Killed outside the kremlin, his friend Alexei Navalny had been leafletting with him for a march they were due to lead against putin in moscow together. Theyd been planning for this big rally due to happen the morning after boris got killed. Ultimately it turned into a funeral march and ultimately they wouldnt even let alexei go to boris proper funeral. They locked him up and held him on charges of illegal leafletting on the day boris had his funeral and was buried. Well, now as we have talked about before on this show, Alexei Navalny, the survivor of that friendship, he is running for president of russia against Vladimir Putin. They have elections this Time Next Year and putin and his government, they do keep finding ways to put alexei in jail. The most recent rabbit they pulled out of a hat was they had him convicted on embezzlement charges against a staterun russian company, something having to do with timber futures . Nobody believes it was a real case but it was a real conviction a
For them. Theyre hosing them down. Hundreds of them. When you see that, i immediately called general mattis. I said what can we do . And they came back with a number of different alternatives. And we hit them very hard. Now, are we going to get involved with syria . No. But if i see them using gas and using things that i mean, even some of the worst tyrants in the world didnt use the kind of gases that they used. Some of the gases are unbelievably potent. So when i saw that i said we have to do something. Bill quite a descriptive reaction there. Kevin corke leads our coverage of the white house. At the moment Rex Tillerson sitting down with his russian counterpart. The president had strong words for russia and the support for the assad regime. The white house continues to hit this drumbeat which is russia has to do something if they want to see a sea change of any sort in the middle east with syria. This will not end well certainly for the assad regime. Thats the position of the white
In facing our common challenges, we must also ensure that nato members meet their financial obligations and pay with ao. Many have not been doing that. Right now are not getting along with russia at all. We may be at an alltime low in terms of relationship with russia. This is for a long period of time. Were going to see what happens right now, the world is a mess. I think by the time its going to be a lot better place to live and speaking for myself, by the time im finished, its going to be a lot better place to live in because right now, its nasty. The president also said that he no longer thinks nato is obsolete but he added that it had to do more to fight global terrorism and you may remember that even as far back as 2015 after the terrorist attack in paris, bill laid out a plan. Nato should declare war on isis and in doing so, that alliance could then move into syria, set up safe zones for refugees and a huge problem might begin to be solved. If syria is in danger were protected b
Judiciary committee will off a multiday affair. Each senator will give an Opening Statement and well hear from neil gorsuch himself. In an hour james comey and mike rodgers will testify before the House Intelligence Committee on alleged russian interference in the election and President Trumps claim which is still unsubstantiated on the wiretapping of president obama. Well have more on that in just a moment. First, lets go back to shannon in the senate skybox for what we can expect when the gorsuch confirmation hearing starts this morning. Shannon. Shannon judge neil gorsuch comes in with a sterling resume but democrats are vowing to be tough on the president s pick for the nations highest court. Hes a graduate of columbia, Harvard Law School and got a ph. D. At oxford and where hes his wife and the American Bar Association has unanimously given him the highest ranking. Gorsuch knows hes heading into potentially rough waters today. Way back in 2005 he wrote an article that touched on h
And a vertical landing, what happened to the pilot who made this unusual touchdown. It is all happening now. Jon but we begin with bombshell revelations that a former advisor to president Trumps Campaign was monitored by the fbi, suspected of being a russian agent. Welcome to the second hour of happening now, i am jon scott. Jenna im jenna lee, interesting news story to lead with as we await Rex Tillerson in russia who is currently speaking with Vladimir Putin. We will put that aside for a moment, the name is a name you likely know by now, former investment banker carter page had a shortlived stint as a Foreign Policy advisor for the Trump Campaign. Fox news can report that the fbi has been keeping tabs on him since last summer. What is significant is the surveillance was granted in a court order, meaning the fbi had to show probable cause. Our chief intelligence correspondent Catherine Herridge joins us live from washington with more peer what else have you learned today . Government