Im sumi so much going to thank you for joining us here on d w events are underway in poland to remember the start of world war 280 years ago both german chancellor Angela Merkel and german president func. Are attending a ceremony in the capital warsaw a sign of the importance germany is placing on this painful anniversary and these are live pictures youre seeing here and that was just the polish president and to do that with his wife it was on september 1st 1939 that a german troops invaded neighboring poland the beginning of historys bloodiest conflict poland suffered some of the worst horrors of the war nearly 6000000 polish citizens were killed including some 3000000. 00 polish jews now other World Leaders including u. S. Vice president president mike pence are also attending the. Benson warsaw he is actually taking the place of u. S. President donald trump who canceled his planned visit in order to monitor hurricane dorian. And as we said those commemorations are getting underway a
Office of Janet Napolitano called for expanded Sexual Assault training and education. Increased reporting requirements and broader protections for victims of Sexual Violence and harassment. Last week, berkeley chancellor anunsd a series of actions designed to enhance the Campus Response to Sexual Assaults, including additional staff to support victims. The policy actually will now be our policy, which is great. Anything that the university of california can do to strengthen our poll says around Sexual Violence is always a good thing. University does not make efforts. The new policy just ten days filed a lawsuit against uc berkeley claiming the university mishandled the cases. In berkeley, abc7 news. Authorities in the south bay have solved a 25yearold murder weeks after publicizing new evidence. Last month, Police Showed off this quilt, we brought it to you here on the news wrapped around kathy zimmer when she was found strangled in 1989. Today, Police Arrested kathys husband, david zi
Raising the heat over the question of ukraine. Today, russia warning the United States to back off the threat of tough new sanctions. So, what is putins next move and what is happening behind the scenes at the white house tonight. Abcs chief White House Correspondent Jonathan Karl has been talking to his sources and starts us off right now. Reporter behind a smiling Vladimir Putin today in sochi, at the opening ceremonies of the paralympic games, reports from ukraine, his grip tightening on his prize crimea. Russia ignoring pleas to halt its invasion. Warned america to back off. Saying hasty, poor thoughtout steps, including sanctions, would quote boomerang against the United States itself. President obamas latest hourlong call to putin achieved little. Putin may have obama in a bind, not just on this crisis in ukraine but on the biggest Foreign Policy challenges facing the president , including the bloody civil war in syria and the rush to stop a Rising Nuclear iran. In those cases, p
They observed during the russian attack on the 2016 election. Including potentially ties to Trump Campaign officials and reaction to the investigation from inside the trump trancitiotrance iti trancition and the Trump White House and the staff itself. After the president yanked the security clearance, the president told had the wall street journal bluntly and in an impromptu interview the reason he went after the cia director that way, the reason he revoked the security clearances is specifically because of the russia investigation. The president drew a direct link telling the journal, quote, i call it the rigged witchhunt. It is a sham. And these people led it. No president is ever known to have ever personally intervened to revoke the security clearance of any official or former official. Yet alone for the reason this president explained in this case. When youre on unchartered territory, you dont always know what will come next for us as a country, but when youre the person in the mi
Good morning, everyone. Im alex witt here in new york at msnbc headquarters. Heres whats happening. The clearance crisis. The first interview with former cia director john brennan since losing his security clearance. If these were normal times i would have expected this, but these are not normal times. These are frankly very frightening times. What brennan plans to do about it and who may be next to lose theirs. And steve bannon on the road to november. And tPresident Trump, new words of support. Very sad wa theyve done to Paul Manafort. This hour, whether the president s comments will help sway the jury. Get right to action from former cia director john brennan. He told my colleague last night why he thinks the president is targeting him, and also responding to a New Washington post report that white house officials are drafting documents to revoke security clearances of others who have either criticized the president or played a role in the russia investigation. Heres part of directo