Meeting and called off peace negotiations. What kind of people would kill so many in order to seemingly strengthen their bargaining position . The president is referencing a car bombing in kabul that killed Sergeant First Class ellis angel ortiz. Ortiz was the 16th u. S. Service member to die in afghanistan this year. His body arriving at dover, delaware, last night. And today on cnn, u. S. Secretary of state mike pompeo defending the president s decision to invite members of the taliban onto u. S. Soil and the president s ultimate decision to cancel the meeting. Weve been working on this for awhile. And it was the case when the taliban tried to gain negotiating advantage by conducting terror attacks inside of the country, he made the right decision to say that is not going to work. Its not right, its not appropriate to kill an american. It made no sense for the taliban to be rewarded for that bad behavior. All right. Cnns Boris Sanchez is covering these developments. What more are you
Breaking news, President Trump declares afghanistan peace talks are dead even as he defends his cancelled plans to host taliban leaders at camp david. Mr. Trump says it was his decision to call off the meeting after a u. S. Soldier was killed by a taliban car bomb. Sources tell cnn some of mr. Trumps top advisers, including the Vice President has warned him against meeting with allies of the 9 11 terrorists. Also breaking, more fall out from his defense of his claim that Hurricane Dorian might hit alabama. The New York Times now reporting the commerce secretary wilbur ross threatened to fire top noaa employees after the agencies Birmingham Office contradicted the president. Ill get reaction from Jerry Connelly. First, lets go to our white house correspondent. The president is rejecting Harsh Criticism of his willingness to meet with the taliban at camp david. Reporter hes standing by his location choice even though hes facing push back not only from democrats and republicans. He got so
Brooke baldwin. President trump is set to leave moments from now, we may see him speak for the first time about a cancelled meeting at camp david. A plan sparking bipartisan outrage, the camp david part of that plan. Not just any republicans have said at the idea. Top members of the president s staff say the visit would have been a bad move, and they couldnt ignore the timing. On the anniversary week of 9 11. The event that triggering the u. S. Entering afghanistan 128 years ago. It was the president who revealed a meeting was in the, woulds. He called it off after a taliban car bomb killed this 34yearold soldier from puerto rico. Kaitlan collins is in North Carolina, getting ready for the president there, give us the details. Any Staff Members for the president. The Vice President , mike pennsylvania john bolton, neither wanted to see the taliban at camp david. Reporter the white house is facing backlash, the idea that they were planning on hosting the leaders of the taliban at camp d
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[ speaking Foreign Language ] [ speaking Foreign Language ] i think the situation in ukraine is very important. I think that the meetings coming up with russia and ukraine are very important. And theres a possibility that some very big progress can be made. I think its important for ukraine and from the standpoint of russia also, that they work out a treaty and work out peace, because theyve been fighting a long time, too long. And i think theres a good chance that that will happen. Also, with respect to Nuclear Weapons, ive spoken to president putin and ive communicated with him, and he very much wants to, and so do we, work out a treat of some kind for Nuclear Weapons that will probably then include china at some point and yourselves, by the way. But it will include china and some other countries. But we intend to see if we can work something out to stop the proliferation, to stop whats happening. Because we are making a lot and we are renovating a lot and, frankly, the whole situati