Just like some people like wet grocery bags. Getting a bad haircut. Overcrowded trains. Turnstiles that dont turn. And spilling coffee on themselves. But for everyone else, theres directv. For 1 rated Customer Satisfaction over cable, switch to directv. And for a limited time get a 100 reward card. Call 1800directv this is cnn tonight. Im don lemon. Breaking news. We are learning tonight that before his inauguration donald trump had already begun raising questions about whether the notorious access Hollywood Tape was a fake. That is corg to the New York Times which also reports trump told a republican senator he wanted an investigation, even though he had publicly admittedtiadmitted it was him on the tape and apologized for it. Also reports the president is continuing to push his false birther conspiracy theory. Thats right, questioning the authenticity of president Barack Obamas birth certificate. Much more on that in just a moment. It comes, though, at a very crucial time for the pre
A combined operation with the armed forces of france and the United Kingdom is now under way. The u. S. Says the operation has targeted at least three sites. They include a Research Center near damascus, a chemical Weapons Storage Facility west of homs, and a nearby command post and Storage Facility. The strikes follow disturbing scenes like the one youre about to see from last week. Now, this purports to show people in douma being treated after a chemical attack. The World Health Organization says dozens of people were reportedly killed. About 500 others showed signs of chemical exposure. The u. S. Says there is proof that at least chlorine was used in the attack. Cnn has reported around the world covering the story from every angle. We begin our coverage this hour with Fred Pleitgen in the lab these capital beirut. Ryan brown at the pentagon. And sam kiley in moscow. Fred, well go to you first. Youre in beirut, and now its the morning in damascus. I think its about 10 00 a. M. Tell u
Him to speak. The next real chance for a breakthrough may not come until the new congress convenes next thursday with democrats now in charge of the house. That brings me to cnn at the white house. Boris, judging by these tweets this morning, the president threatening to close the border and cutoff aid to Central American countries, he appears to be digging his heels in. Reporter thats right, jim. No small thread here from President Trump to shut down the border entirely. We should point out a small portion of the southern border in the san diego area was shut down as part of that migrant carrier arrived. Shutting down the entire southern border would have enormous ramifications on the American Economy and on that volatile stock market we have been seeing that we know the president has been watching closely. Also including in these tweet, a suggestion that the u. S. Should return to a prenafta era. Not sure if the president meant undoing that agreement he dragged on brokers with mexico
Taking off from iran on their way to ukraine, and we have new evidence that most likely missiles shot from and by iran are to blame. We have the forensics. We also have the analysts to make sense of it and the minds to tell us what this means for the United States. And the president said more at a rally tonight about why he had to take out soleimani than he did in his National Address aboutimminencesy. He has yet to prove any good reason why it had to be done at that time, and yet the house today voted nowhere near close to unanimously in voting to take back the power this president used without basis. Why . Time to test. Lets get after it. All right. First the plane. Soon after iran fired missless on u. S. Forces in iraq, a passenger plane lit up in irans sky and went down in a ball of flames. Why . New evidence indicates iran shot down ukrainian flight 752 with two surfacetoair missiles made by russia. The u. S. Apparently saw iranians radar signals or radar signatures locking onto t
Week. That country threatens the u. S. With forceful revenge. President trump said he ordered the killing to stop a war, not start one. The president says hes not seeking a regime change in iraq. We have our reporters and correspondents spread out across the globe right now covering all angles of this story. I want to start in baghdad. The people are holding funerals this morning for military leaders killed in that air strike. What are you seeing today . Well, a short time ago, thousands took to the streets of baghdad. There was a huge crowd of mourners out for this funeral procession for the ten individuals, iraqis and iranians killed in that u. S. Strike. That includes, of course, Qasem Soleimani and also abu mahdi al muhandis, one of the top backers. Amongst the crowds today were a number of senior iraqi political figures and military officials too. You had the iraqi Prime Minister, adil abdul mahdi. The mourners, it was Something Like a state funeral of sorts. They were being treat