"erin burnett outfront" starts "erin burnett outfront" starts right now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.comresident trump dangling a pardon in front of paul manafort. is the president at risk of truly obstructing justice? >>> and the man who's becoming a central player in bob mueller's investigation. who is jerome corpsursey and is the link between the trump campaign and russian backed wikileaks. >>> plus the trump administration accused of turning a blind eye to u.s. intelligence, sparking a bipartisan revolt and major rebuke from the senate today. let's go "outfront." >>> good evening, i'm erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, obstruction of justice. president trump may be dangerously close to obstruction as he dangles a pardon for paul manafort, telling

"erin burnett outfront" starts "erin burnett outfront" starts right now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.comood evening, everyone, i'm kate bolduan in for erin burnett, "outfront" tonight, breaking news. trump takes charge of the mueller investigation. today, firing his attorney general, jeff sessions, replacing him for now with sessions' chief of staff, matt whitaker. according to the justice department, whitaker will be, in their words, in charge of all matters under the purview of the department of justice. all matters. that must mean he is now stepping in to oversee special counsel robert mueller's russia investigation from deputy attorney general rod rosenstein. just a

"erin burnett outfront" starts "erin burnett outfront" starts right now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com" next, a top national security official headed for the door after the first lady, in a stunning move, publicly called for the firing. why did melania trump issue this extraordinary statement? >>> plus a federal judge granting cnn a hearing after the network sued trump over revoking jim acosta's press kcredentials. >>> and alexandria ocasio-cortez. >>> good evening, i'm erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, fired cnn reporting. president trump has decided to fire deputy national security

"erin burnett outfront" starts "erin burnett outfront" starts right now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.comront" next, the president's revisionist history. he says he doesn't know his new acting attorney general, but that's not what he said just a month ago. >>> plus, michelle obama versus the president of the united states. who wins this battle of the titans? >>> and a bitter fight in florida coming to a head this hour. things are getting ugly in the too close to call senate race. let's go "outfront." >>> good evening, everyone, i'm kate bold in for erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, trump's convenient memory lapse. the president now trying to distance himself from his new acting attorney general, matt whitaker, the man he picked to oversee the russia investigation. that is convenient since the

." >>> "erin burnett outfront" >>> "erin burnett outfront" starts right now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> "outfront" next, the president meeting day after day with attorneys on his responses to mueller. rudy giuliani calling some of the questions possible traps. all of this as trump launches an epic attack on mueller. >>> and melania trump says she's not surprised that critics have chosen to ridicule her for speaking out about what, what's prompting that bold statement tonight. >>> plus michael avenatti arrested, blaming far right conspiracy theorists, specifically stormy daniels, meantime, says she might have to get a new lawyer. let's go "outfront." >>> and good evening, i'm erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, the breaking news, president trump hunkered down with his lawyers. cnn learning trump has spent the past three days with his legal team, hours upon hours. the topic, his written responses to mueller's questions. "the washington post" reporting there are at least two dozen of them. the president's attorney, rudy giuliani, telling "the post" that some are, quote, pos

"erin burnett outfront" starts "erin burnett outfront" starts right now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> "outfront" next, the president's revisionist history. he says he doesn't know his new acting attorney general, but that's not what he said just a month ago. >>> plus, michelle obama versus the president of the united states. who wins this battle of the titans? >>> and a bitter fight in florida coming to a head this hour. things are getting ugly in the too close to call senate race. let's go "outfront." >>> good evening, everyone, i'm kate bold in for erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, trump's convenient memory lapse. the president now trying to distance himself from his new acting attorney general, matt whitaker, the man he picked to oversee the russia investigation. that is convenient since the criticism of his pick is getting louder and we're also learning tonight from the "wall street journal" that the fbi is investigating the controversial company where whitaker was an advisory board member. given all that, what does the president say about whitaker? well, listen. >> well, matt

"erin burnett outfront" starts "erin burnett outfront" starts right now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> good evening, everyone, i'm kate bolduan in for erin burnett, "outfront" tonight, breaking news. trump takes charge of the mueller investigation. today, firing his attorney general, jeff sessions, replacing him for now with sessions' chief of staff, matt whitaker. according to the justice department, whitaker will be, in their words, in charge of all matters under the purview of the department of justice. all matters. that must mean he is now stepping in to oversee special counsel robert mueller's russia investigation from deputy attorney general rod rosenstein. just a short time ago, quite a scene we want to show you. whitaker and sessions seen together shaking hands as sessions left the justice department for the last time. it is no secret that president trump has wanted to replace sessions ever since he recused himself from the russia investigation. over the past year, the president has repeatedly asked sessions to regain control of the investigation. a demand sessions refused.

"erin burnett outfront" starts "erin burnett outfront" starts right now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> breaking news. 12 people killed in a mass shooting at a music bar filled with college students. tonight, new video from inside that bar as the gunman opens fire. >>> plus, new audio of the acting attorney general saying russian interference in the election was, quote, unquote, proven false. really? congressman jerry nadler, who's likely the next chair of the house judiciary committee, will respond. >>> and breaking news, we are standing by for new numbers in a key senate race that is still too close to call. let's go "outfront." good evening, everyone. i'm kate bold in for erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, heartbreak in thousand oaks. the close knit california community is now the site of yet another deadly mass shooting in this country. 12 people killed. at least 21 others injured after a gunman stormed into the borderline bar and grill late last night and there's new video tonight from inside that bar as the gunman is opening fire. i want to warn you that what you're about to se

"erin burnett outfront" starts "erin burnett outfront" starts right now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> president trump calling for respect and decorum in the white house. this is reality. >>> plus, president trump's legal team pushing back on specific questions from special counsel robert mueller. and we're going to tell you what they are. this as trump says he has written the answers to mueller himself. >>> and the breaking news this hour, "the washington post" reporting that the cia has concluded the saudi crown prince personally ordered the assassination of jamal khashoggi. not what president trump wanted to hear. what will trump do now? let's go "outfront." >>> good evening, i'm erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, lashing out after a court ruled against the president and in favor of cnn. a judge saying the white house must temporarily reinstate jim acosta's press pass. in response, president trump speaking aloud, threatening to walk away from all press questions he doesn't like. he says it's all about decorum and respect. >> rules and regulations, what do you mean, specifically?

." >>> "erin burnett outfront" >>> "erin burnett outfront" starts right now. -- captions by vitac -->> "outfront" next, the president meeting day after day with attorneys on his responses to mueller. rudy giuliani calling some of the questions possible traps. all of this as trump launches an epic attack on mueller. >>> and melania trump says she's not surprised that critics have chosen to ridicule her for speaking out about what, what's prompting that bold statement tonight. >>> plus michael avenatti arrested, blaming far right conspiracy theorists, specifically stormy daniels, meantime, says she might have to get a new lawyer. let's go "outfront." >>> and good evening, i'm erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, the breaking news, president trump hunkered down with his

"erin burnett outfront" starts "erin burnett outfront" starts right now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> "outfront" next, a top national security official headed for the door after the first lady, in a stunning move, publicly called for the firing. why did melania trump issue this extraordinary statement? >>> plus a federal judge granting cnn a hearing after the network sued trump over revoking jim acosta's press kcredentials. >>> and alexandria ocasio-cortez. >>> good evening, i'm erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, fired cnn reporting. president trump has decided to fire deputy national security adviser after melania trump's public demand to do so. it's an extraordinary move and the first lady's office issued a statement calling for his firing. the unprecedented public statement reading in part, "it's the position of the office of the first lady that he no longer deserves the honor of serving in this white house." that was a public statement. the unprecedented public slam of a senior white house staffer dropped literally moments after this. you see her smiling. she's standing just a

"erin burnett outfront" starts "erin burnett outfront" starts right now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> president trump dangling a pardon in front of paul manafort. is the president at risk of truly obstructing justice? >>> and the man who's becoming a central player in bob mueller's investigation. who is jerome corpsursey and is the link between the trump campaign and russian backed wikileaks. >>> plus the trump administration accused of turning a blind eye to u.s. intelligence, sparking a bipartisan revolt and major rebuke from the senate today. let's go "outfront." >>> good evening, i'm erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, obstruction of justice. president trump may be dangerously close to obstruction as he dangles a pardon for paul manafort, telling the "new york post" today, quote, i wouldn't take it off the table. why would i take it off the table? it's a big thing to say, that a pardon is on the table, to say it explicitly as the president of the united states has just done. paul manafort tonight is in solitary confinement, convicted on eight counts, most of them for fraud, char

erin burnett out front starts right now. >>> out front next, president trump charging the obama white house, should have killed osama bin laden much sooner, leon panetta is out front. >>> ivanka trump sent hundreds of e-mails about government business using her personal e-mail account. did she break federal laws. >>> one of the senators leading the charge is out front -- let's go out front. >>> good evening, i'm erin burnett. president trump targeting the military, doubling down after slamming the four-star admiral who was in charge of the osama bin laden raid. of course we should have captured osama bin laden before we did. why is the president talking about bin laden right now? >> well, the reason is, because he was asked about criticism from the man who oversaw the capture and killing of bin laden. instead of addressing the criticism that he got from admiral mcraven. the president pivoted, lobbing insults instead. william mccraven was a navy seal. he oversaw the capture of bin laden. just a couple things he did in his. years in the military. and then he said this about donald trump

i'm erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, hear no evil see no

"erin burnett outfront" starts "erin burnett outfront" starts right now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.comsident trump calling for respect and decorum in the white house. this is reality. >>> plus, president trump's legal team pushing back on specific questions from special counsel robert mueller. and we're going to tell you what they are. this as trump says he has written the answers to mueller himself. >>> and the breaking news this hour, "the washington post" reporting that the cia has concluded the saudi crown prince personally ordered the assassination of jamal khashoggi. not what president trump wanted to hear. what will trump do now? let's go "outfront."

let's go "outfront." >>> good evening, i'm erin burnett.sident trump attacking the chief ju

"erin burnett outfront" starts "erin burnett outfront" starts right now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.comg news. 12 people killed in a mass shooting at a music bar filled with college students. tonight, new video from inside that bar as the gunman opens fire. >>> plus, new audio of the acting attorney general saying russian interference in the election was, quote, unquote, proven false. really? congressman jerry nadler, who's likely the next chair of the house judiciary committee, will respond. >>> and breaking news, we are standing by for new numbers in a key senate race that is still too close to call. let's go "outfront."

let's go "outfront." >>> good evening, i'm erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, president trump attacking the chief justice of the supreme court of the united states, doubling down on a slam against justice roberts this evening. after the chief justice defended the u.s. judiciary to the president in an unprecedented public statement. let me show you exactly what happened. it all began when trump was asked about a federal court ruling which was against his new policy that would bar migrants who come into the united states illegally from seeking asylum. here's what the president said about the ruling. >> well, you go to the ninth circuit and it's a disgrace, and i'm going to put in a major complaint. this was an obama judge, and i'll tell you what. it's not going to happen like this anymore. >> okay, that sure sounds like a threat against the judicial branch by the president. well, the chief justice of the supreme court who has never done anything like this so publicly felt it had finally gone too far and issued a statement. chief justice robert

"erin burnett outfront" starts "erin burnett outfront" starts right now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> breaking news, president trump wanted the justice department to prosecute hillary clinton and james comey, what stopped him. a warning that could lead to impeachment. >>> plus, is trump letting the saudi crown prince get away with murder? the ohio governor, john kasich, weighs in. >>> and he killed osama bin laden, now he's responding to president trump's criticism. rob neil is "outfront." let's go "outfront". and good evening. "outfront" this evening, presidential payback. the president of the united states telling the white house counsel that he wanted the justice department to prosecute two of his biggest political enemies, hillary clinton and the man he had fired as the fbi director, jim comey. those conversations happening last year and all the way into this year. white house lawyers telling the president he could be impeached if he went through with this plan. it's a stunning and blatant example the president of the united states trying to use this justice department as a to

good evening, i'm jake tapper in for erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, the fear factors, the president not letting up, holding what was essentially a campaign rally of sorts, falsely billed as a policy speech at the white house, the falsehoods were plentiful. the claims were contradicted by facts and expertise in many cases. >> no nation can allow itself to be overwhelmed by uncontrolled masses of people rushing their border. that's what's happening. >> are you -- >> i hope not. i hope not. it's the military. i hope there won't be that but i will tell you this. anybody throwing stones, rocks like they did to mexico and the mexican military, mexican police, where they badly hurt police and soldiers of mexico, we will consider that a firearm. we have thousands of tents. we have a lot of tents. we have a lot of everything. we're going to hold them right there. we will end catch and release. we're not releasing any longer. >> much of what the president claimed during that 32-minute campaign speech was not true. but it was all of a piece.

"erin burnett outfront" starts "erin burnett outfront" starts right now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.coms, president trump wanted the justice department to prosecute hillary clinton and james comey, what stopped him. a warning that could lead to impeachment. >>> plus, is trump letting the saudi crown prince get away with murder? the ohio governor, john kasich, weighs in. >>> and he killed osama bin laden, now he's responding to president trump's criticism. rob neil is "outfront." let's go "outfront". and good evening. "outfront" this evening, presidential payback. the president of the united states telling

i'm erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, hear no evil see no evil. president trump's national security adviser mocking evidence of the murder of jamal khashoggi. >> no, i haven't listened to it. and i guess i should ask you why you think i should. what do you think i'll learn from it? >> you might have access to that sort of intelligence. >> how many in this room speak arabic? >> can you listen to it with an interpreter? >> if they were speaking re -- korean, i wouldn't learn anything more either. i can read a transcript. i'm just trying to make the point that everybody who says why don't you listen to the tape, unless you speak arabic, what are you going to get from it? >> okay. the nation's top security adviser does not want to listen to the tape because he doesn't speak arabic. right? well, he is not alone in making a conclusion without listening to the tape. >> we have the tape. i don't want to hear the tape. no reason for me to hear the tape. but i've been fully -- >> why don't you want to hear it, sir? >> because it is a suffering tape. >> a su

erin burnett out front starts right now. >>> out front next, president trump charging the obama whitekilled osama bin laden much sooner, leon panetta is out front. >>> ivanka trump sent hundreds of e-mails about government business using her personal e-mail account. did she break federal laws. >>> one of the senators leading the charge is out front -- let's go out front. >>> good evening, i'm erin burnett. president trump targeting the military, doubling down after slamming the four-star

let's go outfront. >>> and good evening, i'm erin burnett. outfront tonight, stolen.ng line of an e-mail that was just sent from, quote unquote, trump headquarters. they're talking about florida. president trump is now using the word "forged" to talk about the results. and it comes as the governor and senate races in that state are too close to

let's go outfront. >>> and good evening, i'm erin burnett. outfront tonight, stolen. that is the opening line of an e-mail that was just sent from, quote unquote, trump headquarters. they're talking about florida. president trump is now using the word "forged" to talk about the results. and it comes as the governor and senate races in that state are too close to call. the recount under way as i speak. the fund-raising e-mail without providing any evidence warns that corrupt democrats are trying to, quote, steal election victories in florida. now, it's a baseless claim because this is an automatic recount. it's a baseless claim that president trump has been pushing for days. in fact this morning he hit twitter saying, quote, the florida election should be called in favor of rick scott and ron desantis in that large numbers of new ballots showed up out of nowhere and many ballots are missing or forged. ballots massively infected, whatever that is. must go with election night. so let's be clear, this recount was triggered automatically under florida law because of what h

let's go outfront. >>> good evening, i'm jake tapper in for erin burnett. outfront tonight, it's not the economy, stupid. not for president trump at least in the waning hours of his campaign. the president is not selling the trump economy, an economy with an unemployment rate at a near 50-year low, wages up 3.1%, consumer confidence at an 18-year high. no. instead, the president who is at his second of three rallies just today now, this one in indiana, has chosen instead to focus in ads and on the stump on fear and falsehoods. >> there are a lot of people, a lot of people in my opinion and based on proof that try and get in illegally and actually vote illegally. as we speak democrats are openly encouraging millions of illegal aliens to violate our laws. democrats are inviting caravan afterca caravan, isn't that nic of illegal aliens to flood into our country and overwhelm your communities. you're going to live in a socialist world and put illegal aliens before american citizens. >> false, false, false, false, false. you're going to live in a socialist world

one of thers aut of the post story appeared on erin burnett outfront last night.ake a listen. >> there is a phone call from inside the consulate, we understand from our sources, from one of the individuals that was part of this hit team, calling back to saudi arabia to confirm to a senior aide to mohammed bin sal that the assassination hadaken place. >> the post said the saudi ambassador to the u.s. urged khashoggi to go to istanbul and assured him he would be safe. the ambassador has now denied those claims. >>> a d.c. judge is easinghe restrictions on john hinckley, thean who shot president reagan in an assassination an attempt more 0 years ago. 2016, hipgly was transferred from a mental health hospital his mother's west virginia home. now a judge agreed to reduce required doctor visits. hinckley is seeking an unconditional release. his attorney says he has not been a danger for decades. >>> president trump says he very easily rather answered written questions in the mueller investigation, but he says he has not submitted them quite yet. the president spoke with

take a lisn to erin burnett outfront last night. >> there is a phone call from inside the consulate we understand from our sources from one of the individuals part of this hit teamli cal back to saudi arabia trm con to a senior aide to mohammed bin sa tanhat the assassination had taken place. >> now, this is interesting. the postlso says that the saudi ambassador to the u.s. urged khashoggi to go to istanbul and assured him that he would be safe there. the ambassador has now denied those claims. >>> 9:07. president trump says he's very easily he answered written questions in the mueller investigation, but he says he kesn't submitted them yet. the president so reporters from the oval office yesterday after a bill signing. d hen't say when he would send in those answers, but he assured people his attorneys did not write out the answers, he did. >> t'm surey're tricked up because they like to catch people -- ge was the weather sunny or was it rainy? he said it may have been a good day. it was rainy, therefore he told a lie, he perjured himself. okay. so, you know, you have to be careful w

erin burnett out front starts right now. >>> president trump bragging about finding the magic wand tofacturing jobs on the same day general motors slashes more than 14,000 jobs. >>> plus, the president said tear gas wasn't used on children at the southern border. the pictures seem to tell a different story. breaking news into cnn, special council out with a late court filing on paul manafort. potentially significant details here, we're going through it at this hour. let's go "outfront." president trump moments ago bragging that he has found the magic wand for american manufacturing. on the same day general

"erin burnett outfront" starts right now. >>> "outfront" next, trump gives a campaign speech falsely an official white house policy speech. a speech filled with misleading statements and in some cased flatout lies. >>> plus the president's racially charged closing campaign message and ad, preying on fear of undocumented immigrants. a man who advised the president on immigration and led a prayer at the trump inauguration speaks out against it. reverend samuel rodriguez will be my guest. >>> and the commander in chief says in migrants in the caravan throw rocks at u.s.

erin burnett "out in front" starts right now. [ music playing ] >>> "out front" next, trump versus obamaent calling out the current one for lying and misleading americans for political gain and tonight trump is hitting back. plus, stunning new accusations from michael cohen, the president's former fixer claiming trump repeatedly made racist remarks and a surprisinged a mission from the president. why he is saying republicans could be in for a rough election night. let's go "out front." >> good evening, i'm kate baldwin. out

i'm erin burnett. outfront tonight president trump attacking the chief justice of the supreme court of the united states, doubling down on a slam against justice roberts this evening. aft let me show you exactly what happened. it all began when trump was asked about a federal court ruling which was against his new policy that would bar migrants who come into the united states illegally from seeking asylum. here's what the president said about the ruling. >> well, you go to the 9th circuit, and it's a disgrace, and i'm going to put in a major complaint. this was an obama judge, and i'll tell you what. it's not going to happen like this anymore. >> okay. that sure sounds like a threat against the judicial branch by the president. well, the chief justice of the supreme court, who has never done anything like this so publicly, felt it had finally gone too far and issued a statement. so chief justice roberts then responds, quote, we do not have obama judges or trump judges, bush judges or clinton judges, wh

"erin burnett outfront" starts right now. >>> outfront next, president trump rejecting a closing ad aboutmic record, opting instead for an ad so incendiary that cnn, nbc and even fox news would not air it. is this what republicans really want to be talking about? >>> plus the president's awkward introduction of his daughter. he says he can't call his daughter or any other woman beautiful anymore. how might that go over with women voters? >>> and the races to watch. who's up, who's down and will americans wake up on wednesday to find a different world? let's go outfront. >>> good evening, i'm jake

erin burnett out front starts right now. >>> president trump bragging about finding the magic wand to create manufacturing jobs on the same day general motors slashes more than 14,000 jobs. >>> plus, the president said tear gas wasn't used on children at the southern border. the pictures seem to tell a different story. breaking news into cnn, special council out with a late court filing on paul manafort. potentially significant details here, we're going through it at this hour. let's go "outfront." president trump moments ago bragging that he has found the magic wand for american manufacturing. on the same day general motors, the nation's largest carmaker announced it's cutting more than 14,000 jobs. here's donald trump tonight. >> the previous administration, they said manufacturing's never coming back, it's gone. you need a magic wand. well, we found the magic wand, and that's actually -- that's actually going to be increasing by a lot in the next short while, because we have a lot of companies moving in. >> he didn't say which ones, but here's what we know, the magic wand thing was

erin burnett "out in front" starts right now. [ music playing ] >>> "out front" next, trump versus obama the former president calling out the current one for lying and misleading americans for political gain and tonight trump is hitting back. plus, stunning new accusations from michael cohen, the president's former fixer claiming trump repeatedly made racist remarks and a surprisinged a mission from the president. why he is saying republicans could be in for a rough election night. let's go "out front." >> good evening, i'm kate baldwin. out front, president versus president, trump and obama on the campaign trail trading blows four days before the mid-term election. trump a short time ago, slamming obama. watch. >> i had to listen. i was in the plane, i had nothing else to do. 28 times he said you can keep your doctor if you like your doctor. can you keep your plan the few like your plan. they were all lies. lie after lie, broken promise after broken promise. that's what he did. >> lie after lie, he says. what's that say again about those who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones?

"erin burnett outfront" starts right now. >>> "outfront" next, breaking news, president trump's deputyiser fired, but she's still in the administration after the first lady called for her to go. this is cnn learning the president is, quote, pissed at damn near everyone. plus a republican senator warning tonight that after jeff sessions, bob mueller may be next. so why did mitch mcconnell just block a bipartisan bill to protect him? >>> and breaking news, michael avenatti arrested for boadomest violence. good evening. bitter, furious, and unwell. that's how people close to the president are

. >>> "erin burnett outfront" starts right now. >>> "outfront" next, breaking news, president trump spookedr his former fixer pleads guilty to lying about trump's business dealings with russia. is michael cohen now trump's greatest threat? >>> plus trump cancels his meeting with putin, claiming it's because of ukraine but why was the president touting the sitdown just hours earlier? >>> plus, is michael cohen having his moment? why there are so many comparisons to nixon's white house. >>> "outfront" tonight, the breaking news, spooked

. >>> "erin burnett outfront" starts right now. >>> "outfront" next, breaking news, president trump spooked after his former fixer pleads guilty to lying about trump's business dealings with russia. is michael cohen now trump's greatest threat? >>> plus trump cancels his meeting with putin, claiming it's because of ukraine but why was the president touting the sitdown just hours earlier? >>> plus, is michael cohen having his moment? why there are so many comparisons to nixon's white house. >>> "outfront" tonight, the breaking news, spooked and completely distracted, that is how a source describes president trump tonight. the president's long-time fixer pleading guilty to lying about trump's russia dealings. michael cohen moments ago returning to his new york city apartment after saying he lied about a trump tower project in moscow. the reason? according to cohen in a court filing, quote, i made these misstatements to be consistent with trump's political messaging, and out of loyalty. the president is moments away from landing in buenos aires. before boarding the plane, he slammed cohen on t

"erin burnett outfront" starts right now. >>> "outfront" next, breaking news, president trump's deputy national security adviser fired, but she's still in the administration after the first lady called for her to go. this is cnn learning the president is, quote, pissed at damn near everyone. plus a republican senator warning tonight that after jeff sessions, bob mueller may be next. so why did mitch mcconnell just block a bipartisan bill to protect him? >>> and breaking news, michael avenatti arrested for boadomest violence. good evening. bitter, furious, and unwell. that's how people close to the president are describing him tonight. they say he's, quote, pissed at damn near everyone, em bitered about election losses, some of his long-time confidants saying he looks unwell and is gaining weight. trump also furious after being blindsided by melania trump's extraordinary statement calling for the firing of deputy national security adviser mira ricardel, the president's dysfunctional conversations with his wife now in the public eye for everyone to see. and tonight, more than 24 hours af