. >> i'm martin savidge in for victor blackwell. there's a lot going on in politics this morning. including president trump still unapologetic standing by his a claims that he was wiretapped. >>> first, we start with breaking news coming out of france. >> a man at the airport in paris was killed a short time ago when he tried to grab a soldier's gun. authorities are saying he was known to investigators. cnn's reporter live outside the airport. melissa, what more can you tell us about what they know about the suspect. >> i'd like to give you a sense first of all of what's going on around us. behind the security -- we're just outside the terminal where this event took place this morning. this attack you can see behind me, all of those security vehicles and beyond them, the many hundreds of people who have been forced out of the airport after being evacuated after this got under way this morning. both terminals here at the airport are closed, it's causing a fair amount of chaos. a much clearer picture of what wept on this morning has emerged. we've been speaking to the defense minist

. >> i am martin savidge in for victor blackwell.od to be with you. >>> and now calling one incident a hate crime. the sikh was in his driveway when a man told him to go back to his country. >> he was approached and confronted by a subject, and some comments were made to the affect of get out of our country, go back to where you are from, and our victim was then shot. >> the shooting comes just two weeks after a white man allegedly shot and killed an indian man and wounded another in kansas. >>> mexico is moving to protect its citizens in light of tougher deportation standards in the u.s., and they are hiring staff centers inside mexican sha consulates in all 50 states, and they will assist migrants, even printing birth certificates for those that don't have one. >>> as undocumented immigrants make their way across the southern border, and some cross the rio grand into one man's land. >> he says he would gladly give part of it up for a border wall. here's cnn correspondent. >> i was born in february 26, 1944. >> where? >> about 100 y

i'm martin savidge in for victor blackwell. great to be with all of you. >>> president trump may be in sunny florida. new clouds are hanging over his administration. >> the president vowing no rest at mara lago this weekend. could he be working on the new travel ban he promised last week, or is it going to head back to court? overnight the white house getting more time to decide if they're going to fight the lawsuit. >>> embattled attorney general jeff sessions will unend his testimony monday, all this as the web between trump's campaign aides and russia gets messier, plus a sftunning dhs headline, the new plan to break up parents and kids who illegally cross the border. officials say it is to fight trafficking. first, new accusations from the president this morning in a series of tweets. president trump alleges that former president obama tapped his phones during the election. cnn correspondent ryan nobles is live in washington with more on this. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. the president has been busy on tw

. >> i am victor blackwell. good morning to you. >>> the breaking news takes us to ohio right now, and an active manhunt in the search for a person that killed 15 people at a nightclub. >> police tell cnn this shooting happened a short time ago around the cameo nightclub in cincinnati. police officers were on the scene. the captain described the scene as very chaotic with a possibility of more than one shooter. >> it was a young crowd and we have had incidents in the past, but this is the worst by far. by the time individuals were -- the shots were fired, individuals ran outside, so there was not a lot of people inside the club. i believe there was a large crowd earlier this evening, but just a lot of chaos when the shots went off. >> if anybody was a witness to anything that happened obviously we need you to come forward with anything you have. we are sure there was more than one, but we're not sure if there was more than two at this point. >> she was talking about there was one shooter, but they are not sure i

. >> i'm victor blackwell. good morning to you.e've got breaking news out of germany. >> yeah, german police are scrambling right now to take care of a terror plot in the western city of essen. police have shut down a large shopping mall after they learned of an attack possibly that could have been planned today. as we get more information on it, we will certainly bring it to you as it develops, again, out of germany this morning, police on high alert. >>> back here in the u.s. -- vice president mike pence hitting the road to pitch the republicans' plan to overhaul the affordable care act. a crucial sales job of opposition within the party is threatening to derail one of the president's biggest campaign promises. >> just a few hours from now, the vice president will speak with leaders in louisville, kentucky. he's larrying with mike bevan, a man who isn't fully behind the plan. ahead, the speaking points and plan to keep the bill on track. >>> still no evidence to support the accusations that president obama was spying on him in tr

. >> i'm victor blackwell. good morning to you. president trump taking aen there, tried that approach to his agenda, vowing to move on after one of his biggest campaign promises gets pushed on to the shelf. but will the false start on repealing obamacare put the brakes on the rest of his agenda? >> well, this morning, president trump and house speaker paul ryan are coming to grips with the setback under the first piece of news on the administration. the bill definitely abandoned yesterday before it could even come to a full vote. despite full chrome of washington the president and speaker ryan just couldn't wrangle enough votes within their own party. so, you know, the blame game has started. this morning our team of political correspondents and experts standing by to break it down for us. i want to bring with cnn national correspondent suzanne malveaux live from capitol hill. suzanne, what are you hearing about the state of folks there? >> christi, good morning to you. already the lawmakers are back in their district having to exp

. >> i'm victor blackwell. this morning, vice president mike pence is hitting the road to pitch the republicans plan to overall the affordable care act, actually to repeal and replace it. this is a crucial sales job, the opposition within the party is threatening to potentially derail one of the president's biggest campaign promises. >> it's two hours from now the vice president will speak to leaders in louisville, kentucky, he'll appeal with the governor mike bevan. this is a man not completely behind the plan himself. >> we just act now to save the americans from the imploding obamacare disaster. premiums have sky rocketed by double digits, triple digits in some cases. '17 would be a disaster for obamacare. that's the year it was meant to explode because obama won't be here. >>> plus, considerable anger after dozens of u.s. attorneys abruptly are told to resign by the trump administration. we've got our panel of political reporters standing by to break it all down for you this morning. we'll start with cnn's

. >> i'm martin savidge in for victor blackwell. >>> president trump may be in sunny florida but new clouds hang over his administration. >> the president is vowing no rest at mar-a-lago this weekend. many wonder if he could be working on the new travel ban he proposed last week or are the plans to head back to court over that? we do know overnight the white house getting more time to decide if they're going to fight last month's lawsuit. >>> plus, we have this stunning dhs headline. the new plan to break up parents and kids who illegally cross the border. officials say it's to fight trafficking. we're also learning how embattled attorney jeff sessions will amend his testify. that's going to happen monday. this after sessions recused himself from any investigations into possible ties between russian officials and the trump campaign. house speaker paul ryan speaking out in his defense. >> i would think dozens if not more of hundreds that's very common. we meet with ambassadors constantly as members of congress. that's their job, is to come and meet with members of congress and express

. >> i'm victor blackwell. president trump says he's moving on after one of his biggest campaign promises goes no where. but what does the failure to repeal obamacare really mean for the rest of his agenda? >> this morning president trump and house speaker paul ryan coming to grips with this stunning setback on their first piece of business under the new administration to roll back key provisions of obamacare abruptly. >> republicans have full control of power in washington, but, the president and speaker could not wrangle enough votes within their party and the blame game, we know, has already begun. our team of political correspondents and experts are standing by to break it all down for us. let's begin with cnn's ryan nobles for more on the finger pointing on washington. which actually began, ryan, before the decision to pull the bill was announced. >> yeah, victor. you really got the sense about mid-day yesterday that this wasn't going to happen and we heard from the white house that they were concerned abo

. >> i'm victor blackwell. good morning to you. this morning the vice president, mike pence, is on the road to pitch the republicans' plan to repeal and replace the affordable care act. he's looking to shore up support as opposition within the party could derail one of the president's biggest campaign promises. >> this morning, vice president pence addressing business leaders in kentucky. he will appear with matt bevin, a man who's not fully behind the plan himself. ahead, sticking points and efforts to keep the bill on track. >>> plus, the white house is saying that president trump had no idea when he chose his first national security adviser that general michael flynn had been a paid lobbyist for turkish concerns at the height of the campaign and through election day. we'll examine these new revelations. >>> a panel of correspondents and political experts standing by to break all of this down for us this morning. we want to start with ryan nobles, in washington. ryan, good morning. what are you hearing? >> reporter: let's talk fi

. >> i'm victor blackwell. you're in the "cnn newsroom." no deal, to vote, no obamacare repeal, at least for now. today president trump and the republican party are trying to move forward after their signature campaign promise was put on the shelf. >> gop lawmakers still grappling with yesterday's health care defeat coming at the hands of a faction of house republican critics who would not budge despite hours of deal making. house speaker paul ryan conceded defeat yesterday, saying obamacare is the law of the land. >> the fate of that law and the 20 million people who gained coverage from it still rests in the hands of the trump administration. and the republicans in congress. the president says, let obamacare fail on its own. >> i've been saying for the last year and a half that the best thing we can do politically speaking is let obamacare explode. it is exploding right now. many states have big problems, almost all states have big problems. >> this morning our team of political correspondents and experts standing by to break all of it do

. >> i'm victor blackwell. good to have you. welcome to "cnn newsroom." in just a few moments happening this hour vice president mike pence on the road and to push the republican's to repeal or replace -- it's facing uncertainty on capitol hill. >> this morning vice president pence set to address business leaders in louisville, kentucky. i want to show you some pictures that we have of that. we believe happening. he's going to appear with the state's governor, a man who we have to point out is not fully behind this plan, but ahead the sticking points, the effort to keep this bill on track. >> it was a week ago so it's been a full week president trump's accused president obama without evidence of spying on him at trump tower and now we're learning the house intelligence committee wants any relevant documents, really any proof from the justice department on wire tapping by monday. >> also growing anger after dozens of u.s. attorneys are abruptly told to resign by the trump administration. what is behind that. >> we've got our panel of political reporters an

. >> i am martin savidge in for victor blackwell. >>> and the network that brings you "sesame street"roposing to end-all federal funding for public broadcasting. get this, the cost of public broadcasting to the taxpayers just $1.35 per citizen per year, which does not sound like a lot, but brands like pbs are gearing up for a fight, and broadcast officials have been through this before. joining us to talk about it, brian stelter, host of "reliable sources." good morning to everybody. >> patrick, let me start with you. it's not the first time that we have heard talk about cutting back here. in fact, mitt romney was saying something similar to that on the campaign trail back in 2012. let's listen. >> i am sorry, jim, i am going to stop to bps, and i like big bird and you, too, and i am not going to keep spending money on things to borrow money from china. >> how confident are you that we are going to see this kind of a fight with these significant cuts? >> we are going to have a fight, and we are gearing up to do as much battle as we need to do, and with respect to governor romney's pro

. >> and i am victor blackwell. the republicans planning to replace the affordable care act. how many millions of people could gain or potentially lose their health care coverage. >> the congressional budget office expected to release the price tag for the gop bill tomorrow, and could release what could be a devastating report. >>> and law makers don't know if there's proof, and the deadline set for the committee for any alleged evidence for wiretaps. >>> and then a man facing a federal judge who breached steury and how close he really got to the president. >>> first, we are learning president trump through an assistant tried to call now former u.s. attorney, bough barbara, on thursday, and he was fired yesterday after refusing the justice department's demand for resignation. he notified jeff sessions saying he was not going to talk to president trump because of protocol, and cnn justice reporter laura jarrett walks us through the presidential standoff. >> in a pretty stunning curve of events over the last 24 hours, we are learning more about how exactly all of this went down

. >> i'm martin savidge in for victor blackwell. >>> president trump waking up in his palm beach.et to provide a new travel ban or head back to court over the travel ban. yesterday a federal judge granted the white house more time to decide whether they will fight the class-action lawsuit. >>> there's outrage over the proposal to homeland security that would potentially separate children from parents illegally crossing the u.s./mexico border. a senior dhs official tells cnn, quote, we're trying to find the way to deter children in illegal immigration. we're seeing kids essentially kidnapped and used to get here and stay. let's bring in paul and errol, both back, thank you both so much for being here. tom, the first thing that comes to mind is how would border patrol agents be able to determine whether a child is with a parent or with a smuggler? >> well, this is interesting. you know, what they're going to do theoretically here, if they do follow through with this, is actually maybe look for some family in the country already. check what records they have available. you know, kind

. >> i am victor blackwell.ews takes us to ohio right now, and an active manhunt in the search for a person that killed 15 people at a nightclub. >> police tell cnn this shooting happened a short time ago around the cameo nightclub in cincinnati.

. >> i'm martin savidge in for victor blackwell. >>> the last stop of his three-country tour of asia.orth korea and lay the groundwork for the chinese president's meeting with president trump next month. some are calling that meeting the most important bilateral sit-down in the world. joining us from beijing international correspondent matt rivers. how is the visit by the secretary of state going so far? >> the secretary of state going to be on the ground in beijing for a little under 4 hours meeting with some of china's top diplomats. two meetings have taken place today. including one with the foreign minister here. this comes at a time at the top of the agenda will be north korea. frankly, in this part of the world things are tense. north korea tested dozens of ballistic missiles since the start of 2016, conducted two different nuclear tests. china and the united states both want that to stop. where they disagree is how best to make them stop doing what they're doing. the united states says that china, as the major ally of north korea. that is the message that secretary of state til

i'm in for victor blackwell. >> good to have you wus. new accusations from trump. he alleges former president barack obama tapped his phones during the election. president trump didn't offer any proof of that but cnn white house correspondent a thena jons is live in palm beach. what are you hearing? >> as you mentioned there have been no evidence offered to back up these very serious allegations that the former president was essentially spying on him. but let's go through this series of tweets that the president put out starting early this morning at about 6:35 a.m. he tweeted terrible, just found out that obama had my wires tapped in trump tower just before the victory. nothing found. this is mccarthyism. a few empties later he tweeted is it legal for a -- turned down by a court earlier, a new low. then at 6:52, i bet a good lawyer can make a great case out of the fact that president obama was tapping my phones in october just prior to the election. and then at 7:02, how low has president obama gone to tap my phones during the very sacred election process. this is

>> i am martin savidge in for victor blackwell. >>> and sources tell us, trump's frustration is because of a major letdown within the administration. now as sessions is to amend his testimony for russian contacts during the campaign, and we have an uproar in the oval office. >> and explosive and unsubstantiated wiretapping claims against president obama, and one republican senator says he wants to know more. >> i don't know if it's true or not, but if it is true illegally it would be the biggest political scandal since watergate. so it's my job, as a united states senator, to get to the bottom of this. >> where is trump's new travel ban? he originally argued it was urgently needed to stop, quote, bad dudes from rushing in, and now we are hearing an updated executive order could be signed as early as tomorrow. >> we have experts stand pwaoeug to break down everything for us, but let's start with cnn correspondent, ryan nobles in washington. what are you learning about the mood inside the white house? >> yeah, good morning to you. sources telling cnn that the president was frustrated and

. >> i'm victor blackwell. good morning to you. right now to take care of a terror plot in the western city of essen. police have shut down a large shopping mall after they learned of an attack possibly that could have been planned today. as we get more information on it, we will certainly bring it to you as it develops, again, out of

. >> i'm victor blackwell. you're in the "cnn newsroom."w. today president trump and the republican party are trying to move forward after their signature campaign promise was put on the shelf. >> gop lawmakers still grappling with yesterday's health care defeat coming at the hands of a faction of house republican critics who would not budge despite hours of deal making. house speaker paul ryan conceded defeat yesterday, saying obamacare is the law of the land. >> the fate of that law and the 20

. >> i'm victor blackwell. good to have you. welcome to "cnn newsroom."he road and to push the republican's to repeal or replace -- it's facing uncertainty on capitol hill. >> this morning vice president pence set to address business leaders in louisville, kentucky. i want to show you some pictures that we have of that. we believe happening. he's

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. >> and i'm victor blackwell. happy to be back. coming to terms with the stunning repeal and replace of obamacare. >> just months after discussions, speaker paul ryan could not wrangle enough votes in their own party. the blame game, you know how that started. here's our sunlen serfaty talking about how it went wrong. >> reporter: the president and leaders are grappling with a stunning defeat. the gop's plan to repeal and replace the affordable care act pulled from the house floor, after leaders determined the proposal lacked enough support to pass. >> we came really close today. but we came up short. i will not sugarcoat this, this is a disappointing day for us. doing big things is hard. >> reporter: it was a stunning turn of event, coming less than 24 hours after the president issued an ultimatum to house republicans. to move forward with a vote. or he was ready to move on to other items on his agenda. >> i think we have to let obamacare go its way for a little while, we'll see how things go. i'd love to see it do well but can't.

cnn victor blackwell reports trump's been pedaling conspiracies since before the campaign. >> numberivate citizen donald trump tweeted the concept of global warming was created by and for the chinese in order to make u.s. manufacturing noncompetitive. this is one that president donald trump has promoted for years. despite offering no evidence to support the claim the chinese created climate change, the science is clear. according to noah and nasa, nearly all of the 17 hottest years on record have occurred since 2000. and after his november, 2016, election win, trump conceded a human impact on climate change telling "the new york times," quote, i think there is is no connectivity, something. it depends on how much. coming in at number seven, the disease that killed thousands of people, ebola in in 2016 he tweeted it's easier to transmit than the government is admitting spreading all over africa and fast. well, it does r did not spread all over africa. all be all but 15 of the deaths were confined to -- trump never gave any evidence to back up the a accusation that the government was h