Problems. Everything is going smoothly and you also saw high profile advisors getting chatty coming out in front of cameras. Saying no there is no knife fight inside the trump transition team. And even Newt Gingrich saying no no no were not going to be filling these positions right away. We have time. Were not going to do it on the medias timetable. One interesting question has not been resolved yet. And that is this issue of whether or not Jared Kushner, Donald Trumps soninlaw, the husband of ivanka trump will be receiving the security clearance necessary to receive the president ial Daily Briefing. Kellyanne conway, compawas askes earlier today. She said she didnt know the answer. But when she was asked whether that is appropriate she said yes it is. Because if you are going to get the president ial Daily Briefing you need that kind of access. That kind of talk has prompted the House Oversight committee to fire off a letter to mike pence saying that is not appropriate, sonsinlaw do n
Have met on the sidelines, but a u. S. Official tells cnn that talks with russia for a deal to ease the conflict in syria have ended for now. The g20 summit will come to a close in less than three hours. U. S. Secretary of state john kerry and Sergei Lavrov also met on the sidelines of the summit. There was hope for a meaningful progress for peace in syria, but the two sides were unable to come to any agreement. Well, the u. S. And russia have been at odds on the situation in syria for some time now. Matt rivers has been watching this very closely in hanjo, and he joins us live. Matt, russian and u. S. Talks, theyre over. No deal was reached on syria. What happens next . What more do we know about this meeting between the president s of u. S. And russia . In terms of that meeting thats going on this afternoon, that is closed to the press. In terms of the individual nitty gritty details of what those two men are talking about, were not sure of yet. Now, before this meeting happened, off
Theres new hope. The bombs and the gunfire in syria will stop at sundown on monday. The u. S. And russia have announced a ceasefire deal. Our Nic Robertson has the details now on the peace plan. Reporter so key to the association of hostility is working. Secretary kerry said for the United States to put pressure on the opposition to keep good on their obligations and for russia for their part to keep assad good on his obligations. He said the United Statess assessment was that was what russia would do. This is how he put it. Today the United States and russia are announcing a plan which we hope will reduce violence, ease suffering, and resume Movement Towards a negotiated peace and a political transition in syria. The Obama Administration, the United States is going the extra mile here because we believe that russia and my colleague have the capability to press the assad regime to stop this conflict and to come to the table and make peace. Reporter another key point of this Peace Agree
Criminal acts basically said it was an effort to sort of distract from Hillary Clintons, quote, terrible loss. Notably as you just hit on, he basically said it was the fake news as he described it, that was responsible for treating Michael Flynn so unfairly, which raises a question that donald trump didnt have to answer because it never got posed to him, but the question we would have liked to ask is, if it was fake news, then why did you fire him just a couple of days ago . Its a question that remains unanswered right now, even as the white house is looking forward to trying to find a new National Security adviser with acting National Security adviser Keith Kellogg in that role right now. Another question not answered because it wasnt posed to President Trump today was a question focused on the new reporting from a variety of outlets suggesting that there were contacts between donald trump, his campaign, and its officials and more broadly some senior russian intelligence figures. The
Staterun media agency. Every time the u. S. Goes crazy talking about sanctions and war our will of vengeance will become hundred and thousand times stronger. Provoke us as you wish. With our nuclear strategic weapons we will eradicate the land of the u. S. With no trace left on earth. Let begin with will ripley, who joins us from tokyo. Let me begin with you, will. You have been to north korea 14 times. You returned from your latest visit this weekend. What is your take on this rhetoric and the recent escalation following what they say is a Hydrogen Bomb test . Well, that statement that you just read, poppy, also included yet another threat of the u. S. Territory of guam. South korean intelligence say they are observing activity in north korea that leads them to indicate that north korea will fire some kind of Ballistic Missile possibly before saturday, a Major National holiday, Foundation Day in north korea. South korea said it could be a submarine Ballistic Missile, interrange Ballis