Didnt go right far right as planned swedish voters elected a new National Parliament yesterday it was an election that europe watched with a mixture of anticipation and dread the anti immigration Sweden Democrats were poised for an upset victory a rebuke of the countrys generous policies towards migrants but that did not happen instead the governing Social Democrats remain the Biggest Party the Sweden Democrats the party with neo nazi roots notched up four percent but still failed to meet its goal of becoming the countrys second biggest Political Force however its not Business As Usual forming a new government will be much harder because mainstream parties all lost some support to the far right and with that sweden has become the next step in europes dangerous dance with populous. This
divide to make it possible to govern sweden so regardless of the final Election Results this will be the death of bloc politics. I but his invitation to the center right to engage in Cross Party Talks ha
Meanwhile. The navy chief delaired his loyalty to russia and disavowed the new leaders one day after he got the job. If russian thrussia does not ba down soon what will happen . Well things just keep changing all the time here. We are hearing that putin talked to germ an chancellor and reafirmed his coreys about the growing crisis in the crimea but we are hearing that a Fact Finding Mission will be sent to the area. Check out the situation and that is the First Step Towards what the west has been saying. I imagine the goal of the Fact Finding Mission would be to corroborate and investigate. Is it your sense that charge or allegation is true that the russian speaking citizens in that area are under threat from the ukrainian majority in the country . They have been asking for the United Nations for someone to send monitors into the eastern part and into crimea to prove that there isnt discrimination going on. The pretext to them going in was that russians would be discriminated against.
I think yesterday we talked about the president s unf unfortunate statement coming out of the white house talking about president obama. Yesterday he righted himself, said what he needed to say, saying its my problem now, its on my shoulders. I think he heard the criticism attacking obama and how tone deaf it wasality the time. There are a lot of people, not only across the world, but a lot of people in america who im sure were heartened by the fact that this president wasnt going to say what every politician has said for the last five years, theres been a genocide in syria. That is, oh, its just too hard and thats really were sad and its a shame, and we cant help them over there, we cant do anything. I think the president said that his mind was changed and he was going to seek action. It can only lead us to hope that he will work in other arab country ts and work with our european allies and figure out some way to bring relief to the Syrian People. We in the west have ignored them for
Qatar, demanding the end for terror groups. Is the u. S. Sending mixed messages . We want to welcome our viewers in the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer, youre in the situation room. This is cnn breaking news. Breaking news, President Trump hits back at fired fbi director james comey after comeys stinging senate testimony. The president is calling comey a liar and leak earn says he is 100 willing to testify under oath about their conversations. The president wont say if there are recordings but said he will provide the answer, quote, in the very near future, there are memos of the conversations wretwre written by comey. The House Intelligence Committee is demanding to see them along with any white house recordings. After tweeting an accusation that comey lied under oath and claiming complete vindication for him seflt president held a News Conference saying comeys testimony showed no collusion and no obstruction he denied asking comey for loyalty and denied asking him
Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. An it is 4 00 a. M. In singapore where in just hours President Trump and kim jongun will meet in an unprecedented moment in history. No matter the outcome. Never before has a sitting u. S. President met with the dictator of north korea. We now know President Trump and kim jongun will first meet oneonone with only translators in the room. That hased se officials, allies and experts given President Trumps impulsive style and declaration that he will not need to prepare ch for the summit. His aversion to details and insistence the success is about instinct than any spesive strategy. Despite the gravity of the stakes with the denuclearization and regardless of the barberism marking the regime of kim jongun and his family the dictator was applauded as he arrived at the marina base sands hotel in singapore. Kim jongun toured local sights and poised in a selfie adding to the other worldly dimensions, also arriving on the island today, former basketball sta