Regime stops its use of prohibited chemical agents. Well have more on the extent of the damage and what President Trump plans to do next. We begin with the latest on syria. New today, a russian president Vladimir Putin has condemned missile strikes taken by the u. S. , britain and france. Putin called the military action an act of aggression, saying he will ask for an emergency meeting of the u. N. Security council. Russian officials claim that sovietmade air Defense Systems intercepted 71 cruise missiles launched in last nights strikes. The u. S. , britain and france fired off a series on of missiles around 9 00 p. M. Eastern time last night, thats 4 00 a. M. Syrian time. The strikes were supported by nato. U. S. Officials say they carefully targeted syrian president assads chemical weapons facilities. They will had lose years of research and development data, specialized equipment and expensive chemical weapons precursors. The strike was not only a strong message to the regime that t
Mike emanuel life on capitol hill as well as on the president ial trail. Hi, mike. John mccain was certainly quite serious about major issues affect in this country from our military to the nations veterans and Immigration Reform. Having a playful personality. New hampshire republican senator kellya out spoke about the john mccain she knew. I remember him first of all what a tremendous loss for his family, but for the entire nation. I remember john for his courage, his tenacity and his wonderful sense of humor. He was tough as nails come incredibly bright and also just always cracking a joke, always a smile. Trick the lawmaker representing arizona took the emotional and difficult issue of comprehensive Immigration Reform that one of the democrats from the socalled gang of eight talks five years ago spoke about mccains passion as they wrestled with addressing immigration. There would be that time when he would blow his top and get that steely look in his eye in the think to yourself, i
With the proposal. The damage is done, as an outraged u. S. Senate votes 980 to reject it. And the evidence, the former director of National Intelligence says donald trump was told before his inauguration that putin personally ordered attacks on the u. S. Election. Now the exintel chief says i wonder if the russians have something on him. Im wolf blitzer. You are in the situation room. This is cnn breaking news. Breaking news, the white house says discussions are now underway for a second summit and that President Trump is taking steps to invite russian president Vladimir Putin to washington this fall. That comes as there is still lots of confusion about the first summit three days ago. The director of National Intelligence says even he doesnt know what happened behind closed doors and the u. S. Senate votes 980 to reject a russian proposal to interrogate americans. Ill speak with congressman of the intelligence and judiciary committees. Our correspondents and specialists are standing
Or, at a minimum, the part of the administration where the author works. The problem for the president , it could quite literally be anyone. A senior official tells axios a lot of us were wishing wed been the writer. I suspect, i hope he, trump, knows, maybe he does, that there are dozens and dozens of us. The rampant conjecture has forced the Vice President and cabinet members to publicly deny that they penned the oped, an oped that the president has called treason which has prompted new paranoia in an already paranoid president. Insubordination. It is. But its insubordination born out of loyalty to the country, not to donald trump. This is not sustainable to have an executive branch where individuals are not following the orders of the chief executive. This is a classic case in washington of one mans whistleblower is another mans swamp dweller. It depends where you sit about whether you feel this is dangerous. At the end of the day what you see is just dysfunctionalty in a chain of c
That overwhelming majority of americans believe that the findings of Robert Muellers russia investigation should be made public. Will the Administration Try to keep muellers report secret . The republican operative tied to maria butina is charged with Money Laundering, conspiracy and secretly acting as a foreign agent. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. Announcer this is cnn breaking news. Were following breaking news, extraordinary standoff between the Justice Department and house Judiciary Committee, acting attorney general Matt Whitaker is refusing to appear in a closely watched oversight hearing tomorrow unless he receives written assurance within the next hour that he wont face a subpoena compelling him to divulge details of his conversations with President Trump. Ill talk about the breaking news and more with congresswoman jackie spear, on committees that are both investigating President Trump. Our analysts are also standing by. First, new details on the breaking news.