i'm jake tapper. we're going to begin today with the world lead and it is a world turned upside down as president donald trump talks tough with two of america's closest allies and says not one word to russia. after pro putin separatists in ukraine once again are exchanging fire with the ukrainian government. today vladimir putin blamed ukraine for the violence saying that sovereign company provoked violence only to draw united states in the fray. putin's acsalgss come as the trump administration announced a tweet today to a u.s. sanction against russia put in place by former president obama. today the new white house was quick to say that the change is not about easing sanctions. it's only a routine technical fix. >> that easing -- the treasury department, from what i understand is a fairly common -- it's a fairly common practice for the treasury department after sanctions are put in place. to go back and look at whether or not there needs to be specific carve outs for different either industries or p

jake? >> paolo sandoval on the mexico-u.s. border. let's go live to pictures, vice-president mike pence and the governor of missouri, at the jewish cemetery at st. louis that was vandalized over the weekend. governor eric grade ens, who is jewish, as it would happen, is speaking right now. let's take a listen. >> we're going to come together in shared service. now, you might notice i'm here with one of my friends, vice-president pence. [ applause ] and earlier today you should know the president of the united states called me, and he asked me on his behalf to personally thank all of you. thank you for standing up in the fight against anti-semitism. [ applause ] and he said thank you for showing the people of the world that what happened here the other night is not who america is. it's not who missouri is. this is who missouri is. this is who america is. [ applause ] we are honored to be here to support you. >> i just want to thank each and every one of you for coming. i want to thank the or

i'm jake tapper. you can follow me on twitter at jake tapper. i now turn you over to one mr."the situation room." thanks for watching. >> happening now, breaking news. erosion of trust. the white house now says president trump himself asked national security advisor michael flynn to resign. his faith in flynn lost after learning he misled the vice-president about discussing sanctions with a russian official. could flynn face charges? unanswered questions. we now know the white house was warned by the justice department about flynn last month, but as recently as friday the president said he was unaware of the controversy. when did he first find out? >>> calls for investigations

jake. >> ivan watson, thank you so much. that's it for "the lead." i'm jake tapper.ou over to wolf blitzer in "the situation room." thanks for watching. >> happening now, breaking news, showing contempt as an appeals court weighs what to do about the travel ban. president trump calls the judicial hearing, quote, disgraceful. calls the courts political, and suggests the judges will be responsible if there is a terror attack. and breaking right now, the president's own supreme court nominee takes issue, calling the president's comments about the judiciary, and i'm quoting him now,

i'm jake tapper. white house press secretary sean spicer just wrapped up his press briefing where he spoke more in-depth about president trump's decision to withdraw federal protection for transgender students. cnn's sara murray is at the white house for us. sara, spicer was pressed on whether this decision was in any way a civil rights issue. >> reporter: that's right, jake. it's a question that the white house press secretary repeatedly dodged. he was asked if this issue allowing transgender students to choose whichever bathroom they feel most comfortable in is a civil rights issue. he repeatedly refused to answer that question saying it's a states rights issue. he was also asked what the president's personal belief is on this. remember the president said caitlyn jenner would be free to use whichever bathroom in trump tower. spicer said the president has been clear on that but he did not elaborate on what that means. >> and, sara, earlier today there appeared to be some confusion when president trum

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i'm jake tapper. we begin with the politics lead. seems to be one of the most packed days so far of donald trump's presidency. the president today speaking with the nation's governors, with health insurance executives, with congressional leadership and simultaneously preparing with his team what could be the most pivotal moment of his presidency today, his address to a joint session of congress and the american people tomorrow planight. explaining how he'll replace president obama's health care law and what will happen to the millions of americans who only have insurance because of the law the president seeks to repeal. >>> the president also anticipated to explain how he plans to, quote, do more with less in his federal budget while also boosting defense spending by 10%. cnn's sara murray is live at the white house today. sara, the president's budget director said today, quote, we are taking president trump's words and turning them into policies and dollars in this budget. what does that mean? >> wel

i'm sure cnn covered t jake. it's really important because the judge in the seattle case judge robart, asked the attorney, hey, how many, how many people have been arrested since 9/11 from these seven countries? it would have been subject to this extreme vetting and she said, i don't know. and he said, i'll tell you the answer, zero. that's false. it is not zero. the two guys at bowling green qualify. texas. it's not true. >> kellyanne, i guess the problem is it is difficult to hear criticisms of the media for making mistakes, certainly the media makes mistakes. it is difficult to hear criticism from the white house which has such little regard day in, day out, for facts, for truth and who calls us -- and who calls us fake news for stories that they don't like. >> well, jake, let me just say we have a very high respect for the truth and i can only speak for me and i'm sorry that i misspoke. it wasn't like i was frying to get people to believe something that existed that dchblt that's as toy figure out even though

i'm jake faper. we'll begin with breaking news. there is president trump making an unannounced visit to dover, delaware, to witness the transfer of the remains of the navy seal killed in yemen. that in a moment. also just into cn insure, one of the most controversial cabinet picks confirmed by the senate. legislators okay, rex tillerson former ceo as secretary of state, the vote was 56-43. tillerson will take over a state department where hundreds of employees are objecting to trump's ban on immigration from some countries. and a temporary suspension of the refugee program. the trump white house is hoping for similar success as they had with tillerson for the president's pick for the supreme court. judge neil gorsuch. but on capitol hill, supreme court nominee means one thing for certain. a confirmation battle and today president trump is urging republican lawmakers, go nuclear if you must to confirm gorsuch. that means, change the senate rules so a supreme court pick would need just 51 votes to be confirmed instead of a super majo

i'm jake tapper. "the lead" with jake tapper is our twitter handle. that's it for the show.olf blitzer in "the situation room." thanks for watching. >> happening now, breaking news, alternative reality, president trump denies his supreme court nominee criticized the president's attacks on judges and the white house chastises reporters for pressing the issue. will the president's high court pick go public with his remarks? >>> counselor counsel, a day after the president calls nordstrom unfair for dropping his daughter's clothing line, top advisor kellyanne conway urges people to buy ivanka trump's merchandise during a live tv interview from the white us

i'm jake tapper. so, before president trump took office, did his incoming national security advisor, retired general michael flynn, reach out to russia to tell them, hey, don't worry about these sanctions that president obama is putting in place? flynn and vice-president pence and the trump team first said no. sanctions were never mentioned when flynn talked to the russian ambassador. they said, adamantly, indignantly, no. but now in a major scoop from the washington post that is corroborated by multiple current and former government sources who were listening in on the russian ambassador's phone, it seems like there is a different answer. today flynn says he cannot recall if he discussed sanctions. behind the smoke screen of falsehoods from the trump white house on this issue, our continued questions about the curious relationship between the white house and the kremlin. one democratic member of the house intelligence committee today tweeting, quote, the arrows continue to point in just one direction

so, a sign, jake, that the president has a lot of work to do on capitol hill. jake?>> i remember all that talk about increasing spending for security for diplomats after benghazi. manu raju, thank you so much. we'll talk to senator rand paul about republican plans to repeal and replace you will obamacare and why some gop makers say they won't replace one part of the plan. that's ahead. >>> president trump giving himself a c-plus for messaging and a for effort and a for accomplishments so far. are those fair grades? that story next. (vo) this is not a video game. this is not a screensaver. this is the destruction of a cancer cell by the body's own immune system, thanks to medicine that didn't exist until now. and today can save your life. ♪ ♪ >>> welcome back. we've got lots to talk about in the politics lead. so, let's talk to my panel. first of all, let's talk about this breaking news. a senior administration official tells me and some other reporters today that president trump is eager to have some sort of compromise immigration bill, one that would not have a path

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jake? >> all right, pamela brown, thank you so much. as is the pattern, today the president again tried to write off multiple credibly sourced news reports as fake news. he also attacked his own intelligence agencies and almost a month into his presidency he continues to invoke his electoral college victory and attack democrat hillary clinton. cnn's sara murray is live for us at the white house. sara, obviously there are many americans, including many republicans on capitol hill who are very concerned about these reports of contact between trump's officials and his campaign staff and russians known to u.s. intelligence. did the president today address the substance of these reports in any way? >> well, jake, like you said, there are members of congress, both republicans and democrats, who want answers on this and we are not getting them today from president trump. we have tried repeatedly to ask him about reports of these communications between his campaign advisors and russian intelligence

i'm jake tapper. we're going to begin with breaking news, update to a story we've been covering on cnn. shots fired inside a hospital in houston texas. police say all patients and employees there are safe and that there are no reports of injuries at this time. s.w.a.t. teams are on the scene at ben taub hospital. we're seeing patients being lined up outside, some being wheeled out on stretchers. we'll be keeping a close eye on this story and we will bring you, of course, any updates. now let's turn to the politics lead. the trump administration poised to implement sweeping changes to the way the united states handles undocumented immigrants. new guidelines released by the department of homeland security today suggests the administration wants to greatly increase the number of undocumented immigrants who are detained and deported while also expanding the powers of local law enforcement to crack down on illegal immigration. the white house says it's merely upholding the laws on the books and it emphasiz

of course, jake, there is a deadline to all this. only go at this in this way for the next 60 legislative days. aso there's a limit. >> all right, rene marsh, thank you so much. coming up immigration and equal pay for women, not usually the kind of thing that you see focused upon on super bowl ads. but this year how advertisers are getting political with the largest political audience in the world. stay with us. 'm an idaho potato farmer and i finally found our big idaho potato truck. it's been touring the country telling folks about our heart healthy idaho potatoes, america's favorite potatoes, and donating to local charities along the way. but now it's finally back home where it belongs. aw man. hey, wait up. where you goin'? here we go again. that's why a cutting edgeworld. university counts on centurylink to keep their global campus connected. and why a pro football team chose us to deliver fiber-enabled broadband to more than 65,000 fans. and why a leading car brand counts on us to keep their dealer network streamlined and nimbl

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. >> i'm jake tapper. yet another whirlwind day at the trump white house where just minutes from now, president trump is set to announce his second nominee for secretary of the department of labor. this was supposed to be the day mr. trump's first pick for labor second, andrew puzder, finally sat for a confirmation hearing. but puzder pulled out over a series of controversies that turned even quite a few republican senators against him. >> this will be the president's second appearance before the white house press corps in two days. and it was announced just barely an hour or so ago. joining us now, cnn's special live coverage, white house correspondent athena jones and political director david chalian. athenna, set the stage for us. the president will come out into the east room of the white house and make his announcement for secretary of labor. will he then answer reporters' questions? >> wolf, i think that is the question of the day. not only will the president answer reporters' questions, but whose qu

>> you know, i don't know what vague concept means, jake. like i said, to the extent that the conversations occur they will remain between me and the president. what i will say is mary pat and i still consider him to be a very good friend of ours. we have for the last 15 years, both he and the first lady, and that friendship i'm confident will continue during the time he's president and when he leaves the presidency. let's turn to health care. you took a lot of heat in national conservative circles when had you expanded medicaid in new jersey as part of obamacare. recent lip you said the nay sayers have been proven wrong and touted the fact thattin a i digital half a million people in new jersey now have health insurance who didn't have it before. have you asked president trump to keep the medicaid expansion in place even as the congress and he vow to repeal and replace obamacare? >> listen, i think repealing and replacing obamacare was something that i was for when i was a candidate for president of the united states and one that i'm still

i'm jake tapper. the white house appearing today to take punitive action against news organizations. press secretary sean spicer in the people's house just briefed reporters on the day's news. he was at the white house, of course. he did not allow news outlets including cnn and the new york times and the los angeles times and politico and others to attend that off-camera briefing which is known as a gaggle. this is a wild deviation from basic white house protocol which normally allows any credentialed news organization to participate. for more let's go right to cnn's sara murray live in the briefing room. i have to say even the darkest days of the obama white house's war against fox news, the white house never banned fox from attending any sort of press gaggle or broiefing. this is clearly president trump punishing news organizations for providing basic accountability. >> reporter: well, jake, it was a little perplexing to see how this played out. it is not unusual for the white house to do something

i'm jake tapper. sticking with politics now. lots to discuss with the panel.ill, obviously many reports of frustration and division inside the trump white house. though we just had a message a few minutes ago from kellyanne conway saying general flynn enjoys the full confidence of president trump. is that real or is that the statement you hear right before you get fired? >> could be either. could be either. i was struck by the chris reddy statement, the guy who runs news max. a member of mar-a-lago. when i was there, he snuck me in there. six, seven months ago. didn't tell donald trump. got to look around. nice place, i guess. he saw president trump late friday afternoon in florida -- >> let's play the clip. news max' ceo talking to brian stelter over the weekend. >> i think there is a lot of weakness coming out of the chief of staff. i think reince priebus, good guy, well intentioned, but he clearly doesn't know how the federal agencies work. i do think the president is not getting the backup he needs in the operation of the white house and sometimes the push

. >> so, first of all, my name is jake terps. i haven't seen anybody in my community accuse either yourself or anyone on your staff of being anti-semitic, we have an understanding -- [ inaudible ] however, what we are concerned about and haven't being heard addressed is how the government is planning to take care of it. there are reports that 48 bomb threats have been made against jewish senators across the week. there are people committing anti-semitic threats -- >> he said he was going to ask a easy question. -- okay sit down i understand the rest of your question. folks, number one, i am the least anti-semitic person that you have seen in your entire life. number two, racism. the least racism. we did relatively well -- quiet, quiet, quiet, see he lied about what was going to be a very straight simple question. i hate the charge. i find it repulsive, i hate even the question because people that know me and you heard the prime minister, you heard netanyahu yesterday, did you hear him bb, he said i've known donald trump for a lon

i'm y i'm jake tapper. >> i'm dana bash.ment of the affordable care act a priority. these defenders and supporters of obamacare will get

>> no, not quite, jake.hink of my answer attributes being a great dresser or a fashion maven is not one of them. >> apparently there's a designer out there who begs to differ. senator sanders, thank you so much. really appreciate it. senator sanders will join us tuesday night for the next cnn debate. make sure to watch as he and senator ted cruz go head to head on what comes next for obamacare as president trump seeks to repeal and replace it this tuesday live at 9:00 p.m. eastern here on cnn. our thanks to senator sanders. coming up, president trump has a beef with a federal judge. why picking this fight could threaten his supreme court nominee. that's next. afoot and light-hearted i take to the open road. healthy, free, the world before me, the long brown path before me leading wherever i choose. the east and the west are mine. the north and the south are mine. all seems beautiful to me. see me. see me. don't stare at me. see me. see me. see me to know that psoriasis is just something that i have. i'm not

jake tapper asked tough questions. the interview is coming up next. >>> welcome back. one of president trump closest aides has been bosses defender she has been become contender with the media. my colleague jake tapper spoke with kellyanne conway on tuesday one-on-one here is the exchange. >> joining me now kellyanne won cay. thank you for joining me. the betsy devos was confirmed today. mick pence was the first vice president ever to vote on the split. can you understand their stated concerns these republican senators what they perceive to be lack of experience with the school system? >> i think that's part of the healthy democracy. we run a big party here in the party. i'm pleased vice president cast tie breaking vote and devos will be sworn in this ceremony 5:00 p.m. today. she'll get on with the business of executing on the president's vision on education. he want to repeal core. he doesn't think parental control when he respects the fact that although public education works for many in this country, including mine, children should not be restricted because where t

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jake. >> chaos theory. sara murray. you very much. >>> the panel here to discuss what we've heard. president trump hours ago suggested that paris and nice type attacks are happening all over europe and the press is not reporting it. what on earth is he talking about. think it over. we'll have that next. they're di. nice tells you what you want to hear. but kind is honest. this bar is made with cranberries and almonds. so, guess what? we call it cranberry almond. give kind a try. what makesheart healthysalad the becalifornia walnuts.r? the best simple veggie dish ever? heart healthy california walnuts. the best simple dinner ever? heart healthy california walnuts. great tasting, heart healthy california walnuts. so simple. get the recipes at walnuts.org. companies across the state are york sgrowing the economy,otion. with the help of the lowest taxes in decades, a talented workforce, and world-class innovations. like in plattsburgh, where the most advanced transportation is already en route. and in corning, where the fut

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casey hunt who practically lives there now and jake sherman a politico who lived there for some time. >> thanks for reminding me. >> that's right. there are worse places to live. let's start with russia. do we know from your sources there on the hill whether this -- it was an easing of sanctions? was it a technical correction as the white house maintains? >> craig, at this point, honestly, everyone here is trying to figure out exactly what it is. i have talked to several senators actually on my way over here. i talked to a couple of senators on the phone as well. and frankly, they are seeing this come through as these news reports are breaking. obviously we saw sean spicer come out and say this is not an easing ever sanctions. i think right now there is some serious filtering through going on right now. i talked to tim kaine, the senator from virginia, of course the vice presidential nominee. he said look i don't think they should be doing anything at all until congress finishes their investigations of the hacking, meddling in the u.s. election. >> jake, meanwhile, it's senator majori

jake, never got a chance to finish your question to president trump. it you wanted to ask him? >> simply put, i'd hike clarification on what is it that his administration's position is that the executive branch of the federal government of the united states can and would be doing to try to curb anti-semitism and address that issue and work together with leaders of the community. >> you worked hard to craft the question and make it clear you were not asking him that he was an anti-semite. >> right, and perhaps sometimes when you overprepare you end up doing yourself a disservice so it could be that that's what that was. i don't think we'll ever know. >> were you surprised he cut you off before you were finished? >> we're professional reporters. we're trained to not have any emotional attachment and not allow any kinds of feelings interfere with our jobs so surprise is something i'm not supposed to be and here i am admitting on national television i was somewhat surprised. >> he says you were being unfair. he said you lied, the preface of your question s

here it is. >> jake tapper joining us with all the details. hi there, jake. how is president trump trying to build the case for the upcoming travel ban? >> hi. cnn has learned the white house requested the department of homeland security to work on the travel ban. this country is somalia, sudan, yemen, libya, iran, iraq, syria. the two agencies, quote, are working on an intelligence report that will demonstrate that the security threat is substantial and that they all have been exporters of terrorism into the united states. the situation has gotten more dangerous in years and more broadly the refugee program has been an incubator for terrorism. this report was requested because they said there is no evidence that any alien has perpetrated a terror aist attac. some disagree with the trump white house position. sources telling cnn that the department of homeland security's in house intelligence agency, the office of intelligence and analysis called ina has filed a report disagreeing with the view that blocking immigration from the seven countries strategically

hello, i'm jake tapper in washington where the state of our union is in flex. former labor secretary tom perez won out over bernie sanders backed congressman keith ellison in what many saw as a proxy war between the clinton wing of the party and the sanders wing of the party. ellison accepted sanders offer. senator sanders will be live. mr. chairman, thank you for joining us. >> please to be with you, jake. >> i know your voice is from vigorous campaigning, so nobody at home should sound any alarms. >> yep. >> i want to ask you, president trump told cpac on friday that the republican party will be the party of the american worker, and in november, president trump carried workers without a college degree, working class voters by 37%. what is your plan to work these voters back into the fold. >> we lead with our values and our actions, we talk about how literally hours into the trump administration was a fraud, he made it harder for first-time homeowners to buy a home. he made it harder to save for requirement. he nominate adjust for the supreme court who wants t

jake g. that's how we know each other. >> oh. he's obviously a talented actor.ominated for academy awards, golden globes, you name it. but you know the man can sing too? he is returning to broadway in a production of "sunday in the park with george." and listen to this. ♪ the kind of room ♪ that's willing to wait ♪ not the kind you want to find waiting ♪ ♪ to return you to the night ♪ dizzy from the height ♪ coming from the hat ♪ studying the hat >> not bad at all. >> pretty good. forget michael bolton. i know what i'm doing for valentine's now. >> and he can sing and walk down the stairs at the same time. >> yes, he can. >> wow. >> he can do it all. gyllenhaal posted this video to facebook ahead of the show opening in late february. >> the song's called "finishing the hat." >> he's finish >>> coming up, rosie o'donnell is ready to make an impression. >> jake gyllenhaal can sing. what can ryan gosling do? he didn't sing that well. >> yeah, he did sing, and he tap danced -- ♪ i love you, basement guest bathroom. your privacy makes you my number 1 place... ...to g

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i want to play a little bit of this exchange between jake and kellyanne conway. >>> i'm talking aboutnited states saying things that are not true. demonstratively not true. that is important. >> i think more important than many things that he says are true that are making a difference in people's lives -- >> they distract from them -- they distract from the things he says. >> he was talking about the president's false statement about the murder rate. the murder rate at a 47-year high. you can see these are the official government numbers. the numbers from the fbi, i believe, that show, in fact, it is not at a 47-year high. and what jake was trying to say and what kellyanne was trying to -- i mean, i think she was trying to extend an olive branch.at one point she said we have co-custody of this white house for the next eight years we have to figure out how to get along. and jake said, look, we can't really get along if we don't agree on the facts. >> and it was interesting we heard her saying we no ignore the misstatements or not facts because they're outweighed by things that do say a

>> jake, thanks very much. dana, this is a critically important decision presumably there will be a fight once the nomination goes to the senate. >> of course there will be. that's exactly what the white house is welcoming right now. republicans all on one side, supporting the president and the president's pick, which is almost surely going to happen here and democrats also welcoming frankly a political fight because they want to rally their base and feel that -- they want to show their base they have people in washington fighting thr pem. >> ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states. >> all right. the president of the united states has just been introduced. a base crowd, a huge crowd certainly watching in the united states and around the world. [ applause ]. >> thank you. thank you very much. thank you very much, ladies and gentlemen. when justice scalia passed away suddenly last february, i made a promise to the american people if i were elected president i would find the very best judge in the

i do, jake.on't see a lot of difference in coverage from when he was a candidate and when he became the republican nominee and the president-elect and the president. some outlets cover him the same way and it doesn't have a great deal of respect for the office of the president and the current occupant. bias is easy to detect and it's in the eye of the beholder. i would put an olive branch out and say how about more complete coverage. he issued 20 or 21 executive actions and we are covering one of them most days. >> one of them? >> opening up the dakota and keystone pipelines. >> for caused tremendous chaos and confusions at airports around the world. there is a court case with your justice department that is probably going to go to the u.s. supreme court. of course it's a huge story! >> it is, but there are others. we are trying to reach out and say when we start doing opioid use with the legislature law enforcement, talk about a nonpartisan issue. the veterans. i feel like my big comment is this

jake tapper and i spoke this morning before brunch time.ng bunnies. >> you get the sense now that as we speak -- >> she's breaking into jake tapper's house? >> maybe screening a cnn interview and putting it on youtube. >> they are so over the top in real life. i mean, this bowling green massacre and this constant -- just give it up and say, you know what, i screwed up. but they don't and that gives us more. >> i'm wondering though how people use comedy, if on some level comedy is used to actually affect real life politics. i was reading this piece. let me read a piece of his op-ed. obviously "snl" can't undermine the creditability of an administration but it can play a key role at a time when polls show most americans distrust the mainstream media. it may take "snl" to be the voice of reason. >> comedy is disarming and you can speak about any subversive topic through humor. humor really makes things palatable. once you laugh about it and say, you know what -- you can really show the substance. >> by the way, i don't think the goal here -- a

. >> this is a picture of jake. >> reporter: lisa kolten treasures these photos. her son died at 22 while skiing in boulder. she says what happened after that devastating loss made the unbearable situation worse. >> i wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy. >> reporter: they searched the web to find a local service. they settled on heritage cremation. advertised as family-owned and operated trusted cremation services. a service they wish they hadn't trusted. >> horrifying. >> reporter: there were invoice errors. the company referred to jake by several different names including the williams family and sarah white. then phone calls went unanswered. they were charged extra fees and the unthinkable. jake's ashes went missing. >> they lost track of him for a week. >> reporter: forcing the grieving mother to return home without her son. there are dozens of similar complaints and scathing reviews online about heritage mixup and ashes held for ransom. the better business bureau issued a warning about the company in colorado. unlike most states it does not require a license. >

jake hamil's lives right on the edge of the waterline.sot jake hamilthis is the worst. it's never been in my basement before.and it was approximately 4 feet a couple of weeks ago.some guernville residents had to take long detours to get to their homes. sot cecile derbes, residenton willow road, we grow grapes. usually the easiest way to go to school. it takes 20 minutes straight. but i have to go through west side road which extends the trip 20 minutes. others couldn't find a way around.sot grace bartlome, residentwell i am just looking to see how bad the road is. because on the other side of that is the house i used to live in that i need to to finish moving out of and all the roads to it are closed. there are four roads and every one of them is flooded.but everyone we talked to had had some practice from the last few storms.. and they were taking this one in stride.sot jake hamilits mostly contruction materials and just like everyone else's basement, junk we should get rid of anyway. so it's kind of a good opportunity to clean up the basement.sot sherry blanchard and

. >> hello i'm jake tapper in washington where the state of our union is in flux. democrats wounds still fresh from their crippling losses electsed a new chair in hopes of attempting to rebuild their party. former labor secretary tom perez won out over bernie sanders. keith ellison in what many saw as a proxy war between the obama/clinton wing of the party and the sanders wing the party. but the two men put on a clearly united front with ellison accepting perez's offer to serve as deputy chair of the party and both setting their sites squarely on president trump. let's get to the new boss himself, the dnc chairman. mr. perez thanks for joining us. >> pleasure to be with you, jake. >> i know your voice is from vigorous campaign. >> yeah. >> so nobody at home should sound any alarms. >> yeah. >> but i want to ask you, president trump told cpac on friday that the republican party from now on will be the party of the american worker. and in november president trump carried white voters without a college degree, work being class voters by a stagger 37% age points. what

"cnn tonight with don lemon" picks up our coverage >>> thank you dana and jake and senators. interesting debate on obamacare and huge legal fight. this is "cnn tonight," i'm don lemon. special "cnn tonight." other breaking news, ruling expected on president trump's travel ban but no matter what, the issue is likely to go all the way to the supreme court. get to pamela brown who joins with the latest. good evening, what were the arguments like? >> justice department attorneys spent time on the fact that states didn't have the right to bring the issue because many of the people impacted had never been to the u.s. and shouldn't be constitutionally protected. and made the case that president and congress have wide discretion to manage immigration particularly in national security matters. states argue it harms their citizens and violates freedom of religion against muslims. pointing to comments that trump and his surrogates have made in the past several months including idea of muslim ban. >> did you get a hit from the judges as to which way leaning? >> it was a hot bench and fie

let's start though with we've got jake sherman i believe, jake sherman and katherine ranpel, jake with politico and katherine with "the washington post." katherine we'll get to the paper's new motto perhaps in a moment. jake, let me start with you there in the politico newsroom. based on what we heard from mr. spicer what do you surmise we might hear from president trump come tuesday in that joint congressional address? >> he seemed to signal not much detail will be in the speech. i think if i heard that right he said he's going to talk about where the country needs to go, where it's been, kind of broad themes about economic, his economic plan. couple things stuck out to me. i think it's news to almost everybody on capitol hill that the president's going to release his own health care plan and own tax plan because folks on capitol hill are working on this, and say they're doing it in concert with the white house, so it's not clear to me or to the people always texting and emling with during the briefing that the president's going to put out his own plan. maybe he'll take partial credit

i am joined this year by jake and dolly solazar. they are here today because they will not stop fighting. their son jacob was 19 years old, killed by a drunk driver. a bright handsome young man with his whole life in front of him. as dolly puts it, his life was lost senselessly. how much longer will we let this go on before we get tough on dwi? how many more families will have to endure this pain? the time is now. we must act. dolly and jake, thank you for fighting to make our state better so that no family has to feel the pain that you do. [ applause ] we must keep moving toward making our streets and neighborhoods safe. let's send a message we will not tolerate this in our state. i'm asking once again for this body to crack down on dwi with common sense laws. no more excuses. let's hold drunk drivers accountable. let's give police officers the ability to conduct on-site blood tests. let's allow past dwi offenses to be factored into sentencing habitual offenders. if you knowingly lend your car to someone who had their license suspe

president trump's new moves on the world stage, joining us, jake sullivan. adviser to hillary clinton, also the former vice president to biden. >> i assume you liked what you heard from u.n. ambassador nikki haley, right? >> i like that, i would like to hear it directly from president trump. it's the kind of message we should be sending right now. >> why don't you hear that, why don't you believe we don't hear the tough talk on the russians for president trump. >> he's willing to go after pretty hard, friends of ours like australia and mexico, he reserves only soft speech for president putin. i don't have a good explanation for it, all i can say is, this is a part of a long and troubling pattern, the president is not willing to step up and speak out against russian aggression and actions that russia has taken that are directly contrary to the interest of the united states. >> i assume the very carefully drafted statement that ambassador haley read before the united nations security council was authorized approved by officials at the white house. season the t