The kiss of death. We have general kelly here, four star, he is doing a great job in washington. I think he likes what you do better than what he does but he is doing a great job. Something thats been discussed on this broadcast and that is mattis remains on the job. The original band of brothers the generals have diminished around him. He does not get along with National Security adviser. So it was fun and interesting to overhear the man known in washington spoke as the sec deaf. Thank you for having me. Thank you. Thanks for coming. Mr. Secretary, can i ask you a question . As for the president after a nearly week long disappearance from any public setting he got to cut loose a bit before a Union Audience today in ohio. We are now finally putting america first. Just this week we secured a wonderful deal with south korea. I may hold it up until after a deal is made with north korea. We are launching the next phase of americas economic come back. We are going to rebuild americas crumbl
Possibilities for forging new partnerships. I am particularly proud of successes of Latin Companies that help generated more than 2,000 jobs in the u. S. , in georgia, in north carolina, in california. It shows how important is this Economic Cooperation. And finally, the Baltic States and as the United States agreed to continue promoting closer peopletopeople contacts, because these contacts are very important for every member of our society. And let me stress that President Trump was an outstanding host today, thanks for hosting us for us in this very important event, when we celebrate 100 years anniversary of our statehood. Thanks. Thank you very much. Thank you. President trump, my neighbors, i would like to thank President Trump and his administration for his Political Leadership in our region and for the very visible commitment that has been demonstrated through a number of highlevel visits through this region. This year we do celebrate indeed our centennial anniversary. Of these
Laguardia airport. Everyone on the ground okay at this point. Another fox news alert now. A big briefing on syria. As the president appears to put the brakes on new russia sanctions. Lets go outnumbered overtime im harris faulkner. Defense secretary jamb mitt tis and Joseph Dunford are set to brief the entire house on the hill and then the senate in the wake of the u. S. Airstrikes on syria. Which we now know were punishment for Bashar Alassad suspected gassing of his own people. This as pump is reportedly rejecting for now at least a fresh round of sanctions on russia over its support for the assad regime. Republican senator John Barrasso who sits on Foreign Relations urging the president to keep the pressure on. I think we need to do whatever we can to limit russians activity. We know putin is cunning, hes aggressive. There are a number of different sanctions certainfully terms of some of the pipelines that russia is trying to build. Putin uses energy as a weapon. He uses it as a fin
Reporter now, why do you do that . Its just the right thing to do. This is the cbs evening news with jeff glor. Glor this is our western edition. And were going to begin with breaking news from hawaii. A magnitude 5. 3 earthquake has hit the big island not far from the kilauea volcano, which began erupting yesterday. More than 1,500 people have been ordered to evacuate as red hot lava bubbles up from the ground and snakes through forests and neighborhoods. Plumes were seen shooting up through streets. At least two homes have burned so far. Dangerous levels of sulfur dioxide gas are being reported tonight near the volcano. More on all of this now from llrter evans in hawaii. Reporter molten lava and ash lo. Wed hundreds of feet into the air and onto the streets near the Mountainside Community of hilo. Residents under a mandatory evacuation tried to outrun the lava flow. Were evacuating. Everyone needs to leave now. On reporter the eruption started after hundreds of small quakes hit the
Positions on her lawsuit against the president with mr. Trump now ready to end their nondisclosure agreement. But daniels lawyer says the president only wants to avoid being deposed. Michael avenatti joins me this hour. And parading kims power. Kim jongun marks his countrys 70th birthday with a show of military might, but chooses not to display his big Ballistic Missiles. And President Trump has received a new letter from kim. What does it say . Wolf blitzer is off today. Im jim acosta and youre in the situation room. This is cnn breaking news. Breaking news this hour. Troubling new numbers for President Trump and our exclusive new cnn poll. While the white house tries to discredit damning portrayals of the president painted by members of his own team, our survey finds only 32 of americans believe the president is honest and trustworthy. Also breaking, the National Hurricane center has just put out a new forecast for hurricane florence, a category 4 storm thats already prompting mandat