Plus it has been 50 years since the british invasion. If you want to know what it was really like, who better to talk to than one of the fab four. The one and only ringo starr tells us all about it tonight. But first i need to show you something that is causing a whole lot of controversy. Ready for it . Here it is. The newspaperaine. And it simply reads, the [ bleep ] in the white house. If you have watched me over the past couple years, the past few years, you know how i feel about this. Although i think this word is toxic and used gratuitously at a often by far too many people of all different ethnic backgrounds, i do think it should be used if it is pertinent to a news story or the conversation. We cant talk about it without actually saying the word. Was it appropriate to be used in this way in a headline . Did this newspaper go too far . The writer of this article had a by the way is white and insisted on this headline, he will join me alive to defend himself. And then there are th
Fast. Its government wants the u. S. To step in and help. The latest twist in the republican political upheaval. The speaker of the house will make much anticipated comments, and its happening right here this hour. Have you planned your 90th Birthday Party . This is what the president , the former president , george h. W. Bush is going to do to celebrate. Hes going to leap from a plane this hour. More of a bungee jumping kind of a guy. Thats quite a birthday. Im john berman. And im michaela pereira. First the breaking news out of iraq. Islamic militants are closing in on baghdad. This was just some of the fighting as armed radicals seized several key cities. Iraqi forces that were traine e by the u. S. Simply ran. They melted away. They dropped their weapons and ran in the face of this onslaught. Now, keep in mind more than 4,000 u. S. Troops were killed fighting in iraq. The longterm financial costs of the war to american taxpayers, thats expected to exceed a trillion dollars. So obvi
I hope this doesnt become the katrina moment for president obama saying that he doesnt need to come to the border. He should come down. I want to bring now cnn White House Correspondent, senior White House Correspondent jim acosta. Jim, theres a letter to governor perry that the Obama Administration sent to him. It also addresses some concerns about specific policies that are in place to fight what were seeing this flood of undocumented immigrants. What are they saying . Reporter thats right. Just to get you up to speed on whats happening with the potential meeting between president obama and republican governor rick perry, we at this point can tell you that perrys office has not yet accepted that invitation or at least we dont know whether or not theyve accepted that invitation, according to a Senior Administration official here at the white house, aides to the president were in touch with perrys staff late last night, trying to arrange this meeting and of course, this comes after per
Plus it has been 50 years, the british invasion, if you want to know what it was really like better to talk to the one of the fab four. The one and Nelly Ringo Starr tells us all about it tonight. But first i need to show you something that is causing a whole lot of controversy. Ready for it . Here it is. The newspaperaine. And it simply reads, the [ bleep ] in the white house. If you have watched me over the past couple years, the past few years, you know how i feel about this. Although i think this word is toxic and used gratuitously at a often by far too many people of all different ethnic backgrounds, i do think it should be used if it is pertinent to a news story or the conversation. We cant talk about it without actually saying the word. Was it appropriate to be used in this way in a headline . Did this newspaper go too far . The writer of this article had a by the way is white and insisted on this headline, he will join me alive to defend himself. And then there are the two imag
Depositions . Reporter and Catherine Croft is done testifying. She talked about the decision to withhold that military aid approved by congress that ukraine desperately sought that came just as the president was pushing for those investigations into were his political rivals. She did say that there was an informal hold that was placed on the release of that aid by Mick Mulvaney, acting white house chief of staff, and she said it came at the direction of the president. Now, she also indicated, we are told, that Rudy Giuliani, she tried to stay away from the role that Rudy Giuliani played in moving outside of normal diplomatic channels and said that she wanted to stay away from that mess referring to the push by giuliani to invest gays the bidens as well as the 2016 elections, but coming out of this closeddoor deposition, some democrats said there needs to be more explanation about key players roles including Mick Mulvaneys. Mr. Mulvaneys role gets deeper as we get into this. And it is p