Took so many lives. We are just about to receive a statement, a videotaped statement that the president made a short time ago. A few minutes ago from his Vacation Home in maralago where he had originally gathered to meet the leader of china. Lets listen. On tuesday, syrian dictator Bashar Al Assad launched a horrible chemical weapons attack on innocent civilians using a deadly nerve agent. Assad choked out the lives of helpless men, women and children. It was a slow and brutal death for so many. Even beautiful babies were cruelly murdered in this very barbaric attack. No child of god should ever suffer such horror. Tonight i ordered a targeted military strike on the airfield in syria from where the chemical attack was launched. It is in this Vital National security interest of the United States to prevent and deter the spread and use of deadly chemical weapons. There can be no dispute that syria used banned chemical weapons violated its obligations under the Chemical Weapons Convention
At t says its preparing a response to the rare legal challenge. Is the 85 billion merger in jeopardy . And speaking out. As an accuser goes public with her allegation that Republican Senate candidate roy moore sexually abused her as a teenager, the white house says the president wants senators who support his agenda. Whats the administrations message . Wolf blitzer is off. Im jim acosta. Youre in the situation room. This is cnn breaking news. Breaking news. The Justice Department is set to sue to block at ts takeover of time warner, the Parent Company of cnn. The lawsuit is an unusual challenge to the 85 billion merger which was announced a year ago. At t calls it, quote, a radical and inexplicable departure from decades of antitrust precedent. Were standing by for a News Conference by the two companies. Meanwhile, another major headline tonight. President trump steps up the pressure on north korea, putting it back on the u. S. List of countries that sponsor terrorism. The president sa
The fbi is saying this is just fact ch factually incorrect. Thats certainly their concern. Their statement says that they really didnt have a whole lot of time to review this memo. From everything they have seen, that is the fbi director, Christopher Wray, has seen this memo. From everything he has seen, he has concerns that it is going to be misleading, that there are inaccuracies. This memo, apparently, from fwht ive been told in talking to sources, does not paint a full picture of what the fbi was doing. Thats the danger here. We in the public are going to see something that is not complete. And yes, its going to be unfavorable to the fbi. That is because we are not seeing the full picture. Ive been told similar things. When we say the full picture, its all the background intelligence that would have been used to make a judgment that you need to monitor. So for instance, if this is about a fisa, a renewal fisa that the Deputy Attorney general Rod Rosenstein approved, in order to get
Thailand but their ordeal far from over. Divers trying to reach them and figure out how to get them out. And fourth of july terror plot. An american man arrested for allegedly planning an attack on an Independence Day parade using car bombs and toyed filled with explosives to the children of military personnel. Wolf blitzer is off. Im jim acosta. Youre in the situation room. And we are following breaking news. The white house refusing to comment on roe versus wade and the president talks to nominees to the Supreme Court. Well talk about that and more. But first, go to cnns senior White House Correspondent jeff zeleny. Press secretary Sarah Sanders said the president is not asking about specific cases involving roe versus wade and many cases, jeff, they already know the answer. Right . Reporter no question about it. Jim, the list of 25 finalists to be the potential Supreme Court pick have been out there in the public eye and the president saying he is not asking specifically of landmark