Destruction. This is threatening a feud between the top agencies and the President Elect white house. Were getting phew reaction from moscow. Well get to that in a moment. Lets bring in eugene scott and tom lobianco. Good morning. The strategy behind this statement. Just three sentences. Unsigned. What what is the the calculation here from the trump folks . Its a continuation of Donald Trumps message during the campaign that he believes he knows more than the Intelligence Community. Thats a hard sell to make at this point, given that we know he only is getting about once a week president Daily Briefs Gnat would give him more information about National Security globally. That statement is inaccurate. These are not the same people that were heading the departments when the Bush Administration was in place. This is new information and new revelations about what is happening abroad. Tom, i talk t about the
possibility that this would cause a feud between the Intelligence Community and the
Just returned from north korea. In fact will any indication on why north korea is suddenly flexing this military might . This is a major achievement for them. If it is accurate theyve been working for quite sometime to try to develop a Ballistic Missile that they could launch from a submarine. It gives them much more flexibility as to where they could launch an attack from. So of course an attack like that would be much more difficult to defend against. In fact kim jongun in state media was comparing this to north koreas three successful satellite launches this is nothing new it doesnt necessarily signal more north korea ramping up its military effort this is a country thats constantly investing a considerable amount of money into its military. Even though it doesnt have a whole lot of money to go around. It doesnt have enough money to feed adequately all of the people in the country. They have the mindset that theyre under the constant threat of invasion so theyre developing Technolog
Captions by vitac www. Vitac. Com happening now in the newsroom, attack talk. Totally convinced, not for the first time. Remember, not for the first time Bashar Alassad has used chemical weapons. There must be accountability. I believe we should use maximum have maximum use of cruise missiles. Obama orders a report justifying a strike as assad tell s america, you will fail. Also, yosemite tinderbox. Firefighters replace tourists as thousands race to save an american treasure. Oh, my god. This morning, condition critical. New concerns for the largest trees on earth, californias beautiful sequoias. Have they met their match . Plus, extreme heat shutting down schools in the midwest. Temperatures soaring well above 100. Its just really hot, and its just hard because were sweating and stuff like that. Classes cancelled, practice postponed. Relief not coming at least until the weekend. Youre live in the cnn newsroom. Good morning, thank you so much for being with me. Im carol costello. We be
Responding to the escalating crisis in ukraines crimea peninsula. Im Candy Crowley and this is a special edition of state of the union. The Prime Minister of ukraine says his country is on the brink of disaster. This as Russian Troops are in crimea and in response, and the United States condemns what it is calling an act of aggression. Earlier on state of the union, ukraines ambassador to the u. N. Said his country will need military help from other nations. We are to demonstrate that we have our own capacity to protect ourselves as it was decided today in the parliament and we are preparing to defend ourselves. And nationally if aggravation is going in that way, when the Russian Troops, they are enlarging their quantity with every coming hour, naturally we will ask for military support and other kind of support. Russia says it reserves the right to use force to protect its military personnel and russians citizens in crimea. In response to the crisis, the United States, Great Britain,
Are already there taking control. Today president putin watched his troops in russia practicing and as he bears down, the world is waiting to see how president obama will live up to his work. Three days ago, he spoke with costs for any military intervention by russia. Secretary of state john kerry is heading to the capital of kiev tonight and the u. S. Just announced they wont send a delegation to the paralympics in sochi that start on friday. The critics say the u. S. Response has not been fast or furious enough. Senator john mccain for instance spoke to cnn last hour. With ukraine, it is the crown jewel. Lets go back to peace. What kind of a message are we sending and slashing the military some. We are covering this international kroo isz from all angles the retired general. Phil black is in moscow. Help us clear up the confusion here. The question we want to know with forces, did russia issue an ultimatum and set this deadline on ukrainians if they dont swear allegiance or surrender