World to know that absolutely, positively, unequivocally, he is not contemplating a run for the top job in 2020. Never mind those weekend reports that several bigname republicans are eyeing president ial campaigns next goaround. Whether trump runs or not. And theres more fallout from the 2016 race. At a meeting in the philippines, secretary of state Rex Tillerson told his russian counterpart that moscows meddling in the u. S. Election badly damaged u. S. russia relations. We are following all of these developments this monday morning. Lets begin with our Global Affairs correspondent, elise labott at the state department and then well go to joe johns. Elise, what can you tell us . Poppy, this is the first time secretary tillerson and foreign minister lavrov have met since Congress Passed those sanctions against russia for meddling in the u. S. Election and President Trump signed them. So, obviously, that is the real elephant in the room. And there was a lot of discussion. Foreign minist
How deep or far afield might this russia investigation go . Plus, National Security adviser says all options are on the table when it comes to north korea. Why they are vowing a thousandfold revenge against the United States after they passed the toughest sanctions yet against the rogue regime. Good afternoon, everyone. Im jake tapper. Welcome to snoot lethe lead. The excitement that chief john kelly might bring to this white house this morning must have been a disappointment. Donald trump went from an outdoor storm where he was playing golf to an indoor tweet storm. Was the subject congress for not replaealing and replacing obamacare . His desire for changes to the tax code . Or immigration system . His desire for an infrastructure bill . Nope. The president again attacked the free press, specifically cnn, abc, nbc, cbs, New York Times and the Washington Post. He also went after a critic, senator blumenthal, who had just been on cnn discussing the possible collusion between the presid
Tough new sanctions do not seem to be persuading north korea to stop its nuclear provocations. Pyongyang is even threatening to make the u. S. , quote, pay dearly for drafting the resolution, which the u. N. Security Council Passed unanimously. North korea says the u. S. Is desperate to bring the Korean Peninsula to the brink of nuclear war, and that under no circumstances would the regime negotiate its nuclear weapons. The new sanctions could cut north koreas annual export revenue by a third. A top u. S. Diplomat is expected to urge thailand to enforce the sanctions against north korea. U. S. Officials say pyongyang uses thailand as a platform for elicit activities. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson landed in bangkok after a urging asian ministers gathered in the philippines to isolate north korea even more. Cnns alexandra field joins us now from seoul. So alexandra, past sanctions have not had much impact on north Koreas Nuclear program. Why should these new sanctions be any different
In the region over washingtons new middle east policy also coming up. Hundreds of christians attend the first Christmas Eve mass in mosul a sense islamic extremists were driven out almost six months ago theyre hoping Christian Life can thrive again in the city. Plus david versus goliath in the Natural World conservationists in south africa are turning to one of the worlds tiniest creatures in their effort to contain damage caused by one of the biggest. High maya sweater welcome to the program. We start in the vatican where pope francis is leading Christmas Eve mass thousands of roman catholics from around the world have gathered in st peters basilica for the traditional late Evening Service it celebrates their belief in the birth of jesus christ over two thousand years ago. In his remarks pope francis compared the millions of migrants in the world today with jesuss parents mary and joseph who journeyed to bethlehem but found nowhere to stay pope francis urged catholics not to ignore th
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