The u. S. Drops its largest nonnuclear bomb ever in afghanistan of the. I authorized my military. We have the greatest military in the world of the. This is mtp dmtpdale and it s right now. Good evening. Welcome to mtp daily. The political world is still reeling from a braung of what some are calling flipflops from President Trump. Others might say it is evolution or people changing their positions to trump. We know this. He is changing his mindn china as currency manipulator. Janet yellens performance and the role of nato among other things. These policy changes are extraordinary and yet at the same time not that shocking. Many predicted some of these shifts throughout the campaign. Campaigned against him saying, he is going to flip on x or y or z. I think many didnt think he would flip on x, y and z. Well get into it. Tonight we have a special guest, roger stone. Long time adviser to President Trump who has been at the heart of allegations of ties between Trump Campaign and russia. H
President trump, behind the scenes, he is continuing to weigh all possible options in case north korea conducts more tests this weekend. Tomorrow, Vice President of mike pence is heading to the frontline of the standoff with north korea. The same day the country will celebrate the birthday of its founding father. It is a day that prompted pyongyang to launch at least two Ballistic Missiles over the last five years, and this year it is on the verge of its six nuclear test. With north korea warning a big event is near, the white house is sending its own message. First with the strikes in syria, then yesterday with the mother of all bombs dropped on isis fighters in afghanistan. If you look at what has happened over the last eight weeks and compare that relate to what has happened over the last eight years, he will see there is a tremendous difference. The difference between the willingness to use big, bold military action is a difference that north korea has undoubtedly taken notice, eve
Now. Good evening from new york. Im joy reed in for chris hayes. Today the u. S. Dropped the largest nonnuclear bomb it has ever used in combat, the gbu43b Massive Ordnance Air blast or moab, informally known as the mother of all bombs, onto an Islamic State tunnel complex in eastern afghanistan near the border with pakistan. Now, this is the file footage of the 22,000pound moab being tested in florida back in 2003. Until today, it had never actually been used against an enemy. Despite that, this afternoon donald trump appeared to indicate he was not involved in the decision to deploy the bomb. And even at this hour, its not clear whether he knew about the strike before it took place. We are so proud of our military, and it was another successful event. Did you authorize it, sir . Everybody knows exactly what happened, so and what i do, is i authorize my military. We have the greatest military in the world, and theyve done a job as usual. So we have given them total authorization, and
Camp and russia. Were now learning british and European Intelligence Services also intercepted communications between Trump Associates and russian officials and passed the information to the u. S. And secret celebration. Amid tight security, a cnn correspondent is taken to a rare public appearance by kim jongun. This celebration comes as north korea is stepping the up its weapons programs. Is it about to stage another nuclear test . Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. This is cnn breaking news. Breaking news in a story reported first right here on cnn. The United States has dropped its largest nonnuclear weapon on isis. Its the first combat use of the nearly 22,000 pound device nicknamed the mother of all bombs. Officials say the target was an isis tunnel and cave complex in afghanistan. The weapon has been in the u. S. Arsenal now for more than a decade. The president says hes given the u. S. Military total authorization for such actions. Dropping that huge bomb capable of c
Thee size and scope now the subject of so s much concerned. The blast heard around the world. The biggest conventional bomb the u. S. Has ever used. The u. S. Military pulled outt the big guns in the fight against isis today. A 21,000pound bomb, the largest nonnuclear weapon in the United States has ever used. Afghan witnesses living in miles away from where the bomb was dropped said they could feel the earth shake when it detonated. Its a devastating weapon. Called a Massive Ordnance Air blast, but its nickname . The mother of all bombs. 22,000 pounds, the largest nonnuclear bomb the u. S. Has ever dropped in combat. Greg wow this is a point of fact. Do you know will what a nonnucr bomb is . Its a bomb and so predictably, the media and celebrities freak out over a strategy that addresses the world beyond slogans on twitter. George takei you remember him . Former star trek actor and Online School . He tweeted this. Dropping bigger bombs does not make you a bigger man, donald. Thanks, g