Growing up, a lot of people judged me because of the way i look. I thought all asians were good at math. You all look the same to me. No, where are you really from . 9 11 was your fault. How do you see out of such small eyes . Go back to your country. I guess i wish that people knew. We are not all the same. We are not all the same. We are not all the same. President trump tweeted that thee has been much tougher on russia than his predecessor was. So what does the record show on this . Here is Major Garrett tonight. He has been tougher on russia in the first year than obama was in eight years combined. Reporter Sarah Sanders defending President Trumps posture towards the kremlin. Last week, special Counsel Robert Mueller indicted 13 russian nationals and three call companies. The defendants allegedly conducted what they called Information Warfare against the united states. But the president has soft pedalled criticism of russia and its president vladamir putin. Casting blame at a top h
Congress could do this rapidly, but republicans have shown no interest in moving this kind of legislation. Major garrett at the white house tonight. Thanks. We turn now to syria in the civil war that has lasted seven years. Some of the worst acts of violence have come in the last 48 hours. At least 200 civilians have been killed in government shelling and air strikes. The assad regime propped up by russia is trying to bury the opposition in ghouta, on the outskirts of damascus. Charlie dagata has more on this. Reporter after another air strike, residents scrambled to find survivors and protect themselves from the next one. Even by the standard of the syrian war, activists describe what has happened in the past 48 hours in ghouta as a bloodbath. With help from their russian al lies, the syrian regimes bombs half the left hundreds dead. Syrias civilian rescue crews, the White Helmets captured the chaos, evacuating terrified residents, rushing the wounded to the hospital. Medics pleaded w
Captions by vitac www. Vitac. Com thanks for your company, everyone. The manhunt is intensifying for the man who killed 39 people at a nightclub in istanbul. Well show you a photo that matches what Turkish Police gave to media. Isis claiming responsibility for the attack. Turkey believes it was retaliation for going after the terror group in syria. Translator information about the fingerprints and basic information about the suspect have been found. We hope that we will find not only the terrorist but his connections and also support inidentify ain identi side and outside the club. For 39 people, the celebration for 2017 was their last. Reporter turkish officials have now detained eight people to question them in connection with this massacre at the night club. We are also seeing new images of the attacker that police are looking for, but they still do not know his whereabouts or his name. Three, two, one Reporter Video from a party inside the upscale nightclub the minute istanbul ente
Our cnn crew along the way . We want to welcome our viewers in the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer, youre in the situation room. Announcer this is cnn breaking news. Were following breaking news on the dayton shooting massacre, police revealing new details on the shooters movements that night. Just released video shows how officers confronted him less than 20 seconds after he fired his first shot, before killing him seconds later. Also breaking. China may be closer to intervening against prodemocracy protesters in hong kong. President trump says u. S. Intelligence officials told him that chinese troops are moving to the hong kong border. This, after thousands of demonstrators paralyzed hong kongs international airport, clashing with riot police. This hour, ill talk with democratic congressman don beyer and our correspondents and analysts are also standing by. First, lets go to gary tuchman in dayton, ohio for us. Police gave us the most detailed timeline yet of the
Welcome to our viewers in the United States and all around the world. This is new day. Were getting reporting just in about discussions that are underway between senators, key figures on capitol hill, and the white house in the effort to battle gun violence. We can report that senators joe manchin, a democrat, senator chris murphy a democrat, and pat toomey a republican have been in talks with the white house on subjects that include expanding background checks. Now one word of warning, dont get overexcited. Just because theyre talking doesnt necessarily mean there is progress. White house aides are expected to visit new jersey soon and brief the president on where all these discussions are going. Now, the president has claimed over the last few days that Mitch Mcconnell may be in favor of background checks expanding background checks. But. He may be confused. Because republican aides say Mitch Mcconnell say he has not endorsed any gun legislation. Maybe this time will be different. Th