master sergeant christopher ragusso who was killed in a helicopter crash. the funeral service is on the left. besides his military service, he served as a new york volunteer firefighter in his hometown of long island. not only do you have this funeral going on, there s going to be another communal member for a service member killed in syria just this past week, a stark reminder of the risks that armed services members face over there and president trump said american troops thought they would be staying in syria a lot longer for stabilization may come home and the white house is trying to figure out how to manage that policy. elizabeth: we ll talk more about it. attorney general jeff sessions says the doj will investigate alleged foreign surveillance and how does that investigation work? and what might they find?
from terrorism, but it also can t be used to strip away the rights of american citizens. and the democrats are not upset about this unconstitutional spying because they happen to not like the person who was spied on. but if the tables were turned and had it been a democrat who was spied on, they would be howling about this. the hypocrisy is flagrant and infuriating. elizabeth: david, i want to get your reaction specifically to this oig investigation, i sort of want to get your take on it. sure. well, first of all, i think we have to remember that the department of justice has to be independent from the office of the president. and so it s critically important that jeff sessions be permitted to act as an independent attorney general. and as attorney general, he s obviously assessed that a second special counsel isn t warranted. but let s put this in proper context. this is about discrediting bob mueller or and preventing bob mueller from being able to do his job elizabeth: how so? h
that former russian spy who was attacked with her father has been upgraded from critical to stable condition, and we re told a much wider and deeper investigation into this attack continues. elizabeth: garrett tenney, thank you so much. appreciate it. leland? leland: coming up, israel warns militant groups inside gaza, and violence continues. they will be targeted by live fire. plus, the world remembers stephen hawking at his funeral today. his ashes will be right next to one of his scientific heroes. officials say the final countdown is on for china s space lab to come crashing to earth. we re going to tell you where it has a good chance of falling and maybe hitting you. hi, i m liz tryon. and i m mike tryon. and this is our sears hometown store. (toddler speaks) i used to run my own landscaping company. people have asked why i d sell my business
right of return for palestinian refugees and tens of thousands of demonstrators were gathered near a border fence with israel, some throwing stones, fire bombs and burning tires. now, after those crowds ignored calls to stay away from the fence, israeli troops responded with live fire, rubber bullets and tear gas. and hundreds of the injured are still being treated in hospital in gaza. the u.n. and the e.u. have both called for an independent investigation into the use of live ammunition by israeli soldiers, but israel has denied using excessive force saying those palestinians who died were violent militants. it s placed the blame firmly with hamas, and hamas has so far confirmed that four of the dead were its members. it also says the protests were only the start of a six-week campaign due to end on may 15th. that date marks the 50th anniversary of the founding of
it s unclear where the shake-up that s coming next. ben car canson, of course, continues to be in hot water over the dining room set that his wife apparently ordered and now canceled. john kelly seems to no longer be on thin ice, but we ll see if that stays true. it always is interesting in the trump administration. elizabeth: i want to get to one more topic because there is a lot that happens at the white house. the news this week about the prosecutor s probing claims about the gop, and then we got word on friday there will be no special second counsel. what type of reaction are you seeing at the white house to that? it seems clear that this reflects the level of seriousness that jeff sessions puts in these accusations. a u.s. attorney looking into the matter is not the same as more than a dozen hand-picked attorneys as is the case with the investigation into possible trump collusion with russia. it s sure to anger the president, it s sure to anger his supporters, and it s, you know