Secretary james mattis says he will not rule anything out. Syrian activist groups says ss dozens of civilians were killed. Despite what youre seeing, russia says there was no chemical attack by its syrian allies. Russia also says israel was behind an overnight missile strike at an air base in syria. Israel is not commenting. We have breaking news from the white house. We understand the National Security principles meeting on this subject is beginning as we speak. Kaitlan collins at the white house with the latest on that. Reporter that meeting is going to focus on syria and what options theyre going to present to President Trump to deal with an aftermath of that deadly and ugly attack over the weekend. And john bolton, we should note, his first day on the job here officially as the National Security adviser here at the white house today. We have seen him going back and forth between the west wing and the executive office building. We just saw him come back over to the west wing, presum
Family to pay their respects. Devastating. Lives shattered. Later today, President Trump will be visiting pittsburgh as a community really divided. Wrestles with whether he should visit now or at all. I do believe that it would be best to put the attention on the families this week. And if he were to visit, choose a different time to be able to do it. Our focus is the city. Well be on the families and the outreach that theyll need this week and the support that theyll need to get through it. Once we get past that, then i think theres the opportunity for president ial visits. Also this morning, word of a growing list of elected officials who have now declined the white houses invitation to join the president in his visit today. But to be clear, that one issue is the farthest thing from the minds of those who matter most right now, the families laying their loved ones to rest. Lets go to the ground right now. Cnns jean casarez is outside the tree of life synagogue. Shes joining me now. T
Who got access to their letter. Live from cnn World Headquarters in atlanta, we want to welcome our viewers here in the United States and all around the world. Im George Howell, the cnn newsroom starts right now. At 5 00 a. M. Here on the u. S. East coast a key Trump White House official is said to be cooperating extensively with the special counsel Robert Muellers russia investigation. In fact, hes been cooperating for the last nine monies. And so what extent it is just now being revealed publicly. According to New York Times, White House Counsel Don Mcgahn has talked to investigators no less than 30 hours and hes said to have given information that they wouldnt otherwise have. U. S. President insists in a tweet he let mcgahn do it and allowed other Staff Members to fully cooperate with the special counsel. The times also reports mcgahn feared being set up as the fall guy if any wrongdoing was found and a source tells cnn the relationship between mcgahn and the president is now akin t
Of several jewish grandchildren. His daughter is a Jewish American and his soninlaw is a descendant of holocaust survivors. Tomorrow, the president and first lady will travel toll pennsylvania to express the support of the American People and grieve with the pittsburgh communit community. Well, just minutes later, sanders defended the president against accusations that hes enflaming anger and Division Within the nation as it faces the death of 11 members of the synagogue. Plus, a man accused of a racially charged double murder in kentucky and a suspect accused of sending more than a dozen mail bombs to critics of President Trump. Here was sanders, moments ago. And then this morning, suggesting that the news media is responsible for the anger in the country. How does he do that, when, in the case of the pipe bomber, this was somebody who went to trump rallies, this is somebody who had a van covered with attacks on the media and praise for the president. The shooter in pittsburgh is some
World. Im rosemary church, and this is cnn newsroom. Saudi arabia is offering its explanation for what happened to Jamal Khashoggi, but many in the International Community are not buying it. In a fox news interview, the Saudi Foreign minister called the journalists death a murder that was a tremendous mistake by a rogue operation. Adele ajuber added Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman was not aware beforehand. He called the eldest son to express condolences. Our Nick Robinson joins us now from istanbul with more on all of this. Nick, how likely is it that Jamal Khashoggis body will ever be located . Reporter well, what we are hearing, the latest if you like, from the foreign minister in saudi arabia, is that they dont know where his body is. And as they have the men that turkish investigators would most like to question, the 15 minute turkish investigators say were the hit squad that came from saudi arabia the day Jamal Khashoggi disappeared, it would seem the preponderance of information