Breaking hours ago, a massiveou air strikers targeting you irani embassy complersx in syria reportedly eliminating one of tehrans most senior military commander. Several iranian diplomates were killed in addition to the general and theyre vowing a i harsh military response to the attack. Well speak with john b barrasso in a moment. Trey yingst has the latest. Reporter we are learning more about this rare daytime r strikear in syria that reported killed topth iranian general. He is a man responsible for the irgcs activities across the middle east. Specifically though in syria, in lebanon, this is an individual who was responsible for coordinating the weapon shipments from iran to the locations that could threatenip not justme American Forces butee israeli troops operating in the northern part of the country. All of this in response to escalating tension across the middle east and we know that thi foreign minister of syria is r responding to the strike earlier today. Take a listen. We st
Trump is convinced that both russia and ukraine need a way out of the conflict. They say they want to save face. At the same time, trump is sure that people in some ukrainian regions will not mind becoming part of russia. Trumps proposal, as the Washington Post writes, will radically change the current policy of us president joe biden, who emphasizes support for ukraine and limiting russian aggression. Seeking to return to power, a likely candidate. From the republicans has often boasted that he could negotiate a peace deal between russia and ukraine within 24 hours if elected before taking office, but he has repeatedly refused to specify publicly how he would quickly settle the war that has raged for more than two years and took the lives of tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians. Officially, trump has a socalled peace plan that envisages territorial concessions of kyiv, rejected. In particular, the adviser to the Election Campaign of the former. President , jason miller, called
Empty, steve. Steve that is good. People are getting the message. Meanwhile President Trump told sean hannity last night on his program that the president is working very closely with chinas president to contain the pandemic as global cases soar past half a million. It is 6 00 in the east coast. Good morning, everybody. Thank you very much for joining us. Once again, a split show. We are practicing that social distancing thing. We are in day 12 of the administrations 15days to slow the spread. And as we told you yesterday Governor Cuomo said by the looks of hospitalizations social distancing appears to be working because it is slowing that down. Also news out of Washington State, which has been so hard hit, apparently they are flattening the curve. The new numbers of cases is leveling off to a trickle. And some wonder whether its just the calm before the storm or, brian, whether or not the social distancing is actually working. And thats good news because we are all doing it. We are ho
Is through with me. And the us states where churches are permitted to keep their doors open, despite the lockdown. Hello, and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. Were covering all the latest coronavirus developments here in britain and globally. First, it may be through gritted teeth, but European Union finance ministers have agreed an Emergency Rescue package for the economies worst hit by the coronavirus pandemic. The president of the eurogroup, mario centeno, described the proposal as bold and ambitious that were unthinkablejust a few weeks ago. Matt graveling reports. While video links kept ministers apart, the message did not. Solidarity is key. A phrase born three weeks of discussion and part of the first major step to repair economies left battered by the coronavirus pandemic. We can all remember the response to the financial crisis of the last decade, when europe did too little too late. This time around is different. Different to the tune of 500 billion euros,