Its all happening now. Jon but force, secretary of state john kerry expected to speak about 90 minutes from now as we await the release of declassified intelligence assessment of the chemical attack in syria that killed hundreds of people, many of them children. Good morning im jon scott. Good to be here with you, jon. Big news day. Im Alisyn Camerota in for jenna lee. President hopes this will make the case of a military strike against the assad regime despite british it law makers voting against a strike and the u. N. Security council ending in a dead lock. Jon Top Administration officials briefed members of congress about evidence that links the Syrian Government to that attack, something House Minority leader nancy pelosi says can knot be ignored. She says quote, assad gassing his own people is issue of our National Security, and global security. We must be clear that the United States rejects the use of chemical weapons by assad or any other regime but some lawmakers warn taking a
Palestinians who had fled to that shelter thinking it is safe, that is causing widespread condemnation, an its complicating the efforts to try to achieve a ceasefire. For those on the ground, a ceasefire agreement cant come soon enough. Gunfire in the west bank overnight. A massive protest of thousands of palestinians near a checkpoint between jerusalem and ramallah resulting in clashes with israeli forces. Hundreds wounded, and one palestinian man shot dead. The anger stemming from this, a United Nations school in gaza bombed. 16 killed, more than 100 wounded, including women and children from families who came to the school because it was being used as a shelter. Both sides of the conflict casting blame, with hamas accusing israel, and israel saying the destruction could have been caused by a hamas missile that fell short. Outrage over the attack kicked ceasefire talks into high gear overnight. Secretary of state john kerry, working around the clock in cairo, presenting a deal to bot
This week. Giuliani has said he will not cooperate. One official who has a subpoena on his desk is mike pompeo. He has until this friday to hand over information pertaining to ukraine. Democrats hope to get more answers from the special envoy to the ukraine named in that complaint. He agreed to testify hours after resigning from his post. All of this as we are learning President Trumps conversation with the president of ukraine isnt the only call the white house has gone to Great Lengths to hide. The administration has taken remarkable steps to conceal a call with saudi crowned prince mohammad bin salman and russian president putin. And another conversation that prompted enturnal concerns, that infamous 2017 meeting with russian officials in the oval office, the Washington Post is reporting the president said he is not concerned about moscows interference in the 2016 election. As lawmakers spearheading the Election Committee expect to issue more subpoenas in the coming days. The presid
Committee that sort of oversees the activities with ukraine. And the United States among other positions you hold in the United States senate. We have this document that came out, president s phone call, a transcript of it. With the president of ukraine. Back in july. People are trying to democrats in media in particular, say that president was seeking a quid pro quo. I dont read this in here, you have some back ground on this. You had a meeting with president and others in may this year. In just that transcript, i read, that i think it is a gracious phone call on part of the president. I went to ukraine in may 20. To attend the inauguration of president zelensky, i went with secretary perry, Gordon Sondland and kirk volcker. We were the delegation. We felt it was important coming back, we were impressed with zelensky, he thought it was important to meet with the president , get him supportive of ukraine. We had a meeting in oal office may 23, this year, making a cup points. And appoin
21yearold mohammed of the Royal Saudi Air force purchased his weapon legally here in florida. Authorities say there was only one gunman answered was killed during the police response. Investigators are conducting additional interviews with the shooters friends, classmates, and witnesses. Our main goal right now is to confirm whether he agented alone or was he part of a Larger Network. Investigators say they found no evidence to suggest an ongoing threat to the public but some officials are calling for improved vetting of foreign nationals who come to the u. S. For military training. I think there is a frustration with this. I mean, you know, you have Foreign Military personnel coming to our base. They should not be doing that if they hate our country. Sunday afternoon a Police Escort led three hearses onto the naval station. Salute blues welcomed the victims. Their bodies were flown to Dover Air Force base. Back to you guys. Steve jonathan, i read in the local papers down there that sa