Nicole Goodkind, politics reporter for Newsweek, discusses the controversial classified memo in light of the FBI director publicly announcing "grave concerns" with inaccuracies. We also dig into new updates in the Russia investigation.
We talk about the late-night tweet from Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) accusing Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA) of making changes to the memo after the House Intel Committee vote and before sending it to the president for review.
We also discuss a New York Times report claiming that a former spokesperson of President Trump's will speak to special counsel Robert Mueller about a conversation with the White House Chief Communications Director. The conversation was allegedly about Trump Jr. and his meeting with Russian laywers.
There has been a series of violent attacks in Afghanistan in the past week as U.S. troops withdrawal deadline approaches. The evacuation effort is winding down with 1,200 people evacuated in the last 24 hours, compared to last week's 24-hour span high of 21,000, and it is reported that there are around 250 people still waiting to be airlifted.
Dan Lamothe, national security reporter at The Washington Post, joined Cheddar's Opening Bell to discuss more on what is going to happen when all evacuation and withdrawal missions are completed.
Futures pointed to a slightly higher open on the heels of Fed Chair Jerome Powell saying the central bank is on track to taper its asset purchases later this year. Milton Ezrati, Chief Economist at Vested joined Wake Up with Cheddar to discuss.
