Targeting the top leader. Six militants were reportedly killed. No official pentagon confirmation yet as to whether gadon was one of them. They were responsible for the Shopping Mall attack in kenya last year killing more than 60 people. Nbcs chief pentagon correspondent Jim Miklaszewski joins me now. What do we know so far . Reporter u. S. Military groe drones or a single drone fired two hellfire missiles described at a small convoy, possibly only two vehicles. And that those two vehicles believed to be either trucks or suvs were reportedly obliterated in the attack. Now, u. S. Military officials were talking to have a high degree of confidence that al shabab leader was in one of those vehicles and that the missiles, those hellfire missiles struck and destroyed what they were aimed at. Whens vexing and somewhat frustrating to people here at the pentagon and others in the intelligence world is so far theres no chatter on the al shabab or usual al qaeda terrorist networks about, one, ga
Hold the News Conference. What trump gets is a News Conference with the rnc chairman. He will sign a pledge that is not enforceable. Also going on, trump and jeb bush feud is escalating. He says he likes jeb, he is a nice man, but should set the standard of speaking english in the united states. He speaks spanish at home by the way. The former governor is fighting back on the Campaign Facebook page. All answers trump or bush. In one answer, trump is described as the candidate with clear democratic tendencies. You know this is getting strange. The criticism. Vice President Joe Biden testing the political waters for a potential white house run. He sounded like a candidate touching on Higher Education and Immigration Reform and the economy. Afterwards, a few reporters asked about his plans. No response. We get more from cnns Senior Correspondent jeff zeleny. Reporter good morning, john and christine. After a summer of closed door meetings and strategy sessions, joe biden is hitting the ro
Indiana this hour with the goal of turning the page to tax reform. The new gop plan calls for fewer rates and takes away very popular deductions. So can the republicans work out their differences or will tax reform expose the same gop divides that just yesterday doomed yet another Obamacare Repeal bill . Were very excited about this because we really believe that we have a historic chance of prosperity in this country. A Republican Leaders in the house, senate and the white house, weve come together on this concrete framework for historic tax reform. And the president insists he was not preoccupied with his war on the nfl. As the white house rushes to prove its commitment to puerto rico, the frustration is mounting. Theres people that have a shortage of food. The National Guard is not working up to the way it should be. Theyre all just standing there doing nothing. No electricity. No water for the city. Its going to take about maybe six, seven months for anything to happen here. We beg
Plus a bizarre scheme to try to smear the special counsel, an attempt to target robert mueller. How a pro trump conspiracy theorist is linked to all this. Well talk to a woman contacted in the plot. We have a ton to get to. Our team is ready to go across the country, covering all of it. I want to start with donald trump and his last big push starting today, trying to tap into some hot button issues he hopes will keep republicans in power in a lot of instances, making claims that are misleading or just not true. Were the only country in the world where a person comes in, has a baby, and the baby is essentially a citizen of the United States for 85 years with all of those benefits. They want to raise your taxes, open your borders. We have other tax cuts planned. In that caravan you have some very bad people. When you looked at that bridge loaded up with people, thats called an invasion of our country. Nbcs Kelly Odonnell is at the white house. Kelly, if i know anything, just as i have my
Moment. A lot going on this morning, but lets start here in miami. Nbcs Peter Alexander is here in the debate hall with me. Give us the inside scoop. What are we seeing from the candidates as they make their final push heading into tonight . Well, different strategies for different candidates as they prepare for this first evening here. Chris, last night we caught one Elizabeth Warren. She was participating in a town hall. Several people in attendance sht. She was there late into the evening even in advance of tonights debate. She announced what was a surprise that she would be going to that Emergency Shelter thats become so controversial, the biggest one in the country thats hosting some of those Migrant Children as an effort to shine a harsh light on president Trumps Administration policies before she gets to the debate here this evening. For other candidates, its a different look. Theyve been hinted the scenbeh less oncamera time. Amy klobuchar has spent time watching the 2016 prima