Tornadoes, violent storms, and flooding rains. Campers scrambling. Roads washed away. Tonight, whats in the forecast for your holiday plans. Good evening. Thanks for joining us on this sunday. Im tom llamas. And first up tonight, President Trump sending out a bizarre video and raising the question, is his social media habit hijacking his agenda . As republicans struggle with health care, and a major meeting is set with Vladimir Putin this week, the president instead focused on attacking the media. Tweeting this mock video of him tackling then punching a man who represents cnn. Is this shocking image of the president just comedy, or could it incite violence against the media . Heres gloria riviera. Reporter tonight, President Trump escalating his war on the media. Tweeting a mock video, showing him outside a wrestling ring punching and tackling a man with the cnn logo covering his face. Trumps Homeland Security adviser tom bossert, seeing the video for the first time on this week, defen
Incident in afghanistan and once again isis there is claiming responsibility. A Shiite Muslim Cultural Center was the target this time of the afghanistan isis spinoff. The suicide bomber walked into the center of a gathering leaving a scene of death and destructions. Other explosions outside. 41 killed, at least 84 wounded. Shiite targets there. Isis in afghanistan started in 2015. It has been growing in strength as it has been fading in other parts of the world. Between isis and taliban afghanistan still a very dangerous place, rick. Rick what has been the u. S. Response . Strong response. We heard from the u. S. Embassy in kabul where the incident took place. They called the attack horrific pledging continued support from the u. S. While the u. S. Is supposed to be playing a backup and training role we have to remember the Trump Administration is doubling down on this 16year long war bringing troop levels back up to 14,000. Recently we learned that special forces were involved in Som
That. So what are we expecting today from the president s speech, john . The National Security strategy which the president has out in his first year, not many administrations do that. He will lay out his new National Security strategy at 2 00 this afternoon at the reagan building. It is really based on five pillars. All of which he talked about at length during the campaign and in the 11 months he has been president. First of all, to protect the American People, the homeland and american way of life through strengthening Border Security and reforming immigration and promote american prosperity by rejuvenating the economy. Cutting new trade deals with some of our allies. Preserving peace through strength. The reagan mantra. Rebuilding and reequipping the u. S. Military. Championing American Values while not seeking to impose our way of life on anyone and pursuing a regional Security Strategy to promote security and stability in an entire region, not just among individual countries. The
What are you reporting . Were in an amtrak train accident. Were south of tacoma and north of olympia. Rick that in this days news in Shepard Smith reporting. Im Rick Leventhal in for Shepard Smith. President trump praising his accomplishments so far in the white house, pointing to the gops tax plan and the economy and tweeting you havent seen anything yet. Of course, some critics are saying that the Obama Administration created the policies that helped spur the Economic Growth and they say the tax bill was the president s only major legislative win this year despite republicans controlling the white house and both chambers of congress. Rich edson has the news live in West Palm Beach from maralargo. Rich . Good afternoon, rick. The president has just returned to maralargo, spent the day at the Trump International golf course. Very few public appearances for the president since after christmas. He did show up yesterday at the West Palm Beach fire and rescue squad. He met with First Respo
Breaking news out of Washington State this hour where an amtrak train runs off the track off a bridge and onto an interstate. A local reporter was on the train before it derailed. Very difficult to process that we were on that exact train about 10, 15 minutes before it derailed. That breaking news. Good day. Amtrak train 501 derailing on a southbound route between tacoma and olympia, washington. There are injuries and multiple casualties. They do not have exact numbers. Emergency crews and First Responders are rushing to the scene. National Traffic Safety board officials are gathering information as they told residents to avoid the section of interstate 5 in that part of Pierce County, washington. One of the rail cars fell onto the highway which is the main route up and down the coast. A commuter called into our local nbc affiliate just moments ago. It was about 50 yards from just going under that overpass there. We all came to a sudden stop to try to avoid hitting one another. Once we