I want to bring in cnn chief National Security correspondent p tim sciutto, and Lieutenant Colonel rick francona. The mother of all bombs. Largest nonnuclear bomb the u. S. Has ever used in combat. The president is calling it a success. Lets take a look first. You look at whats happened over the last eight weeks and compare that to whats happened over the last eight years. Youll see theres a tremendous difference. Tremendous difference. We have incredible leaders in the military, and we have incredible military. And we are very proud of them. This was another very, very successful mission. Its important to note here this is the second Major Military strike by the Trump Administration in a week. Thats exactly right. The mother of all bombs, the nickname, actually an acronym for Massive Ordnance Air blast, a bomb designed to explode before it hits the ground, but then destroy underground structures, tunnels, et cetera. Its huge. Biggest under a nuclear bomb. Lets be clear, its about 1,00
Going to pull out. A swift resignation. New York Attorney general Eric Schneiderman, a champion, outspoke en champion of the me o movement, resigning after allegations of violence against women. And the polls are open. Primary season kicks off with Contentious Senate races in four states. Gop hopefuls testing the power of the president s antiestablishment message. Im basically trumpier than trump when it comes to those policies. We begin today with the Iran Nuclear Deal. All signs now pointing to the president reimposing sanctions that could spell the end of the agreement. Heres the question, what is plan b. I have a great panel to break all of it down. First lets explain whats going on. The president will announce his decision at 2 00 p. M. Today. While we dont know exactly what hes going to do, hes expected to take the first step in withdrawing from the iran agreement. The iran deal was formally implemented back in january 2016. U. S. , france, great britain, germany, russia, china a
The president expressing high hopes for the talks. We are live in singapore with the latest. Hi rich. Good morning. Resident trump says he is a confident in his gut going into the meeting tuesday with kim jongun. He addressed reporters before leaving and now the president tweeted on his way to singapore. He says he is looking forward to meeting kim. Thinking theres a chance to achieve a truly wonderful resume for north korea and the summit. He says he looks forward to having a good feeling this onetime opportunity will not be wasted. The president says even with uncertainty going into the meeting with kim jongun he believes there could be a positive result. Just my touch, my feel. That is what i do. How long will it take to figure out whether or not they are serious . I said maybe in the first minute. The way they say that you know if youre going to like somebody in the first five seconds, do you ever hear that . Well, i think very quickly i will know whether or not something good is g
4 00 a. M. On the u. S. East coast, the pain from what hap n happened in pittsburgh, pennsylvania, is still being felt around the world. A mass shooting at a synagogue being investigated as a hate crime. Again, happening saturday at the tree of life synagogue in pittsburgh. A gunman stormed into the synagogue during Morning Services and a baby naming ceremony was going on there. He killed 11 people. Six people were also wounded including four Police Officers and s. W. A. T. Team officers who responded to the calls of an active shooter. The gunman is in custody. Police identified him as 46yearold Robert Bowers. He was apprehended, alive, wounded, shot multiple times, it is believed by the officers who took him down. According to a cnn affiliate sighting, a Police Criminal complaint, bowers told a s. W. A. T. Team officer he wanted all jews to die and he claimed that jews were committing genocide to his people. He also believed to have posted numerous antisemitic and antiimmigrant slurs
And in football a Stunning Development in the Champions League defending champs rail madrid are out there limited by acts of amsterdam is this the end of an era for one of europes best clubs. Im going to thank you for joining Us Afghanistan has been hit by a new wave of violence in the last hours at least sixteen people have been killed in a militant attack and the eastern city of jalalabad these all started early this morning with militants detonating suicide bombs before storming a Construction Company near the citys Airport Security forces rushed to the scene and exchanged fire with the attackers all five of the assailants are now said to be dead. While that attack. Comes as negotiations between the taliban and u. S. Officials continue in qatar the talks are aimed at ending more than seventeen years of violence in afghanistan the taliban have launched a Charm Offensive aimed at winning over the International Community and the Afghan People but as we report many afghans are worried a