Jim akos sta costa is standing. This is a massive rebuke on the president s claims. Reporter it is, brooke. And you heard the speaker of the house repeating what devin nunes said long the adam schiff theres no evidence of wiretapping conducted on trump tower before or after the 2016 election and now to have the statement from both republican chairman of the Senate Intelligence committee long the ranking democrat mark warner saying based on the Information Available to us we see no indication that trump tower was the subject of any surveillance by the United States government either before or after election day 2016. I think the key word is the word surveillance. You have been hearing from this white house over the last few days you had the White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer putting wiretapping in air quotes saying that refers to all sorts of surveillance. Here you have a statement from the Senate Intelligence committee saying that they dont believe, see any indication that trump t
today, the city of new york and the country paid their respects to a fallen police officer, jason rivera. thousands of his fellow officers tuned out turned out today for a service to honor officer rivera. just want to pause on that scene for a moment. a sea of blue, all in appreciation of a man who made the ultimate sacrifice in the line of duty. officer rivera and wilbert mora were killed a week ago whether a suspected gunman opened fire after the officers responded to a 911 call at a harlem apartment. his wife who he married in october also spoke saying she would be lost without him. that is it for us. the news continues here on cnn with jim akos it and democracy
as heavy fighting is still expected in the east of ukraine, near mariupol, and in the country south, the ukrainian presidential adviser is issuing a stark warning that the days ahead will, quote, not be easy. officials have already stepped up calls in recent days for the u.s. and its allies to deliver more heavy weaponry. while the country waits for more help, ukrainian armed forces have been seizing empty equipment and transferring it. at the same time, ukrainian pilots have so far been able to prevent the russian air force from taking full control of ukraine s air space. cnn s jim akos that spoke with one ukrainian air force pilot who goes by the call sign moon fish to protect his identity. he walked us through his journey as he fights for his country and witnesses the devastation that comes along with it. on a personal level, what has it been like for you to see that
welcome back, everyone. president donald trump s pick for army secretary is withdrawing his nomination. that s right. vincent viola says it would be too difficult for him to untangle his business ties. the billionaire from new york owns a u.s. hockey team and founded several companies. viola says he is still offering his support, though, to mr. trump and the administration. a bit of a surprise development there. meanwhile, mr. trump quick to establish a new tone, of course, for american diplomacy which fits his personal style. we are seeing much of the same at home in the u.s. our jim akos to reports on all the action out of the trump white house. reporter: president trump delivered a brief but stern message to iran from the oval office. they re not behaving. reporter: the trump administration is backing that warning with new sanctions on iran, hitting 25 individuals and
speech and it took many many weeks to patch up that relationship as best as it could be patched up. i was at a speech that vice president joe biden gave to members of the jewish american community in washington where the israeli ambassador to the u.s. was there and there was a lot of concern in that room that the white house is not on the same page as israel. we talked to senior administration officials at the white house, they know where benjamin netanyahu stands on this issue. they don t expect these differences to be patched up. i suspect, wolf there will be other conversations between president obama and prime minister netanyahu in the days and weeks to come wolf. i m sure it was a tough conversation. i would have loved to have heard it. we ll be speaking shortly, by the way, with a former israeli ambassador to the united states michael oren. he doesn t like this deal either. jim akos at the tacostaacosta thanks very much. jim has spent more than two decades at the u.s. state