Very likely to bring the highest temperatures of the year so far. Plenty of warmth and sunshine. Things change a little tomorrow gcioss things change a little tomorrow across Northern Ireland and scotland andi across Northern Ireland and scotland and i will have all the details in 15 minutes. Good morning. First, our main story. The United States says its prepared to launch more Military Action against syria over its use of Chemical Weapons. It follows a Missile Strike on an airbase where the Syrian Government is said to have launched a deadly gas attack last week. The us says its also preparing new economic sanctions against the country. Heres our washington correspondent, david willis. This was americas first direct involvement in the syrian crisis. Its Cruise Missile attack in contradiction of the trump doctrine of avoiding conflicts in far away lands and putting america first. And as syrias army chief inspected the impact of the attack on the air base from which us officials insist
Of israel. And. We said no to trump and others no we will not accept his project. Told him the deal of the century is the slap of the century and we will retaliate. Abbass voice was part of the very loud chorus the world heard today a chorus of defiance against and rejection of u. S. Influence Around The World Today Russian Foreign minister Sergei Lavrov Accused Washington of refusing to recognize the Multipolar Geo Political World that is taking shape pointed to trumps promise to torpedo the Iran Nuclear Deal as an example of a Trump White House that wields only ultimatums and dictates and then there is
turkey today turkish president erda one warned that he will use Military Force against a planned the us backed and kurdish led border force in syria along the border with turkey or one considers the kurdish k. K. Party to be terrorists and armed confrontation could potentially see two nato members clash something unheard of until today. Syrian Government Forces fired on rebel fighters
Exwives and exgirlfriend. How does the fbi fit into that. We just learned some very interesting if not completely clear information from the head of the fbi director. I want to bring in chris cillizza, who is here with me to discuss this. There is a lot to unpack here from Russian Meddling in the election and how that feaffects the midterms coming up. The timeline had it comes to rob porter, you know what, pause for a moment, chris, lets return to the testimony at the Senate Intelligence committee. Theyre out in the community, and i can tell you the Community Values what they do on the island. Thank you. And an oped by a number of former intelligence analysts call the nunes memo and the release, quote, one of the worst cases of politization of intelligence in modern american history, unquote. You said you had concerns about that memo. I know you cant get into the
sure i stay on the unclassified side. We have seen intentions to have an impact on the next election cycle here. Director co
A recap of the days news. A recap of the days news. As part of his plea deal he agreed to cooperate with muellers investigation, and then theres dutch lawyer Alex Van Der Zwaan Who pled guilty to lying to investigators about his discussions with gates. He served 30 days in prison and was deported to the netherlands in june. Richard pinedo pled guilty to Election Fraud running a business selling dummy Bank Accounts to shadowy buyers including russians to sew discord in american politics. His lawyer said he didnt know the identity of his customers. He cooperated with muellers investigation as well. Fired Trump National security adviser Michael Flynn pleaded guilty to lying to the fbi about his conversations with former Russian Ambassador to the u. S. Ambassador Sergey Kislyak and hes been cooperating with the special counsel investigation. His Sentencing Hearing was delayed for the fourth time today. Former Trump Campaign adviser George Papadopoulos pled guilty to making a false statemen
A recap of the days news. An admitted liar and is lying now to help the government. It doesnt behoove him to lie. It would hurt him. If he said this was done at the president s direction he better have proof, and if he doesnt, they say it in the plea agreement, the allocution, when the judge tells you, you know, the deal right before sentencing, if you want to say anything, he took that opportunity. If hes lying hes dying in terms what have this deal means. We both know Michael Cohen from the campaign and just from being a character, a person here in new york. Again, this is a total 180 for him. I cannot wait to hear him speak. I cannot wait to hear his side of the story. Boy, is that going to be amazing. I cant wait to seat proof. Lanny davis just said, i said do you think he knows more things about wrongdoing by the president or even any potential criminal behave i dont remember and he said yes, and he said well see what happens. He wants to Tell The Truth but, yes, i believe he know