Incident in afghanistan and once again isis there is claiming responsibility. A Shiite Muslim Cultural Center was the target this time of the afghanistan isis spinoff. The suicide bomber walked into the center of a gathering leaving a scene of death and destructions. Other explosions outside. 41 killed, at least 84 wounded. Shiite targets there. Isis in afghanistan started in 2015. It has been growing in strength as it has been fading in other parts of the world. Between isis and taliban afghanistan still a very dangerous place, rick. Rick what has been the u. S. Response . Strong response. We heard from the u. S. Embassy in kabul where the incident took place. They called the attack horrific pledging continued support from the u. S. While the u. S. Is supposed to be playing a backup and training role we have to remember the Trump Administration is doubling down on this 16year long war bringing troop levels back up to 14,000. Recently we learned that special forces were involved in Som
On the 2018 congressional agenda will begin the early part of next year after President Trump returns from maralago. Not sure what his schedule is today. Nothing on his public plans. Yesterday he played golf and day before he enjoyed christmas with his family. He has been touting the successes of the Republican Congress and the last part of the year in 2017. He tweeted, quote, all signs for the business is looking really good for the next year. Only to be helped further by our tax cut bill. Will be a great year for companies and jobs. Stock market is poised for another year of success. Democrats are still criticizing that effort as one that will add substantially to the National Debt and largely benefit corporations and the wealthy. As for next years congressional agenda and republican agenda the president will be speaking with Mitch Mcconnell and paul ryan the first weekend in january at camp david to outline their priorities. Expected to be on the top of that list is infrastructure.
Good morning, im Rick Leventhal on this last friday of 2017. Well ring in the new year together. Good morning. President trump railing against north korea and china in a New York Times interview. The president sounding off in the special counsel investigation and indicating he has faith in Robert Mueller and the outcome saying lets just say i think that bob mueller will be fair and Everybody Knows that there was no collusion. Rich edson is traveling with the president live in West Palm Beach, florida. Hi, rich. Good morning, julie. He brought up that investigation and denied that there was any collusion between his campaign and the russian government during the 2016 election. Did so about a dozen times in a 30minute interview. He also then asked about former secretary of state Hillary Clinton and her deleted emails saying what ive done, i have absolute right to do. What i want to do with the Justice Department. But for the purposes of hopefully thinking im going to be treated fairly, i
Findings. Were getting terrible decisions from the ninth circuit as usual. I know that chief Justice John Roberts has been speaking a little bit about it. And i think i have a lot of respect for him. I like him and i respect him but i think we have to use some common sense. Saudi arabia has been a longtime strategic partner. I dont know if anyone will be able to conclude the crown prince did it but i will say this, i dont know. I dont know. Kevin corke is live in west palm beach. Critics say when it comes to saudi arabia and khashoggi, the white house is choosing to look the other way. What are they saying about that . Well, i have to say this, julie, im glad you ran that clip there of the sound. It underscores the white houses thinking on this. They say on the record its complicated. They note the sanctions that theyve put on those individuals that they believe were involved in this circumstance and talk about the strong diplomatic outreach on background theyll tell you listen, this i