Several miles of oil slicks have been spotted on the gulf of thailand on the general flight path that jet was on before it disappeared. And something unusual has officials concerned. Two people whose names were on the passenger manifest were not on the plane at all. They say their passports were stolen months or years ago. That means two people were on the plane with passports not issued to them. While we wait for word from the airline, we want to talk about this stolen passport concern. For that we have tom fuentes, a former assistant director at the fbi. Also mary skyler, with specific experience on these kinds of incidents. Tom, i want to talk to both of you to get a sense of how important this detail is. I want to read a quote i got this morning. The intel official said, were aware of the reporting on the two lost, stolen passports. No nexus to terrorism yet, but thats by no means definitive. Tom, with your experience, two paerng passengers on that plane with stolen passports. So t
Im erin burnett. Out front, breaking news. We now know the fbi interviewed general Michael Flynn about his russian contacts and tonight the big question what did the president know and when did he know it about his National Security advisor . Press Secretary Sean Spicer today telling reporters something very important. He says the president first learned about flynns lie nearly three weeks ago. They didnt notify the White House Counsels Office until january 26th. At that time there was an immediate the president was immediately informed of that. And asked the white House Counsel to conduct a thorough review. The first part of that review was focused on whether or not there was any legal issue. Thats it. Once that became the issue, then there was it shifted into phase two, which is whether or not there was trust still maintained. That was january 26 tth president of the United States found out about this. Of course its now february 14th. Law enforcement sources telling cnn flynn was int
Investigation into the murder of kim jonguns half brother. Does a new suspect connect to the killing to dear leader himself . Good afternoon, everyone. Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. Were going to begin with the politics lead today. Today one month into the Trump Administration, we are seeing there may not be actually much daylight at all between what candidate trump promised and what President Trump is trying to do, especially when it comes to his tough talk on illegal immigration. Today as a couple of President Trumps cabinet secretaries head over the border and gop leadership heads to the border to scope out the site and possible price tag of the wall, mexico is challenging the president s plans for a crack down on those in the u. S. Illegally. This comes after the administration laid out its plans for aggressive enforcement of the laws on the books claiming democrat and advocates say will result in round ups and mass deportations. Cnns senior Diplomatic Correspondent Michelle
Brian thomas a very warm welcome to the show rescue teams in the italian city of genoa are still working to pull survivors and bodies from the rubble of a collapsed highway bridge at least thirty nine people were killed when a stretch of the brandy bridge caved in during busy midday traffic tuesday the Italian Government initially attributed part of the blame to the e. U. Accusing it of limiting funding for infrastructure but the focus of criticism is now shifting to autostrada a thats the motorways operator locals say theres a long history of concerns about the bridges upkeep but autostrada insists its maintenance checks were up today the government has in the meantime declared a year long state of emergency for the region. Charlotte show some pills on the ground for us in general good morning to you charlotte along with the grief for so many families today theres also apprehension at this hour about those still missing thats right there are number of people fit to still be missing an
Contain clues as to why the boeing seven thirty seven crashed sunday killing all one hundred fifty seven people on board the weather was clear the plane was new so what went wrong and venezuela still in the dark reports of looting and people dying in hospitals as the catastrophic blackout enters its fourth day the countrys self declared president calling for lawmakers to declare the status of a long. Time off its good to have you with us we begin tonight with some breaking news from algeria where president bill is easy beautifully and has pulled out of the race for reelection the decision not to run for a fifth term comes after weeks of nationwide protests against his renewed candidacy in the letter to the. Derian people beautifully said the election that was planned for mid april will now be delayed until after a National Conference on political and constitutional reform the eighty two year old you see right here is reshuffling the government he has been in power since one nine hundre