Words doesnt change who i am, what ive stood for my entire life. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. Captions by vitac www. Vitac. Com getting ready for battle. Iraqi troops move to the front to fight isis insurgent, but this bloody conflict is getting a whole lot more complicated as syrian warplanes hit villages in iraq, iran sends Surveillance Drones overhead and u. S. Advisers go to work on the ground. The war is clearly spreading. The former Jordanian Foreign minister is in the situation room. Mohammed jamjoon is in the situation room and Barbara Starr has the latest. I think you just laid it out. This war getting more dangerous by the day. As Iraqi Army Forces battle isis militants west of baghdad, there is disturbing evidence the war is now not limited by borders. In the iraqi town of al kei mercks, the carnage of syrian air strike, at least 57 iraqis killed and more than 120 wounded up and down iraqs border with syria after syria launched air strikes inside iraq. The u
I was watching mr. And mrs. Khan on the stage last night as i was listening to him speak. I immediately asked our producers to get to work to see if they would be willing to come here tonight so im really glad that they are. And youre the only person theyve spoken to since that world changing moment last night. Congratulations. Thank you, rachel. I really appreciate it. So my first guest tonight will be the parents of captain khan who were all introduced to us all last night on that convention stage. They will be joining us via satellite from their home in virginia we will also be joined by Tony Schwartz who wrote the Donald Trumps autobiography for him. Were going to ask Tony Schwartz to try to explain to mr. And mrs. Khan and to the rest of us why donald trump says so many hateful and hurtful things about so many people. You want to see the best of america, you need look no further than Army Captain Humayun Khan. Tonight, we are honored to stand here as parents of captain humayun kha
On the stage last night as i was listening to him speak. I immediately asked our producers to get to work to see if they would be willing to come here tonight so im really glad that they are. And youre the only person theyve spoken to since that world changing moment last night. Congratulations. Thank you, rachel. I really appreciate it. So my first guest tonight will be the parents of captain kahn who were all introduced to us all last night on that convention stage. They will be joining us via satellite from their home in virginia we will also be joined by Tony Schwartz who wrote the Donald Trumps autobiography for him. Were going to ask Tony Schwartz to try to explain to mr. And mrs. Kahn and to the rest of us why donald trump says so many hateful and hurtful things about so many people. You want to see the best of america, you need look no further than army captain kahn. Tonight, we are honored to stand here as parents of captain kahn. And as patriotic americanmuslims with undivide
Fake future of Jeff Sessions. Manu raju is live. You caught up with senator Lindsey Graham and he did not hold back. Reporter he did not, indeed, kate. Several pieces of news in the hallways. One piece hes moving pretty aggressively to insulate the special counsel from President Trump. Hes drafting Bipartisan Legislation and plans to offer next week that would actually require a judicial review, if the president were to take steps to fire bob mueller, something he hopes gets significant support from both sides of the aisle. In addition to that, raising serious doubts about whether or not donald trump jr. Only met with this russian these russian officials once in trump tower. This, of course, after donald trump jr. Said the meeting they had with russian officials, which he was promised dirt on the clinton campaign. That was the only time they let. Lid see graham, after hearing testimony said hes skeptical. There could be other contacts and they need to investigate that. Raising concern
Construction of his longpromised wall. This in the wake of supporters the that the president caved. Mick mulvaney tells john roberts thats not the case. Why he did what he did is Many Democrats came to us, and they are starting to agree with him on the necessity for a barrier on the southern border. Thats a marked difference on where the democratic leadership is. Nancy pelosi saying even if they open the government she wouldnt give a single dollar for the wall. We go to ellison barber live at the white house. Reporter the white house is trying hard to push back on the narrative that the president gave in to the democrats. They are making the argument you heard Mick Mulvaney make in private conversations and also in Television Interviews saying they reached this deal because they had moderate democrats coming them saying they were willing to fund a physical barrier at the wall once the government was reopened. They say President Trump took advantage of an opportunity here. Republicans w