Reaction to the accident when asked by reporters at joint base andrews. [ inaudible ] thats too bad. Later he wrote thoughts and prayers are with us u. S. Sailors on board the uss swrm where search and rescue efforts are under way. We know the john mccain has made it back to singapore after suffering that heavy damage as a result of that collision where flooding in several compartments aboard the mccain did occur. Sailors aboard were able to keep the ship afloat under its own power, getting it back to singapore. Uss america amphibious ship, has arrived in singapore to aid in search and rescue and also to support the Recovery Efforts there for the mccain. Theres also several ships and aircraft from the republic of singapore as well as u. S. Aircraft, conducting a search and rescue effort for those ten missing sailors. Again, there were also five sailors injured in that collision. Were told none of those injuries were life threatening. Theyre all being treated now. Again, this collision
Of america. [ cheers and applause ] reporter when we talk about that much larger problem for democrats, take a look at also what happened in South Carolina. There was a special election there as well. Democrats unable to pick up the seat there. That race was much closer than expected, but still so far democrats are 0 for 4. Chris, brooke . Its easy to be gracious in victory. We hadnt heart handel put her arms around trump last night. Thats what happens when you win. When you lose, we need the political kpanl. John avlon, margaret taliban, political reporter for the journal constitution, greg bluestein. John avlon, what do you take of what happened last night . First of all, all the money in the world cant fight a plus nine republican advantage. Theres a redistricting issue in this country where all districts are not set up evenly. Republicans ran someone with experience against a firsttimer. All that money and unthus as couldnt over come that deficit. Republicans successfully tied the
When it will look best for you. It starts about 9 00 a. M. On the pacific time zone. People are jacked up for this from coast to coast. I guess it is once in a lifetime. Last time it was a total eclipse that you could see east coast to the west coast across the country. It was 99 years ago. Exciting. Welcome to early start. Im dave briggs. Im christine romans. Monday, august 21st, eclipse day. 4 00 a. M. In the east. We begin with breaking news. Ten navy sailors are still missing after the guided destroyer uss john s. Mccain collided with a merchant vessel near singapore. Five crew members were injured. The mccain was headed for a routine port visit in singapore. Its the fourth incident this year involving a u. S. Ship based in japan. That includes the fatal collision involving thekuss fitzgerald in which seven sailors died. We have the latest from tokyo. Good morning. Reporter good morning, dave. Were just get flooding update from the u. S. Seventh fleet. Were hearing that the uss joh
Hall with speaker paul ryan. It comes at a time in this nation with racial tensions boiling over and republicans breaking ranks with the president. Tonight just a little under five hours with critics on both sides questioning the president s leadership and his moral authority in a prime time address live on cnn. The commander in chief, President Trump, will ask americans implicitly to trust him on his new strategy for afghanistan. The president will speak from fort myer in arlington, virginia. Athena will speak to us now. What do we expect the president to say . Reporter we expect to hear the president lay out a plan that would increase u. S. Troop levels by several thousand and also address the u. S. Relationship with other countries in the region, principally pakistan. As you mentioned, the president s speech comes against a backdrop of weeks of west wing chaos and the controversy over his response to the violence in charlottesville. This is a chance to turn the page, focus on Nation
Hear. We know the president will address the nation from ft. Myer, outside of washington. He announced on twitter saturday that he made a final decision in that regarding afghanistan after he met with his National Security team at camp david last friday. The president has been presented with a number of options. Defense secretary james mattis was at the camp david meeting. Heres what he had to say about the president s decision. I would not be willing to make significant troop lifts until we made certain what we knew was the stratstrategy, wha the commitment going in in that regard, the president has made a decision. He wants to announce it to the American People. Ill stand silent until then, until that point. So this is a big moment for the president here, jim. Hes essentially asking the american america to trust his decision regarding afghanistan. All of hthis comes after one of the worst weeks of his presidency following the comments he made about the violence in charlottesville wha