Province, the attacks killing 14 militants and five civilians, including women and children, according to a rights monitor group. The u. S. Led coalition aiming to degrade the brutal militant groups source of revenue. Striking 12 Oil Facilities, seized by isis in Eastern Syria wednesday. Bringing the total number of air strikes in the region to over 30. This is the beginning of a long effort. There will be more. There will be more. U. S. Officials estimate that isis makes upwards of 2 million a day by Smuggling Oil, refining it and producing 500 barrels a day and selling them on the black market. U. S. Officials hope the air strikes in the remote countryside would lessen the risk of civilian casualties. A concern raised after the initial air strikes fell upon densely Populated Areas like raqqa. An activist from raqqa says the isis fighters began moving into civilian homes two weeks ago. And wednesdays strike, the u. S. Flew only about half a dozen f15 aircraft. Saudi arabia and the Uni
Our nbc Political Team puts it this way. This was trumps worst week of the campaign sis losing the iowa caucus three months ago today. The later firestorm over abortion and the comments he made wednesday right here on msnbc. Trump has spent most of his time since then trying to clarify this stance on the controversial topic. Youll remember he initially told our Chris Matthews there should be some punishment for women who obtain an abortion if the procedure were illegal. He later backtracked twice, saying it should be a states decision and later that its the doctor that is possibility. Well, on thursday, he told the New York Times, quote, if you answer one question inartfully or incorrectly in some form or you misunderstood it or m misspoke, it ends up being a big story, ending that doesnt happen to anybody else. He called into fox news to suggest he was taken out of context. You really had to hear the whole thing. This was a long convoluted question. This was a long discussion. And the
Hawaii, and Washington State. But can he hope to make a serious dent in Hillary Clintons still commanding democratic lead . We have the race for the white house covered the only way cnn can. Good morning, phil. Reporter good morning, don. The focus of the Republican Party should be here. I say should because theres a couple other things they are actually focused o. First and foremost the tif between ted cruz and their Donald Trumps wives. It concerns a lot of people in the Republican Party. Well pick up. We have some Technology Issues there. Well get back to phil in a moment. Bernie sanders is gaining momentum fresh off a weekend sweep over Hillary Clinton. He said hes got a real shot to win the crucial new york primary. Brianna keilar is live in washington, d. C. Happy monday to you, brianna. Good morning, michaela. This was a very big weekend for Bernie Sanders with big lopsided wins in alaska, hawaii and Washington State, which was of course the big one. Now Bernie Sanders is saying
Expose, anything. Did you leak the name of mike flynn. I leaked nothing to nobody, never have, never would. The establishment press almost moved to her defense. Well have more on rice and the media. Congressman voted sense wire tapping, against book collection. Hes not commented on rices behavior. He joins us tonight. Thanks for coming on. I do want to differ with you on one thing. When you use the term monitored, it makes it look like trump was involved. It doesnt mean they are monitoring papa johns. They were monitoring trump associates. Whether they were the intended target, the law allows the u. S. Government to monitor u. S. Citizens when they are speaking with people from foreign countries. The word monitoring is a little unclear. The person being monitored is the Russian Ambassador or russian officials. Obviously, if they are talking to an american. Tucker if that person wasnt being monitored, why would susan rice be monitoring . You want to know who that person is . Yes. The un
Budget is a cost cutter from way back, he earned the nickname the blade and he is now the president at Purdue University. He has frozen tuition costs during his tenure, he gives students a very unique way to pay off their debt after they leave, and he has even brought amazon to campus which has dramatically lowered exorbitant textbook costs by 30 . I spoke with him in the wall street journal causes him the most Innovative University president in america today, the former governor of indiana Mitch Daniels and asked him about what hes doing. We decided a few years ago when i arrived i asked the question why dont we start trying to adjust our spending to our student families budgets and not expecting them to adjust their budgets to our spending. So far, so good we have just finished our sixth year of tuition increase, which promised at least two more and we have reduced the cost, it will be less expensive to attend purdue in 2021 and it was in 2012. Consequently student debt is falling an