Specific locations in those cities, however, with new years eve just a day a way with the big crowds that gather to celebrate it, and given the global concern about the capabilities of both isis and al qaeda, officials are taking this threat seriously and addressing it with tightened security. In new yorks times square, 6,000 Police Officers will be watching more than ever before. Cnn justice reporter is in time square tonight. Evan, always hard to judge these threats specific, credible, et cetera. What do we know about this particular threat . Reporter thats right, jim. The president gets briefing on all threats. Some are credible, some are not. In this case he asked for a briefing from his top officials before he left for his vacation in hawaii and this is one of the threats that was mentioned to him. Now, when youre talking about new york, you think about times square and the fact that behind me in 24 hours, well have about a Million People here gathered, 6,000 Police Officers from
White house. President obama with the rarest of recognitions on his Vice President. We will show you the incredibly emotional moment. He did not get emotional at all. He is not an emotional guy. First time ever. Welcome to early start. Im christine romans. Nice to see you. Im john berman. It is friday, january 13th. 4 00 a. M. In the east. The latest in washington between the president elect and the cabinet. In the confirmation hearings, nominee after nominee on issue after issue again and again. The nominee for defense secretary, james mattis, the u. S. Must honor the nuclear deal. This is something vowed to absolutely not return to use of extreme tactics. This is not what the president elect said. He said he would bring back waterboardi waterboarding. Both took a tough line on russia than donald trump has done so far. Lets go to ryan browne with us in washington this morning. The question, ryan, is this a team of rivals . Is donald Trump Inviting opposing views to the table which eve
Passenger who was violently dragged off that flight says he broke his nose, lost two teeth and now needs surgery. Is uniteds next destination the courtroom . Good afternoon, everyone. Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. Were going to begin with breaking news in the world lead. For the first time ever, the United States announced it has used the most powerful Non Nuclear Bomb from its argue nal. Deployed to the battlefield in afghanistan targeting, the pentagon says, isis fighters and a network of their tunnels. 21,600 pound monster known as the moab or Massive Ordnance Air blast bomb, or another less technical name that fits the acronym, the mother of all bombs. Lets go to Barbara Starr for more on this. Barbara, the president was asked about this today and he said he has given the military total authorization. What exactly does that mean . The president has given the pentagon the ability to do whatever it wants . The president doesnt need to sign off on Major Military actions . I don
Weeks chemical attack in syria. A crime, a war crime. The american leader put squarely at the feet of syrian president , bashar alassad. Young children dying, babies dying. Fathers Holding Children in their arms, that were dead, dead children. They tl cant be a worst sight. It shouldnt be allowed. Thats a butcher. Thats a butcher. So i feel we had to do something about it. I have absolutely no doubt we did the right thing. Bret President Trumps comments came at a News Conference with plate tnatos sy general. Kevin corke is here to tell us more. But we begin with rich he hedso traveling with Rex Tillerson. Good evening, rich. Reporter good evening, brett. The u. S. And russia have been condemning one another from afar all week. Now, they have finally met. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson prepares to leave moscow, it is clear that proximity has done very little to bring these two countries closer. Following hours of discussions in moscow with Russian Foreign minister, Sergey Lavrov and v
President took the most skeptical position yet on russia just hours after secretary of state Rex Tillerson met with the president. He also took a complete reversal on nato as he stood along side with the nato secretary and the president suddenly full of praise for president xi. More on reversals in the moment. Echoing Rex Tillersons frosty tone in russia speaking to reporters after his meeting with lavrov, tiller sson offere this. Current relations is at a low point and theres a low level of trust between our two countries, the worlds foremost two Nuclear Powers cannot this this kind of relationship. I want to bring in cnns paula newton. Shes been walking us through these very important meetings, if theyre at a low low level, the question is how do they dig out of it . Reporter thats the question. Look, they both said both sides said we had frank candid discussions and thats how this begins to take place. They put aside pleasantries. Sergey lavrov setting the tone, blasting Rex Tillers