House sparked a war of words spnspn with steve bannon. His forthcoming book went after members of the president s family and he fired back in a statement saying mr. Bannon not only lost his job he lost his mind, close quote. Theres more to this story playing out in the newspapers this morning. But we want you to comment to us about this latest spat between President Trump and steve bannon. The white house and steve bannon as well, 2027488000 for democrats. And independents, 2027488002 on twitter, you can tweet us cspanwj and not only post there but see statements made bizarrea sanders at the White House Press briefing, that as facebook. Com cspan. The book is called fire and fury, inside the Trump White House and excerpts of it appeared on the website for new York Magazine. Part of those excerpts commenting and quoting steve bannon, particularly on several members of the trump family, including donald trump jr. Here is one of the quotes. The three senior guys on the campaign thought it
Getting more dangerous. More dangerous with time. Were going to see tank failures in the future. This is a wakeup call. Reporter at hanford, all but essential workers have been told not to report for work tonight. Officials say theyre looking for a way to fix the tunnel, scott, without making that hole any bigger. John blackstone for us, thank you. After 16 years and 2,396 american deaths, there is no victory in afghanistan. Now President Trump is considering whether to send more troops. And heres david martin. Reporter facing the stalemate in which the afghan army is suffering what the pentagon calls shockingly high casualties, the Trump Administration is preparing to send some 3,000 troops back to afghanistan. The exact number would depend on how many troops nato allies contribute. The increase was requested by general John Nicholson who says he needs more trainers and advisers for the afghan army. The plan, which has not yet been presented to President Trump for a decision would all
Pelley we begin tonight with breaking news. This evening, President Trump fired the director of the f. B. I. James comey was leading the investigation into whether associates of mr. Trump colluded with the russian government to influence the u. S. President ial election. Late today, in an oddly worded letter in which the president declares his own innocence, mr. Trump told comey that he has concluded that comey is not able to effectively lead the bureau. Comey, who is well known for integrity, was appointed by president obama, and had about another six years to go on a 10year appointment. Recently, he has been controversial with both democrats and republicans leading the investigation of Hillary Clintons emails and the Russian Election tampering probe. Major garrett is at the white house for us now with the breaking news. Major. Reporter scott, the letter nowformer f. B. I. Director james comey was characteristically blunt. It reads in part, you are hereby terminated and removed from o
Jeff pegues, thank you very much. Were john dickerson, our chief washington correspondent is with us. John, the Political Climate on all of this, this is quite a surprise. Its quite a surprise, and obviously, there was already a considerable amount of back and forth and political blood in the water on the russia question this week alone, and now you have a situation where, i mean, if you read the letter explaining why comey was let go, its thick with criticism of his handling of Hillary Clintons email situation, that was something obviously deeply political. Now this week hes released, hes in the middle. The fbi is investigating connections between russian meddling in the election and the trump campaign, so the political ramifications here will be will be constant, and whoevers going to handle this election this investigation next will have to handle this super charged atmosphere. John dickerson, thanks very much. Were going to be following the details and the developments on this brea
Hot water. Possibly tomorrow because there be happy to do without the hot water. He was one of the hostages who when there wished stronger action had been taken but when they got back realize that very strict economic sanctions had been made on iran and no concessions would be made to get them back and that they all can back alive. What we found over the years is that the hostages come to appreciate the approach that was taken and president carter was very thankful they all got out alive. Next, hostage the abridgment of International Law. This program examines the United Nations response to the crisis in the history of laws pertaining to diplomatic immunity. [chanting] iran, 1979. Demonstrators invaded the American Embassy in iran. They took hostages in violation of International Law. Treaties signed by the countrys states that both countries will observe the principle of diplomatic immunity. A principle which protects foreign representatives and embassy property. Demonstratorsall appe