Counsel Robert Muellers investigation into russia election meddling. The president praising the move Jeff Sessions but some lawmakers are siding with mccabe calling his firing vindictive and political. It did not just happen. It has been on the table a while. The president has expressed himself and it appears the department of justice and attorney general was responded to the president. We have news coverage, ellison barber is live from the white house. We been with Garrett Tenney live from our Washington Bureau with the very latest. Hello Andrew Mccabe is firing back at the Trump Administration over the dismissal. He claims it was done at the one of the president in an effort to discredit the former fbi Deputy Director in the Robert Mueller investigation. In a Statement Last night mccabe said heres a reality. I am being singled out and treated this way because of the role that i played, the actions he took and the events that i witnessed in the aftermath of the firing of james comey.
Of us losses. Jackie the attack in response to the suspected chemical attack in duma. The president giving the Bashar Alassad regime a warning. The purpose of our actions tonight is to establish a strong deterrent against the production, spread and use of chemical weapons, establishing this deterrent is a Vital National security interest of the United States. The combined american, british entrance response integrate all instruments of our national power. Military, economic and diplomatic. We are prepared to sustain this response until the Syrian Regime stops its use of prohibited chemical agents. Kelly the strikes carried out by air force bombers and fighter jets. Joseph dunford discussed the targets that were selected. We conducted strikes with two allies that result in longterm degradation in syrias capability to research and deploy chemical and biological weapons. Important infrastructure was destroyed which will result in a setback for the Syrian Regime. They will lose years of re
Were following breaking news on the air strikes in syria and what happens next. The u. S. Ambassador to the u. N. Is warning in stark terms that American Forces are locked and loaded to strike again if syria crosses President Trumps red line on using chemical weaponing. Mr. Trump using colorful and questionable language of his own declaring quote, Mission Accomplished. The president taking something of a victory lap even as hes fuming over the criminal investigation of his lawyer Michael Cohen and the release of james comeys new book. Ill talk to Republican Congress will herd. Our correspondents and analysts are all standing by. Lets go to our chief white house correspondent. Whats the message from the Trump White House tonight . Wolf, we heard this earlier today. The white house is putting the Syrian Government on notice there could be more air strikes if chemical weapons are used against innocent civilians in syria. Thats despite the fact President Trump tweeted this morning it was m
Survivors story about a dog named rescue and how he changed her life. Announcer this is nbc nightly news with kate snow. Good evening. President trump began the day with a tirade against a man who once worked for him. Mr. Trump using playground nicknames for former fbi director james comey, criticizing the way he handled an investigation into Hillary Clintons emails just days before the election. All of it a strong reaction to comeys upcoming book in which he accuses the president of being untethered to truth. Comey today said his book is about the Ethical Leadership of two president s and one who serves as a counter point. We begin tonight with Kelly Odonnell at the white house. Reporter before the president visited his Virginia Golf Club today, he teed off on twitter. Mocking the fired former fbi director as slippery james comey and slimeball. The relationship ended in ashes a year ago. But comey is lighting a new match promoting his book on sale tuesday. Today, the president railed
The purpose of our action tonight is to establish a strong deterrent against the production, spread and use of chemical weapons. Establishing this deterrent is a Vital National security interest of the United States. Combined american, british, and french response to these atrocities will integrate all instruments of our military, economic, and diplomatic, we are prepared to sustain this response until the Syrian Regime stops its use of prohibited chemical agents. Kelly a were carried out by british tomato fighter jets and b1 bombers. Joseph dunford discussed the three targets that were selected. This evening we conducted strikes with two allies on multiple sites that will result in longterm degradation in syrias capability to research, and deploy chemical and biological weapons. This will result in inexcusable inflicted maximum damage without unnecessary risk to innocent civilians. Kelly lets go to Connor Powell who joined us from the jerusalem bureau. Reporter we are getting more inf