Alexander here in washington and right now on msnbc, two separate controversies this fourth of july weekend. One involving donald trump, the other, the nations attorney general, Loretta Lynch, trump, we will see him in a moment on the right side of your screen there. Going to be speaking live at the western conservative summit taking place in denver, colorado. Hes in hot water again for, what he said about mexicans and what he didnt say about muslims. Well explain. Meanwhile Loretta Lynch trying to clear the air about a private meet that she had earlier this week with the former president bill clinton and whether there was any discussion of the fbis investigation in the Hillary Clintons email server. The recommendations that we reviewed by career supervisors in the department of justice and in the fbi. And by the fbi director. And then, as is the common process, they present it to me, and i fully expect to accept their recommendations. What didnt eric holder tell you about this job . W
From 20 to 60 people could be inside this restaurant. A number of people have been killed already, including a Police Officer and some of the people who werent there. But we are hearing that this is ongoing. Police have cordoned off the area. There is grandson an ongoing gun battle three hours ago. Now the situation is still happening. Police are reaching out to the people inside, asking for their demands, seeing if they want anything. We dont know if they have asked for any or who they are. Some reports from inside have said that when the attackers went in they shouted out the now far too often heard line, allahu akbar, that would point to islamic terrorists. Bangladesh is the fourth most populous Muslim Country in the world. Its recently seen a spate of islamist terrorism going on, journalists being hacked to death there. This may be another one of those horrible events. Its the end of ramadan. Thats the time when islamic terrorists often attack. Its a very fluid situation in a resta
Lord organized this attack. Have they launch add new terror offensive . Youre in the situation room. This is cnn, breaking news. Braking news just days after turkey, another terror attack against a u. S. Ally. Gunmen are holding up to 20 hostages in a cafe after a battle with police left two officers dead. The attackers threw grenades at police, the standoff is inside of the Diplomatic Area in dhaka. It is taking place less than a mile from the u. S. Embassy which is warning americans to shelter in place. Isis has claimed responsibility through their media branch saying their fighters carried out the restaurant attack. This comes us a u. S. Lawmaker in the isis war ministry. Turkish sources say they came from a self proclaimed isis capital in syria. I will be pespeaking to adam smith, and well have full coverage of the days top stories. Lets go now to barbara star, what are you learning, barbara . The video tells us exactly where things stand right now on the streets of dhaka. Forces a
Access to anything that hooks up to the internet and make it look like its coming from some place its not. Bill and some conservatives balking at the new plan and detail are open for negotiation. With members of the senate, members of the house and stake holders across the land and weve gotten to a sweet spot. This is a work in progress and continues to be so. Shannon senior counselor to President Trump Kellyanne Conway and first well kick it off with john roberts. Good morning to you. On the issue of the cia leak and what came out on wikileaks the white house dont even want to acknowledge the idea like that could be true because it could be bad on a number of fronts with the sensitive tools intelligence uses to gather information in the Public Domain and the idea that we heard about some of the spy agencies targeting americans and could that be going on. The cia for its part not saying much about this today in a statement only saying, quote, the cia has no comment on the authenticity
Over documents. And help me with this one, what exactly was President Trumps mysterious misspelled midnight tweet . Breaking overnight, a massive bomb in afghanistan with more than 80 people dead and hundreds wounded. Plus, Comedian Kathy Griffin under fire for her gruesome photos of a mock President Trump beheaded. I went way too far. I made a mistake and i was wrong. We begin this morning with President Trump reportedly planning to say goodbye to the paris agreement, the International Landmark deal to fight climate change. I have the best team with me here today to break it down, starting with Nbcs Kristen Welker live at the white house. Kristen, what exactly do we know about the president s decision . Weve heard hes listening to everyone. Hes going to take a week, a month, now hes out of paris . Well, that is the latest reporting. Axios first to report it, we have yet to confirm it. Weve reached out to a number of different white house officials here waiting for that final confirmat