Is a shakeup coming in the white house . An abc news exclusive. The first interview with the United Airlines ceo responding to what he calls that horrific event. The video of a passenger being dragged off a flight. Now the new footage showing what happened just moments before. I am not going. I am not going. Calls to boycott the airline. Should the ceo keep his job . What he is saying only on gma. We do say good morning, america. On this hump day and we have a lot of news to get to. We sure do. We have that exclusive interview with uniteds ceo, thats just ahead. Hes responding to that International Outrage over the video of that doctor being dragged off one of their planes one of many stories breaking overnight, and also this morning, secretary of state Rex Tillerson in moscow right now. Hes meeting with the Russian Foreign minister with tensions high over syria and president putin next on his agenda. Overnight President Trump places an urgent phone call to chinas president about the N
It has been five days since the Trump Administration fired 59 tomahawk missiles into syria after its deadly chemical attack. The president is taking ard ha stance against russian president Vladimir Putin for what he says is the backing of an evil regime that is, quote, bad for mankind. Frankly, putin is backing a person thats truly an evil person. And i think its very bad for russia. I think its very bad for mankind. Its very bad for this world. But when you drop gas or barrel bombs, massive barrels with dynamite and they drop them into a group of people, and in all fairness, you see the same kids with no arms, no legs, no face. This is an animal. The president s comments coming as officials provide evidence confirming the assad regime used sarin gas on its own people last week and claiming russia is currently helping assad perpetuate false claims of the nature of the attack, releasing a report that read part, the Syrian Regime and russia have sought to confuse the World Community abou
Hitler and sean spicer syria. Roxa Roxana Saberi is here in new york with the latest. Good morning, meg. The secretary of state meets facetoface today with russias foreign minister. It comes as they continue to defend the Syrian Regime against the allegations behind last weeks deadly chemical attack. Truly an evil person. Thats how President Trump characterized syrian leader Bashir Al Assad. When you drop gas or bombs or baseball bombs that have these massive barrels with dieb might and they drop them right in the middle of a group of people and you see the same kids, no arms, no legs, no face, this is an animal. The president s comments came on the same day stary of state Rex Tillerson arrived in moscow for a highstakes sitdown with Russian Foreign minister sergei lavrov. They have align themselves with an unreliable partner. But russias president Vladimir Putin wont be easily dismissed. The white house says russias trying to cover up what happened. It will not spiral out of control.
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Beyond the glory days of apollo. Woodruff all that and more, on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. Supporting social entrepreneurs and their solutions to the worlds most pressing problems skollfoundation. Org. The lemelson foundation. Committed to improving lives through invention. In the u. S. And developing countries. On the web at lemelson. Org. Supported by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation. Committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information at macfound. Org and with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff new tensions between the United States and russia dominated this day. Americas top diplomat carried u. S. Grievances over syria and other issues to moscow, while Pre