. >> i'm martin savidge in for victor blackwell. president will have his first state of the union of the address and could be one of his biggest moments in political history. >> the forefront of this speech is immigration. the president set to sell his controversial plan that has lawmakers on both sides of the aisle a little skeptical. the president foreshadowed what he could say in his speech on twitter. blasting democrats overnight over daca and border security. >> the white house is remaining silent on a sex scandal surrounding a top republican party official. talking about steve wynn. he has extend down as finance chair of the republican national committee amaid reports he had women perform dozens of sex acts at a casino. >> let's begin with president trump's anticipated state of the union address. dan merica joins me now. what is the president saying? >> the president plans to use the perch of his first state of the union. remember, he gave a speech earlier to a joined session of congress in member of last year, but this will b

. >> i'm martin savidge. >>> it was just a week ago the president was singing his praises and now trump ally and republican donor steve wynn in the middle of sexual misconduct scandal. dozens of women say the las vegas conseeno m con. >>> protect the counsel in the russia probe from the white house after major news outlets confirmed that president trump came dangerously close to firing bob mueller last year. pushing legislation to keep any official from undermining the investigation. >>> let's begin with the sexual assault scandal of the rnc. steve wynn says the claims against his are preposterous. >> the person is left with the choice of weather insulting publicity or major-year lawsuits. it is deplorable for anyone to find themselves in this situation. the director of wynn reports says it is forming a committee to investigate these allegations. cnn miguel marquez has more. >> reporter: to charges that he ever assaulted any woman. the blistering statement from wynn himself after a bombshell "wall street journal" report that a manicurist in 2005 was forced to lie on a massage table nake

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. >> and i'm martin savidge. thank you for being here. >> president trump is set to give his first state of the union address. that will be tuesday. but two major issues this morning are at risk of derailing his agenda. >> first, the rnc's finance chairman, steve wynn, is in the middle of a sex scandal. now "the wall street journal" reporting dozens of women claimed win forced them to perform sex acts when they worked for him. this morning, win is calling those claims preposterous. >>> meanwhile, senate democrats are trying to legislate against robert mueller being fired after it was reported president trump came close to axing the special counsel in the russia investigation. >> we get to begin with miguel marquez live in las vegas with details on this scandal surrounding a top official of the rnc. miguel, what are you learning there this morning? >> yeah. this is steve win and donald trump. these guys have known each other for many years. their hotels here in vegas, that's steve win's hotel and donald trump's ho

martin savidge has the details. >> reporter: when it came to space life, if anything were it, john young, you never have known. >> your heart rate hardly went up at all. bob's went up to 130. >> i was excited. the -- >> i was -- >> this was one of john's last interviews. he talked about flying with griffin on the first shuttle flight, "columbia," 1981, 30 years earlier. was he worried about something that never flew before? >> we had ejection seats, you know. things went south, we could jump out. >> reporter: young was born in california, 1930, went to high school in orlando. graduated georgia tech, entered the navy, and became a test pilot. in 1962, he was chosen as part of the first group of astronauts selected after the mercury 7. his name may not be a household one, but many inside the space program believe his accomplishments rival those of shepard, glen and armstrong. >> his legacy in american space history really is in some ways more significant than armstrong's. john's career, with nasa, is over 40 years long. and he was -- he was so important to the entire human space flight pro

i'm martin savidge in for fredricka whitfield. we begin with the argument over what the president did or did not say. the conflicting reports over use of vulgar language. >> a gross misrepresentation. >> senator durbin has been very clear, senator graham has told others that the reports were basically accurate. are you saying the president did not use the word so widely reported? >> i'm telling you he did not youz the word. i'm telling you it is a gross misrepresentation. >> i didn't hear that word either. >> so you're saying in that room you didn't hear any of this sort of lumping everybody together. >> i did not hear derogatory comments about individuals or persons, no. >> so this sentiment is totally phony, as well, that is attributed to him. >> i was in a meeting afterwards where those who presented to the president spoke about the meeting and they said those words were used before those words went public. so that's all i can tell you is i heard that account before the account even went public. >> the president is at his flori

. >> i'm martin savidge in for victor blackwell. >>> two days now. days before president trump is going to deliver his first state of the union address in what could be one of the biggest moments of his presidency at the end of the day. a lot of people wondering is going to play politics or try to bridge this divide in our country? >> at the fror front of his speech is immigration. the president is set to sell his controversial plan that has lawmakers on both sides of the aisle skeptical to say the least. trump foreshadowed what he could say in his speech blasting democrats on twitter overnight over daca and border security. >> the white house is still silent this morning on a sex scandal surrounding a top republican party official. steve wynn has stepped now do you as the finance chair of the republican national committee amitt reports that he forced dozens of women to perform sex acts on him at his casino. >> we are learning new details about the bipartisan effort to stop the president from firing special counselor bob mueller in the midst of the r

>>> 11:00 on the east coast, i'm martin savidge in for fredricka whitfield. "cnn newsroom" starts right now. the anger and the backlash against president trump continues to mount, both here at home and across the globe. world leaders and organizations are slamming his comments as racist, shameful, and outrageous. many african nations demanding an apology after the president reportedly made vulgar and derogatory comments about immigrants. many world leaders are also calling in u.s. diplomats to explain the remarks by the president, who has issued only a vague denial. so far, no apology from trump, but he did send out a tweet this morning saying, "america first." that coming from his florida resort, where he is spending the weekend. meanwhile, his vulgar remarks may also be impacting that already fragile immigration talks and negotiations to avert a government shutdown. let's begin now in washington with cnn white house correspondent abby philips, who joins us with more on the fallout from the president's remarks and what he's tweeting about now. hello, abby. >

. >>> 11:00 on the east coast, i'm martin savidge in for fredricka whitfield.ht now. the anger and the backlash against president trump continues to mount, both here at home and across the globe. world leaders and organizations are slamming his comments as racist, shameful, and outrageous. many african nations demanding an apology after the president reportedly made vulgar and derogatory comments about immigrants. many world leaders are also calling in u.s. diplomats to explain the remarks by the president, who has issued only a vague denial. so far, no apology from trump, but he did send out a tweet this morning saying, "america first." that coming from his florida resort, where he is spending the weekend. meanwhile, his vulgar remarks may also be

. >> and i'm martin savidge.re. >> president trump is set to give his first state of the union address. that will be tuesday. but two major issues this morning are at risk of derailing his agenda. >> first, the rnc's

. >> i'm martin savidge in for victor blackwell. >> always good tahao have you h. it was just a week ago the president was singing his praises and now steve wynn this wealthy c y casino mogul is in middle of a scandal. >> women are saying wynn forced them to perform sex acts when they worked for him. the board of directors at wynn's resorts says it's forming a special committee to investigate these allegations. here's miguel marquez. >> reporter: preposterous says steve wynn to charges that he ever assaulted any woman. the blistering statement from wynn himself after a bombshell "wall street journal" report that a manicurist in 2005 was forced to lie on a massage table naked while she claims wynn raped her. the "journal" also reporting that wynn paid the manicurist $7.5 million in a settlement. wynn in his statement said the continued work of my ex-wife elaine wynn with whom i'm involved in a terrible and nasty lawsuit in which she is seeking a revised divorce settlement. elaine wynn's attorney told "the journal" that's just not true. wynn the latest high-profile a

i'm martin savidge in for fredricka whitfield. >>> world leaders are slamming president trump's comments as racist and they're demanding an apology after the president reportedly made vulgar and derogatory comments about immigrants. many world leaders are calling u.s. diplomats to explain the remarks by the president who has issued only a vague denial. so far no apology from trump but he did send out a tweet this morning saying, quote, america first, from his florida resort where he's spending the weekend. meanwhile, his vulgar remarks may be impacting the already fragile talks and negotiations to avert a government shutdown. let's begin on all of this in washington with cnn white house correspondent abby phillips with more on the fallout from the president's remarks and what he's tweeting about now. >> reporter: hi, martin. it's another day of outrage over comments that are frankly not safe for children. the president's comments implying in a meeting with bipartisan congressmen and lawmakers that he does not want immigrants from countries like africa, el salvador, haiti, places that are

cnn's martin savidge sat down with a group of trump supporters in ohio. here's what was found. >> reporter: anywhere you look in youngstown is a reminder of what's been lost. factories, jobs, the city's population is down about two-thirds from the 1950s. the economy wasn't just disappearing here, so was a way of life. >> and i realized the core foundation of our country is slipping away. >> i mean, it got to a point where i did not like the direction my country was going. >> the answer for many was donald trump. in 2016, according to the mahoning board of elections, approximately 7,000 registered democrats switched parties to become republicans. >> he said he was going to bring jobs back and make america first. >> donald trump said we're in lousy trade deals. we'll fix that and bring jobs back. >> he said he wanted to bring jobs to the american people and that's something i can certainly get behind. >> reporter: i'm with a pastor, a machine shop worker, a student, and a union worker. democrats were raised in democrat families who crossed over to vote trum

. >> and i'm martin savidge. it was just a week ago the president was singing his praises, now steve wynn, the rnc finance chairman, is in the middle of a sexual misconduct scandal. according to the "wall street journal," dozens of women say wynn performed them to perform sex acts when they worked for him. wynn says the claims are preposterous. >> and senate doemocrat s democ suspiciousing legislation to protect mueller from trump. they want to keep any official from undermining the investigation. >> so we'll begin though with the scandal surrounding the top official of the rnc. miguel marquez joining us from las vegas with the details. >> reporter: good morning. the president and steve wynn have been competitors in the paths, their hotels here are just a blue blocks from each other. they have known each other for decades and now the sex allegations are casting that entire relationship in a new light. preposterous says steve wynn the vegas hotel and casino billionaire to charge that's ever assaulted any woman. th

washington correspondent at bloomberg news, washington correspondent for "the new york times" martin savidgestart with you and the tweet we got from the president this morning. nothing on the president's agenda today. he did tweet earlier, "great to see how hard republicans are fighting for our military and safety at the border. the dems just want illegal immigrants to pour into our nation unchecked. if stalemate continues, should vote on real long-term budget, no c.r." we've heard how that's resinated or hasn't across capitol hill. what do you make as the shutdown enters its 40th hour? >> well, the white house has been sending mixed signals to everyone they are talking to. you hear both republicans and democrats expressing frustration about not exactly understanding what kind of a deal the president would sign, which makes it harder for the negotiations to unfold. it is interesting trump is pushing for an end to the filibuster rule. he's done that before. see no appetite for that right now from mitch mcconnell and the republican caucus, but i do think that trump is getting at somethin here,

martin savidge went to find out. >> reporter: lately they're see more.l production is up 31%, according to the state chamber of commerce, a welcome change after 2016 saw the state's lowest coal production in decades. >> i left as soon as i graduated. >> a year ago adam rourke had been laid off four times? 12 months. >> now it's just booming. >> reporter: >> reporter: working full time? >> six, seven days a week now. >> reporter: as much work as you can want or handle? >> yes. >> reporter: there are more mining-related jobs than qualified people to fulfill them. 32 james came to west virginia four months ago. >> west virginia, you hear, is hiring miners, or at least there's opportunity for you. >> yeah, yeah. there's a lot of things in the works to where -- >> reporter: james got a mining job in less than a week. in 2016 in the town of welsch, things were so bad even the walmart closed. today small businesses are opening. there's a new barbershop, talk of a restaurant without a drive-thru, and this one boarded up building has broadband a thriving car repa

. >> days away from the one year anniversary of the inauguration, martin savidge went to youngstown, ohio to ask trump supporters how they believe he's doing so far. >> anywhere you look in youngstown reminder of what's been lost, factories, jobs, the city's population is down by almost two thirds from the 1950s. the economy wasn't just disappearing here, so was a way of life. >> i realized that the core foundation of our country is slipping away. >> i mean, it got to a point i did not like the direction my country was going. >> the answer for many was donald trump. in 2016 according to the mahoning board of elections, approximately 7,000 registered democrats switched parties to become republicans. >> says it's going to take a miracle first and bring jobs back. >> you're in housy trade deals, we fix that, the jobs can come back. >> something he said that sticks with me, he wants to give the power back to the american people and that's something i can certainly get behind. >> i'm with a pastor and stay-at-home mom and student and machine shop worker and union member. democrats raised

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i'm martin savitvy an savidge. hawaii lacked reasonable safeguards after yesterday's false alert about an incoming missile. the fcc chairman went on to say that the state did not have processed controls in place to prevent the transmission of a false alert. cnn is in honolulu with the latest. >> martin, it depends on the officials i speak with. the legislator told me he was huddling in their bathtub. his daughter said daddy, are we at war and he said yes. speaking emotionally with tears in his eyes he reacted like many people in hawaii who saw those warnings both on television, radio, and more importantly cell phones. they said this was not a drill. here's how people reacted. i will tell you about what authorities are doing to keep it from happening again. >> i didn't want to stick around to see if we would get blown up more not. >> i could have never seen my grandkids again. >> there is not enough time to get in and get home. i said let me use your phone to tell my wife i love her. >> for the state emergency manag