New government policy, well, the reaction tells you just about everything. Civil Rights Groups and transgender advocacy groups are furious. The policy set forth by the secretary of defense state that transgender persons with a history or diagnosis with gender dysphoria are disqualified from military. More on that in a minute. The department of defense concludes there are substantial risks associated with allowing the retention of individuals with history or diagnosis of gender its not conducive to military effectiveness. We keep hearing that over and over. And while the new policy allows a few narrow exceptions, it is not for the aclu, who said the white house has released tonight is transphobia as policy. On the other hand, the center for military readiness says the policy does not go far enough. In part, from their statement, the president says, this announcement today, says nothing about ending Political Correctness in the military. A promise that President Trump made. And we were h
Counsel, is looking into possible collusion between the Trump Campaign and russia. All of that coming up. Lets start with lots of confusion at the white house right now while the president is vacationing down in florida. President trump is spending easter weekend at his maralago resort in palm beach. Once again today he was seen at the Trump International golf club not very far away. Its his 104th day at one of his Golf Properties since taking office. Our chief White House Correspondent jim acosta is joining us from West Palm Beach right now. Jim, the president at his golf course, but its a comment from a speech in ohio yesterday that has caused some significant confusion back among his top aides. Whats going on . Reporter thats right, wolf. A Senior Administration official told me earlier this morning that the president s comments in ohio yesterday that well be getting, the u. S. Will be getting out of syria very soon is essentially just perplexing people inside the administration, in
Louis bergdorf. As the senate gets ready to hear testimony from the Supreme Court justice nominee, the president is blasting, two long running, obamaera investigations of two very popular republican congressmen were brought to a wellpublicized charge, just ahead of the mid terms, by the Jeff Sessions Justice Department. Two easy wins now in doubt because theres not enough time. Good job, jeff. The Justice Department declined to comment when asked by the New York Times. The president s claim is false and the Insider Trading investigation of congressman Chris Collins stemmed from actions he is accused of taking five months after the Trump Administration began, including messages collins sent in june of 2017 while he was at the white house congressional picnic. A handful of republicans in congress reacted with dismay to the president s tweets. Senator ben sasse of nebraska said the United States is not a Banana Republican with a twotiered system of justice. These two men have been charged
New government policy, well, the reaction tells you just about everything. Civil Rights Groups and transgender advocacy groups are furious. The policy set forth by the secretary of defense state that transgender persons with a history or diagnosis with gender dysphoria are disqualified from military. More on that in a minute. The department of defense concludes there are substantial risks associated with allowing the retention of individuals with history or diagnosis of gender its not conducive to military effectiveness. We keep hearing that over and over. And while the new policy allows a few narrow exceptions, it is not for the aclu, who said the white house has released tonight is transphobia as policy. On the other hand, the center for military readiness says the policy does not go far enough. In part, from their statement, the president says, this announcement today, says nothing about ending Political Correctness in the military. A promise that President Trump made. And we were h
The chances someone gets hurt . And breaking news out of hollywood. Arnold schwarzenegger undergoing emergency surgery. And the miracle on ice. The accountant pulled from the stands, called in to play professional hockey. How he saved the game. And good evening. Welcome to world news tonight. Im tom llamas in for david. And we begin with the results of a private autopsy on Stephon Clark, the unarmed black man fatally shot by police in sacramento. An infrared camera and helicopter, you see it there, showing clark running through his neighborhood into his grandmothers backyard. A Police Bodycam then recording officers firing 20 times. Tonight, that new autopsy revealing that clark was struck eight times, including six bullets to his back. The police had said they fired on clark because he was charging towards them. The new autopsy raising doubts about that claim. Abcs Kayna Whitworth starts us off from sacramento. Reporter tonight, an independent autopsy commissioned by the family of Ste