Correspondent ed henry has tonights story. The french president joined the coalition against isis ordering his military planes to strike a Logistics Depot in northern iraq. Translator there are no frem french troops on the ground, only in liaison in coordination with our allies are weakening the french forcing the president S National Security advisor susan rice on to defense over whether the u. S. Will now need two separate coalitions to deal with iraq and syria. I dont think well have a bifurcated coalition, its one operation, it will be under a common command and we will continue to welcome the involvement of partners who will make different contributions. Reporter while the president continues to claim those contributions are swelling more than 40 countries, including arab nations have now offered assistance as part of this coalition. Reporter in reality, much of that assistance is humanitarian and logisticals and though officials pin the responsibility for pieces together the coal
So, what does this all mean more broadly, hallie . We were at the g7 summit and six of the seven leaders there committed to the Paris Agreement and, of course, President Trump was the one hold out. Highly controversial here back at home. We know that the president was sent a letter by more than 20 senators, republican senators saying that they, in fact, want him to pull out. But democrats and some here within the west wing disagree. Ivanka trump, his daughter, Jared Kushner trying to push him to stay in. And if you look at some of our very recent polling taken in april, 67 of americans say they want immediate action on Climate Change now. The president tweeting himself that he would be making the announcement some time this week. So, i think that nothing will be final until we hear from the president himself, but, haley, if he does, in fact, decide to pull out, highly controversial move, but, again, something that he campaigned on and something that his supporters want to see. Kristen,
Najibullah Haqqani, the acting Minister of Telecommunications and Information Technology, urged the world to abandon 'hostile' decisions and engage with the Islamic Emirate.
Najibullah Haqqani, the acting Minister of Telecommunications and Information Technology, urged the world to abandon 'hostile' decisions and engage with the Islamic Emirate.