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
Were going to start with british spy stuff. If you are into british spy stuff, even spy novels and bbc cereals and that kind of stuff, you will know there is a convenient mnemonic device for us americans about british spy stuff, a convenient device to help us remember what the different british spy agencies are. They have one Domestic Intelligence agency thats mi 5. Thats the rough equivalent of fbi. They have mi 6 which is the equivalent of our cia. And theres this handy mnemonic device which is mi5 is the fbi. And mi6 is the cia. Its very handy. That said, it all falls apart when you get to the third agency which is called gchq, because that does not sound like anything. Theres no neat, easy to remember device to remind us all that the british Intelligence Agency called gchq is the equivalent of our nsa. Our National Security adviser. Theres no easy way to remember. Thats their headquarters. Kind of amazing looking building. The shape reminds you its a global vacuum for information.
They talk about a merciless retaliation that would leave no survivors. This comes amid when kim jongun could mark a holiday with a nuclear test. If he does, theres a chance that Vice President mike pence could be just across the border. The Vice President is scheduled to arrive in seoul, south korea, on sunday. A north korean test would be the first one on President Trumps watch and the president has already said on twitter that north korea must be dealt with and if china doesnt do it, the u. S. With its allies with. Cnns Jessica Schneider is covering this story from trumps maralago estate, his club. The president is being briefed there in palm beach. Who is briefing him on this . Reporter brooke, there was a question when President Trump boarded the plane, who would be down here with him. Members of the National Security staff are here at maralago in south florida. They are keeping an eye on the situation and briefing and informing the president. Of course, monitoring all of this beca
Considered pulling thunder for crucial obamacare sbied to force democrats to negotiate with him. What will happen to the millions of people that rely on them if the president makes good on that threat . We want to welcome our viewers in the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. Announcer this is cnn breaking news. Were following breaking news for the First Time Ever the United States has used the largest nonnuclear bomb in its arsenal, the socalled mother of all bombs. An american war planed dropped the 21,000 pound explosive on isis targets in afghanistan. President trump is praising the mission but wont say if he personally authorized it. Also breaking tonight, were learning that british and other european intelligence agencies intercepted communications between associates of donald trump and russian officials during the president ial campaign. Those communications were then passed on to u. S. Intelligence according to congressional Law Enf
Good evening. Thanks for joining us. The republican chairman of the house Intelligence Committee, devin nunes says he invited to comey to testify again. We did not hear james clapper, or former acting attorney general, sally yates. They were supposed to testify today at the Second Public hearing but late last week chairman nunes abruptly canceled without saying why. And was supposed to testify about communications between flynn and Russian Ambassador. They denied they tried to block yates from testifying. Sean spicer pushed back hard on the allegation and at one point it went off the rails. How does this Administration Try to revamp its image two 1 2 months in . You got other things going on, youve got russia, wire tapping no. We dont have that. On capitol hill ive said it from the day i got here that there is no connection. If the president puts russian salad dressing on his salad, thats a russian connection. Thats i appreciate your agenda but the reality is no. At some point report t