Bilateral cooperation as well as bring relations to a qualitatively new level. Trump calmed it a nice letter and agreed russian president s view. Compared to a quote we heard on msnbc. Reporting from trump that he said, let it be an arms race between the u. S. And russia. That was trumps response when asked to clarify a tweet yesterday where he called on the u. S. To greatly strengthen and expand its Nuclear Capability. Bring in Senior International correspondent Matthew Chance and pentagon correspondent brash starr. Matthew, what did Vladimir Putin say about this letter and the suggestion of a new Nuclear Arms Race . Reporter yeah. He didnt mention the letter. Something that came out, the Trump Transition Team in florida. But he talked about the possibility of a Nuclear Arms Race. Asked about an epic press conference throughout the course of the day that lasted nearly four hours and asked about this trump tweet. He cast it to one side, downplayed it somewhat saying he dpn s didnt see
Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. We begin with the world lead. At least 22 innocent people including children as young as 8 have been killed in the deadliest terror attack in britain since the 2005 london bombings. Nearly 60 more people have been injured. The attack happened in manchester which is about a fourhour drive north of london as an Ariana Grande concert was ending at the Manchester Arena. Panic and chaos ensued after the blast which was near the box office part of the arena complex. Oh, my god. Whats going on . What just happened . [ bleep ]. Whats going on . Oh, my god police say that they believe as of now a lone suicide bomber, 22yearold salman abedi, carried out the attack. Authorities are now trying to determine if abedi was part of a Larger Network while isis has claimed responsibility for the deadly bombing. We have cnn cnn correspondents atika shusht and Clarissa Ward covering all aspects of this attack. Lets start with clarissa. Were learning that the attacker wa
Humorist Andy Borowitz. He says the president defies satire. First, depending on what channel you were watching this week, its like you were hearing about a different hearing. Now, President Trump is telling a simple story over and over again. Hes saying james comey is a leaker, but comey has vindicated him. So at the end of the week, a defiant president briefly faced the press. Should i take one of the Killer Networks that treat me so badly as fake news . Should i do that . He did. He took questions from abcs john carl. Well get into that in a moment. Back to the hearing. Last thursday, 19. 5 Million People tuned in at home, on television, to watch the fired fbi director speak in public for the first time about his interactions with the president. So about 20 million via tv. We dont know how many streamed it on the web or watched at the office or at bars and things like that. Bottom line, a big audience for comeys testimony. Now, the president wants to turn the page and his backered o
Career. Joining me now is sochi, the Communications Director for the Democratic National committee. Thank you for being here tonight. We had other topics we want to cover with you and we will try to get that in as well. But obviously the story getting enormous amount of attention this evening. I want to get your response to it. What are your thoughts . What should happen now . Absolutely. This is disgusting and this is something we cannot stand for. I think regardless of party, this is an issue that americans should be worried about. I think that we hope to hear from Governor Northam directly about this because regardless of party, this is disgusting. Its not great. Martha so, the Republican Party in virginia released a statement saying they believe he should step down for this. Is that what you are saying as well . Right now we have not heard from Governor Northam directly. That is something we will want to do. Because those are extremely troubling the photo is extremely troubling. An
From iran, the pentagon releasing this video of the Islamic Revolutionary guard using a surfacetoair missile to shoot down a drone. Iran released its own video claiming the drone of violated territorial airspace over the mouth of the persian gulf. The pentagon insists this is international airspace. President trump says iran it made a mistake but downplayed any suggestion that it was a provocation that came from the top. It couldve been somebody who is lucinda stupid stupid that did it. We will be able to report back and you will understand exactly what happened but it was a foolish move, that i can tell you. Laura how will the u. S. Respond . Fox News National security correspondent Jennifer Griffin live tonight at the pentagon. Its the first time iran has admitted shooting down an american warplane, its a second time in a week they have fired at a u. S. Drone, this time they hit their targets. A 110 million u. S. Navy global hawk. Competing narratives from iran and the pentagon about