answers that everybody is looking for in the wake of the last couple of weeks. phil matting live, cnn capitol hill. perhaps some of those answers will help trump determine how he handles russia. trump said he want flexibility. he said, if you get along and russia is really helping us, why would anybody have sanctions if somebody is doing some really great things, president-elect donald trump. trump also says he s prepared to meet with the russian president himself. vladimir putin. more now live in moscow. fred plankton is following the story. fair to say there s some mixed messages coming out of washington. how is this being perceived there in russia? reporter: you know, it s interesting. it seems as though the kremlin at this point in time is trying to do everything to make sure that the relations don t sour
organization without a state, but one that is still very, very dangerous and conduct can conduct attacks in many different places. and may, in fact, become even more dangerous internationally as they re suffering on the battle field in syria and iraq. all right, guys. thanks very much. fred plankton and colonel francona. north korea s leader says his country is close to testing a long-range missile. that missile, if successful, says would have the capability to reach the united states. we have details. plus, the challenges this poses to president-elect donald trump. stay with us. cough, take delsym, the #1 12-hour cough medicine. it helps control the impulse to cough for 12 hours. which means, you re controlling your cough on your morning commute. and later when you re joking with beth. even when most cough medicines stop, delsym is still working. and when your days over, your cough is still under control. thanks to the #1 12-hour cough medicine. delsym. the cough controller.
the owners of the ship, their officers, their homes have been searched as well. michaela? nic, such tragedy. thank you for that latest update. more breaking news right now. this time out of ukraine. troops it called for easter is - over the p operations targeting militants in the easter will resume. this comes after a surge in violence leading many to believe last week s deal to s tensions between ukraine and russia will amount to nothing. cnn s fred plankton has the latest. fred? certainly, it seems that truce called over easter is an absolute peril at best. the government here saying that truce is over. they are going to relaunch what they call an antiterror operation in the east which means the ukrainian military will send forces to try to get pro-russian separatists out of the buildings. you menged the violence going on over easter. there was a top-level politician
president obama says while he has evidence chemical weapons have been used inside syria, he can t make decisions or organize international coalitions based on what he calls the perceived crossing of a red line. we re going to have more from the president in a moment. but we re also getting our first look at the area hit by israel s weekend air strikes near damascus. cnn s fred plankton is the only western journalist in damascus right now. reporter: the explosions lit up the night sky for hours. set off by israeli air strikes on syrian military facilities. two days later, the town surrounding one base that was hit are getting back to normal. they are clearing the debris. this man, who would only give his first name, mohammed,
afghan government officials about possible peace talks. there s a lot going on, and we ve got the story covered on all fronts. ivan watson in kabul, afghanistan. fred plankton in islamabad, pakistan kninic robertson and i tell us what you know about this first. reporter: well, an air strike that took place on saturday according to u.s. and nato spokesmen. usually we re hearing about raids that tart taliban commanders, taliban operatives. this time identifying two arab al qaeda operatives. one by the name of abdullah omar karashi a saudi bringing foreign fighters into afghanistan, ard coulding to a spokesman and abu atta al kuwaiti, a kuwaiti explosives expert. this took place in kunar province near the border with pakistan, in a bloody corner