Intervention. Just the fact that murders of these 21 hostages took place in north africa not the middle east is raising new questions about the strength and reach of the Islamic State. Nbcs Foreign Correspondent is with us this morning. First of all, talk about the significance over what has happened over just the last 48 hours. Reporter yeah. A group of egyptian christians who are among the thousands who work in libya. They had been missing, kids knapped, feared kidnapped for the past several weeks. Yesterday Late Afternoon local time here in the u. S. A video emerged online belonging to isis so shooing the brutes execution of several of those men. Within hows the egyptian president addressed the nation vowed this response. You can see on the screen egyptian fighter jets taking often from egypt, bombing targets in the eastern part of the country. Now, according to the Egyptian Military they say they targeted training sites, weapon deep oes belonging to some of these militants in retal
Be the clock ticking for Jeff Sessions. Lets get right to cnns senior political analyst mark preston. Chief National Security correspondent, and National Security correspondent jim sciutto. Senior White House Correspondent jeff zeleny. Legal analyst laura coats. Lots to get to next couple hours on cnn. Jeff, you first, Washington Post reporting tonight President Trump and his advisers to discussing the possibility of replacing attorney general Jeff Sessions. That does match much of what cnn has also been reporting and follows President Trumps swipe earlier where he tweeted this. So why arent the committees and investigators and, of course, our beleaguered a. G. , looking into crooked hillarys crimes and russia relations . What are you learning tonight from the white house, jeff . Reporter don, when you call your attorney general someone what was once a loyal supporter and indeed a trusted ally and friend, when you call him beleaguered, you know, it stands to reason that, yes, theyre lo
Lets get to mark preston, jim schuitto, jeff zeleny and laura koets. Good evening to all of you. A lot to get to next couple of hours here on cnn. Jeff you first, the Washington Post reporting tonight the discussions of the possible of replacing attorney general Jeff Sessions. That does match with what cnn has been reporting. So why arent the committees and investigators and of course our ag looking into crooked hillarys crimes and russian relations. What are you learning tonight from the white house . Don, when you call your once trusted ally and friend with you call him beleaguered it stands to believe that yes, they are looking at contingency plans. Im told the talks and discussions are in the early stages in terms of who might potentially replace the attorney general if he should happen to resign or if the president should fire him. Im also told this is a contingency plan, nothing thats immediately in the works. If the president wanted to fire him, im told by one adviser he would h
27,000 acres have been destroyed so far. Californias worldfamous wine country is not the only part of the golden state in trouble. All together, some 100,000 acres have been charred as fires rage in eight california counties. More than 100 people are missing right now. Neighborhoods are literally being wiped out. And just a few moments, we will take you to the fire zone where thousands are still being evacuated. Also happening right now, Vice President mike pence is in california. He is getting a briefing on the fire. The response to the fire. Well get to california again in just a few moments. But we start with politics and a president on the brink of war. And perhaps an i. Q. Test. A few moments ago, President Trump sat for lunch at the white house with two members of his National Security team, secretary of defense as well as the man whom nbc first reported had called the president a moron. Rex tillerson. Even as defense secretary mattis tells troops, quote, to be ready for war with
The party let by sebastian kurtz, who is only 31. When will the ruling elite get the message that people dont want open borders . Joining us for reaction, a powerful populous voice, monica crowley. I remember when we first got talking, it was during the 2016 campaign. I got back from campaigning for brexit. You were one of the lone voices supporting donald trump and predicting that his message would prevail and its continuing to grow. Immigration is one of the issues at the heart of that. What is your take . I think there are a lot of fissures that are dividing, but the gettest one, most profound one, steve, is the elite versus everybody else. About a year ago, there was an extraordinary piece written, the protected classes, versus the unprotected class. What were seeing in the west, including the election of donald trump, were seeing the revolt of the unprotected class, regular citizens looking for jobs, looking for nations security and sovereignty. Thats where the Immigration Crisis