>>> hi there, i'm brooke baldwin. hours before now, the president will be speaking before a joint session of congress. face-off with his own justice department. the conflict is -- and the president wants the memo released as soon as possible we just got word but not before his big speech this evening. voting along party lines with republicans agreeing that the memo should go public. a justice official calls the move, quote, extraordinarily reckless. it also leaves president trump and republicans open to attack by democratic leaders. they say the memo is an attack specifically on special counsel robert mueller and russia investigation on the whole. senate minority leader chuck schumer. >> the white house, congressional republicans attack s on mueller, makes you believe it was taking place in a putin's rusha. a different kind of president would want to know how precisely russia meddled in our election and would have severely punished putin for it to discourage him from ever trying it again. >> plus the president is refu

i'm brooke baldwin. couple of key pieces there with the president, speaking specifically about this story with regard to his ag, jeff sessions, and conversations had with regard to the fbi director and his deputy. and was anyone threatened to resign or threatened to resign or not? cnn correspondent brown is with us now. i heard the president say that christopher wray, the fbi director, did not threaten to resign, which is different from some other reporting we've had. because it was all about wray and having sessions, basically the president pressure ray to get rid of mccabe. what did you just hear? >> reporter: right. he also said that the attorney general, sessions, did not bring up his interview with robert mueller's team last week. the attorney general was here at the white house yesterday, meeting with the president. you just heard the president say there that he's not concerned with what his attorney general might have told the investigators. the white house today has come out and said it's being t

hi everyone i'm brooke baldwin. good to be back. we have a lot to talk about today beginning with the stunning news from one of their own. steve bannon is prompting the president to say, and i'm quoting here, lost his mind. much more on that in a second. but first to the bombshell that comes from this book, fire and fury inside the white house pend by michael wolf releases next week. so the guardian and new york magazine just published excerpts and from all the shockers, shall we say, you have the steve bannon saying the infamous meeting as treasonous. you will recall they all sat together in this room just to get this dirt on hillary clinton from this russian lawyer. this is what steve bannon says according to the guardian, quote, the three senior guys inside felt it was good idea to meet them with no lawyers. didn't have any lawyers. goes on. even if you thought that was not treasonous or unpatriotic or bad, bleep, and i happen to think it's all of that, you should have called the fbi immediately. so let's start there. i have with

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i'm brooke baldwin. you are watching cnn. thanks for being with me. the question we are asking today, will oprah winfrey challenge president trump in 2020? new today cnn has learned from not just one, but two sources that she is quote, unquote, actively considering it. oprah's speech left a lot of people thinking she's getting frerd 2020, and not just because of what she said about the me too movement and women's empowerment, but because of how she made people feel. it was impassioned. it was omniscient and at times it was a painful moment of truth that was simply undeniable. >> what i know for sure is that speaking your truth is the most powerful tool we all have, and i'm especially proud and inspired by all the women who have felt strong enough and empowered enough to speak up and share their personal stories. each of us in this room are celebrated because of the stories that we tell and this year we became the story. but it's not just a story affecting the entertainment industry. it's one that transce

hi there, i'm brooke baldwin. thank you for being with me for what is shaping out to it be quite a busy tuesday. president opened bipartisan meeting to cameras for white a while and it was remarkable showing. republicans and democrats sitting around this table today discussing the needs to solve the problem fror dreamers, undocumented immigrants forced to enter the u.s. as children on the verge of losing legal status unless congress does something about that. but as this meeting revealed a sign of solidarity to solve the problem it also unveiled the details. the president insists any dreamer or daca legislation must come with border security, aka, a wall. while democrats may take a stand daca must be dealt with if the government needs to stay up, current spending bill expires january 19 s here now what was discussed and what many could agree could be considered the very first bipartisan news conference of the trump administration. >> i feel having the democrats in with us is absolutely vital. because this should b

i'm brooke baldwin.nt trump has an immigration plan, a plan that is being shunned by both the left and the right. the plan includes the path to citizenship for 1.8 million young, undocumented immigrants, including the so-called d.r.e.a.m.ers. some hardline conservatives see this as amnesty and democrats are upset about what the administration would get in return, including money for border wall and cuts to legal immigration. this means an end to family-based immigration and the visa lottery that would shift elsewhere. with me, executive director of the center for immigration studies. mark, nice to have you on. thank you, sir. >> thanks for having me. >> when it comes to the immigration framework the white house has put forth, you are said i am starting to think not only did the president not write the art of the deal, i'm thinking he didn't even read the book. tell me what you mean. >> if this was supposed to be the opening gambit of a negotiation, he has conceded significant amounts of ground to the oth

i'm brooke baldwin. this is cnn. and this just in.ator lindsey graham is now respond go to the reports that the president called african nations shithole countries. this is coming after major fall out that a source says happened in this bipartisan on immigration reform. the president not only assaulted africa, source tells us also the nation of haiti saying why do we need more haitians, quote. he was just told they are under what's known as temporary protected status. today the president denied the expletive saying that, quote, this was not the language he used. he also tweeted this about haiti, quoting him, never said anything derogatory about haitians other than haiti is obviously a very poor and troubled country. never said take them out. made up by dems. i have a wonderful relationship by haitians. i

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i'm brooke baldwin. thanks for being with me. we are standing by for president's news conference of 2018 at the white house. he will take two questions alongside the leader of norway. so stay tuned for that. >>> another first of the year president made a clarification from all the confusion from yesterday. 55 minutes of free wheeling, frank talk, on camera, as lawmakers from both sides try to solve this dilemma over immigration, over d.r.e.a.m.ers. they are the 700,000 undocumented immigrants brought to the u.s. as kids. a judge has made this hugely impact full ruling on their fate. wheat get flew that. but first let me play something you this is the president stressing any legislation on d.r.e.a.m.ers also known as daca must be tied to his border wall. >> we agreed to pursue four major areas yesterday of reform. securing our border, including, of course, the wall, which has always been included, never changed. ending chain migration. canceling the visa lottery. and addressing the status of the daca population. we want to see som

senator tammy baldwin, thank you so much. >> pleasure, brooke. thanks. >> my panel joins me next to discuss how the russian investigation will play into the politics of the state of the union. that's ahead. >>> also we'll hear from a soldier who will be sitting in that audience this evening who happens to be transgender. what she wants the president to know about his attempts to ban her from serving her country. >>> and later, melania trump appearing in public for the first time in weeks. the first lady's role in hosting the guests invited by the white house and where she's been. your insurance company won't replace the full value of your totaled new car. the guy says you picked the wrong insurance plan. no, i picked the wrong insurance company. with liberty mutual new car replacement™, you won't have to worry about replacing your car because you'll get the full value back including depreciation. switch and you could save $782 on home and auto insurance. call for a free quote today. liberty stands with you™. liberty mutual insurance. >>> i'm broo

brooke baldwin joins us now. what do we need to know about the american woman?an idea, and we all crisscrossed the nation, and i listened and i heard a lot of american women and a lot of people showed up, young women, hoping to see the first female president, and some said we are good and think it will happen in our lifetime, and when that didn't happen i thought where did these women go? fast-forwarding to the women's march, and seeing thousands and thousands of women that came from far and wide to be heard. i wanted to do something about it. i dedicated to all of last year to shooting the more recognizable person, and we were on the set of her show "queen sugar" down in new orleans because every episode of the show is directed by a woman. you might have seen her at the golden globes on sunday night, sitting at the table with a woman by the name of oprah. she's directing her in "wrinkle in time," and she's just one we talked to. pat be betty white, and that's just a snippet. it's all online, go to cnn.com/american woman. >> it's really inspiring and great to he

i'm brooke baldwin.e public statement to stop the release of the classified memo the president wants to go public. fbi officials have put out this public statement writing they have grave concerns about the accuracy of this memo. devin nunes wrote it. it asserts that the fbi abused its surveillance warrants to monitor certain members of the trump campaign. democrats will tell you this whole thing is an effort to undermine robert mueller, the special counsel, and his russia investigation. when a lawmaker asked chairman nunes if he coordinated with the white house in writing it. >> so i asked the chairman did he work with, and i asked all the preliminaries, coordinate, discuss, and he said not to my knowledge. i said did your staff and then he became quite acknowledge at a timed and said i'm not answering that. he became this investigation as a subsidiary of the white house, someone who was coordinating with them rather than being an independent investigator. and the sad part is, he is the chairman of the

i'm brooke baldwin. thank you for being with me here n three days the government will shut down if republicans and democrats can't cut a deal on the spending bill. and the president report ed -- o much so that lindsey graham said this moments ago on capitol hill. >> this has turned into an s-show. and we need to get back to being a great country. dr. king said something pretty poignant about us. he said we came on different ships but we're all in the same boat now. >> also involved, pretty remarkable exchange between two people in the room last week when this profane language was reportedly used. you have democrat senator dick durbin who said the president said s-hole repeatedly so he got to grill homeland secretary neilson. to secretary nielsen and her word this is morning, she said under oath she did not remember president trump saying the profanity but did admit to hearing a lot of tough language or curse words. here she was. >> what i heard him saying was that he would like to move away from a countr

i'm brooke baldwin. thanks for being with me.oments ago the white house defended the president as he tries to silence this tell-all book that portrays his west wing as meyered in dysfunction and in fighting. his personal lawyer just issued this letter to fire and if you're. t

i'm brooke baldwin. you are watching cnn on monday afternoon. watching sarah sanders in the white house briefing as major breaking news is hitting. she was answering questions about andrew mccabe. he's already left the building. the fbi's second in charge stepping down effective today. he's been the deputy director. he was expected to retire in march in his 20-plus years with the agency mccabe was there for the clinton e-mail investigation, obviously the current russia investigation and has been a frequent target of president trump. the president even seized on the fact that mccabe's wife was a democrat who ran for state office in virginia. amidst myriad tweets coming out against him from the president, let me read one for you. why didn't attorney general sessions replace acting fbi director andrew mccabe? a comy friend in charge of the clinton investigation but got big dollars for his wife's political run from hillary clinton and her representatives. drain the swamp. let's go to the white house. jim aco

i'm brooke baldwin. you're watching cnn. here we go. after days of stunning news erupting out of this russia investigation, we end the week with really the biggest bombshell of them all. a source says president trump tried to fire the man leading this entire case, special counsel robert mueller. and the only reason the president didn't go through with it, according to the source, is because white house counsel don mcgann refused. today the president had this to say after this account. >> did you try to fire robert mueller? >> fake news, folks. fake news. difficult "new york times," fake stories. >> did you try to fire robert mueller? >> fake news. >> there was the president but here is more to the story. according to the source, that the president tried to fire bob mueller back in june. that means mueller was just weeks on the job. he was appointed to lead the investigation on may 17th after president trump fired fbi director james comey may 9th. while the president claims the story is false, i want you to check out this interview that

>>> we continue on, you're watching cnn, i'm brooke baldwin. thank you for being with me. the white house just responded to the major breaking news today involving the fbi. andrew mccabe has already left the building. the fbi's second in charge is stepping down effective today. deputy director mccabe was expected to retire in just a couple weeks in mid-march in his 20-plus years with the agency, mccabe was there for the clinton e-mail investigation, for the current russia investigation and has been a frequent target of president trump's. the president even seized on the fact that mccabe's wife was a democrat, ran for a state office in virginia. here is just one of the myriad tweets attacking mccabe from the president of the united states. let me just quote one. how can fbi deputy director andrew mccabe, the man in charge along with leakin' james comey of the phony hillary clinton investigation be given $700,000 for wife's campaign by clinton puppets during investigation? so moments ago the white house press secretary, sarah sanders, saying that the president was not at all

don lemon and brooke baldwin.re out on the streets drinking beer, having crawfish. >> it is so loud in here. we are going to turn this around >> what do you have? >> it's been a year of this. we need more fun. hello, everyone. happy new year, it's been a crazy year. >> thank you very much. so we've got -- who is this over here? >> thank you for havin the last couple of years. by the right by balls are bigger than your balls. probably. ♪ >> can you believe we have danced in new orleans every single new >> what are we supposed to do, talk about -- >> we're >> we're having a great time. ♪ >> how are you, where are you from?dallas, texas. >> why did you want to come to new orleans? >> best >> we love it. where are you from, sir? >> baton rouge. >> i like the headgear. what's your name? [ overlapping speakers >> happy new year. so who's going to win tomorrow, clemson or alabama? who's going to win tomorrow? >> clemson. >> we're going to come back to you in a >> by the way -- >> all right, bye, we'll go back to don. >>

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i'm brooke baldwin. you're watching cnn. the finger pointing is at a fever pitch as the government is set to shut down can you see the clock rht there, 34 hours and counting. we'll dive into what's being done to avoid that in a second. first here is what would happen if there is no deal and the current spending bill expires. hundreds of thousands of nonessential -- that's what they call them -- would be furlou furloughed. if it lasts long enough they would be without a paycheck but would be paid retroactively. the military could potentially not be paid during a shutdown also. guess who would still be collecting paychecks. yes, congress. it is written into law. the national parks, zoos, museums, they all shut down. mail still gets delivered. essential services like social security s

i'm brooke baldwin.xplosive tell-all book that president trump calls phoney and full of lies on sale des piepite president's efforts to stop it. the author of the book interview this morning including this claim. >> one of the disturbing observations you make in the book is the president's close advisers, people around him have noticed him repeated stories expression for expression, you say, within a short period of time. >> in a shortening period. so they have all tracked this. that it used to be, i know people would point out in the beginning it was like every 25 or 30 minutes you would get the same three stories repeated. now it's the same three stories in every ten minutes. >> and what's the suggestion there? because that goes beyond saying, okay, the president is not an intellectual. what are you arguing there? you say, for example, he was at mar-a-lago and didn't recognize lymph lo life long friends. >> i'll quote steve bannon he's lost it. >> my panel is back. mark, to you first. obviously none of

that does it for me i'm brooke baldwin here in new york. ke it to washington right now, the lead with jake tapper starts right now. >>> thanks, brooke. colorado democrats today say we'll give jeff sessions our legal pot when he pries it from our warm, extremely interesting to look at hands. the lead starts right now. >>> president trump threatening to sue over a new book that claims he's uninformed, unprepared, and has a child like inability to focus. and today we're getting a new peek into the absurdity that one journalist claims he witnessed inside the west wing while the president's lawyers tell the publisher they had better not go to print. >>> fit to serve? this new book and the new tweet about his big and powerful button renewing talk about the

breaking news. >> hi, there, i'm brooke baldwin.nn. thank you so much for being with me here. any minute now the white house press briefing will begin. it is happening a day after a bombshell after boshell dropped in this russian investigatio with another two breaking headlines today, both do not focus on the campaign but specifically what donald trump did after he became president of the united states. two sources say that special counsel bob mueller has indicated an interest in questioning the president on his dismissal of these officials, former fbi director james comey and former national security adviser michael flynn. and the president isn't the only one muchlt eller plans to ask about these firings, which leads to development number

i'm brooke baldwin. thank you for being with me.of money in two days time and the usual quick fix to save the day may not actually get the support it needs. yes, it's gotten to the point that even the notion of kicking the can down the road is a tough sell. we're talking about the short-term stopgap of the cr continuing resolution. the republicans got together to keep the wheels turning until february 16th

i'm brooke baldwin. two words for you, facts matter. that mantra prove its worth on capitol hill. so-called secret society within the fbi. we're all learning this was a gag gift or joke between friends. a text message exchange between two fbi agents who have since been removed from the russia investigation. cnn now has a copy of that message, day after the election fbi lawyer lisa page says to agent peter

i'm brooke baldwin. thank you for being with me.ing cnn special live coverage of the shutdown showdown. you see that clock. you're about to see it in the bottom corner of your screen. we are hours away from what could be the first government shutdown in four years. the countdown is on. fewer than nine hours remain, to get some sort of deal done. and for about an hour today, the president did meet with the leader of the senate democrats, chuck schumer. there's the senator just leaving the meeting moments ago. this is what he had to say about it. >> i'm going to be brief. i'm not going to answer any questions. we had a long and detailed meeting. we discussed all of the major outstanding issues. we made some progress. we still have a good number of disagreements. the discussions will continue. thank you. >> are you going to shut down tonight? >> if the government does run out of money at midnight tonight, it will fall on the one-year anniversary of president trump's inauguration. so, what's the chance of

i'm brianna keilar in for brooke baldwin.hank you very much for joining me and a very happy new year to you. in less than an hour president trump is expected to fly to washington after celebrating the start of 2018 at his florida estate and about seven hours into the new year, the president launched into his first tweet, slamming pakistan. he said, quote, the united states has foolishly given pakistan more than $33 billion in aid over the last 15 years, and they've given us nothing, but lies and deceit, thinking of our leaders as fools. they give safe haven to the terrorists that we hunt in afghanistan with little help. no more. within the hour, president trump sent another tweet, this time about iran. he said, quote, iran is failing at every level despite the terrible deal made with them by the obama administration. the great iranian people have been repressed if are many years. they are hungry for food and for freedom along with human rights. the wealth of iran is being looted. time for change all in capital letters. the pr

. >>> i'm brooke baldwin. this is breaking news. sources tell cnn that special counsel robert mueller's team interviewed james comey as first reported by "the new york times," the fbi director whom trump fired back in may. mueller's investigators have also interviewed attorney general jeff sessions. a source says that the conversation lasted several hours and inquiried about whether the president obstructed justice. the president just weighed in about the sessions interview toda today. >> are you concerned about what the attorney general told the special counsel? >> no, i'm not at all concerned. >> did you talk to him? sbl no, i didn't, but i'm not at all concerned. >> and responding to the current fbi director, a source says that christopher wray threatened to quit after attorney general jeff sessions pressured him. sessions wanted wray to make senior staff changes, firing andrew mccabe. the president spoke out a few minutes ago and said that's not true. that didn't happen. >> did christopher wray threaten to resign? >> not at all.

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hey, everyone say congratulation, brooke baldwin. [ cheering ] congratulations, my dear. >> double kissbit. >> so much has gone on. but we're back here. so are you guys ready to ring in 2018? are you going to do it new orleans-style? is new orleans the best? >> new orleans is the best. >> happy new year. so you know what else is fun for new year's? >> say it again? >> you know what else is fun for new year's? >> oh, it's the best. >> nashville. >> nashville is where i used to ring in my new year. i love broadway, the honky tonk. sara sidner has been rocking the cowboy hat. sara sidner, happy almost new year's in nashville! >> i wanted to don my glasses, pun intended. hi, don and brooke. it is a crazy scene here there are more than 100,000 people who have shown up. and that man, keith urban, has been taking down the house in here, playing with groups like lark and poe, a duo that is amazing. you've got to hear their music. two sisters that really have some serious rock 'n roll soul. and he keeps switching things up. he is playing all kinds of music. john mellencamp. he is playing reggae

don lemon and brooke baldwin.kets! i like don's jacket! >> it's so loud in here. >> yes, you're on! >> what's up! >> we are going to turn this mother out right now. >> what do you have? there's been a year of this. and we need to let loose. we need more fun! >> let the hair down. >> hello, everyone. it's my first shot. >> where did that come from? >> do you want one? >> not yet. >> cheers, everybody! happy new years. it's been a crazy year. if you can't enjoy yourself on new year's -- >> yes, we can. we enjoy ourselves -- oh, boy! >> thank you very much! so we've got -- why is this guy over here playing? >> this is easter bueller's twisted dixey. they have rocked the spotted cat tonight. thank you, to the spotted cat, for having us the last couple of years. by the way, oh -- right here! my balls are bigger than your balls. >> probably. do you want to dance or should we talk to some people? >> whoa! >> yeah, so, this is what new year's is about. this is what everyone tuned in for, to see people dancing and having a

i'm brooke baldwin.or being with me here n three days the government will shut down if republicans and democrats can't cut a deal on the spending bill. and the president report ed -- o much so that lindsey graham said this moments ago on capitol hill. >> this has turned into an s-show. and we need to get back to being a great country. dr. king said something pretty poignant about us. he

i'm brooke baldwin. you're watching cnn. the finger pointing is at a fever pitch as the government is set to shut down, can you see the clock right there, 34 hours and counting. we'll dive into what's being done to avoid that in a second. first here is what would happen if there is no deal and the current spending bill expires. hundreds of thousands of nonessential -- that's what they call them -- would be furlou furloughed. if it lasts long enough they would be without a paycheck but would be paid retroactively. the military could potentially not be paid during a shutdown also. guess who would still be collecting paychecks. yes, congress. it is written into law. the national parks, zoos, museums, they all shut down. mail still gets delivered. essential services like social security still get funded. and that includes the tsa and air traffic control. the nation's capital could be hit disproportionately. easy for me to say. hard because the city's budget comes from congress. services like garbage pickup may fall by the waysid

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usaa, get your insurance quote today. >>> i'm brooke baldwin.ents today on the russia investigation. special counsel robert mueller wants to question president trump about the decisions that led to the firing of former fbi director james comey and the ousting of former national adviser michael flynn. getting grilled by investigators under oath is entirely a different ball game. the closest idea of seeing what he could face comes from deposition video. let me play a clip for you, from 2016 when candidate trump was getting deposed in the lawsuit against the two celebrity chefs who pulled out of trump's redevelopment project at washington, d.c. old post office building. >> do you keep handwritten notes? >> no. >> i think your daughter told me in her deposition that you don't e-mail. i observed that's because you're a very smart person. >> yes. we figured that out. it took a lot of people to figure that out. that's right. >> do you make notes, do you have anything on paper related to this case? >> no, i don't. >> while the president may have mastere

hi there, i'm brooke baldwin. thank you for being with me for what is shaping out to it be quite a busy tuesday. president opened bipartisan meeting to cameras for white a while and it was

i'm brooke baldwin. you're watching cnn. we begin with, what else, confusion in washington d.c.hour we were told bipartisan group of senators, 3 republicans and democrats just reached this deal on d.r.e.a.m.ers. 800,000 immigrants brought to the u.s. as young children on verge of losing legal status unless congress acts. the deal, according to republican

i'm brooke baldwin. thank you for being with me. the government runs out of money in two days time and the usual quick fix to save the day may not actually get the support it needs. yes, it's gotten to the point that even the notion of kicking the can down the road is a tough sell. we're talking about the short-term stopgap of the cr continuing resolution. the republicans got together to keep the wheels turning until february 16th and provide money for the children's health insurance program but some factions and smaller groups may actually get in the way and you have the conservative caucus that wants more money to the defense department while democrats feel pressure from the hispanic caucus to make sure any includes a deal for d.r.e.a.m.ers. these d.r.e.a.m.ers, young undocumented immigrants trying to avoid deportation. house speaker paul ryan said there's too much at stake for democrats to play politics and the white house just chimed in saying they will get the blame. the democrats will get the blame if the government shuts down

i'm brooke baldwin. "the lead" starts now. >> thanks, brooke. the president trying say, "you're fired." "the lead" starts now. the president on a collision course with special counsel robert mueller as soon as next week, perhaps his attempt to fire mueller reignites burning questions about possible obstruction of justice. is the white house immigration proposal already dead on arrival? it's no surprise democrats are ripping it apart but many clf conservatives are also furious. >> u.s. ambassador to the united nations nikki haley is not only denying baseless rumors of a white house affair, she's also talking at length about what is behind them. you'll find out why. good afternoon, everyone. welcome to "the lead." i'm jake tapper. we begin with our politics lead. the special counsel for the russia investigation is talking to the president's team about trying to conduct an interview with president trump soon, one for which the president said he would sit. but now we know president trump has tried to prevent that interview from ever happening by try

. >>> hi there, i'm brooke baldwin. you're watching cnn. thanks for being with me.oments ago the kind of history was made that no nation should be proud of. seconds after the president of the united states pro claims the day for martin luther king jr. reporters in the room shouting out questions asking the president if he's a racist. >> mr. president, will give apology for the statement yesterday? >> mr. president, did you refer to african americans as -- >> mr. president, are you a racist? >> mr. president, will you respond to these serious questions about your statements, sir? >> no. >> mr. president, are you a racist? >> this is the controversy president trump has created after he called

. >>> hi there, i'm brooke baldwin. are you watching cnn. thank you for being with me.ny moment now we should see sarah sanders step behind the podium and

. >>> hello i'm ana cabrera in for brooke baldwin. white house briefing of 2018 set to begin as the president starts the new year with packed agenda. plenty of tweets this morning all before lunchtime. in fact, he's been commenting on everything from dreamers to the "new york times" to airline safety to north korea. obviously a lot on his mind. but what specifically will be on his plate for the first full day at the white house? let's go to senior

i'm brooke baldwin in new york. we'll send it to "the lead" with jake tapper.to "the lead." we'll again with the politics lead. any minute we are expecting the u.s. senate to take its final vote to end the government shutdown after more than two days of the stand-off. this afternoon an agreement was made to reopen the government though only for two and a half weeks. here's what senate majority leader mitch mcconnell and chuck schumer agreed to. the federal government will reopen as soon as president trump signs this bill into law. chip, the children's health insurance program, will be funded for six years, and now there is a commitment that the senate will work a big comprehensive bill.

i'm brooke baldwin. personal lawyer used a fake name and private company to essentially pay hush money to a porn star to keep quiet about her alleged affair. then wall street journal is reporting that this actress who calls herself stormy daniels, was paid $130,000 as part of this nondisclosure agreement concerning her relationship with donald trump. trump had been married, at that time married to the now first lady melania trump for a year. michael rothfederal, good to see you. let's peel back some of the layers here. talk to me about this llc in delaware, of all places, where michael cohen apparently used to make said payments to a woman and using pseudonyms. >> he created a company called essential consultants llc. he called them magazine dog cab company and things like that. that was an essential matter apparently right before the election and meant, in part, to keep this distant from him so his name wouldn't be on the payment. he create this had company and used the bank company linked to that compa

i'm brooke baldwin. you're watching cnn. here we go. after days of stunning news erupting out of this russia investigation, we end the week with really the biggest bombshell of them all. a source says president trump tried to fire the man leading this entire case, special counsel robert mueller. and the only reason the president didn't go through with it, according to the source, is because white house counsel don