Hello. Great to be with you. Coming up this hour, the u. S. President admits theres no Clear Strategy yet to defeat isis in iraq and syria. This as the militant Group Releases shocking new video. Plus cnn is on the ground as intense fighting continues between Ukrainian Forces and pro russian separatists. Now the Ukrainian Government and nato say they have proof that russias military is operating inside ukraine. Those stories and other things were following for you. We begin with this isis claim of a mass execution. As weve seen over the past few weeks, they claim to have video that proves it. And we have to give you a warning, what youre about to see is disturbing. Isis says more than 250 soldiers were marched to their deaths. The group says they were captures when it seized the base which was considered to be the militarys last holdout in Eastern Syria. Activists posted this video apparently shot after the militants left. As the violence escalates, u. S. President Barack Obama Says ba
Aircraft carrier. Romney spoke for 20 minutes. The speech ended with a standing ovation from the crowd. But lots of questions about how well he was being received behind the scenes. Romney said to be taken aback by the cold water that some leading republicans have been throwing on the idea this past week. He does seem to have his family onboard, a seeming reversal from a few months ago, when ann romney told the Los Angeles Times quote, not only mitt and i are done but the kids are done. Done, done done. Seemed definitive when she said that back then. Her change of heart is frontpage news in the New York Times this morning. You can see the story there. If theres one takeaway from romneys speech its this. This is not just a behind closed doors thing right now. Romney has publicly confirmed hes considering another run for the white house. No one has won a nomination for president and lost the general election and come back to win the presidency since Richard Nixon in 1978. Not many have t
Collusion with the Trump Campaign. Nbc news has just learned that trumps personal attorney Michael Cohen, has received requests for information from the house and Senate Intelligence committees, this comes as the controversy surrounding Jared Kushner, the president s Senior Adviser and soninlaw is keeping the white house in crisis mode today. Kushner under scrutiny by the fbi as part of its russia investigation. The Washington Post reports kushner talked about setting up a secret Communications Channel with the kremlin using russian facilities during the president ial transition period. Lots to get to. Nbcs Hallie Jackson at the white house, and kasie hunt is on capitol hill. Hallie, start with you, what do we know about this request being made. We know and also what we dont know aut this. Heres what we know, according to cohen who in a brief interview with nbc news confirmed that he did, in fact, receive these requests for information from the house and Senate Intelligence committees.
Provided by steve bannon, who is anything but flattering to the president and to his family. In particular, bannon takes aim at the president s son, donald trump, jr. For arranging that june 2016 meeting with multiple russians and tom Campaign Staff at trump tower. Bannon called the meeting treasonous, saying speaking of consequences, he said theyre going to crack don junior like an egg on national tv. Bannon says, the chance that don, junior did not walk those jumos up to his Fathers Office on the 26th floor is zero. Nbc news reports that one of the participants in that meeting maintains they did not meet with trump on that day. And that the white house denies that such an encounter considered. Its clear that bannon has his own political motivations, his comments have went into open warfare. President trump offered a scathing critique, saying the white house has called the book a work of fiction. Joining me now are two msnbc political analysts, peter baker is the chief White House Cor
Southern half of the dmz, and moon reciprocated, the two pledged complete denuclearization and to pursue a formal end to the korean war. At least in public, the two did not address an even more historic summit perhaps just a month or so away, that between kim jongun and President Trump. We have it all covered this morning, this hour with live reporters from tokyo to washington. We begin, though, with cnns paula hancocks. She is right near the dmz, where this moment took place. Paula, north and south Korean Leaders have met before. Is the feeling there that this time is different . Reporter well, jim, there is certainly optimism in this country, especially after what we saw today. The optics of this summit between kim jongun and moon jaein were Something Else. Really quite remarkable. Especially when you consider how tense things were just a matter of months ago. So what we saw today was really too leaders who have never met before, who have not spoken to each other before, who are lead