i'm wolf blitzer. you're in the situation room. >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >> we're following breaking news, new developments and new details of the high school shooting in south florida. the broward county sheriff just revealed that the shooter, nikolas cruz, escaped the scene by mixing in with fleeing students. cruz is now charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder and being held without bail after appearing before a judge by video from jail. a vigil is being held this hour for the people who died and the 14 people who were injured, some of them still in critical condition. and tonight, the fbi is speaking out about a warning it received about a very disturbing online post with the shooter's name. we'll talk about the breaking news this hour with the mayor of broward county, and our correspondents and specialists are also standing by first. let's get straight to south florida. brian todd is joining us right now outside the courthouse in ft. lauderdale. what's the latest information t

wolf: thank you. it has always been and it always will be my privilege to work with the legislature and when we found ways to do that we've been able to get a lot of things done for the people of pennsylvania. that is how we expanded our response to the opioid crisis, law enforcement with the tools they need to fight this epidemic , and helping thousands of people struggle with addiction to get access to treatment that could save their lives. working together we reduce the prison population by lowering pennsylvania's crime rates. that is great. [applause] gov. wolf: yeah. despite this, our cities still face issues of violence. we need to work together to make our cities and communities safer so violence is never an obstacle to opportunity. working together is how we enacted a fair funding formula in our education system that takes politics out of the school funding decision and make sure your zip code does not determine what kind of education you can get. [applause] together isorking how we solved one

wolf? >> thank you very much, pamela brown, over at the white house, the national rifle association stayed quite for a week after the florida school massacre, but now lashing out against any mood to reform gun laws here in the united states. the group says ceo wayne lapierre addressed the conservative gathering outside washington. our political reporter is on scene. rebecca, doesn't sound like the nra is open to compromise. >> reporter: not at all, wolf. quite a contrast in what we heard today from wayne on this stage behind me at cpac, and the president's suggestion he would be open to changing some of the nation's gun laws. lapierre was hard in the stance, saying, not only did the nation's gun laws not need to be reviewed, but, also, that democrats and the media were the ones pushing for changes as part the agenda to eventually eliminate the second amendment. let's take a listen to some of what he had to say today. >> evil walks among us, and god help us if we don't harden our schools and

wolf? >> the white house chief of staff, john kelly, also made some rather controversial comments about daca recipients. tell us about that. >> reporter: he did. this happened up on capitol hill, as well, earlier today. the white house chief of staff, john kelly, made this comment when he was trying to explain why the president was willing to offer a path to citizenship to nearly 2 million undocumented immigrants rather than the 700,000 illegal immigrants in the country right now who receive protection under the program known as daca. kelly said there could be more out there if weren't the too lazy to sign up. >> there are 690,000 official daca registrants. and the president sent over what amounts to be 2 1/2 times that number to 1.8 million. the difference between 690 and 1.8 million people were the people that some would say were too afraid to sign up, others would say were too lazy to get off their asses, but they didn't sign up. >> reporter: now, this obviously came up at the white hous

. >>> i'm wolf blitzer in washington. this is cnn special coverage of major, breaking news that's clearly rocking washington. the highly contested memo written and released by republicans is now out. it alleges fbi misconduct, involving the surveillance of then trump campaign member carter page and the president, according to sources. sees it as a way to discredit special counsel robert mueller and of the russia investigation. i want you to listen to what president trump said a little while ago, when asked about this four-page republican document. >> i think it's terrible, you want to know the truth. i think it's a disgrace, what's going on in this country. i think it's a disgrace. the memo was sent to congress, it was declassified. congress will do whatever they're going to do. but i think it's a disgrace what's happening in our country. and when you look at that and you see that and so many other things, what's going on, a lot of people should be ashamed of themselves and much worse than that. so, i sent it over to cong

wolf?> tell us about the police officer, local police officer,c suspect, a dramatic development. >> reporter: the officer, michael leonard, with the coconut creek florida police department arrive on scene shortly after the shootings, but after the police converged on the scene and basically had taken over the scene. other police officers were there already saying it was heavy with police presence at the school, so he decided on his own to venture into the neighborhood and got into an area kind of a back neighborhood area with residential streets and saw the suspect walking there and apprehended there. >> dramatic story indeed. we'll get back to you. you are working sources there as well. i want to go to the justice correspondent, evan perez, working sources, talking to federal officials among others. as of right now, there's a greater emphasis on mental health problems than on guns. update us on that. >> reporter: that's right, wolf, one of the problems here is that at least from the indica

>> reporter: that's right, wolf. we are learning tonight the killer had 180 rounds remaining when he chose to stop shooting. this according to law enforcement officials briefed on the investigation. he fired off about 150 rounds on his way to killing 17 people. we are also learning that the magazines he carried with him, they had swat swaths particular ka edged on them. also leading investigators to believe he wanted to be in a sniper's position. well, i've been told by people within stone maun douglas that window was overlooked the senior parking lot as well as open area walkway and common area that students would funnel through to get to the parking lots. >> there are now appears to be discrepancies in warning calls that local authorities received about this gunman in the years leading up to the shooting about nikolas cruz. what can you tell us about that. >> reporter: well, broward county sheriff israel says he received no more than 23 about the killer and the family. but our records conflict. records that cnn obt

wolf? >> what if anything did he say about raising the age limit from 18 to 21 to purchase certain guns? >> reporter: that has been something the president talked about last week but then he dialed it back again. he does support that proposal but does not seem to be drawing as much attention on that as arming schoolteachers. that has become one of the president's predominant talking points about this, but he does still support that and that's something the florida governor is pushing in florida, raising that age limit for buying weapons, wolf. >> that is something the national rifle association strongly opposes. jeff, thank you very much. >>> members of washington have return made a poll that say 70% favor stricter gun laws. that's up from 52% back in october, not long after the shooting in las vegas. our correspondent phil mattingly is up on capitol hill. phil, what is the chance the needle will move in washington? >> reporter: it's not just an uptick in support of gun laws, it's an uptick

wolf, you can't read this.was listening to some of your previous guests and kind of smiling as they tried to twist and turn this thing. you cannot read this and not be concerned. did the fbi and the department of justice, did they abuse their power in a presidential election? that is a serious question. and one other thing. why in the world -- >> on that specific point, congressman, you want the fbi director, you want him gone right now, you have lost confidence in him, christopher wray? >> i'm not saying that at all. >> have you lost confidence in the deputy attorney general, rod rosenstein? do you want him gone? >> i'm not calling for anyone's resignation, i just want people to be accountable -- >> of all this wrongdoing and the president rejected their concerns of grave, grave repercussions if this memorandum was released, and they went to the white house and they personally appealed to john kelly, the white house chief of staff, please don't do this, the president rejects that advice, why shouldn't they be

what happens now, wolf?estigation, the evidence from the police is handed over to the attorney general. it is up to the attorney general on whether to indict yetanyahu on these charges. >> speaking right now, he's denying those charges. right? >> he has, from the very beginning here, saying that you don't take down a government simply on a police recommendation. that's been one of his defenses here. legally, he's right. in that sense, he doesn't have to step down until he is convicted and that conviction is up held through the entire appeals process, a process that theoretically could take years. if that police statement is damning, if it is so negative that they feel they can't, this could mark the beginning of the end of netanyahu. i will say right now the investigation is handed over to the attorney general. it is the attorney general who has suddenly become the most important person in the country right now. >> very quickly, oren, the attorney general usually accepts the recommendations from the police?

wolf starts right now. >>> hello, i'm wolf blitzer. it's 1:00 p.m. here in washington, 9:00 p.m. in moscow, 2:30 a.m. wednesday in pyongy g pyongyang. wherever you're watching around the world, thank you very much for joining us. >>> dangerous dismissal of erica's cyber chief says the president has not given the order to thwart russian cyber attacks. russia is attacking again. >>> trump 2020. the president in an unusually early announcement revealing who will run his reelection campaign. someone with very little political experience. >>> and west wing drama. why ivanka trump is ruffling the feathers of senior white house advisers, including chief of staff. >>> brazenly ignoring warnings on russia and failing to give the order to head off further russian cyber attacks. that's what we're hearing on capitol hill today. listen. >> you would need basically to be directed by the president for the secretary of defense. >> yes. in fact, i mention that. >> have you been directed to do so given the strategic threat that faces the united states and the significant consequences you recognize

wolf? >> it sound like that is escalating big time. we'll see what happens in days to come. ian, thank you very much. >>> at the same time, cnn is learning that the isis leader baghdadi was badly wounded in an isis stronghold in syria last may. they said his injuries were so severe that he gave up the control group for five months while he recuperated. it's unclear what airstrike injured bagdadi railroad whether it was known as collateral damage. nick has that cnn exclusive. nick, baghdadi came at a time when they were already losing their grip on raqqa. >> a key time, and the news came in around may of last year when the u.n.-backed kurdish forces were responsible for kicking isis out that october. perhaps that's when he chose to flee the city itself. we know, as you said, for about four or five months he had to relinquish control of the organization. that was also when they lost control of the mosul city, the old city itself slipping out of their hands in about june or july. so there were

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in the situation room. >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >>> we're following multiple breaking stories, including the surprise exit of the third-ranking official at the justice department, rachel brand. we're learning more about her departure and what it could potentially mean for the russia investigation. also this hour, i'll get reaction from democratic congressman ruben gallega, our correspondents and analysts are standing by. but first let's go to our justice correspondent evan perez. evan, what is the latest on rachel brand stepping down? >> wolf, we're told rachel brand is planning to step down as the number three official at the justice department. normally we don't pay a lot of attention to the associate attorney general but there's been speculation about her role because of the focus on rod rosenstein, the deputy attorney general who oversees the mueller investigation, the russia and whether or not president trump decides to either fire or forces him out from of

yes, wolf. when he went over to the white house on march 20 when james comey testified to congress to work with the white house is when he should have been gone. i hate saying that because i enjoyed working with him in the years before this, but he never left the transition team, and what this caused, collateral damage, is the house intelligence committee is in a position where our members are not -- we don't trust each other. the democrats don't trust the republicans anymore that they will do the right thing, and the leader is nunes, only speaker ryan can remove him, and, again, as we sit here today, speaker ryan is endorsing everything that nunes and the white house are doing. >> when you say "transition team," you mean the trump transition team. nunes a key member of the trump transition, helping in the transition from the obama administration to the trump administration, so he was a key inside player for the then president-elect in that transition. what's your news, congressman, to the -- yo

. >>> hello, i'm wolf blitzer. wherever you're watching from around the world, thanks very much for joining us. they attacked the world's election and by all accounts are doing it again right now. but despite all the proof that's been put out there, the president of the united states still refusing to condemn the russians. instead he's attacking many others, including his predecessor. >>> on the move. students, many who survived the florida school shooting, are leading the charge for tougher gun laws. the question now is will congress and the president act? >>> and breaking news in the russia investigation. the special counsel charging a lawyer linked to a former trump campaign adviser with lying. what this signals for the rest of the president's campaign team. all that coming up. but up first, president trump attacks former president barack obama over russia election meddling while the president has yet to confront russia or condemn vladimir putin. the president pointed fingers at the obama administration, tweetin

back to you, wolf. >> thanks very much. discussion. >>> just ahead, more breaking news as survivors of the stoneman douglas massacre demand action. we're counting down to cnn's major town hall with students and parents later tonight. both of florida's u.s. senators, a representative of the national rifle association, they will be there along with thousands and thousands of others. a little to the left. 1, 2, 3, push! easy! easy! easy! (horn honking) alright! alright! we've all got places to go! we've all got places to go! washington crossing the delaware turnpike? surprising. what's not surprising? how much money sean saved by switching to geico. big man with a horn. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more. >>> more now on the breaking news. the emotionally powerful listening session that the president had over at the white house, the president hearing firsthand from school shooting survivors and victims' families. let's bring in our analysts and our experts. david, swerdlick from president trump pretty quick

>> hey there, wolf. yeah, apparently the president is considering a bipartisan bill that was introduced in the sena senate. i was saying they spoke on friday about the bipartisan bill. they said, to improve compliance of background legislation, the president is supportive of efforts to improve the federal bank account. but this really wouldn't be the first time. you might recall back in 2000 in a book. that changed. we can also tell you he met with at least half of the weekend meeting with paul ryan. gun legislation came up as a partial addition to the agenda moving forward, wolf. >> in his tweet storm over the weekend, saturday and sunday, only 15 or 16 tweets, boris. the president did not criticize russia at all. criticized many others following the indictments on regan speak to what russia did? >> not really. you had press secretary hogan ridley saying they have caused more chaos than the russians in the united states. you haven't seen the president have any kind of condemnation of putin or his cronie

>> it's very simple, wolf. having seen such sharp rises in the market, it's not a surprise that a correction has now come along. some would say it's been overdue for many months. now, the fact that it's not a surprise it's taken place, it's certainly shocking the level of volatility that we've seen and the extremity of it. this market pushed on by computer trading with algorithms saw vast swings today, down 1,500 points at one stage, sometimes down 2.5% and then down 5.5%. whether it's over, now that really is the big unknown. but look at that graph that you're showing. the sharp rise over many months could not continue forever. what happened today is it all came to an end. but wolf, the cool question, bull markets do not just end on a random monday in february. so we cannot know whether this is just froth off the top or something more serious and more long lasting. >> richard, on friday the dow dropped 666 points, another 1,100 today, that's 1,800 points in two trading days. that's significant. >> it is, but w

. >>> hello, i'm wolf blitzer. it's 1:00 p.m. in washington and wherever else you're watching around the world. we begin with breaking news. former governor rick gates expects to plead guilty today. will rick gates fully cooperate in the investigation now? clearly this has implications for paul manafort, the former trump campaign chairman. >> you're right, wolf, it has implications for paul manafort but also for this investigation that is looking for deep sbly i the trump campaign and russian operatives. we're expecting rick gates will be here at the federal courthouse in washington to plead guilty. he's going to plead guilty to two criminal charges. one of them is conspiracy to defraud the united states, and the second one is making false statements. we're told according to these documents today that were filed in court today, wolf, that as recently as earlier this month, rick gates met with the special counsel and the fbi, and according to the special counsel lied about a particular meeting that he was being asked about, a meet

wolf starts right now. >>> hello, i'm wolf blitzer. it's 1:00 p.m. here in washington. wherever you're watching from around the world, thank you very much for joining us. >>> memo wars. all eyes on the president as he decides whether to release the democratic counter to the disputed republican memo attacking the fbi. >>> silenced is golden. the president's lawyers reportedly advising him not to speak with the special counsel robert mueller, fearing the special counsel will catch the president in a lie. so what happens now? >>> and wall street roller coaster. the dow taking another wild ride one day after the worst point drop in history. why the trump administration is shrugging off the volatility. >>> let's start, though, with the big question on capitol hill. will we see the democrats' official response to last week's republican intelligence memo? if we do, what will be taken out, if anything? the president said the memo vindicated him in the russian investigation, but now the democrats' memo has cleared the house. let's go to chief white house correspondent jim acosta

>> wolf, i think that is right on point. he has been sort of ducking in and out of press areas of the white house, so reporters have had the opportunity to shoot some questions at him from time to time. he's not really answered any questions about this. the other point we should make is the president has repeatedly been asked questions about this since friday, when he went ahead and said that porter is maintaining his innocence and did not say anything about porter's alleged victims. so the president is also shied away from these questions. again, it's just a textbook example of how a white house should not handle a matter like this. they keep changing their story and avoiding the questions, wolf. >> all right. jim acosta at the white house. we'll stand by for that briefing later. that's coming up fairly soon. let's talk a little bit more about all of this. i want to bring in our white house correspondent abby phillip, cnn political analyst, david gregory, and our chief political analyst gloria borger. how safe is kelly righ

i'm wolf blitzer in "the situation room" "the situation room."t outfront starts right now. >>> outfront next breaking news, special counsel announces new charges against paul manafort. this just hours affinalizing stunning plea deal with manafort's deputy that potentially includes undid he ever cover work. could his information lead all the way to the white house. plus breaking news in the florida school shooting. sources telling cnn at least twi more sheriffs deputies were outside the school as that shooting unfolded p and they didn't go in. and a student wounded in the shooting and still recovering, not happy with the president's call to her in the hospital. what did trump

i'm wolf blitzer in "the situation room."n burnett outfront starts right now. >>> outfront next breaking news, growing questions over what john kelly knew and when. how did top white house aide rob porter keep his job? and hope hicks dated him. and now government shutdown likely in just five hours. let's go outfront. >>> good evening i'm erin burnett outfront tonight aids knew early last fall rob porter was

i am sure you read the memo, wolf. the only thing that may have been new is a specific news paper article that was used in corroboration for one of the fisa applications. >> all right, if you don't think there is any new information released in this, why did you vote to block the release of the democratic moemo? >> because there were some references to source information for ongoing operations. >> but let me just stop you for a second, congressman. both of these memos had to be reviewed by the president of the united states and national security team. both of them had five days to be reviewed by the president and you only sent over the republican majority memo to the president, you failed over to send over the democratic memo, why? >> because very simply there was no information that was going to impact national security. >> you were not sure about that. you didn't know that of the republican memo, you were worried there maybe some redacted portions of that memo. you wanted to see what the intelligence national member

then he goes on, wolf, and this is really important. says, as long as i am the attorney general, i will continue to discharge my duties with integrity and honor, and this department will continue to do its work in a fair and impartial manner according to the law and constitution. so wolf, i can't convey enough to you how rare this is. after months -- you remember the tweet storm back in july when the president was going off every minute on the attorney general. he never said a word. and today is the first time he has broken his silence, wolf. and when asked -- i talked to a close source to the attorney general about what was the difference today, why today would he break his silence. i was told it was because the president went after doj attorneys. and for him, that was something of a red line. he felt like the president was just too in the weeds, weighing in on how doj attorneys, according to the president, should be prosecuted for fisa abuses and for the attorney general enough was enough, wolf. >> he went after the inspector general

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." ♪ >>> we're following breaking news on the russia investigation and the special counsel's growing interest in one of the most prominent members of the trump administration, the president's son-in-law and senior adviser, jared kushner. robert mueller casting an every widening net days after his bombshell indictment of 13 russians for election meddling. i get reaction from democratic congressman, member of the armed services committee, and our analysts are standing by. first, let's go to members on the team on the reporting. what's at the center of what mueller is now investigating? >> well, wolf, cnn has learned the special counsel, robert mueller, is now asking questions about jared kushner's personal business dealings during the presidential transition. we're told by people familiar with the investigation that mueller's lawyers are asking about discussions kushner had with potential chinese and qatar qatari investors. this is the first he wanted to kno

one was defreeze and the other was willy wolf.tions with willy wolf, but that was significantly consensual. >> according to patty, on an sla tape, they had a love for each other that they have never had nor anybody else. >> he was the genitalist, most beautiful man i have ever known. we loved each other so much. neither had ever loved an individual the way we loved each other. >> but then patty this her testimony when she was on the stand said that e he raped her. that she hated him. >> patty's version of what happened is very straight forward. is it at one point willy wolf walked into the closet and raped her and at another point defreeze did the same thing. >> i do not believe she had consensual sex with willy wolf because she was ordered to do so. the fact that she did not physically resist him under her circumstances is not a case i would want to ntake before a juy and say it was con sen jewel. sh >> she was in a situation of undue influence at that point. kept in a closet and blindfolded. that, in my mind, is shear rape. the

i'm wolf blitzer, you're in the situation room. >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >>> breaking tonight, a new guilty plea in the russia investigation by a lawyer linked to former trump campaign chairman paul manafort and his deputy rick gates and to a wealthy russian power couple. special counsel robert mueller cutting another deal, racking up more charges and possibly signaling that another big shoe could drop at any time. this hour, i'll talk with former defense secretary leon panetta about the russia probe, president trump and much more. and our correspondents and specialists are also standing by. first, let's go to our justice correspondent jessica schneider. what do we know about the guilty plea and how does it figure into the broader information? >> alex swavan der zwaan has confessed to lying about his contacts with rick gates and after that confession in december, he told prosecutors what he knew. well, today van der zwaan pleaded guilty. van der zwaan had done work for paul manafort and he had multiple contacts with rick gates. so the question now is what exactly did h

emily says to the reporter, she loved willie wolfe.le charm that willie gave her. >> jim was really good at reading everything he could about the case. so, he's reading this article by emily and bill harris, and emily stated that willie wolfe had given patty a token of his love. it's called an olmek monkey. we heard about this olmek monkey on the sla tape. >> she had a monkey he wore around his neck. he gave me the stone one night. >> when she was arrested, the monkey willie gave her was in her purse. we did not recognize the significance of this. it looked like a stone or a rock. we didn't know it was, quote-unquote, the old mcmonkey. i was in the courtroom. jim passe this artic by emily and bill harris and says to me with a note, what do you think? and i just wrote back to him, no woman would carry a token of her rapist. he went, yeah, that's right. what woman would carry a memento of a rapist? >> so we got the case agent and said, hey, listen, i want you to go downstairs, the evidence room. we're looking for this necklace. he came u

>> thank you for having me, wolf.l on white house property when i got notified of the nra's decision that day -- >> the nra decision to oppose lowering -- raising the age limit to 21 to buy rifles? >> yes. and i just feel like, you know, everyone saw on his notecard it said, i hear you. and i think he did hear us. but he wasn't listening to us, mainly because he only listens to people putting money in his pocket. in this case, blood money. my friends' blood. a lot of my classmates' blood. i don't think we're going to get far with him right now. i think what we did, we were lucky enough to start at the top with the legislators, but we need to work from the bottom, the judiciary, and work our way back up to the top. >> he is indicating he's open to some changes. for example, he says 21, that should be the age limit. bump stocks, you're saying you have to outlaw bump stocks that make an ordinary rifle like a machine gun. you're not receptive to those initial steps? >> age limits? how many times have you read about a high

wolf? >> that's it for me. the news continues right now, right here on cnn. >> wolf, we'll take it.uch. hi, everyone. i'm brooke baldwin. you're watching cnn. white house briefing will soon begin. officials will no doubt be confronted with more questions about

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> breaking tonight, a new 32-count indictment as the special counsel, robert mueller, follows the money in the russia investigation. a federal grand jury piling on more charges against former trump campaign chairman, paul manafort, and his associate, rick gates. manafort accused of laundering more than $30 million in income with gates' help. this hour, i'll get reaction from former u.s. attorney, preet bharara and congressman hakeem jeffries, a democrat on the judiciary committee. and our correspondents and analyses are all standing by. first, let's go to our justice correspondent, jessica schneider. jessica, you've been poring over this lengthy indictment. what are you learning? >> yeah, wolf, this indictment outlines a detailed scheme where manafort and gates allegedly hid bank accounts, failed to pay taxes on income for more than a decade, and then when that money ran dry, prosecutors say they resorted to bank fraud to secure millions of dollars in

wolf starts right now. >>> hello, i'm wolf blitzer. it's 1:00 p.m. here in washington. wherever you're watching from around the world, thank you very much for joining us. >>> memo wars. all eyes on the president as he decides whether to release the democratic counter to the disputed republican memo attacking the fbi. >>> silenced is golden. the president's lawyers reportedly advising him not to speak with the special counsel robert mueller, fearing the special counsel will catch the president in a lie. so what happens now? >>> and wall street roller coaster. the dow taking another wild ride one day after the worst point drop in history. why the trump administration is shrugging off the volatility. >>> let's start, though,it

wolf? >> jim acosta, thank you very much for that report. another white house official is heading for the exit as the russia investigation weighs in on many current and former allies of the president. let's go to our justice correspondent, jessica schneider, for us. hope hicks is resigning, but she remains a key witness in the russia probe, right? >> reporter: she does, wolf. hope hicks was interviewed by the special counsel's team in mid-december, and it was just yesterday she spent nine hours behind closed doors in an interview with the house intelligence committee. what she said in the testimony raised eyebrows. a source tells us that hicks admitted to telling "white lies" for the president, but said those were minor and she never spread falsehoods about anything substantial including the russia investigation. when it does come to mueller's investigation, paul manafort was back in court today where a september 17th trial date has been set. former trump campaign chairman has pled not guil

wolf blitzer is up in just a second. >>> hello, i'm wolf blitzer. it's 1:00 p.m. here in washington, 8:00 p.m. in damascus. 3:00 a.m. in pyeongchang. from around the world, thank you for watching if you're joining us. abuse allegations against the top aide now zeroing in on the president's chief of staff and the white house counsel. what did they know and when did they know it? >>> plus, new revelations from porter's ex-wife. how she says he asked her to downplay the allegations and how she's worried about the safety of white house communications director hope hicks. >>> and the image the entire world is talking about, the american vice president sitting just feet away from kim jong-un's sister as north korea steals the show at the olympics right in the middle of a nuclear standoff. >>> let's start with the white

wolf? >> all right. i know we also offered them an opportunity to appear via video link-up, via satellite to this town hall, and they declined that as well. stand by, mark. i'm going to get back to you. diane gallagher, our correspondent on the ground in tallahassee. the students, i take it, diane, they were pretty disappointed, discouraged by their meetings with lawmakers. is that right? diane, i don't know if you can hear me. can you hear me, diane? we're going to try to reconnect. we're going to try to connect with diane. unfortunately, we lost her. she's on the scene. she's been covering all of these dramatic moments and very, very powerful words from these students who survived that massacre just the other day. tonight's town hall, cnn's town hall comes hours after florida's republican controlled house refused to debate a ban on assault weapons, like the ar-15 rifle that was used to kill 17 students and teachers in parkland, florida. today students from parkland, they're demanding answers. >> i know

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what does that mean, wolf. to understand why this person did what they did and to ensure that there was nobody else a week ago, a month ago, a year ago who knew something was happening. that is really difficult to do. >> hold on for one second. this is a live picture. we believe the suspect is in that police vehicle right there being transported right now from a local hospital. we don't know where that suspect is going, but tom, i suspect they're taking him to a local detention center, a police facility right now, assuming he got out of the hospital without injury. >> right. if he doesn't need medical treatment, he would go probably to a broward county sheriff's office if they have a substation or their actual headquarters nearby. they would be going there. again, the local police at this point are going to probably end up running this case much like las vegas. when there's no direct evidence of terrorism, organized crime, narcotics trafficking, it's going to be a local crime no matter how many people might be

wolf? >> the minority leader, the democratic leader, nancy pelosi, is still on the floor giving this marathon speech on daca, the dreamers. she's been going now for, what, about eight hours. tell us about that. >> reporter: yeah, just about a minute ago, wolf, krog tcrossin eight-hour mark making this the longest continuous speech in the white house. the last one -- in the house. the last one was a leader going far past that. the reason is daca. the reason for that is drawing attention to the issue. making clear that the leader who has said she is opposed to this deal each even though -- deal even though she supports and her staff was key in supporting the key pieces on the defensive side, want a clear floor debate where no one side benefits more than the other. here's the irish ssue, the spea made clear he wants daca on the floor. the caveat, the president have to support that. that's what the leaders is trying to draw attention to now. they want the commitment the senate has gotten. i'm t

i'm wolf blitzer here in washington.e want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i want to get to some breaking news we're following. cnn has learned new details about why president trump plans to release a secret republican memo, a memo that's generating a political firestorm. according to multiple sources, the president is telling associates that the memo could help discredit special counsel robert mueller's entire russia investigation. the document alleges fbi abuse of its surveillance powers. the president is expected to release it in defiance of a very stern warning by both the fbi and the justice department not to do so. let's go to our white house reporter kaitlyn collins. what more, kaitlyn, have you learned about why the president seems to be so determined on making this controversial republican memo public? >> reporter: well, wolf, we're learning a lot about why the president has been just so eager to get this memo out there. it's because he's telling friends and allies that he belie

>> reporter: that's right, wolf. a lot needs to get done here in capitol hill in a short amount of time. the leaders believe they are on track to avoid a shutdown before midnight tonight. this is where it stands procedurally at the moment. they have not massive two-year budget bill. there's been a holdup from rand paul, and as of now, senate leaders are trying to work that through. when they do, the senate votes, likely passes through, and then gets sent over to the house, and that's where these votes will become very, very close. you have the dynamic we've been talking about over the last 24 hours, that republican leaders cannot rely on passing this through with only republican votes. they know they are going to lose some reasons over concerns of the deaf sificideficit. for that reason, this hinges on the back of house democrats. that's why we've seen in the last hour here on capitol hill, a flurry of activity among house democrats. right now, at this time, the house democratic caucus are meeting behind closed doors

wolf, take a look at this. he says this, "it sounds like this is a spin to justify the release of the moemo. there are still grave concerns about this is memo." we are hearing from james comey who's weighing in. he says this, "all should appreciate that the fbi is speaking up. i wish more leaders would but take heart. whee weasels and liars never hold the field so as long as good people stand up." extraordinary strong words from james comey. the fbi head s to an escalation point tomorrow. >> certainly, jeff zeleny, at the white house. thank you. >>> one of the president's most trusted adviser. hope hicks and possible obstruction of justice. jim sciutto is here with us. >> that's right, we know this is a line inquiry for the special could counsel. you have donald trump offering dirt by hillary clinton by a russian lawyer. what followed the meeting in attempt to obscure the actual subject of this was in that room. that raises a question of possible obstruction of justice. >> special counsel robert is scrutinizing

e wrote a decision called wolf v. colorado in which he declared that the fourth amendment was a ndamental freedom, as much protection as possible -- but he also then said, in -- this next paragraph, that the exclusionary rule could not be extended to the states. he didn't find moisture in that idea. -- merritt in that idea. frankfurter didn't want to hear this case. but eight of the nine justices granted you've review. host: and a couple of justices ha have joined since our last landmark case. the new faces on the court. -- art and whitaker and >> how did the court change at this time? >> you have the liberal branch, earl warren, william brennan, warren douglas and hugo black and the conservative side of the court would include the newcomers whitaker and felix frank furter and tom c. clark sometimes went between the two, liberal and skert. thom c. clark was a u.s. attorney general. he was involved in the seclusion orders, working with earl warren at the time. he was a truman appointee but very interested in civil righ

>> that's correct, wolf. his name is nicholas cruz. as you know, he is the man in this video that we have now on our screen that was taken into custody by police. as the sheriff indicated, he was a former student of the school. the sheriff believed he was 18. there are some indications that he might be 19. now we're sort of going through what we always do and that is trying to figure out more about him through social media, trying to learn more about him and also what sort of precipitated, what was the motivation here. we are now able to identify him as nicholas cruz. he is in police custody. he was taken from the hospital by police, now perhaps to another police facility. >> we believe he is in that vehicle. we're showing you live pictures, that aerial video. it looks like they're arriving at the broward county sheriff's office right now. according to our local affiliates, they're arriving fairly soon. broward county sheriff's office. he's going to be taken inside, tom, and what's going to happen once he's inside? >> he'll be photogra

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> the dow jones industrial average suffering its worst one day loss in history, losing more than 1,100 points and now down more than 1,800 in the last two trading sessions. the dramatic drop follows the record rise which president trump has repeatedly touted as a result of his policies. from the house judiciary committee, she is about to join us live. let's begin with business correspondent richard. and covering the financial markets and the economy for years. first of all, what caused this dramatic 1,100 point drop today after the 666-point plummet on friday? >> continuing worries about interest rates, inflation, wage growth, and the future direction of the fed. which is also somewhat ironic considering it was the new chair's first day on the job. we saw that on friday as a result of the jobs report showing wages going up. and now everybody is asking just how quickly will interest rates go up and what the effect on that would be. now, wolf, does any

wolf?the south koreans are coming into criticism for their handling of the event. >> that's right, christian whiten told us he thinks the trump team may be y south koreans if the way kim yo jong was placed. whiten also believes he believes the south koreans may be falling for the north koreans' propaganda at the olympics in their eagerness to improve relations. >> brian todd, thanks for that report. >>> breaking news coming up. president trump defends the aide who resigned amid allegations he assaulted and abused his ex-wives. was it a derailed attempt at damage control? >> he says he's innocent and i think you have to remember that. he said very strongly yesterday that he's innocent so you'll have to talk to him about that, but we absolutely wish him well. did a very good job while at he was at the white house. thank you very much, everybody. some advisers have hidden and layered fees. fisher investments never does. and while some advisers are happy to earn commissions from you whether you

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in the situation room. . >>> 12 days after the florida school massacre, the white house is refusing to reveal exactly what president trump will do to help combat gun violence. . the president promising to turn grief into action and suggesting he personally would have acted to pro protect innocent students if he'd been at the scene. this hour i'll talk with jeff merkley about the president's rhetoric and gun policy and our correspondents and analysts are standing by. let's go to our chief white house correspondent jim acosta. jim, the president says he thinks he would have acted differently than some officers whose performance he calls "disgusting." >> that's right, wolf. president trump made this strange claim that he would have tried to rescue the students at the parkland school shooting. the white house tried to clean up those comments but there was not much clarity on what kind of gun control measures the president would support, besides banning bump stocks which weren't eve

wolf blitzer will take you there starting now. >>> hello, i'm wolf blitzer. thanks for joining us. we begin with major breaking news here in washington. the senate majority leader mitchell mcconnell just said that he and the democrats, they've reached a bipartisan budget deal. listen. >> i'm pleased to announce that our bipartisan negotiations on defense spending an other priorities have yielded a significant agreement. a compromise we've reached will ensure that for the first time in years our arm forces will have more of the resources they need to keep america safe. >> but there's still some potentially bad news. even though the senate looks like they've reached an agreement, it has to go to the house of representatives, and it's by no means a done deal there, at least not yet. take a look at this, speaking for close to three hours on the house floor, the minority leader, the democrat nancy pelosi, she's already throwing cold water on the idea of this budget that's about to be approved by the senate moving forward. >> it does nothing to even advance even with a commitment without

. >>> pennsylvania governor tom wolf will deliver his budget address.ccording to his office, that budget will protect services for the state's most vulnerable citizens. it also says it provides funding for schools and makes investments in job growth. governor wolf will outline the full details before a joint assembly at 11:30. look for a live stream on nbc10.com and the nbc10 app. >>> the u.s. supreme court will allow pennsylvania to redraw its congressional district map. the court made the decision yesterday after republicans had repealed redistricting. last month, the state supreme court ruled the current 18-district map was unconstitutional and unfairly benefits republicans. the state court gave governor wolf and lawmakers three weeks to submit a plan. >>> good morning, i'm meteorologist bill henley. 7 after 5:00, we've got a dry start this morning and the wind has finally died down. this is a view from the linc. if you look closely, the wind turbines, it's not moving. 20s and still falling probably won't go a lot lower. we've got cloudy skies over n