they laughed, they joked, they smiled. that was nice to see. but what proceeded all that is the number of tweets from the president, in particular, i bring your attention no this one about the witch hunt. you are witnessing the single greatest witch hunt in american political history. this from the president. led by some here s the key, very bad and conflicted people, presumably talking about bob mueller s counsel team. how do we achieve unity with tweets like that, josh? yeah. it s a good sign and a good thing that nancy pelosi and paul ryan have decided to put aside their differences in order to mark this sort of horrible and sad event. you know, it doesn t seem like there s going to be a lot of follow-up, it doesn t seem like it s going to stick and that s a shame because, you know, there s this references an opportunity to sort of take a step back and take a deep breath and realize that there should be
access of the syrian/iraqi border. josh, their statement made no mention and they specifically no mention of any coordination of foreign forces in the strike, so they want sole credit if, in fact, they did kill al baghdadi. we want to turn now to the latest in the russian investigation though, the special counsel, the latest developments there, that they re at least asking questions about obstruction of justice, that they are looking into the finances of jared kushner. but i want to get your reaction to a statement from rod rosenstein, the number two at the state at the justice department, and this statement in wake of those developments, quote, americans should exercise caution before accepting as true any stories attributed to anonymous officials, particularly when they do not identify the country, let alone the branch or agency of government with which the alleged sources supposedly are affiliated. josh, what do you make of that statement, the word country, and the timing of i
populated areas in the northeast of the country. and their line at the moment is that they have been more focused on battling isis, indeed, than the coalition has. now that fits very well as a line for the russian public, if you look at the amount of air strikes by coalition forces and the push on raqqah and the effective way they have managed to push isis out of raqqah, that may not, indeed, be the case. but russia has always said, actually, we should all unite in the fight against terrorism and it certainly would be a major propaganda victory for them to claim al baghdadi s scalp, rather than the americans. all right. diana, for us, thank you so much for that from moscow. keep us posted if there are any new developments there. joining us to discuss all of this morning, cnn political analyst and columnist for the washington post josh roben, good to have you sir. good morning. talk about the breaking news,