AP Headline News Apr 17 2019 22:00 (EDT)

AP Radio News. I'm Jackie Quinn.

 

The Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee is accusing the Attorney General of trying to spin the Russia report by holding a news conference at 9:30 AM for the public and then delivering the redacted special counsel report to members of congress at least 2 hours later.

"The Attorney General appears to be waging a media campaign on behalf of President Trump. The very subject of the investigation at the heart of the Muller report. Rather than letting the facts of the report speaks for themselves, the Attorney General has taken unprecedented steps to spin Muller's 2 year investigation."

New York congressman Jerrold Nadler says if two much information's blacked out in the report they've received, his committee will issue subpoenas to key players including Robert Muller.

 

White House Senior Advisor Ivanka Trump says that her father did ask her if she was interested in taking the job as the head of the World Bank.

"He did ask me about that but I love the work that I'm doing."

She spoke exclusively with the Associated Press on her trip to Ivory Coast.

 

After a month of slience, North Korean media announcer says their country conducted a missile launch. Our Foster Klug reports.

"Analysts are parsing the statement and believe that may have been a cruise missle, it could have been some sort of artillery but it does not appear to be a long range or mid range ballistic missile test which N.Korea has banned from conducting.

 

Colorado's governor Jared Polis says that he and all of the states' parents are hugging their kids a little tighter tonight after a young Florida obssessed with Columbine attack was found dead. He says the potential threat to schools there has been lifted.

 

Nancy Pelosi, Taylor Swift and Gayle King. They're all on the list of Time Magazine's 100 most influential people. This is AP Radio News.

 

As the clock ticks down to the release of the redacted special counsel's report, a new polls finds that many Americans aren't ready yet to clear President Trump.

The poll by the Associated Press NORC center for public affairs research shows 53% of those responding say congress should continue to investigate Trump's ties with Russia. 53% also believes congress should take steps to impeach Trump if he's found obstructed justice even if he did not have inappropriate contacts with Russia. The poll also shows 35% of Americans think Trump did something illegal while 34% think he's done something unethical. Mike Hampton, Washington.

 

The question's been online about why a billion dollars has been pledged to help restore Norte-Dame in Paris but 3 Black churches in the Lousiana were also torched. While the crowd funding for them up to 1.5 million dollars.

Jackie Quinn. AP Radio News.