have it. in the meantime, just a little while ago, the white house dodged repeated questions about today's big deadline. the deadline being this, the house intelligence committee is demanding to see by today any evidence of president trump's baseless claim that he was wiretapped during

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bob brooks live in allentown. what is the story there? >> reporter: we are digging out in allentown for sure. we got hit hard to the side of me here. that is 7th street in allentown it's pretty much clear but off to the side that is what you see on almost all the side streets and people are asked to have patience so crews can get there. it's time to shovel out. it became a community efforts in allentown and neighbors came down 7th street one by one and each car was dug out. jessi jessica tatum was of the first and hope it's the last. >> hope it's the end of winter. >> 7th street is clear and the side streets not so much. allentown police are asking patience until the plow trucks can get there and other neighbors the same. it's going pretty good, not too bad underneath it a bit and hopefully it warms up, and this is it for the year. plow truck drivers were everywhere. some of the few people that are enjoying this. >> very happy. >> are you hoping for more snow i bet. >> yes, maybe sunday. >> the roads are simply not safe. >> unless you hav

mo brooks is not moving. that's about the state of play for that member of the house freedom caucus. david, but he's deep in the details. pull us back for a second. what is at stake tonight, as they head into this meeting, for republicans and the president? >> well, one sixth of the american economy and the welfare of millions of americans, first and foremost, is at stake. you know, this is why it's so cli complicated. we're dealing with a massive piece of the american economy and trying to reorganize it. that's why so many presidents have failed at this. it is complicated, and hard to rally. but i think that donald trump's presidency to a significant degree rests upon pulling us out tonight. he -- pulling out before it's over to get a vote out of the house, at least. because, you know, he's supposed to be the -- have the art of the deal, right? that's his play and his strength. he needs to show he can do that. but it's also going to cast a pall over the rest of his legislation. and if that happens, that brin

brook has flown on the plane many times but this time there was too much luggage on board so brook took a bus home with her team. >> i'm just blessed. >> reporter: brook said she won the cheer competition and her mom was there to see it. the family now raising funds and haste "go fund me" page that we have put on our website. i'm crystal cruz in riverside, kpix 5. >>> there is one group of people already benefiting from the trump presidency. ♪[ music ] >> late night comedians. how presidential punch lines are boosting viewership. >> after a harrowing week alone in the woods a blind dog finds her family again. how she made it home next. >> it's been a very interesting morning. we have been noticing rain and snow and increasing clouds. we'll talk about what you can expect where you live on the other side of this brief time- out. ,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, catastrophic flood in san jose. >>> today state and federal representatives are visiting homes affected by last month's catastrophic flooding in san jose. authorities are estimating that flood caused more than $50 million in damage to private pro

i'm brook baldwin. a neighborhood becomes the front line of a war zone, apartment buildings become baracks and sidewalks become rubble, these are just some of the images in mosul and iraq. nearly two weeks since this happened, bodies are still being recovered. a cnn crew in iraq visited some of the survivors in an area hospital. i'll show you pictures of this little girl. this is halara. she is 4 years old, has a broken leg and doctors say she may never see again. she was pulled out of the rubble by her father not knowing she had lost her mom. she could be heard crying out, i want my mommy. her grandmother talked to our correspondent in iraq, arwa damon, as she cradled the little girl in her arms. >> for those who do make it out alive, refugee camps are often their only option. these are pictures from the camp just 15 miles from the front line run by the norwegian refugee council and the media coordinator just returned from the camp. melanie, thank you for joining me. we have to keep talking about this

>> brooke: yes! so what do you say?katie: um... >> brooke: look, i'm gonna need some help, and i want that person to be you. >> katie: i thought you were eloping. >> brooke: we don't want to compete with steffy and liam's wedding, so we don't know what our wedding's gonna look like yet. and i know you have will to think about, but -- >> katie: will's not really an issue. i mean, i can always leave him with donna. she loves spending time with her nephew, and he loves her, but... [ door opens ] >> ridge: hey. did she say yes? >> katie: [ laughs ] >> brooke: not yet. >> ridge: why not? >> katie: um, i'm very flattered and i am grateful that you want me to be there. i'm just -- i'm a little confused as to why you want me to be there. >> quinn: is it finished? i don't feel a focus.

i'm brooke baldwin. thank you for being with me. the white house denying that it blocked the testimony of former acting attorney general, sally yates, who was fired by president trump, a holdover from the obama administration. yates had been scheduled to testify on this investigation of the trump campaign's ties to russia. but that hearing was scrapped. they played a key role in investigating trump's former national security adviser, michael flynn, and his conversations with the russians. here was sean spicer in the white house briefing a little while ago. >> there are reports that even though the hearing that was set for the 27th was not scheduled t was canceled by devon nunez to prevent this white house from publicly invoking the claim of executive privilege. could you speak to that? >> i hope she testifies. i look forward to it. the hearing was never notified. if they choose to move forward, great. we have no problem with her testifying, plain and simple. the report in "the washington post" is 100% fa

tell me. >> brooke: i-i can't even believe this is happening. i...'t believe that it's actually real. >> eric: that what's -- what's happening? what's going on? please. come on. let me help. >> brooke: this isn't gonna be easy for me to say, eric. but it's something you need to know. it's ridge. >> eric: what about him? did ridge do something?

. >>> garth brooks is in town for a series of show.efore yesterday's early show brooks was at gloucester city junior senior high school where youngsters were treated to a free soccer clinic put up on the superstar with the garth brooks teammates foundation. >> pray for these babies, hoping they know somebody they didn't know so they've got a friend and take the word love with them to wherever their dinkt paths will lead them. >> that's your look at sports this morning. i'm danny pommells, csn. >> on your u sick, huh? i'm good. i just took new mucinex clear and cool. what's this sudden cooooling thing happening? it's got a menthol burst. you can feel it right away. new mucinex clear & cool. feel the menthol burst. while powerful medicine clears your worst cold symptoms. let's end this. >>> this morning runners will have to bundle up for the annual love run half marathon in philadelphia. we're live along the route for a preview of the race. >>> what a difference a day makes. chilly weather this morning after temperatures climbed into the

called 911 and officers rush to the 100 block of shoe brook lane >> they jumped into action immediatelyt regard for their safety. this fire was ready to kill somebody. >> those aston township police officers were calling joyce and william mac >> still trying to process the situation >> they realized the woman was a friendly resident. they both knew well >> we have to get her out >> both scaled the largely fence and realize the windows was too high. >> i immediately ran and grabbed that ladder and threw it to him. >> some unknown neighbor toss add ladder over six foot fence, and if it wasn't for the ladder, i never would have been able to get in. >> reporter: inside was all black >> all we could hear was mary >> mary was pulled out and taken to the hospital in serious condition >> we let her know immediately she did good. she was safe, going to get help, and she has nothing to worry about anymore. >> reporter: but there is one thing. >> we're trying to find my aunt and uncle's lost cat >> four animals were killed in the fire but a puppy and a cat were tossed out a window >> finding peace

newsroom with brooke baldwin starts right now. >>> all right. here we go, i'm brooke baldwin you're watching cnn. full disclosure. you are about to see a wild hour of live events, am i right? i'm right. the first comments on the blistering health care bill and revelation about the wiretap claims, also republican senator lindsey graham said to push the fbi to reveal president trump's possible ties to russia. first, let's go to christina alexi on the federal reserve, what do you have? >> as expected the federal reserve did raise interest rates a quarter of one percentage point pretty much in line with what all analysts have been expecting an there's good reason for this, brooke. if you look at economic data across the board what the fed is looking at, its looking at relatively unemployment. good job growth numbers and rising consumer prices so you take that all together the fed is raising rates because it doesn't want to see the economy overheat. what does that mean for the average person? they're going to earn more in their savings, account, pay

brooks. mrs. brooks votes aye. mr. mullin. mr. mullin votes aye. mr. hudson votes aye. mr. collins. mr. collins votes aye. mr. cramer. mr. cramer votes aye. mr. walberg. mr. walberg votes aye. mrs. walters. mrs. walters votes aye. mr. costello. r. costello votes aye. mr. pallone: if this process continues all day long, it's going to be a very unfortunate circumstance. i vote no. >> mr. pallone votes no. mr. rush. mr. rush: i concur with our ranking member's position. i think for you to keep talking about regular order, when you are certainly out of order, i vote -- let me say for members that regular order during roll call is not to have a debate on your vote. mr. walden: we will hold a -- mr. rush: mr. chairman, here you are talking about regular order where regular order is not what you are exercising this morning. mr. walden: the gentleman's out of order. the clerk will continue to call the roll. >> mr. rush. mr. rush: mr. rush votes no. >> mr. rush votes no. ms. eshoo. ms. eshoo votes no. mr. engel. mr. green. mr. green votes no. ms. degette. ms. degette votes no. mr. doyle. mr.

>> reporter: not looking good and looking worse, brooke. in mind we still have some time to go before this key vote, so there is that. a lot of democrats are sitting on the fence who aren't necessarily committing to an answer, but the thought at first was that you had democrats who were up for re-election here in a couple of years in states that donald trump won. they would go along with this get neil gores such to 60 votes. that's not quite looking that way and here's one of the data points. here's chuck schumer, the leader of the democrats in the senate today. >> you look at his history. he didn't answer questions. we know that. when you can't answer whether brown v. board was decided right which even judge roberts who is very rite sent didn't, something is really wrong, and you look at his history. you look at his early writings, and then you look apt how he got here so they are going to do the right thing, and it's going to be a real uphill climb for him to get those 60 votes. >> >> reporter: and it certainly is because you would need e

brooks says this universal lead testing bill would help prevent children from falling through the cracks.>larry brooks is with alameda counties healthy homes department which works with families who are dealing with lead exposure. they believe broad testing would help their departments reach more kids who are at risk.brooks also says that even though testing all children might be an expensive, he believes that by helping them avoid long term treatment for problems related to exposure.the bill was introduced into the assembly last month, it is currently in committee. at this point it's unclear what it would cost to test all kids in california or who would pay for it. in oakland, charles clifford kron 4 news. (steve) a california lawmaker is pitching a rather unique idea to make college tuition free for