The political crisis in tunisian deepened dramatically tonight following the assassination of a top Opposition Leader and the violent unrest that has followed in the wake of his killing. Troops have been deployed in a number of locations to restore order. The killing of the prominent secular politician has sparked protests across the country. Supporters flooded the streets of tunis and other cities. There are reports of barricades being erected in clashes with police. News of the assassination sparked protests in several tunisian cities. In the capital, thousands of angry protesters followed the ambulance carrying belaids body. Many blame the islamists, an accusation the party denies. People know that the criminals are directly linked to the head of the party. All these islamist organizations have a reputation of terrorist groups. History is a witness. It is not possible to discuss, negotiate, or agree with terrorists. The government has no other choice but to resign. Otherwise, the tu
Prisoner swap that has touched off an historic shift in what appears to be president obamas very own cuban revolution. Reporter it even sounds a little bit like a spy novel, a secret phone call between the president and the dictator and even a clandestine role for the pope. We are all americans president obama declared as leaders all over the world lunged at a legacy item. I do not believe we can keep doing the same thing for over five decades and expect a different result. Reporter and he basked in praise for allan gross, when the pilot announced he was out of cuban air space. What a blessing it is to be a citizen of this country. And thank you president obama. Reporter while critics declared easing restrictions on dictator raul castro sends a dangerous signal. The president who shook hands with castro at Nelson Mandelas funeral sealed this deal with the dictator that led the u. S. To releast three cuban spies tuesday in an oval Office Phone Call as castro hailed the decision. Transla
Client. We thank mr. Manafort for volunteering and encourage others with knowledge of these issues to voluntarily interview with the committee. Lets get straight over to manu raju on capitol hill, we find you in that stakeout location quite a bit this week. What new did we learn from devin nunes . This is a big deal about Paul Manafort but there are other headlines this morning. Reporter thats right, the Manafort News certainly the biggest one. I followed up and asked him if this is going to be an open hearing with Paul Manafort or a private briefing. He said its really up to mr. Manafort, his decision whether or not to come forward publicly. At least having that discussion, which is a significant development, because before that mr. Nounes had not committed to bringing forward any trump associate that presumably had advertise ties or contacts with public officials. Well hear from james comey and mike rogers, nsa director, in a private classified briefing next week. They expect more in
Listen. Well have to see. Do you think its going to pass . Well see what happens. Did you rush it, do you think . No. Well see what happens. Reporter did you rush it at first . No. Reporter will paul ryan stay speaker if it fails, sir . Right now the house is taking the second in what are expected to be a series of procedural votes ahead of a final vote late this afternoon. Earlier this morning this tweet from the president , quote, after seven horrible years of obamacare, skyrocketing premiums and deductibles, bad health care, this is finally your chance for a great plan. The president issued an ultimatum to House Republicans, pa pass the bill today or he will leave obamacare in place. A bunch of people from the white house went over to the house. Mulvaney raised the stakes even more this morning. Listen. Lawmakers will have to be accountable as to why they didnt vote to get rid of obamacare when they had the chance and that chance is today. And right now it appears republicans do not
Against a Founding Member of the freedom caucus. Theres just no place for this kind of stuff. Theres no place for it. When all in starts right now. Good evening from chicago, im chris hayes. New evidence that the president s midterm message may be back firing. Last night campaigning with a gop congressional candidate in montana, the president once again painted all undocumented immigrants as violent invaders. Every day im president , we will track down the gang members, drug dealers, child predators and criminal aliens. We will get them. We will throw them the hell out of our country or put them in jail. Later he summed up his message with more wild demagogue re. A vote for democrats is a vote to less ms13 run wild, to let drugs pour into our cities and to take jobs and benefits away from hard working americans. Republicans want law, order and justice. That from a guy whose former Campaign Chairman is currently sitting in jail in solitary confinement awaiting two separate trials on a r