Starts right now. Good evening, im katy tur in for chuck todd in new york. Days after strikes on the syrian air field, americas role in the region remains unclear. U. N. Ambassador nikki haley said regime change should be on the way. Here she is with our own chuck todd on sundays meet the press. In no way do we so peace in the area with russian covering up for assad and no way do we see peace in the area with assad as the head of the seeyrian government. Uprooting assad didnt sneak up with tillersons statements. While sis sis is in focus, assads fate is not defined. The strategy in syria, our priority is first the defeat of isis, then we hope to turn our attention to achieving ceasefire agreements between the regime and opposition forces. We are hopeful that w can work with russia and use their influence to achieve areas of stabilization throughout syria and it is through that political process that we believe the Syrian People will be able to decide the fate of Bashar Al Assad. H. R.
Russia. Joining us now are White House Correspondent sara murray and manu raju. Manu, you had a chance to speak with senator graham a little while ago. What did he tell you . Thats right. We did talk about a hearing that he had yesterday in which sally yates and James Clapper did testify before his committee. He did say he felt that sally yates did an incredible job and he also said that perhaps donald trump kept Michael Flynn in that position for 18 days as National Security adviser, even as he was warned he could vehicle blackmailed because, quote, trump is very loyal to Michael Flynn. What intrigued Lindsey Graham was an exchange he had with James Clapper about possible business connections between trump interests and russian interests and clappers refusal to respond. Listen to his exchange from yesterday. General clapper, during your investigation of all things russia, did you ever find a situation where a trump business interest in russia gave you concern . Not in the course of th
Have not yet really tried. Nor could i support it without knowing how much it will cost, how it will affect insurance premiums and how many people will be helped or hurt by it. Without a full cbo score, remember, the cbo said it would take weeks to score this bill, which wont be available by the end of the month, we wont have a reliable answer to any of those questions. They want to get this done before september 30th, obviously, thats the time frame they can do it without by only using a simple republican majority, more than 50 votes, 51 votes. Kasie hunt is with me now. Kasie, this shouldnt come as that much of a surprise. John mccain was calling to go back to regular order, to have hearings on Something Like health care, a bill as important as this, some bipartisan efforts there. That didnt happen. They were trying to ram this through. Reporter i have to tell you, im a little bit surprised that we are getting john mccain coming out front on this before we have heard from Lisa Murkow
Multiple children found starving, chained to beds and a home inme southern california. With the very latest on this horrific, developing story, trace gallagher. This is beyond heartbreaking. You cant even imagine was happening. Is horrifying, sean. It happened in paris, californi california, about 70 miles south of los angeles. Police say they gothe a 911 call early sunday morning from a girl who s said she escaped from her home and that her 12 brothers and sisters were being held captive inside. When authorities first saw the girl, they say because of her emaciated appearance, she looked to be around ten years old. But shes actually 17. What they found inside the home wasng even more disturbing. Several children were shackled to their beds with chains and padlocksk in dark and foulsmelling surroundings. Police assumed all 12 found inside were kids, but seven of them turned out to be adults, ranging in. Age from 18 to 29. The youngest victim, only two years old. According to police, th