step back recently has the fire power to become the major player in syria quickly once again. at the same time, christine, you have a huge summit taking place in tehran. the russians and iranians and turks are trying to hammer out a major agreement to prevent the bloodshed here in northern syria in idlib province. there are about 3 million civilians inside there. the russians are saying there is a lot of hardline islamists there. it is a hotbed of terrorism. a quick note. we are hearing air strikes in idlib province this morning. christine. that is an important detail. thank you for that. continue to work your sources. we will follow-up on that if there are new developments. thank you, fred. breaking overnight. defense secretary james mattis touching down in afghanistan.
there should be a summit at all. i mean, i know i was just in washington. i was just meeting with democrats and republicans and there is not a single member of congress that thinks that there should be a summit taking place. it just doesn t make sense to dignify vladimir putin with a meeting with the most important man in the free world. vladimir putin is running an economy the size of the state of new york, his military budget is 90% less than the united states. and is he making trouble all over the world. he shouldn t be dignified. he shouldn t be rewarded with this type of recognition. martha: there are senator graham was just here. he does think that the meeting should take place there are certainly some who believe that it would be a good idea. you have called vladimir putin pablo escabar with nukes as you just said a cold blooded killer a bald faced liar. what would you tell president trump as he goes into this meeting? what is he to understand about this man and how to read
it several times before, that the bad relations between russia and the u.s. are due to internal u.s. politics. in other words, somehow not the annexation of crimea or invasion of ukraine. not the bombing of syria. not interfering in u.s. politics. pretty strange. he also says russia has never sought confrontation. well, maybe not direct confrontation with the united states, but meddling the in u.s. elections, clearly yes. and you know, all those other things like ukraine and crimea, obviously they do not add to a good relationship with the united states. so the summit is on. the talks with mr. bolton over. we will know tomorrow when and where. i suppose the real question, ali, and steph, is why. why exactly is this summit taking place at all. yeah. well, that s a good question all around. we ll get more detail on that and hopefully from yo bill, thank you. you would think we just had the north korea summitnd all
the officer is recovering. amanda? good morning. yes. the police chief says that officer has alreadyeen in and out of a very serious surgery treating that gunshot wound. they say he responding to a domestic violence incident where a man has barricaded himself inside of an apartment with four young children. now, that officer was taken to this emergency room where he is expected to survive. we don t know the exact condition or extent of his injuries at this time. but, with only two years on the force, there has been an outpouring of love and support for him as cop cars have lined these streets, showing their love for one of their own. reporting live in orlando, i m amanda mckenzie. steve: amanda, thank you very much. we will keep an eye on that. historic summit taking place on what may be the economy s most crucial week of the entire year as new reports say the president will try to convince north korea to get richer by doing business with america. maybe even open a mcdonald s.
information release to deny transparency to the american people and protect the career people inside of the department of justice and f.b.i. what happened in the campaign and what happened in the hillary clinton e-mail server is a national disgrace. and rosenstein should be in the forefront of releasing that information and instead he is trying to hide it. sean: it is not michael horowitz to decide the release date. if it is released now through next week with the historic summit taking place in singapore and kim jong-un and donald trump are they burying it in the weekend or historic summit. there is no question of the intent. the reason it is delayed is also to allow the leaks which you saw the partial leak of