A Syrian Rebel Group that was linked to alqaeda says it shot down a russian fighter plane in Northern Syria this afternoon, killing the pilot. The militants said the attack was in retaliation for a russian bombing campaign. Sarah corker reports. The burning wreckage of what looks like a russian fighterjet, red stars clearly visible on the wing. This footage posted online appears to show the plane being hit and bursting into flames in a rebel held area of north west syria. Jihadist group Hayat Tahrir Al sham, formally linked to alqaeda, said it had shot the plane down with a surface to air missile. Moscow said the pilot ejected and survived the crash but was killed by rebels on the ground. The sukhoi 25 fighter was shot down near the city of saraqeb, close to a major highway in idlib province. It was back in december when the syrian government, backed by russian air power, launched a major offensive against rebel groups in idlib, the last province under rebel control. But civilians are
Rockclimbing walls. And o. J. Simpson could be free as early as sunday after serving time for robbery. James brown looks at how america still cannot agree on his acquittal for murder 22 years later. But we begin this morning with a look at todays eyeopener. Your world in 90 seconds. President trump has put people first and paperwork second. Hes had us pull out all the stops. Washington scrambles to distribute aid in puerto rico. The supply chain, the logistical chain in puerto rico is broken. Its not just broken, it is shattered. It is nonexistent at this point. Its really a good news story in terms of a limited number of deaths from such a devastating hurricane. My respect for the taxpayer is as strong as it can be. Secretary tom price under fire over his use of private jets. Cant put lipstick on this pig. Playing the big shot on the taxpayers dime. Its indefensible. The u. S. Is preparing to withdraw staff from the u. S. Embassy in cuba. Its because of reported Health Attacks on u. S
Maria senator ted cruz will join us. Coming up live ted cruz here in the studio. Shocking footage out of the Mediterranean Sea after a major earthquake strikes off the coast of turkey triggering a tsunami, the latest at least two people were killed and 100 others injured. The trouble continues for chipotle this morning as the number of people sickened at virginia restaurant climbed. The company hit with a report of rats at one of its locations. It is not all good news for amazon this morning, why the federal trade commission is reportedly looking into the companys discount pricing policy, what does the ftse want to know. Markets look like this this morning, we are waiting on a number of highprofile earnings for the Second Quarter. Markets are looking mixed. S p 500 up. Earnings driving the action including General Electric, set to report before the bell that may well set the tone for markets. We will give you before it hit it is tape. Cac quarante and dax index going to negative territ
To welcome t. J. Stiles and hes an awardwinning author based out of berkeley, california and hes a native of minnesota and the graduate of carlton college. He went on to do his graduate work in history, not u. S. History, but european history at columbia. He spent time at Oxford University press and i believe the board is here today t. J. Worked with gabor on a number of items and there is gabor in the audience. Items that gabor put together and those speeches were delivered right here at cwi. T. J. And i had a little time yesterday to talk about his work and to talk about the craft of writing and our conversation reminded me of the fact that this that we have of professional academic writing and then there is popular writing. I think the day has come that we can just move away from that and t. J. Stiles, his work testifies to the fact that you can write engaging bog rav we ideas, with argument, with analysis and above all else, original research. T. J. Likes the archives. There are a
To welcome t. J. Stiles and hes an awardwinning author based out of berkeley, california and hes a native of minnesota and the graduate of carlton college. He went on to do his graduate work in history, not u. S. History, but european history at columbia. He spent time at Oxford University press and i believe the board is here today t. J. Worked with gabor on a number of items and there is gabor in the audience. Items that gabor put together and those speeches were delivered right here at cwi. T. J. And i had a little time yesterday to talk about his work and to talk about the craft of writing and our conversation reminded me of the fact that this that we have of professional academic writing and then there is popular writing. I think the day has come that we can just move away from that and t. J. Stiles, his work testifies to the fact that you can write engaging bog rav we ideas, with argument, with analysis and above all else, original research. T. J. Likes the archives. There are a