The west coast with dangerous landslides and heavy flooding, part of a massive system sweeping across the country. Plus after the oscar, the homeless teen story leads to an Academy Award. One year later she joins us to talk about her life now. We have a lot to get to tonight. The situation in ukraines crimea region is very fluid this hour. Its also extremely dangerous. Heres what we know. U. S. Officials say they are seeing signs of troops moving in from russia. Washington is talking with its allies in europe about the consequences. U. S. Citizens should postpone all nonessential travel to ukraine. Tonight we have extraordinary video that speaks to the growing crisis in crimea. This cell phone video shows what appears to be Russian Military helicopters flying over crimea towards the city of serm ferm, one of the areas seized by the government. Al jazeera is committed to covering this story. Our indepth coverage starts at the center of the crisis. Jennifer glasse has the story from sirm
One from only johannesburg that made a stop in senegal. They already started the screening at jfk this past weekend. Health officials at the airports are screening airport passengers using no touch thermometers to screen for fevers, one of the first symptoms of ebola. Describe what you saw. They asked if we were feeling sick like we had the flu. If a passenger rest and registers an unusually high temperature, the most drastic measure would be to place them in a koran teen area for the 21day incubation. Reporting placed them in quarantine for 21 days. A Loudoun County inmate was taken to the hospital after visiting west africa. They were taken in with a lowgrade fever. We will continue to monitor this case and bring you many any developments as soon as we have them. On theebola death is mind of lawmakers now. They found themselves in the hot seat on capitol hill today. Greta kreuz is now alive and she has more from todays hearing. They grilled Health Officials for hours about what has g
Much of the questioning was focused on her role using enhanced interrogation techniques, torture after the 9 11 attacks. And, showing headlines regarding Donald Trumps personal lawyer, Michael Cohen. There are new allegations that a Russian Oligarch paid him half a Million Dollars and that cohen was promising access to trump, all sorts of people and businesses. All of these issues are sure to come up this hour during Sarah Huckabee sanders briefing which we will bring you as soon as it begins. Joining me now, nbc muses kelly odonnell. So much has happened since the last White House Briefing im surprised they are having one. They have a lot to answer for. But the cohen allegations are overshadowing the things the president would like us to be looking at, that is continued success on the north korea discussions. Thats right. It will be a 24hour day at the white house because of the anticipated arrival of the three americans released from north korea happening in the overnight hours. But
World. We so often use the word unique. That is the best word to describe him and what really was a gift. He was a truly unique character with a unique ability to connect and to tell stories that were about food, but ended up being about so much more. Cnn did put out a statement this morning. It reads in part, his love of great adventure, new friends, fine food and drink and the remarkable stories of the world made him a unique storyteller. His talents never ceased to amaze us. We will miss him very much. Here is a small look at part of his immense body of work. Chapter one. To fall in love with asia is one thing. To fall in love in asia is another. Both have happened to me. Is there value in just Beautiful People and objects moving through space in beautiful ways . Is there a value to the color of a pomegranate . New york city where i live. Its easy to think having lived here nearly all my life that this is what america looks like. Thinks like. That the things that are important to me
Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. The politics lead. A u. S. Government official telling me today its like, quote, pulling teeth to get the white house to focus on the very real ongoing threat of continued Russian Election interference. Quote, in general, senior white house staff felt it wasnt a good idea to bring up issues related to russia in front of the president , the official told me. You might recall senior officials told Robert Mueller and his team that President Trump worries that russias 2016 interference undermines the legitimacy of his electoral win. Now this Government Official told me the department of Homeland Security tried repeatedly over the last year or so to set up more cabinet level meetings leading up to the midterms and after the midterms, but that department, quote, kept getting the heisman from National Security adviser john bolton and others in the white house. Director of National Intelligence dan coats shared these concerns, the official tells me, and fel