Committee stepping aside from the investigation into russian meddling during the election. Jon all this is President Trump repairs to meet with chinas president preside. We have oxime coverage and maralago. First on the house side, three republican lawmakers are stepping up to fill the leadership vacuum left by devin nunes as part sure. Those three are congress and mike conaway, congressman trey gowdy, and congressman tom rooney who are all going to Work Together to guide the investigation into russian meddling in the 2016 election. We caught gaudi getting on the elevators this morning. All he would say was have a nice weekend. The reason nunez said he is stepping down is several leftwing activist groups outside have filed against me. The office of congressional ethics now says in a statement that the charges against nunes are of the improper handling of classified information. House Speaker Paul Ryan came to the microphones to say that the investigation would be a distraction from the
Chemical attack killed dozens of people earlier this week. A Human Rights Advocacy Group is reportinged thes attack by the Syrian Government has killed at least one person. Eric and for more on the military operations and whats going on, lets go to Lucas Tomlinson whos live at the pentagon with the very latest. Hi, lucas. Reporter hey, eric. Fox news has just learned new details about a rampedup effort by the u. S. Military to protect its nearly 1,000strong force on the ground inside syria following the tomahawk Cruise Missile strike against that air base in syria. American officials tell me the u. S. Led coalition has cut back on some of his airstrikes in syria partially because theyre flying more combat air patrols using jets like this u. S. Air force f22 Stealth Fighter jet from the air base in turkey not far from the Syrian Border. In case the syrian or russian militaries try to attack u. S. Forces in syria. For the moment, u. S. Officials say the assad regime has not made any thre
Korea. Also we will see a Korean Peninsula free of Nuclear Weapons. The era of strategic patience is over. It was the policy of the United States of america during prior administrations to practice strategic patience. That is hopeful to get support and end to the Ballistic Missile program of north korea. That has failed. The advent of Nuclear Weapons tests and the Nuclear Program and this weekend to see another attempt at a Ballistic Missile launch. All confirms the fact that patience has failed. What does it mean to end it in practical terms . It is either use military force or find a diplomatic solution that has alluded predecessors . We will abandon the failed policy of strategic patience, but were going to redouble our efforts to bring diplomatic and economic pressure to bear on north korea. Our hope is to resolve this peacefully. I know the president was hartened with his discussions with president xi. We will take actions to bring pressure to north korea. There needs to be more.
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Investigation. Congress member, thank you. Thank you for our viewers. For the viewers in the United States, new day continues right now. This is cnn breaking news. Welcome to nnew day. Alisyn is off. Poppy harlow joins us. Vice president mike pence warning not to test the u. S. In the visit to the demilitarized zone, he came facetoface with soldiers who took pictures of him as he looked at the border. Dana bash has the interview with the veep at the dmz. Mr. Pences visit comes days after the north Korean Missile test failed, but the show of force has military analysts trying to figure out what kim jong uns next arsenal and next move may be. Are the u. S. And north korea on the collision course day 88 of the trump presidency. We have it covered for you with dana bash in seoul, south korea. Dana. Reporter poppy, it is one thing for any policy making and politician and world leader to talk about a threat or ongoing issue that affects the u. S. And allies. It is another thing to see it and