struck by those cruise missiles. the russian view is that, yes, this increases tension, but not because of russia, not because of moscow or decisions being made here. as a result of an unjustified, illegal military operation, russia now takes the view that it must withdraw this pretty important area of cooperation between russian and american forces. it s a difficult argument made, at least from the u.s. perspective, as they have tracked those very syrian planes. phil black in moscow, thank you very much. fred, lot of big questions there and our viewers should remember that. u.s. and russian forces in very close proximity to each other over and on the ground in syria. yeah. people want a lot of answers and people want to hear what the strategy is. what is the plan. straight ahead. thanks so much, jim. still ahead, the u.s. bo bombarded a syrian airbase to send a message. the question is, was it received, and what was the
of the four major candidates had military experience before world war ii. that s again that generation l shift away from the sense of sacrifice that being in the military has. and that s even reflected in things like the crisis with the da which we ve had many times in the past. we like to talk about honoring our service men and women, but we don t always do a good job of it historically in this country. well said. absolutely right. phil black in moscow for us, thank you for watching events from the ground. ber going to continue to follow all of the events surrounding d-day commemorations. we ll be getting back to that. but back here at home, a student is being hailed this morning a hero after tackling and subduing a gunman on a seattle college campus. one student died in the attack. three owes were injured.
so, from ukraine s point of view, that initial idea looks to be a nonstarter, john. you can understand, phil, why the ukraine government might be a little suspicious of the intentions from russia, certainly understandable. our thanks to you. as you said, perhaps an insignificant operational pullback from the border there, but could be symbolically important. phil black in moscow, thank you. we ll continue to follow that. and breaking news this morning on that transcript that cnn has obtained between flight 370 and the tower. we ll be right back. [ male announcer ] this is the cat that drank the milk. [ meows ] .and let in the dog that woke the man who drove to the control room [ woman ] driverless mode engaged. find parking space. [ woman ] parking space found. [ male announcer ] .that secured the data that directed the turbines that powered the farm that made the milk that went to the store that reminded the man to buy the milk that was poured by the girl who loved the cat. [ me
can do to stop it. john? no closer to a solution. maybe even further away this morning. phil black in moscow, thanks so much. breaking overnight, we are hearing from the father of sandy hook gunman adam lanza for the first time since his son killed 20 first graders and 6 staff members at the sandy hook elementary school back in december 2012. in a new yorker interview, peter lanza says, with hindsight, i know adam would have killed me in a heartbeat if he had a chance. before the sandy hook mass erie, adam lanza shot his mother, nancy, four times. peter lanza believes each bullet was meant for a member of their family, including himself. he also says he wishes his son had never been born. it s a remarkable article. this man still clearly mourning things. the military s mishandling of sex assault cases comes up for another vote in the senate today. last week, lawmakers rejected a bill that would have stripped military commanders of authority in prosecuting sexual assault cas
in kiev is illegitimate. today, president putin is in sochi again, just weeks after he was there to welcome the world for the olympic games. he s doing it again today, this time for the paralympic games. he ll be at the opening ceremony in just a few hours. and the latest from there, we re hearing, is that ukrainian athletes will be participating in these paralympic games, john. they had been considering a boycott. phil black in moscow. again, so ironic that russia coming out on the side of self-determination in favor, peculiar and ironic, the united states coming out against self-determination in crimea. venezuelan president nicolas maduro claims his crackdown on protesters is justified. in an interview with christiane amanpour, he says those protesters are in a minority and the u.s. could take the same actions if it was dealing with a revolution. we should say, this translation provided by his office. translator: what would the