Im kendis gibson. And im linsey davis in for diane. We begin with iran. Bracing for punishing new u. S. Sanctions and possibly much more after testing a ballistic missile. Senators from both parties are turning up the pressure and President Trump says hes not ruing out military action. Meanwhile, the president is defending a heated phone call with australias Prime Minister as lawmakers intervene reassuring that nation that it still has unwavering american support. Abcs Elizabeth Hur is following the overnight developments. She joins us here in new york. Good morning, elizabeth. Reporter kendis and linsey, good morning to you. As far as iran is concerned both parties are coming together saying theyre concern and President Trump says he agrees and is not ruling anything out. From talking tough to taking action. Thats what i do. I fix things. Were going to straighten it out. Reporter President Trump ready to impose new sanctions against iran. Iran continues to threaten u. S. Friends and a
Super adstravaganza. Which ad will steal the show and your vote . Good morning, everyone. A lot to get to this thursday morning. Lets take a look at a live shot, George Washington bridge, traffic moving pretty well this morning, but, boy, it sure wasnt a few months back after the traffic jams engineered by aides to Chris Christie to get back at one of his political opponents. One of the Big Questions right now, how much has it hampered his white house prospects . He has stepped up. Hes talking about the new jersey governor after those bombshell emails with calls for criminal investigations. Abcs jim avila is in ft. Lee, new jersey, right now, has the very latest for us. Good morning, jim. Reporter good morning, robin. Its four days that ft. Lee, new jersey, wont soon forget. The feds now asked to join the investigation into that massive traffic jam that endangered lives for apparently political reasons. Looks like there might be a tieup. Reporter this town in the shadow of americas bus
The killing of george floyd by police. As i talked to my friends, who have been in this movement for a very long time, who wake up in this movement every day, and i ask them what theyre seeing, what theyre feeling, what theyre hearing, to a person, i hear them say we dont know these folks. Meanwhile, donald trump and his attorney general had their own explanation, labeling the instigators as left wing and antifa groups. In many places it appears the violence is planned, organized and driven by anarchic and left extremist groups, far left extremist groups. Well, as of this morning, the story has shifted yet again. State officials have since walked back their claims that most of those arrested were from out of state. The situation is so fluid, were still not sure who the violent protesters were or where they came from, but the idea that people would use the grief and justifiable rage that millions of people all over the country feel to wreak havoc on the very communities that are sufferi
The police about the attack and the investigation. Both of them had assault rifles came around the back of the car and started shooting at the police car. The Police Officer in that car began returning fire and struck both men taking them down. Obviously they were there to shoot people. We will continue to investigate. This is not going to be a real fast investigation. Weve got our suspects we continue to monitor social media, and other gather other intel to make sure that were not getting any more or any threats. So we dont know their intent other than we know that they were willing to pull up and start shooting on police. We think their strategy was to get to the event center into the event center and they were not able to get past that outer perimeter that we have set up which was part of that security. Our ed lavandera following the events in garland texas outside dallas and rose sa flores watching whats going on. Did the police say whether there was a specific threat made against
Racist photo from his medical School Yearbook in 1984. The photo shows one person in black face and the other in a ku klux klan robe. Northam is taking responsibility for the photo but didnt specify whether hes the guy in black face or wearing kkk garb. So far northam has apologized but said he will remain in office. Calls for his resignation are coming from all corners, not just republicans but longtime allies like his predecessor terry mcauliffe, state house and Senate Democrats and the legislative black caucus. Several 2020 democratic hopefuls tweeted calls for northam to resign. If northam does step down Lieutenant Governor Justin Fairfax would become governor. This racist photo was placed in a medical School Yearbook not a high School Yearbook in 1984, the year that Jesse Jackson first ran for president. Joining me is Mark Thompson host of sirius xm radio, jeanpierre adviser at moveon. Org, Jonathan Capehart and by phone laura, a virginia politics reporter for the Washington Post.