Autonomy. A moment is of good to have you with us u. S. President donald trump is dismissing allegations that russia paid bounties to taliban linked fighters to kill u. S. Troops in afghanistan and claims that his administration failed to act on the intelligence its not clear how many u. S. Casualties in afghanistan are under suspicion but the white house is coming under increasing pressure from lawmakers of both parties to provide answers. 3 American Marines killed by a car bomb in afghanistan planted by the taliban the radical Islamist Group allegedly received a bounty for the i. P. O. 2019 attack thats according to a report by the New York Times which details a Money Transfer from russian. Intelligence services to a bank account linked to the taliban the American Secret Services have reportedly known about the transfer for months the allegations have set the white house on the defensive did President Trump know about the alleged russian bounty as the New York Times article suggests.
Coronavirus within the net barragan. Hisd mcintosh talks about organizations role in campaign 2020. This is washington journal for july second. Several key members of the Trump Administration including the president himself respond to reports from an New York Times bounties. T russian several members of congress urged it in hearing how much the program it what the expected response will be from the u. S. Will getrst hour we your response to the story in the white house reaction as well. ,emocrats, 202 7488000 republicans, 202 7488001, ts 202 7488002, if youre an afghanistan veteran you can call us at 202 7488003. You could post on our facebook page. Prpicksciated press story thatmpanying has yesterdays response said washington criticized for inaction. President donald trump and officials picked up their defense that russia offered bounties for killing u. S. Troops in afghanistan. President S National Security advisor city he had a list of retaliatory it options if the intelligence prov
Specialite alerted their superiors as early as january to a suspected plot to pay bounties to the tally ban to kill troops in afghanistan. This according to officials in the matterment they believe one troop death was a result of the boupties. They go on this say the crucial information that led the spies and commandos to focus on the bounties included the recovery of a large amount of American Cash from a raid on a tell ban outpost that tromented suspicions. Interrogations have captured militants. Played an essential role in making the Intelligence Community confident that the russians offered and paid bounties in 2019. Another official has said. Thats in the New York Times this morning. President trump you have probably heard is denying this bounty report. Heres the headline in usa today. Nobodys been tougher on russia than the trump administration, said the president. He said that in this piece that facing strong criticism from democrats, trump said on twitter that neither he nor th
Looking at these polls. President trumps poll numbers tanking after months of crises. Were doing i think very well. We just started. Hes like a child. Who cant believe this has happened to him. Can trump come back . Or is biden poised to put this race away . Insight and analysis from fivethirtyeights nate silver and our powerhouse roundtable. Announcer from abc news its this week. Here now, chief anchor george stephanopoulos. Good morning and welcome to this week. More than five months ago the first case of covid19 was confirmed in the United States, but as we come on the air this morning, the pandemics grip on our country appears to be as strong as ever. 00 new reported saturday. Four states hit new daily highs. Five have set new records for hospitalizations. More than 40 states marking higher weekly averages than last week. With new records set nearly every day. Overnight, the number of cases worldwide topped 10 million. More than 1 out of 4 right here in the United States. We all ha
Good morning from russia such as the 6 june 2020 life martys worldviews h. Q. Here in moscow its kevin 0 in with me for the next half hour to take you through those headlines and more in more detail 1st the major demonstrations over the death of george floyd are expected over the weekend in the u. S. Capitol police are warning that saturdays protests could prove to be the largest at the scene in washington americas biggest race protests in half a century show little sign of abating but the riots and rage of now turned into a more peaceful calls for justice and reform. The 1st. I. Guess. The running parallels of all that americas leading Public Health agency the centers for Disease Control and prevention now warning people whove been out protesting to get tested for the coronavirus social distancing protocols have been thrown to the window over the past week despite the us approaching 2000000 infections and over 100000 deaths the governor of new york metaphysic the george floyd crowd wi