Hello, everyone. Thank you for joining us. Im Fredricka Whitfield in new york. And im jim sciutto in washington. We have a lot to cover. We sure do. Thank you for joining us. New bombings in syria, the town that suffered the chemical attack is now being hit by air strikes. Its not immediately clear who is behind these new air strikes, the planes are most likely from russia or the Syrian Regime. To be clear, this is not the same renlg that the u. S. Targeted earlier friday. U. S. Tomahawk missiles struck a syrian airfield further south where it is believed that the Syrian Regime stored chemical weapons before launching them into syrian neighborhoods. We are also now learning that this same airfield is back open and operational today. This new video purports to show a syrian jet moving on a tarmac there. The pentagon continues to investigate if russia was involved in the attack and issue aid coverup. Lets begin with Cnn Senior International correspondent clarissa ward. She is near the bo
You have to remember, that preet came to prominence as a result of working for chuck schumer. He was counseled to him before he was u. S. Attorney for the Southern District and with all of these investigations now going on b and with schumer turning so definitively against trump, i suspect that preets background may be has been of concern to the president elect. I would also add a second thing. With this investigation about the russian wiretaps and whether the trump tower was wiretapped, the Southern District of new york, which is where the u. S. Attorney for the Southern District presides, is going to be fron and center in thisment and i think trump has decided he wants his own person not somebody recommended by chuck schumer. So, you see a real direct correlation. Let me bring in laura. Youve been doing some digging on this. As to what changed. In the what, four or so months now since preet said so definitively he would be staying on at the request of the president elect. Thats right
Specifically that to members of congress. There may be a nuance that explains why he answered the question that way. But no questions about this, what were seeing from the president of the United States is different than what we saw a week ago when you had the White House Press secretary all indicating that Bashar Al Assad is not going to leave the scene. This has changed what is happening inside this administration when it comes to dealing with assad and weighing whether or not he should remain in power. I think theres no question that this is going to be coming up with president xi during these very intense talks. Its only going to be 24 hours long, this meeting. They were already going to talk about these thorny issues of trade in north korea but you can add syria to the list because it does appear very much so that President Trump and secretary of state tillerson have really changed their attitudes when it comes to Bashar Al Assad and syria. Let me stay on that. Dana bash, the poin
White house . And this is hardly fake news. A High School Newspaper uncovers some shady truths about the new principal. Now she has resigned and she would have gotten away with it, too, if it werent for the meddling kids. We will talk to the teenage journalists about what they found and how. Hello. Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. After a devastating weapons attack in the summer of 2013 that killed around 1400 syrians, donald trump told president obama he would be a fool to strike syrian president Bashar Al Assad, thought to be responsible for the attack. Days ago members of the trump ad were saying that removing assad was no longer a priority, but now after another chemical weapons attack, this one killing nearly 100 people, President Trump minutes ago told reporters, quote, something should happen regarding assad. A source telling cnn the president also told some members of Congress Today that he is considering military action against the Syrian Regime. Lets get right to Cnns Jim
Mr. President , do you believe youre racist . He did not answer. His silencing was deafening. What is, quote unquote, racist to the paul ryan wing of this party they have traded in the dignity of this country for their tax cuts. It was a bad remark and i would hope the president would retract it and move on from it. Announcer this is new day weekend, with victory black dog we Victor Blackwell and christi paul. For 38 minutes, yesterday, people on the islands, they thought they were about to be hit by a Ballistic Missile. The chaos and confusion and fear was caused by someone hitting the wrong button. This is the alert that started it all. A text from emergency officials yesterday warning seek immediate shelter. This is not a drill. There were students who were terrified. They just look at them running for cover. This is at one university of hawaii campus. Show you another video. People lowring their kids into manhole for protection. Can you imagine as a parent having to do that . There