Seemed larger than they ordinarily would be at this hour. His hand picked successor king solomon is relatively young by saudi standards. The king that is chose enn will be vital to the United States as well as the economic clout they hold as the worlds leading oil exporter. There is a lot to talk about. Nic robertson is monitoring the situation there, and so is bob bear baer who has seen it all in that region over the years, and Christiane Amanpour joining us via phone. D when he officially took the throne but he was still considered a reformer. Though a reformer in a very conservative context of saudi arabia. Reporter well, anderson, thats right. King abdullah was king far short of time. He was ruler of saudi arabia since 1995. Sort of dates back to when his predecessor king saud developed a debilitating stroke. Hes the man the United States and the rest of the world has dealt with for the last 20 years. He has had several very important initiatives and very thwarted in some ways, rel
Days ago that the North Koreans are saying it is preposterous to think they would sit down with a condition of talking to the u. S. , which had to include denuclearization. They dropped that now and they say they are willing to talk about denuclearization, that they are also willing, during those talks and also, i should clarify, during the talks with the South Koreans, that they would halt any what they described as strategic provocations, john. And they actually explicitly talked about test missile firing and also Nuclear Weapons tests as well. So very, very clear about that. The caveat is that they said that they would have they were prepared to have a denuclearized Korean Peninsula completely as long as their own security could be guaranteed. We dont know exactly what they mean by that, you could think an example about their security, tens of thousands of u. S. Troops here in south korea. This all comes as the delegation from south korea returned from pyongyang. We know they have g
Around the world. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the rich eisen show. Youre in the situation room. Were following breaking news on the search for a new chief of staff. Multiple sources telling cnn mr. Trump is angry and feels humiliated after he was turned down by the Vice President s chief of staff, nick ayers. It is possible but not clear if maria butina agreed to cooperate with federal prosecutors or if she could advance the russia investigation, but theres no doubt that the legal pressure on the president and his inner circle is ratcheting higher as the gravity of Robert Muellers newest revelations sinks in. By cnns count, contacts between russia and 16 close Trump Associates have now been exposed. This hour i will talk about that and more with Senate Judiciary member chris coons. Our correspondents and analysts are standing by. Lets go to our chief White House Correspondent jim acosta. The president s plan to replace john kelly, his chief of staff, have now blown up in his face. Report
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