Biggest bomb was used, named the moab and nicknamed the mother of all bombs, announcing overnight 36 isis members killed, three tunnels destroyed along with weapons and ammunition. An an inusual twist the commander in chief will not say for sure whether or not he gave the command for the strike. Did you authorize it, sir . Everybody knows exactly what happened and what i do is authorize by military. We have the greatest military in the world and they have done a great job as usual and frankly thats why they have been so successful lately if you look at the last eight week and compare to the last eight years all see a tremendous difference. General John Nicholson signed off and that the white house was informed before the bomb was dropped. Why use it now and what signal does it send to allies around the world . Nick walsh joins us from iraq, good morning nick. Reporter a very strong message i think of american resolve by using the bomb. The casualty of 36 isis members doesnt equate to u
Im poppy harlow. John berman has the day off. We will hear from paul ryan and other gop leaders in the house on their response to the cbo score. Right now, the senate bill could be on the verge of collapse. Mitch mcconnell expected to gauge his own republican support at a Party Luncheon today. The white house is tapping down expectations. One they are acknowledging, the likelihood of defeat saying, quote, we are on the threshold. The fight could be over before we start. Why . Four republican senators with grave conserves. 22 million more americans would lose their coverage within a decade under the senate plan. The lawmakers say, well, they will vote against even beginning debate on this. Thats a move that would kill the measure. Lets begin with brian nobles on hand for the beginning of the press. Its pretty clear what paul ryan is going to say this morning. He was previewing it. Reporter thats right. They are not putting much stock in the cbo score. Republicans are casting doubt on wh
With the reporter. Didnt do it myself for a variety of reasons, but i asked him to because i thought that might prompt the appointment of a special council. And it worked. That tweet began a course of actions that resulted in the point of robert mueller. So, not a great strategy, President Trump. After the president s admission today, the white house held al press briefing in which cameras were banned, and the audio was not provided live. Rather it was released after the fact, which is odd and unusual, and this is about more than just one weird claim of tapes. This is part and parcel of a white house trying to operate in something close to an accountabilityfree zone where they dont have to go on tv live and defend aberrant beheavior o twitter or explain false things that the president says. Things like this said last night in iowa about the paris climate deal. And they all say its nonbinding. Like hell its nonbinding. Its nonbinding. It is. Thats just a fact. You know who told me that
Good morning. Top of the hour, im poppy harlow. Right now at the white house, a change in the message, if not the momentum. The administrations launch to make america weak to underscore the top priority of the president is jobs. President trump hit a new low. According to an abc News Washington post poll, Approval Rating now 36 . That is the lowest sixmonth Approval Rating in the history of modern polling in 70 years. One reason, the sole agenda. The Russian Investigation could endure more of the headlines. Donald trump jr. And Campaign Manager Paul Manafort testified. They talk about the meeting they had with the russian lawyer. What about the president s lawyer and the new pushback that hes facing from the secret service. On top of all of that, one huge objective, the Senates Health care vote is on hold amid senator john mccains health scare and his recovery from surgery. How is he doing . Sanj sanjay gupta will have the medical perspective. Lets get to the politics. Suzanne malveaux
Offcamera briefing just minutes ago. The president opened the meeting with president putin by raising the concerns of the American People regarding russian interference in the 2016 election. They had a very robust and lengthy exchange on the subject. The president pressed president putin on more than one occasion regarding russian involvement. President putin denied such involvement. As i think he has in the past. The two leaders agreed, though, that it is a substantial hindrance, and the ability of us to move the russian u. S. Relationship forward and agreed to exchange further work regarding commitments of noninterference in the affairs of the United States and our democratic process as well as those of other countries. The meeting lasted a lot longer than expected. We clocked it at 2 hours, 16 minutes. Secretary tillerson says the bulk of that was actually on syria. The two sides reaching an agreement on a ceasefire in syrias southwest. President trump and president putin talked to