It is the interview that had millions talking overnight. Hillary clintons most wideranging sitdown. Since leaving the state department. She sat down exclusively with Abcs Diane Sawyer, she answered questions on everything, from the consulate attack in benghazi to monica lewinsky. Abcs Tahman Bradley has the latest reaction. Reporter with her new book, hard choices, out today, Hillary Clinton is talking about a possible run for president in 2016. The former secretary of state told Abcs Diane Sawyer that the constant republican criticism of her handling of the benghazi terror attack gives her greater incentive of seeking the white house. We got to be in the majors. And i view this as a diversion from the hard work that the congress should be doing about the problems facing our country and the world. Reporter u. S. Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other americans were killed. Diane asked clinton if she could have done anything more personally to prevent the attack . Im not equipped to s
Capital of mali, a former french colony in west africa. Terrorists stormed the Radisson Hotel armed with guns and grenades. Malian and French Special Operations Forces freed more than 100 hostages, but at least 19 people were killed. Elizabeth palmer in france is following this. Reporter hotel guests were rushed to safety after an assault that began shortly after 7 00 a. M. Theyd been trapped in their rooms when gunmen drove up in a toyota s. U. V. With diplomatic plates and started shooting. Malian special forces set up an antiterrorist cordon. And then helped by their french counterparts and one offduty American Special forces member, they moved floor to floor evacuating more traumatized guests and staff. Those rescued included about a dozen americans, among many foreign diplomats and businesspeople, who were taken to a nearby Sports Center where Embassy Staff came to pick them up. At about 6 50, said this eyewitness, some men started shooting everywhere, shouting allahu ackbar. They
Radisson hotel in mali taking hostages. Just one week after the attacks in paris. Good morning. Im carol costello. And im Anderson Cooper live in paris. Thank you for joining us this morning. There is a lot to get to. We begin out of mali in africa. A counterattack is under way right now the capital of mali where u. S. Special forces are helping retake the Radisson Hotel. Dozens of hostages have been released but the hotel says more than 100 are still trapped inside. That attack began early this morning when gunmen stormed a luxury hotel reportedly carrying ak47s and riding in vehicles carrying diplomatic license plates. At this hour, three have been killed. And goqty1 others injured. And the embassies urging all americans to stay where they are and sending out this video of a Tactical Teaming heading there right now. David mckenzie is following the story. What are you hearing . Reporter excuse me. Not david mckenzie. Robin, what is the latest from you . Good afternoon. What i can tell
Unexplained move, the trum administration is deciding to keep the press briefing off cam a ra. We will have audio, and no visuals, and we expect spicer is going to be facing a firing squad of questions from the reporters on this comey breaking news, and the hunt from the new fbi director sending the additional troops to afghanistan and whether to pull out of the paris accord that nearly every nation on earth has signed on to. And lets begin with the comey news, and let me begin with eric with the reporting, and the assistant managing editor from the Washington Bureau eric, and along with him, i have David Chalian the cnn political dr director and james galliano, the cnn lawns forment analyst, and retired supervisory agent. And so, eric, this is the report ing, and the public testimony, and tell me more about what you think that he is exactly going to say . Well, some uncertainty for weeks of whether comey would be allowed to testify since a special counselor bob mueller has been named.
Lea leer arsenal. Pure fiction made up to demean. Then with all the fake news coming out of nbc and the networks, at what point is it appropriate to challenge their license . Bad for country literally, that tweet came as i stood in the Briefing Room waiting to speak to you, so that hasnt given us a chance to followup. And well do that with Sarah Huckabee sanders. But the exclusive reporting based on three officials in the room during a july 20th meeting at the pentagon is that the president said he wanted to increase the Nuclear Arsenal significantly. Lets show you a graphic that walks you through one of the key moments during a meeting described as tense as times. When the president told the National Security team he wanted to expand the Nuclear Arsenal to what amounted to nearly ten times the current level. The current number we should tell you of u. S. Nukes is approximately 4,000. According to our sources, the president was shown a chart of the history of the u. S. Nuclear arsenal,