don t even know about, but to vote on this risk of blood has been all related to 9/11 and that aumf. our troops are just advising, like in niger, where they died. advisers like the four men and their families were told their sacrifice is sacred. the question becomes, when will our lawmakers respect what is sacred and do their duty by fulfilling this need to debate and authorize military force? alisyn? chris, thanks so much for all of that background. we do now have details emerging about the mission. the u.s. troops were on in niger when they were ambushed by islamic fighters three weeks ago today. military officials tell cnn the team was gathering intelligence about a suspected terror leader. joining us now is cnn military and diplomatic analyst john kirby and cnn national security analyst samantha.
longer than that. this is an incredibly stable leadership in china. in a couple weeks president donald trump will be making his first state visit to china for some very high-stakes diplomacy on north korea. xi jinping will be walking into that meeting feeling very confident, secure in his domestic stability up. probably can t say the same right now about president donald trump with all the chaos going on right now in the united states. alisyn? thank you very much for all of that reporting for us. so, there are new details emerging about the deadly ambush in niger. what u.s. special forces were doing when they came under attack. that s next.
little bit here. why did they spend a year covering it up? this is new day with chris cuomo and allici alisyn kam cam we begin with an extraordinary day with republican rebuke against a sitting president. two retiring gop senators calling out president trump as untruthful. senator jeff flake says he will no longer be complicit or silent, and bob corker says it will be known for debasing the nation. this civil war could challenge the gop and threaten the president s agenda. not surprisingly, the white house is defending president trump s clashes with both men. coming up on new day, senator jeff flake will join us live. for every action there is a reaction. house republicans are trying to turn your attention to new
another scalp to his collection as another establishment domino falls. these two senators not running for re-election means they don t have to worry about being punished by the voters in the midterm next year. they ll be around until january of 2019. the white house needs their votes to get anything passed. chris and alisyn. appreciate it. let s bring in the panel. we have cnn political analyst david gregory and editor-at-large chris. what we re trying to tee up here is this is unusual, what we heard on the senate floor, starting with former president bush. you had mccain, you had corker. corker again. now jeff flake in this speech. there was a smattering applause for it. let s listen to more. the personal attacks, the threats against principles, freedoms and institution, the flagrant disregard for truth and
the past, supported trump and critical of trump in some areas. she says in the end that it s congress that needs the reckoning. she s not going to be sympathetic to the corkers and the flakes. she shings that system is still broken. she wakes up this morning and says corker is probably still doing something right. if euro posed to trump or on the fence, have you to hold in your mind as these revelations tumble out. we have maybe we have the cover of breitbart. steve bannon taking a victory lap like good riddance is the feeling for all of these establishment types, as they call them. alisyn, make no mistake, this is a great day for steve bannon. jeff flake s retirement, while mourned by some in the senate, will be cheered by folks like steve bannon. it will help him raise money. it will help him recruit against