And im jane dutton this is the news live from doha coming up in the program replacing jacob zuma south africas ruling party prepares to select a new leader. Funerals are held for palestinians killed in antique trunk protests including an activist in a wheelchair. Dying to get to europe the Dangerous River crossing claiming the lives of hundreds of refugees. Fetus transgender and diversity just three of the words now banned by the white house for use by the leading Public Health agency in america. South africas ruling party the African National congress is meeting in johannesburg to select its new leader who ever has chosen to succeed jacob zuma who is tainted by corruption allegations will lie. Lead the a. N. C. Into the two thousand and nineteen president ial election the party is deeply divided between an a. N. C. Veteran and one of south africas most successful businessmen tell you page is live for us in johannesburg is one you want the feeling is there tania how much excitement for
So i certainly hope they would be but i have no confidence as i sit here right now that they will. Senator nelson when, mr. Secretary, when you look at a map like this, a map of syria that i assume you handed out, somebody did thats a mess. And maybe it is the only solution is the solution of a political exit for assad so that we can go after these extremist elements. By the way, i had to leave the committee to do an interview on cnn, and the whole focus that they wanted to jump on was your statement earlier in the hearing that we had only trained up 60. But i pointed out to them what you said was the vetting is very difficult and in fact we are vetting some several thousands additional and the vet is a lot more tore tuesdayous because you certainly dont want to have a guy trained up and then you ends up aiming his gun back at us. In iraq, do you think that this new Prime Minister has the capability of getting out of his shiite mold and does he have the capability of bringing all the s
Here in the usa, theyre looking at fake news, the deliberately twisted lying kind, but will anything change . And what does a newspaper to a billionaire doctor signal . Can he cure an ailing giant . But first President Trump is defending hiss staff after a series of missteps in the rob porter abuse allegations. Hope hicks has become part of the scandal and story absolutely fantastic. He says she is very talented a d and. Joining me now is lyn sweet, a columnist and bureau chief at the sun times. Washington bour bureau chief, greetings to you all and happy morning. Hi, frank. Let me start with you. You profiled hope hicks and as we pointed out, hope hicks is in the middle of all this, what does this say about the Communications Director that she can be part of the story and still trying to shape it. Shes found herself at the center of a public scandal this way, theres been tons of hir g hirings, firings and people have retired from Donald Trumps orbit and she has enjoyed. But cnn was th
Democratic memo on russia. Is it all politics . Plus. I tried to be a good person and everybody around me attacked me. Omarosas star turn on a reality tv show, spilling her version on life in the white house. Reaction next. But we begin with that explosive tweet by the president from the white house today. He appears to be defending the two white house aides who both this week were forced to resign following accusations of Domestic Violence by their exwives. Both are denying the accusations. Kelly odonnell is at the white house. Kelly, tell us what specifically the president is saying. Reporter in the wake of two staffers, one very senior and familiar to the president , rob porter, who worked in the oval office on a daily basis, and one less wellknown, working in an Environmental Quality office within the white house complex, a speechwriter, david sorensen, both have resigned. We heard from the president who was asked by reporters about the rob porter situation. You played a clip of th