Viewers in the United States and around the world. Im isha sesay. Im john vause. Newsroom l. A. Starts right now. The cnn Sinai Peninsula is where the latest theory is isis put a bomb onboard a plane that brought done metro jet. Intelligence suggests someone am sham el sheikh airport may have put a bomb perhaps in the luggage area. Isis has claimed responsibility for bringing down the padgett that killed all 224 people onboard. Britain has suspended flights to and from the airport while reviewing safety features there. What we are concerned to do is make sure our citizens are safe and all the right safety arrangements are in place. And thats what were checking out this evening, and weve got the cooperation of the Egyptian Government to do that. Ben weedeman is standing by. Whats the latest findings from the team that has been sent there from the uk . According to reports in the egyptian press, john, they did inspect that airport, looking behind the scenes area just to see exactly how s
Vice president mike pence will be in south korea. Secretary mattis will be in the middle east. He will arrived in saudi arabia, then egypt and then to israel. Saturday he will be in qatar and sunday, he will visit the largest u. S. Military base in africa, djibouti. He announced that National Security adviser that h. R. Mcmaster is leaving for afghanistan where he will send the possibility of sending more troops to afghanistan. The u. S. Has more forces on the ground there than iraq and syria combined. Who made the decision to drop the bomb in afghanistan and does it matter . I was interested that you said the bomb was moved to afghanistan in january. Officials tell me this was a decision made in theater by the top u. S. Commander on the ground, general john nicholson. He took this decision on his own. He had all the authorities to do so according to the pentagon. The official arrived in afghanistan for potential usenerly january. So before the Trump Administration had been inaugurated
Multiple sources say susan rice requested to unmask the names of trump transition officials. The unmasked names, People Associated with donald trump, were sent to the nsc, james clapper, john bannon including former deputy nasa security adviser ben rhodes. These names were part of incidental electronic surveillance of candidate donald trump for up to a year before he took office. One of the names collected, they are supposed to be masked meaning they are redacted from reports unless its an issue of National Security or crime. There are loop holes and ways to unmask these through back channels, but americans are supposed to be protected from incidental collection. Our sources say in this case, they were not. This comes in the wake of Evelyn Farkus interview. She said in part, quote, i was urging my former colleagues and frankly speaking to people on the hill, it was more actually aimed at telling the hill people, get as much information as you can, get as much intelligence before presid
Burgdorf. Plus, chapel hill finds redemption. Big night. First, Senate Republicans are preparing to invoke the socalled Nuclear Option as the confirmation of president Trumps Supreme Court nominee neil gorsuch heads toward a dramatic final vote. Yesterday the Senate Judiciary Committee Approved gorsuchs nomination in an 119 vote. It went along party lines. That vote essentially served as a preview of what will likely be a seismic contentious vote by the full senate. At some point today Mitch Mcconnell will file the proceeding to end debate on gorsuchs nomination with hopes of a final vote by friday, but 42 democrats have publicly announced their opposition to the nomination and support for a fill buster. In response, senator mcconnell has left open the option of changing the senate rules so that gorsuch, and potentially future Supreme Court nominees k pass the senate with a simple majority instead of a 60vote threshold. Those likely to fundamentally reshape the way the senate does busi
Helping to funnel big mon nye twitter and facebook. Monday, november 6th. Good morning. We have political reporter for the new york times, nick confessore, harold ford jr. , former aide to the bush white house, elyse jordan and former fbi special agent clint watts. 26 people, ranging in age from 5 to 72 gunned down during sunday morning worship at their smalltown church in sutherland spring, texas. 26yearold man, dressed in all black, Tactical Gear, bulletproof vest, armed with an ar assault rifle, began firing into the church from outside. Told he then entered the church and continued firing. As the suspect tried to make a getaway, Officials Say a local resident grab add rifle, began firing, causing the gunman to drop his weapon and flee the scene. A short time later, as Law Enforcement responded, the suspect right at the Wilson Guadalupe county line crashed out and was found deceased in his vehicle. At this time we dont know if it was a selfinflicted gunshot wound or was shot by the