and cnn's poppy harlow sat down with schultz were a wide-ranging interview.he joins us now to tell us everything. >> i can tell you one thing for sure and that's that howard schultz knew there would be pushback. he had no idea if would t would this. watch. >> when did you stop being a democrat? >> i think i started -- i think the party started losing me when the party started shifting so far left to progressive policies that i know in my heart are as false. and i say this with respect, but it's true. as false as president trump telling the american people when he was running for president that the mexicans were going to pay for the wall. >> why you, howard schultz? why are you the person that you think can oust president trump from the white house without any party infrastructure, any party backing, and a ton of blowback from democrats? >> well, i think people are worried and i understand that, that potentially this could end up reelecting donald trump. i don't believe that. >> so let me redo some of the blowback, you've read it. >> yes. >> democratic preside

this is poppy harlow. point of fact, it's gone down. the number of total illegal boarder crossings has gone down. we've shown the chart many times. >> wrong. >> it's not wrong. >> how do you count the ones, madam, that you don't catch? >> how do you count the ones that you don't catch, sir? >> we're counting the ones that we do catch. >> and that's what i'm counting. congressman, i really -- we don't want to argue with you, congressman, we want to have a civil conversation so let me ask the question as the team gets the chart and we'll give you the sourcing. my question to you is you say there are not any good faith negotiations from democrats and jim and i see the democrats digging in here and not counteroffering. but was it a good faith negotiation of the president when republicans controlled both chambers of congress and he controlled the white house and he walked away from a deal that would have given him $25 billion for the border wall, sir? >> well, we had certainly very challenging endeavors to hand until the 115th congress and t

. >> schultz clarified his un-american comment to our poppy harlow. >> it's not that it's not americanit's unaffordable. >> senator harris is now backtracking a bit on her call to eliminate private health insureds. a spokesman tells us she is open to more moderate plans to presearch the health care industry. as for the rest of the field, former vice president biden tells cnn the race is starting off awfully early and he won't be rushed. >> i don't think there's any hurry to have to announce. i don't think there's any hurry to decide. >> one person who won't enter the democratic field, los angeles mayor eric garcetti has announced he's against it. >>> cnn says talks are under way for a long-term budget deal. it's not clear whether the meeting was greed to. or will it will include democrats and governors. it could go on for a long time. >> former joshua tree superintendent said what happened to the park is irrepair only for the next 200 or 300 years. that's because vandals cut down industries in the park. in nevada, a man was forced to leave their home after the shutdown. >> i'm going to

i'm poppy harlow. jim sciutto has a well deserved day off. trump is firing back this morning after mitt romney writes a scathing op-ed. the incoming senator slammed the president's character saying he has not risen to the mantle of the office. more of this clash in a moment. it is day 12, morning 12 of the government shutdown and the president is just hours away from two key meetings, one with his cabinet official

i'm poppy harlow. >> and i'm jim sciutto in washington. no reaction this morning from president trump to report the that ties him directly to the offense for which house of representatives moved to impeach richard nixon. two federal law enforcement officials saying president trump personally directed his then lawyer michael cohen to lie to congress about efforts to build a trump tower in moscow, the key offense at issue is what is known as encouraging perjury, witness tampering, obstruction of justice. >> it is important for us to know that neither cnn nor any other major news outlet has so far confirmed buzz feed's reporting and president trump's current lawyer says if you believe cohen i can get you a great deal on the brooklyn bridge. that's not an outright denial. it is important to know that buzz feed's report isn't just based on michael cohen. michael cohen didn't talk to buzz feed for this. it says the special counsel is not taking cohen's words for anything. reportedly cohen only confirmed what the mueller team already knew from ot

i'm poppy harlow. jim and i will see you back here next week. "at this hour" starts now. >>> happy friday. i'm ana cabrera in for kate bolduan. another very busy day on our nation's capital with two big event happening this hour. first, at any moment, house democrats will hold a news conference on a major piece of legislation they're now introducing after taking control of the chamber. it's a sweeping combination of election and ethics reforms, including a requirement that presidential candidates release ten years of tax returns. obviously aimed at president trump. and moment from now, in the situation room, the shutdown showdown takes center stage again. president trump holding a meeting with leaders of the new congress, including nancy pelosi, now the speaker of the house. it comes on day 14 of the government shutdown. and neither side willing to budge. >> the president's made it clear, we're here to make a deal, but it's a deal that's going to result in achieving real gains on border security, and you have no border security without a wall. w

. >> and i'm poppy harlow in new york. the partial government shutdown ties the record for the longest shutdown ever now at 21 days. trust me, that is not the number that is giving those 800,000 federal plemployees headaches. that number is 0.00 showing up on paychecks at dozens of federal agencies whose staffs might have been furloughed or required to keep showing up for work unpaid. >> we will talk to one of those effected. president trump seems more likely to declare a national emergency. that would do nothing to get the fbi, fda, tsa and many other agencies and offices back to full force. rosa flores is at miami international airport where the effects of the shutdown are being felt by travelers. rosa, what are you seeing there? >> reporter: you are absolutely right. take this as a preview of coming attractions under the shutdown. we have learned from airport management that they took a look at the number of tsa agents that are coming to work every day. and they decided to close partially one of 11 check points at this

i'm poppy harlow. jim has the day off. a historic day on capitol hill as democrats more of them, more diversity and a record number of women begin to serve in the congress. it is a game changing day for the trump presidency. hours from now nancy pelosi will become the new speaker of the house. democrats gladly taking on the role of the opposition and the investigative thorn in the president's side. as for your government, it is still partially shuttered for the 13th straight day. let's go to capitol hill on the latest on this incoming congress. so much changes today and history is made. >> reporter: that's right. it is a historic day, a new day for congress, a new face on capitol hill. many of the new members will be arriving into washington later this morning where they will be sworn in. with that they are ushering in all sorts of historic firsts. first and foremost, the record breaking number of women who will now be in this congress. 102 women now just in the house of representatives alone. that's up from 85 women in th

i'm poppy harlow. >> i'm jim sciutto.the special counsel's probe, a probe that president trump has consistently attacked as a hoax, witch hunt and called it politically biassed. now he says i have chosen to stay out of it. ipan eye opening interview the president says the justice department, not the white house, will decide what to do with robert mueller's final report. i could have taken a much different stance the president says. i could have terminated everything. i could have said that is enough. many people thought that is what i should do. >> on the other hand, the president says he will quote think about getting involved in how the fbi makes arrests after the predawn tactical take down of roger stone, a scene the president calls very sad. let's go to sarah westwood at the white house. a lot of news was made in this report. is the president really pledging to hand off position on the mueller report and on mueller's report of the d.o.j. fully

. >> i'm poppy harlow in new york. the deep scandals, investigations and impropriety surrounding the 45th president. today one tree stands above the rest. buzzfeed is reporting this morning that president trump personally directed michael cohen to lie to congress under oath to commit perjury. again, they are reporting it was a directive. we should note cnn has not independently confirmed buzzfeed's reporting nor for that matter has anyone perjury. it is the very offense containd trump's current lawyer rudy giuliani says, quote, if you believe cohen, i can get only c the special counsel already knew from other means that robert mueller has more than just michael cohen's word on this reportedly. however, if this is confirmed we should note that the subject of michael cohen's dishonest testimony was the trump organization's attempt to build a trump tower in moscow, attempts that carried on throughout the campaign for president and an issue that's central to the russia investigation. this morning the democratic chairman of

i'm jim sciutto in washington. >> and i'm poppy harlow in new york.tdown ties the record for the longest shutdown ever now at 21 days. trust me, that is not the number that is giving those 800,000 federal plemployees headaches. that number is 0.00 showing up on paychecks at dozens of federal agencies whose staffs might have been furloughed or required to keep showing up for work unpaid. >> we will talk to one of those effected. president trump seems more likely to declare a national emergency. that would do nothing to

. >> i'm poppy harlow. for the first time since 800,000 federal workers were either furloughed or forced to work for free, the senate will vote on bills, plural, two bills to fully re-open the closed departments and agencies and both bills will almost certainly fail. that's the reality this morning. few if any democrats will vote for any money for the president's border wall and few republicans will vote for a bill that re-opens the government without that money. >> this happens just hours after a separate but related war of wills in the house. having insisted on delivering his state of the union address to a joint session of congress and being rebuffed by house speaker nancy pelosi president trump backed down, declaring he'll give a great address but when the shutdown is over. two-thirds of americans want the president to re-open the government without his wall, barrier, whatever he or others call it. our own poll, a compilation of five polls, shows the president's approval number is now just 37% down four

i'm poppy harlow.off. 90 minutes from now, an ugly showdown fight is likely getting uglier. congressional leaders are set to meet with the president in the situation room again this morning. this meeting has a new dynamic. nancy pelosi is now officially the house speaker and democrats are in charge of the house of representatives. according to aides talking to cnn, zero. you heard that right, zero progress is expected today. let me remind you, lawmakers are still being paid. all of them, getting their paychecks in the middle of the shutdown, while hundreds of thousands of federal workers are not. in the middle of all this, signs republicans could be breaking from the president on his own strategy. two key republican senators signaling they want to fund the government first and work on border security after. let's go to the white house.

. >> i'm poppy harlow. we begin this hour with a breathtaking rebuke of us intelligence leaders by the president whose leaders openly and repeatedly contradicted in their testimony to congress yesterday on iran. quote, intelligence people are extremely passive and they'vnai. then he says perhaps they should go back to school. the intel leaders see ongoing threats and unfulfilled promises. >> the president is weighing in on the talks this afternoon heading off another government shutdown if you could believe it. he says a group of bipartisan senators are wasting their time if they are not discussing or contemplating a wall or physical barrier. what sort of compromise might he accept is really not clear. the president's latest public attack on the intelligence community. cnn's barbara starr at the pentagon. those earlier tweets walked back some of his own claims about north korea no longer being a nuclear threat, saying now it's an open question. but then he seemed to firm up and say, you know what, don't lis

i'm poppy harlow in new york.im sciutto has a well deserved holiday week off. we have breaking news. we're hearing for the first time from the family of an american detained in russia, accused of being a spy. this man, paul whelan, arrested in moscow on friday. the russian federation says he's a u.s. spy. his twin brother david joined me moments ago, and here is what he told me. there is no, no world in which you suspect that your brother in any way worked as a spy for the u.s. government. is that correct? >> that's correct. i think there's really just one goal, to get paul back home from russia. and i'm not sure if it's at a level where leaders of both countries to have work out a deal or whether it's a congressional action that can leverage him loose. but that is our goal. that is our one goal, to get paul back home. >> all right, let's go to my colleague, martin savidge, from michigan, in his hometown. what are you learning about paul, about what people there are saying, et cetera? >> first and foremost, as muc

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. >> schultz clarified his un-american comment to our very own poppy harlow. >> it's not that it's not american. it's unaffordable. >> senator harris now backtracking a bit on her call to eliminate private insureds. she is open to more plans. as for the rest of the industry, former vice president joe biden telling cnn that the 2020 race is starting off early and he won't be rushed. >> i don't think there's any hurry to have to announce. i don't have any particular timetable. i don't think there's any hurry but there's a bigger hurry to decide just personally. >> one person who won't enter the field, los angeles mayor eric garcetti decided not to run. >>> stacey abrams has been tapped to give the democratic response to the state of the union. she's seen as a rising star to the party. she narrowly lost her bid for governor in ruby red, georgia. abrams will be the first black senator to give her response. this programming, an early "early start" will be on at 3:00 a.m. after. all kinds of analysis. >> such a difficult spot giving that response, you know? >> yeah. >> it's never gone that w

i'm poppy harlow. >> and i'm jim sciutto.rump campaign adviser who was rousted out of bed will show himself at the federal courthouse in washington. roger stone due to be arraigned on seven counts arising from his dishonest testimony from congress about the outreach to wiki leaks in 2016. there are strong indications that the latest target of the special counsel indictment may be one of the last. >> that's right. we are watching this hearing. these are live pictures from capitol hill. it is a worldwide threat assessment hearing. it happens every year. the

i'm poppy harlow. no deal, no progress toward a deal. and as the workweek begins in washington, it's not even clear when talks will resume for those 800,000 federal workers who want to get back to work, that are not being paid, and many of them who are working for free. now 17 days into the shutdown and president trump is considering declaring a national emergency to fund his border wall, which, by the way, he now envisioned as a steel barrier rather than concrete. >> as for the alleged emergency it might draeraddress, the whit house is putting out bogus claims of terrorists slipping in from mexico. we begin with manu raju on capitol hill where the house and senate return to work tomorrow. some republicans, some in the senate differing with the prlt n president now on the shutdown. is this enough to get the two sides back to the negotiating table? >> we'll have to see at the moment, things at a complete standstill after the meeting with mike pence and leadership staff of the republicans and democrats on capitol hill. they met saturday an

i'm poppy harlow. >> i'm jim sciutto. good monday morning.s monday on the russia investigation. on the shutdown ending. federal workers finally going back to work. >> three weeks. >> the big question is when that backpay comes. it's not like it just shows up in their bank account on the day of. >> no. now a new deadline for the shutdown, february 15th. can they reach a deal? a deal that the president will agree to? >> the president told "the wall street journal" that he's not certain that will happen. for 800,000 federal employees and their families, and untold contract workers. manu raju has been following this. we got through one impasse on friday, but now already talk of the next deadline. >> yeah, that's right. and there's a lot of pessimism as we head into that deadline in mid-february because, in no small part because the president's own positioning on this making it very clear in that "wall street journal" interview that he would not go for anything less than $5.7 billion saying that that's what

i'm poppy harlow in new york. cnn has obtained an extraordinary look behind the scenes of an explosive fbi investigation. transcripts from fbi officials, closed door testimony to congress. it showed the decision making process behind a counterintelligence probe of the president of the united states. a formal inquiry into the possibility that the president, president trump was, and i quote, acting at the behest of and somehow forwarding directions of russia. >> now the fbi certainly has not approved this. it's not publicly shown that to be the case. this is one extreme they were looking at here. but given the chance saturday to put this to rest to deny it, the president did not. he call the question insulting. the president is denying a report in "the washington post" that he took perhaps unprecedented measures to keep his private discussions with vladimir putin private. all of this unfolding on the 24th day of the partial government shutdown with no breakthroughs in sight. and one day before confirmation hearings

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i'm poppy harlow in new york.dinary look behind the scenes of an explosive fbi investigation. transcripts from fbi officials, closed door testimony to congress. it showed the decision making process behind a counterintelligence probe of the president of the united states. a formal inquiry into the possibility that the president, president trump was, and i quote, acting at the behest of and somehow forwarding directions of russia. >> now the fbi certainly has not approved this. it's not publicly shown that to be the case. this is one extreme they were

i'm poppy harlow. >> it is a busy news friday morning. i'm jim sciutto in washington. in just about an hour the former trump campaign adviser who opened his door to gun wielding fbi agents will be due in court. roger stone found out he has been named in a seven count indictment. agents who are not getting paid because the federal government shutdown executed an arrest. cnn was there. listen to this exclusive video. >> fbi, open the door. >> so roger stone has been charged with seven counts including obstruction, making false statements and witness tampering all related to his alleged ties to wiki leaks in the heat of the presidential election. wiki leaks was dumping democratic e-mails that were stolen. ahead of his court appearance which is in less than an hour now in fort lauderdale. his lawyer saying they found no russian collusion or they would have charged him with it. sarah sanders says the indictment is his problem and not the president's. i want to play you this exchange this morning. >> this has nothing to do with the president and certainly nothing to do with

i'm poppy harlow. >> i'm jim sciutto. we are ready for the first confirmation hearing of the new congress. keep this in mind. president trump fired his previous attorney general jeff sessions for failing to reign in the mueller probe and is likely replacing him with someone who called that investigation fatally misconceived. william barr is up for his second stint as attorney general. he spent two years as ag under the first president bush. this time he'll take the helm of a justice department in fact investigating the man who nominated him. he has attacked the probe as recently as last summer. >> about six months ago. in his opening statement to the senate judiciary committee this morning, you will hear it at the bottom of the hour, barr will pledge, bob mueller will be allowed to complete his work. moreover, it is very important that the public and congress be informed of the results of the special counsel's work. you can bet he'll be hammered on word choice there. what does he mean? is the public going to see the repor

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i'm poppy harlow. >> and i'm jim sciutto. 17 lawmakers, 16 days, one mayor question that gets more pressing by the hour. can a bipartisan group of house members and senators make a deal on border security in time to avert another shutdown? we may not know until moments before the current spending deal runs out february 15, but the work begins today. >> it does. what some are calling the gang of 17, that's a lot of people who can figure this thing out. they're meeting for first time this afternoon and while president trump is not involved in this point he is warning that they will be wasting their time if they're not discussing or contemplating a wall or physical barrier. this morning he is putting his own spin again on national security threats outlined yesterday in sobering terms. quote, tremendous progress, the president writes, on syria, isis, north korea and peace talks proceeding well in afghanistan, he says. much more on that in a moment including a push back on'r iran. he's calling the intel leaders passive, naive and wrong. man manu raju is on capitol hill. the gang of 17 is coming

i'm poppy harlow. jim sciutto has a well deserved day off. president trump is firing back this morning after mitt romney writes a scathing op-ed. the incoming senator slammed the president's character saying he has not risen to the mantle of the office. more of this clash in a moment. it is day 12, morning 12 of the government shutdown and the president is just hours away from two key meetings, one with his cabinet officials, the other a high stakes meeting with congressional leaders, both parties will take place in the situation room. can they hash out any sort of a deal. let's go to the white house. the meeting with congressional leaders in the situation room. why? >> reporter: that's right. we just learned a time for this meeting is set for 3 p.m. the white house confirming that. it is notable that this meeting is taking place in the situation room, an area of the white house that istyp typically reserved f monitoring international crisis and military operations overseas and sort of under scores how the administration feels about the issue

i'm poppy harlow. >> and i'm jim sciutto. 34 days but finally a few hours from now the senate plans to vote on measures that would end the partial government shutdown after which we all know if we didn't before exactly it won't pass. maybe lawmakers can work on things that might. >> wouldn't that be refreshing? the biggest difference between the competing bills, is funding for the president's border wall. one has it and one doesn't. while the president shows no signs of giving any ground on his standoff with the democrats he is not giving his state of the union speech as the shutdown continues. that is a big sort of retreat for the president who was just as of yesterday looking at a rally or doing this on the border. it was made clear the house speaker nancy pelosi promptly rejected his decision. the president says he will give a quote great speech in the near future. so we return to phil mattingly on capitol hill. how near is near? what does the president need? >> if you have the answer to that question, please call. go to vegas. >> i'm asking you. >> i think the interesting element i

listen to what kevin hassett told poppy harlow yesterday. >> could we get zero growth? i just want to nail this down. >> yes, we could. >> wow. all right. >> if it extended for the whole quarter and given the fact that the first quarter tends to be low because of residual seasonality, then you could end up with a number very close to zero. but then again, second quarter number would be humongous if the government reopened. >> if the government reopened he said there which is something that got a lot of attention. hassett also said that the chances of the u.s. entering recession in 2020 are close to zero. but some economists are predicting a downturn maybe by next year. he pointed to strong job gains as a sign of a healthy economy. boeing is warning that prolonged shutdown could hurt its business and the entire aviation industry. they are scheduled to report their earnings next week. but you matter from the important ceos saying this is slch i self inflicted, it will hurt their business and this won't be a complete snap back if and when you reopen. >> undermining preside

think harlow 48. foster city 52 in hayward union city agreement 52. we are really close. a lot of developing rapidly. the forecast models, we are related to the party. but they are intensifying. each one of the systems are coming up. patchy fog and cloudy with light rain. the upper 50s and low to mid 60s. getting out of the upper 60s and 70s. go right was 70 yesterday but those are coming down any better system is tapping into moisture. that will be here wednesday night into thursday. your thing half inch amount to almost an aunt forecast that a much stronger system friday night into saturday. the change has begun earlier than we thought and that is okay. dry weather always returns but it will not be for the next 5 to 7 days. 6:01. sellah they're giving us an update >>> it is getting busy and one of the reasons is because of the wet weather that you mentioned but also it is just the heart of the commute taking shape. let's go out and take a look at the richmond bridge. the approach. we still have one lane taken away for what i assume are is critical road work they are doi

i'm poppy harlow. >> i'm jim sciutto. >> the state of the shutdown, the state of congressional efforts to end the shutdown, the state of the union, we expect to hear about all three minutes from now when democratic leaders from the house and republican house leaders step before cameras, separately of course, on the hill. >> to be clear, real negotiations among people that actually make a deal don't exist so far as we know, but it is hoped that could resume after votes tomorrow on the senate bill that stands almost zero chance of passing. what is certain the that another payday will come and go this week without pay. the co >> you as members of the armed forces should not be expected to shoulder this burden. i find it unacceptable that coast guard men and women have to rely on food pantries and donations to get through day to day life as service members. >> phil mattingly is on the hill. phil, you hear this idea, that by putting this republican proposal forward and it not passing, that that messages the president that the deal he wants does not have the votes. does that move the ball fo

i'm poppy harlow. >> we're following sad news out of syria this hour.k on a u.s. patrolled area of manbij. the u.s.

the chairman of the white house counsel economic counsel told my colleague poppy harlow says more companies will downgrade their outlooks. >> now we have the u.s. growing at 3%. the fourth quarter is looking at 3% as well. the rest of the world is slowing. that is having an impact on earnings. it is not just apple. there are a lot of u.s. companies who have a lot of sales in china which will be watching earnings downgraded until we get a deal with china. >> investors rattled by a report of u.s. manufacturing in december deteriorated to two-year lows. all eyes to the u.s. job reports. a weak december to reinforce the jitters of the u.s. economy is slowing. >>> the latest on the american ex--marine sitting in a russian pris prison without bail. cnn could not innocentdependent confirm the report. let's bring in sam kiley from moscow. sam, what is the latest? >> reporter: in the confusing twist, dave, the british foreign officers asked for access to paul whelan, the former u.s. marine, charged here with espionage because he was born a british citizen and this demand for consular access would in

i'm poppy harlow. >> we're following sad news out of syria this hour. a deadly suicide attack on a u.s. patrolled area of manbij. the u.s. led coalition against isis tweeting moments ago, quote, u.s. service members plural were killed in an explosion while conducting a routine patrol in syria today. >> we also have video coming in of the moment this blast occurred. the images are extreme hi graphic and disturbing. you see pedestrians walking down the street in this u.s. patrolled city of manbij. several casualties reported in an area where several u.s. soldiers deployed. isis has claimed responsibility this morning. we are also being told the president has been fully briefed on this. this attack comes less than a month after the president announced his plan to withdraw u.s. troops from syria and then declared that isis was defeated in syria. barbara starr is at the pentagon. we have not confirmed it but isis is claiming responsibility. >> isis is claiming responsibility. it is not confirmed. there are many cases where they do claim responsibility for at

. >> there's even more good stuff coming at the top of the hour on "cnn newsroom" with poppy harlow and we're glad you are with us. after hounding his first attorney general out of a job and calling the russia probe a witch hunt more times than we can count. president trump is alleging he won't interfere in the report and taking credit for not shutting it down. the president says i could have gotten involved in this. i could have terminated everything. i could have ended everything. i have chosen to stay out of it. but i had the right if i wanted to to end everything. he goes on to say i could have said that's enough. many people thought that's what i should do. >> many people disagreed as well. as for the fate of mueller's eventual findings the president says, quote, they will have to make the decision within the justice department which is likely to be headed soon by the

here is kevin hassett talking to poppy harlow yesterday. >> could we get zero growth? >> yes, we could. >> okay. wow. >> if it extended for the whole quarter and given the fact that the first quarter tends to be low because of residual seaso l seasonality, then you could end up with a number close zero. but the second quarter number would be humongous. >> some economies predict a downturn by next year, but he says it is close to zero. he continued to continued job gains as a healthy sign. boeing is urging washington to reach a deal to reopen the government warning a prolonged shutdown could hurt its business and the aviation industry. boeing and other defense officials scheduled to report their earnings next week. >>> michael cohen postponing his public congressional testimony scheduled for february 7 citing ongoing threats against his family. a source telling cnn cohen's wife and father-in-law feel threatened by attacks from president trump and his attorney rudy giuliani. >> do you make a deal to keep his wife who supposedly -- maybe i'm wrong -- but you can check it.

i'm poppy harlow. >> and i'm jim sciutto. the former trump campaign adviser who was rousted out of bed will show himself at the federal courthouse in washington. roger stone due to be arraigned on seven counts arising from his dishonest testimony from congress about the outreach to wiki leaks in 2016. there are strong indications that the latest target of the special counsel indictment may be one of the last. >> that's right. we are watching this hearing. these are live pictures from capitol hill. it is a worldwide threat assessment hearing. it happens every year. the leaders, all of the main u.s. intelligence community leaders are there. you will hear from them. this is really significant. despite the president's claim just in december that isis is defeated in syria or nearly so, the intel leaders are warning that that is not the case and that the terror group still commands thousands of fighters in iraq and syria and those fighters quote very likely will continue to plot against the u.s. we cannot overstate how significant

i'm poppy harlow in new york. jim sciutto has a well deserved holiday week off. mitt romney delivered the blisters message to the president in a scathing op-ed. romney blasts president trump's character and argues he has not, quote, risen to the mantle of the office. and speaking of office, mitt romney taking his seat on capitol hill in just one day. will he lead the republican resistance to trump or are his words just words? this morning the president is responding on twitter. but first today marks day 12 of the government shutdown. we are

i'm poppy harlow. >> i'm jim sciutto.first confirmation hearing of the new congress. keep this in mind. president trump fired his previous attorney general jeff sessions for failing to reign in the mueller probe and is likely replacing him with someone who called that investigation fatally misconceived. william barr is up for his second stint as attorney general. he spent two years as ag under the first president bush. this time he'll take the helm of a justice department in fact investigating the man who nominated him. he has attacked the probe as

i'm poppy harlow. >> i'm jim sciutto. >> the work week begins and employees and contract workers couldn't be happier. they are back on the job with pay for the first time this year now that president trump and congressional democrats ae agreed to fully fund the government while they negotiate a compromise if they can on the border. the president saying he thinks the odds are less than 50/50 and that another shutdown is certainly an option. so it's an emergency degree to build a barrier without congressional approval. >> an adviser says he will testify honestly if asked about his communications with the president. roger stone insists he knows of no wrong doing by president trump and says there is no conspiracy with russia. as the next election looms larger every day kamala harris making her announcement official. >> we do want to begin with abby philip at the white house. the president is raising the prospects of another shutdown. there was no appetite for that. is the emergency declaration unprecedented back on the front burner here? >> reporter: good morning. it does seem that it is fron

i'm poppy harlow in new york. president trump is giving the pentagon about four months now. what "the new york times" is reporting to withdraw the nearly 2,000 american military personnel currently stationed in syria. according to the times report that sites an administration official, the president told the head of u.s. forces a timetable while he was in iraq last week. president trump defended this move and his plan for syria on fox news in an interview last night. listen to this. >> i never said that i'm going to rush out. we're going to get out. we're getting out of syria and bringing our young, great troops home after so many years. we were supposed to be in syria for three to four months. that was four or five years ago. and it is time. isis was all over the place when i took over. it was a total mess in syria. we've almost eradicated all of them. we think all of them will be gone by the time we get out. >> all right. let's discuss with major general james spider marks, our military analyst. good morning and happy new year. thank you for being here, especially on such

i'm poppy harlow. >> and i'm jim sciutto. "at this hour" starts right now. >>> hello. this morning an explosive new report that if true could have major implications for the presidency of donald trump. buzz feed is reporting that president trump personally instructed his lawyer to lie to congress about the trump tower project in moscow. ted michael cohen to say the negotiations months earlier than they did. cnn has not independently confirmed the report and president trump was quick to attack the credibility of cohen tweeting this morning that cohen is quote lying to reduce his jail time. the white house's deputy press secretary was asked about it a short time ago. take a listen and note he did not deny the allegations. >> the president did not tell michael cohen to do that? >> i'm telling you this is why the president refuses to give any credence or credibility to news outlets because they have no ability to corroborate what they are putting out there. >> that was not a denial of my question. >> the premise is ridiculous. >> not a denial. walk us through a little bit

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. >> and i'm poppy harlow. in a few minutes president trump is going to set out on a meeting he sees as pointless about a crisis many say doesn't exist. this after a meeting he set up as a total waste of time with democrats. it is day 20 of the partial government shutdown which yesterday's white house shutdown not only didn't -- showdown rather didn't solve, but it may have pushed a compromise further out of sight. >> doesn't look like a lot of progress coming. the president's day trip to mcallen, texas, may turn out to be more than the photo op he reportedly called it this week. if he decides to fund the border barrier by taking the rare step of declaring a national emergency. that's not at all clear, but for what it's worth the white house counsel is due to travel with the president today. that is certainly unusual. in congress, a number of republican senators aren't yet willing to give up on a deal. that brings us to manu raju. i know you have been following this and talking to the players here. they want to

i'm poppy harlow. >> i'm jim sciutto.esident trump repeated more often than "build the wall" it is "no collusion." both brought the presidency to crisis points and both are in doubt more than ever before. last night on cnn with chris cuomo the president's lr

i'm poppy harlow. >> i'm jim sciutto. if there is a line president trump repeated more often than "build the wall" it is "no collusion." both brought the presidency to crisis points and both are in doubt more than ever before. last night on cnn with chris cuomo the president's lawyer acknowledged that the trump campaign may have colluded with russians in 2016. he falsely claimed he had never said otherwise. here is the fiery rudy giuliani speaking to an incredulous cuomo. >> i never said there was no collusion between the campaign or between people in the campaign. >> yes, you have. >> i have no idea. i have not. i said the president of the united states. there is not a single bit of evidence the president of the united states committed the only crime you can commit here, conspired with the russians to hack the dnc. >> to be clear, giuliani has publicly denied collusion. many times. >> many. many, many times. as he put it he denied collusion with the top four or live people in the campaign which would include the one-time