Good evening. This is our western edition. There is breaking news this evening. The pentagon has revealed that u. S. Special Operations Forces tried to rescue americans held hostage in syria by sunni muslim terrorists known as isis. The mission came earlier this summer, but it failed because the americans were not being held where u. S. Intelligence thought. Among the americans abducted by isis was journalist james foley. He has become now the First Casualty of a new war against the United States declared by isis in retaliation for u. S. Air strikes against isis targets in iraq. Yesterday, isis posted video of the beheading of foley. Today, president obama interrupted his vacation to honor foley and condemn his killers as a cancer. The president rarely shows anger in public, but he made no attempt to hide it today. Jim was a journalist, a son, a brother, and a friend. He reported from difficult and dangerous places, bearing witness to the lives of people a world away. Jim foleys life s
Weekend with Victor Blackwell and christi paul. Good morning to you. Hawaii is preparing for an explosive eruption as lava is spewing from the new cracks opening up in the ground. Officials tell the people who live there to be ready to get out at a moments notice. Terror in paris. Sources say the man behind the knife attack was already on an antiterror watch list. We are taking you live to paris. In hours the embassy President Trump moved to jerusalem is set to owpen. What does this mean for americans . We are less than a week away from a royal wedding. The hype around prince harry and Meghan Markles big kay and what they have learned in making this movie. New threats, new warnings. Pretty terrifying new video out of hawaii right now. Overnight, two new cracks opened up in the ground. They are spewing lava into the air. Now the people who live there are on high alert as ofgs wafic warn of a Massive Volcanic eruption and come soon and no warning at all and leaving no time to get out. He
Infi infiltratio infiltrations, two embedded people in the campaign. It just adds one more kind of heavy weight on Paul Manaforts shoulders. The fact that his soninlaw has flipped and is now cooperating with thorauthoritie raises questions about what secrets he may know about manafort. China is shooting down reports they offered a deal that would slash the deficit with the country by 200 billion. There was an effort to strike a deal and avoid a full blown trade war. When youre losing 500 billion a year on trade, you cant lose the trade war. Youve already lost it. He doesnt want a trade war. He knows if he gets one, all of his achievements on the economy are at risk. His main focus is the number has to come down. That gets him into trouble, because it winds up hurting him with the Manufacturing Base and a lot of people who see the real world impact of tariffs and that stuff on their businesses. After rumbling back to life this week, kilauea blew. The Massive Volcanic eruption shot five
From cnn World Headquarters in atlanta. We want to welcome our viewers here in the United States and around the world. Im George Howell. Cnn newsroom starts right now. 5 00 a. M. On the u. S. East coast. The peace summit between north korea and the United States, the one that President Trump canceled thursday, it is back on again, maybe. The Trump Administration is apparently working on the assumption that a summit with north korea may happen after all. This aboutface one day after the u. S. President sent a letter to kim jongun explicitly cancelling their historic meeting in singapore set for june 12th. President trump now tweeting both sides are engaged in productive talks that could revive the meeting. Earlier, he told reporters he was encouraged by the conciliatory tone coming from korea. We get more from pamela brown. Reporter President Trump indicating the summit he already canceled with north Korean Leader kim jongun may, in fact, still happen. Mr. President , is the summit stil
The president tweeted moments ago, quote, the failing New York Times quotes a senior white house official who doesnt exist as saying even if the meeting were reinstated, holding it on june 12 would be impossible, given the lack of time and the amount of planning needed. Wrong again, use real people, not phony sources. Now to the latest twist, north and south korean leaders holding a surprise second meeting in hopes of saving the summit. Kim jongun and moon jaein sharing a warm welcome at the dmz overnight. Cnns Boris Sanchez is live at the white house with more. Boris, things are changing moment to moment. Give us the latest. Reporter thats right, fred. A rapidly changing and developing story, similar to what you would expect from the Season Finale of a reality tv show. Look, even days before President Trump sent out this letter pulling the United States out of a summit with north korea, there were some skeptics within the adm administration doubting the meeting would take place. Beyon