Launched strikes without coalition with a network of al qaeda veterans. The United States said they were in syria planning attacks against the United States and targets connected to the west. They said the action was to disrupt the eminent attack plotting against the United States and other western interests. U. S. Says it conducted eight strikes against the targets west of aleppo on the other side of the country in syria. Attacks on Training Camps and bomb factory and other facilities. The scope of the air strikes in total represents a significant escalation in the battle in the region. Specifically the battle against isis. That has been confined to targets in iraq. The attacks started with sea launch tomahawk missiles and fighter jets and drones. The u. S. Is not alone in the launch of the air strikes. Military Officials Say the partner nations involved in the air strikes are arab countries. They include saudi arabia, United Arab Emirates, bahrain and qatar and jordan. We dont know i
Noah openne on oppenheim interv. Their job is to bring the news to the public not hide the news. What happened in this case. Nbc news president Noah Oppenheim may be the key to that question. Is he a screen write his or her has written several films apparently profit g from his work in hollywood even as he runs the Networks News division. Screen writers, of course, are dependent on film producers of home Harvey Weinstein was perhaps the most powerful of awesome the conflict there is obvious, did it effect how nbc treated this story . Wade grove is editor at large for the daily beast. He has been closely covering nbcs role in the weinstein scandal and he joins us tonight. Lloyd, that is such annual obvious conflict to seems to me and nothing personally against Noah Oppenheim im impressed is he a screen writer on the side. How can you oversee a News Division and have a foot in hollywood and fairly cover a story about the most famous person in hollywood . How would that work . Not very we
Si clemcy for pardons. He is asking nfl player to suggest who they know. Honoring an icon. Tonight we remember chef, author and adventure, Anthony Bourdain who took his life today. What are the warning signs and where can you turn for help . Im wolf blitzer. Youre main the situation room were following multiple breaking stories. President trump is meeting with the allies he just antagonized by opposing new tariffs and said russia should be readmitted. Robert mueller had filed a new indictment containing extra charges against Paul Manafort and one of his close colleagues. Well discuss all of this and much more with democrat congressman of the House Foreign Affairs and judiciary committees. Our spore dcorrespondents are s by. Sarah, these are very serious new charges. Thats right. We got an inkling that Something Like this may be coming earlier this week. They are making it official bringing two new charges against Paul Manafort. Reporter tonight Paul Manafort and his business associate,
Congress request for the president s taxes . Is that legal . Also, a scoop on mr. Barr. If he seemed calm in the chair the last two days its because he knows exactly what hes doing. He has been there before. The proof of past maneuvers. The real battle has begun between this president and the rule of law. Lets get after it. Well, the president could not have said it better himself. Listen to this. Spying on a Political Campaign is a big deal. I think there was spying did occur. Thinks. The attorney general using the lingo of the deep state coup today on the hill. Sending democrats into a new tailspin. The chief Law Enforcement officer of our country is going off the rails. He is the attorney general of the United States of america, not the attorney general of donald trump. One pushback. Hes not going off the rails. He is exactly on the right track that he wants to be on as the president has directed him. Now, barr later attempted to clarify, saying hes not suggesting there was improper
Tonight, keeping him honest, given we know there was a duly approved counterintelligence probe under way at the time and there was russian interference in the campaign, what to those words really mean . Are they his way of signaling hes merely ensuring all investigations are conducted properly or do they mean hes embracing the Conspiracy Theory of the origins of the russian probe . The answer matters because barr is the top Law Enforcement officer in the country and the person in that role is supposed to serve the country, not the president. He made a judgment call not to pursue an obstruction of justice case against President Trump, the one who summarized Robert Muellers report in a way that has drawn allegations from inside muellers own team that he misrepresented their work. Hes the one who ultimately decides what we get to see of that report and what we dont, and what Congress Gets to see and what they dont. His judgment matters and the words he chooses are a big part of it, which