Dozens of current and former u. S. And israeli diplomats that they have talked to many others. No surprise officebviously that the United States and israel would spy on each other. The real surprise is that israel would try to use this information against the white house to further its position. And it was discovered as you say by u. S. Intelligence agencies spying on what israeli was doing. And hearing language in conversations there. Which made them realize that the information that they had and were discussing could only have come from a knowledge of what was going on inside those talks. So eavesdropping at the highest level. Chris in. So nic, we have the intrigue of the politics surrounding the talks, lets get into the talks themselves. The issue of centrifuges. Thats central. What do we understand . Well one of the points that arises in the wall street journal article is they used a number of 6,500 centrifuges, a part of the deal. That iran might be able to use the ir4 centrifuge.
Says, under water with many people fearing with many fear that people could still be trapped. Lets get to Pauline Chiou live in hong kong with the latest deta details. The High School Students you mentioned were on their way to a Resort Island for a fourday holiday. At 9 00 a. M. This morning the ferry sent out a distress signal and then two hours later that ferry was just about gone. A desperate rescue after a crowded passenger ferry suddenly began sinking off the coast of south korea. More than 450 people were aboard the ferry. 325 of them High School Students from just outside seoul on a class trip to a nearby Resort Island. One student told the korean news network ytn he heard a loud bump before the ship started to sink. Shortly after the ship issued a distress call helicopters and boats including a ship from the u. S. Navy seventh fleet scrambled to assist the overturned vessel rushing to rescue the frightened passengers, clinging to railings, wait for help. These two passengers w
This region surfaced on the internet. Lets talk more about the drone strikes. Cnn National Security analyst peter bergen joins us, hes on the phone. Peter, put this strike into context for us and talk about the importance. And is there anything that you know or you can tell about the, lets siee, the three senior members killed in this attack . We dont know who those people were, and we may not know for some period of time. In terms of the kind of the context here, president obama has authorized around 100 drone and Cruise Missile strikes since he assumed office. There was only one drone strike in yemen in the two president ial george w. Bush terms, so it really shows the focus used to be on pakistan and al qaeda members there, the focus is largely shifted to yemen. Were not seeing any drone strikes in pakistan over the last several months, whereas weve seen eight drone strikes in yemen since the beginning of the year, victor. So, peter, could this strike have been tied to the video tha
Lead the department of energy, the department he once forgot. Trump putting off the press conference later this week where he promised to announce the future role in the company he built. Lets get right now to nbcs National Correspondent Peter Alexander at the white house whos following the latest dwoms. Good morni developments. Reporter Rex Tillerson is a Texas Oil Man whos risen to become the companys chairman and ceo. Hes been in leadership there since president reagan was in power. Tillerson is the first person nominated for secretary of state in modern history with no Public Sector experience. Still his work sent him to dozens of countries like saudi arabia and yemen and thats the experience that Donald Trumps team said makes him qualified for this job. Trump himself tweeting this morning, ive chosen one of the truly great Business Leaders of the world, Rex Tillerson, but its tillersons deep ayes ties. The order of friendship medal. One of the highest to receive and search for oil
I saw one person there shooting. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack. Cnn correspondent sarah is joining me from istanbul. The manhunt is on the way and the Prime Minister said he should be apprehended soon. What more do you know . Thats the difficulty. They pretty much kind of kept the rest of that information quiet as to exactly, for example, where they might be looking and who they might be looking for. Granted, they have seen the surveillance videos of the suspected gunman. There were a lot of rumors and a lot of witnesses that thought they saw more than one gunman but the government says they do believe it is simply one person that they are hunting down as we speak. Now, the question is, how long will that take and will any other attacks occur before theyre able to apprehend this person. This place was an absolute scene of a massacre inside of what you are seeing behind me, which is the nightclub. An upscale nightclub that is right on the the hot spot, the place to