57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. We begin with a wildfire emergency in south australia. Around 4,000 people are trapped on the beaches of a seaside town as raging bush fires race to the coast. The fires are so bad near the coastal town that theyve turned the skies a blood red color. The temperature there reportedly topped 120 degrees. Residents say the smoke is so thick that its like choking on dust. Roads to the town are cut off, and australian Officials Say ththat they may have to evacuat people by sea. At least one firefighter was killed yesterday, and the death toll is expected to rise. More than half a dozen people are missing. The bush fires have been raging for several weeks now. Australias Prime Minister fears it may take months to put out the fires. North of the fires, thick smoke can be seen in sydney where new years fireworks are scheduled. Elsewhere around the world people are preparing to welcome in not only a
Undisclosed meeting. They tried to get him to release the funds, arguing it was in the countrys best interest to do so, americas best interest. But the president refused, calling ukraine a corrupt country. A lot to talk about tonight with Boris Sanchez and phil mattingly. Good evening to you. Boris, i want to start with you. In this New York Times reporting, mulvaney has been near or at the center of this saga from the beginning, but its clear now that he was key in the operation to withhold the aid to ukraine. Yeah, thats right, victor. He was effectively a conduit doing President Trumps bidding and trying to freeze this military aid to ukraine. And in that email exchange that you read a portion of when mulvaney emails that aide, rob blair, about tying up loose ends, its clear that they both understand that this decision could have serious political implications and create problems for the white house. Blair responds by saying that congress can get unhinged, that this could potentiall
Koalas. Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. Happy new year. We begin with our world lead. Hundreds of protesters, some violent chanting death to america and storming the u. S. Embassy in baghdad, smashing windows, scaling the walls, setting fires, claiming to be angry over american airstrikes on an iranianbacked militia on sunday and billowing smoke filling the air beyond the walls beyond the diplomatic compound, americas largest embassy anywhere in the world. Attachy helicopters were dispatched to fly over the embassy and more american troops are on the way. The embassy currently on lockdown but right now there are no plans to evacuate any personnel. President trump pointing the finger squarely at iran and the militia leadership for fuelling the protests and for launching the original attacks on americans that prompted the retaliation. As Cnns Kaitlan Collins traveling with president now reports. Reporter a chaotic scene as protesters storm the u. S. Embassy in baghdad today. Scaling
Esper, and secretary of state mike pompeo met in the oval office with the president in august in a previously undisclosed meeting. They tried to get him to release the funds, arguing it was in the countrys best interest to do so, americas best interest. But the president refused, calling ukraine a corrupt country. A lot to talk about tonight with boris san dhez and phil mattingly. Good evening to you. Boris, i want to start with you. In this New York Times reporting, mulvaney has been near or at the center of this saga from the beginning, but its clear now that he was key in the operation to withhold the aid to ukraine. Yeah, thats right, victor. He was effectively a conduit doing President Trumps bidding and trying to freeze this military aid to ukraine. And in that email exchange that you read a portion of when mulvaney emails that aide, rob blair, about tying up loose ends, its clear that they both understand that this decision could have serious political implications and create pr
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