Hear. We know the president will address the nation from ft. Myer, outside of washington. He announced on twitter saturday that he made a final decision in that regarding afghanistan after he met with his National Security team at camp david last friday. The president has been presented with a number of options. Defense secretary james mattis was at the camp david meeting. Heres what he had to say about the president s decision. I would not be willing to make significant troop lifts until we made certain what we knew was the stratstrategy, wha the commitment going in in that regard, the president has made a decision. He wants to announce it to the American People. Ill stand silent until then, until that point. So this is a big moment for the president here, jim. Hes essentially asking the american america to trust his decision regarding afghanistan. All of hthis comes after one of the worst weeks of his presidency following the comments he made about the violence in charlottesville wha
Lets begin our coverage with cnns ryan brown live at the pentagon with more on our breaking story. What do we know about these souls . Reporter this collision between this much larger oil tanker and the u. S. S. John mccain took place east of singapore. The mccain suffered heavy damage, were told flooding took place in several compartments including a sleeping area as well as a communications area. The ship was able to make it back on its own power to singapore, just arriving earlier this morning. Now, again, ten sailors are missing, five sailors were injured, four of those were evacuated via helicopter due to the nature of their injuries, none of those injuries are lifethreatening. Those ten sailors a very active search operation involving u. S. Aircraft and aircraft from singapore and naval since from singapore is going on in an attempt to locate those sailors. This comes after several incidents involving u. S. Naval war ships in the region. Two months ago the uss fitzgerald similarl
Hello. Breaking news. The comedian jerry lewis dead at the age of 91. Best known for iconic movies like the 234u9 nutty professor slapstick during his run with dean martin. This was key, a humanitarian. Hosting the muscular dystrophy telethon for decades, and a true legend remembered by fans and entertainment and by the many children whose lives he touched. Larry king sat down reporter he was born joseph lubitsch in 1926 and became known to the world at jerry lewis. A zany and lovable fool in films such as the bellboy and the nutty professor. He hit it big teaming up with another young entertainer, dean martin. Dean was the virile macho and i was the monkey, and i knew we had lightning in a barrel. Reporter martin and lewis became one of the most popular comedy teams in history. Thousands of sold out performances, 16 hit movies and dozens of radio and tv appearances. On his own, lewis signed a seven year 10 Million Contract with paramount in 1959. At that time, it was the largest contr
Cuomo and alisyn camerota. Good morning. Welcome come to your any day. An intense search is under way to find ten missing sailors. A u. S. Navy destroyer collided with an oil tanker east of singapore. This is the fourth crash involving a u. S. Navy warship in recent memory. President trump is back at the white house from vacation preparing to address the nation tonight. The president will unveil his strategy for the nearly 16 year long war in afghanistan. He is expected to send more troops to the region. Lets begin with cnns ryan brown live at the pentagon for us with all of the breaking details. What have you learned . Reporter were learning a little bit more about the circumstances of this crash, again, taking place just east of singapore, just east of the straits of malacca, a heavily trafficked area, the john mccain colliding against a much larger oil tanker, suffering severe damage, a hole being for in the side of the ship, compartments, a sleeping compartment, a communications co
Sea are searching for ten navy soldiers. Military Officials Say the collision between the uss john mccain and a merchant ship happened in waters east of singapore late yesterday. Five other sailors were hurt. Now, the navy says the ship sustained significant hull damage. You can see there on those images. Including flooding in the crew berths as well as the communications room. The ship was heading to singapore for a routine port visit at the time of the crash which is being treated as an accident. President trump offered the following response about it during his return to the white house last night. Thats too bad. Thats too bad. Two hours after giving that response, the president tweeted out, thoughts and prayers are with our u. S. Navy sailors aboard the uss john mccain where searches and rescue efforts are underway. The second involving a Navy Destroyer in just three months after a crash back in june killing seven sailors. President trump will address the nation tonight from ft. My