To iran is that threat growing larger . Id ask ed royce. And playing dangerous. Would would an Airline Pilot flush live ammunition down the toilet during an International Flight . Wolf blitzer is off. Im brianna keilar, youre in the situation room. We begin with todays shocking add manages from the fbi. The bureau made a mistake, a big one that allowed dylann roof to buy the gun that he used in the massacre that killed nine people. The news broke on the same day that South Carolina tonight down the Confederate Flag and removed its flagpole a direct result of those shootings, our correspondents experts and guests are standing by to bring you the latest on all you this news. Pamela what happened here . Man who confessed to gunning down nine people should never have been able to buy that that. 45caliber gun to kill them. That bomb shill coming from fbi director comey, that a mistake was made a mistake he calls of hardbreaking importance that rips all of our hards out. Direct orr comey say
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Seeking damages. She accuses Carnival Cruise lines of negligence and fraud and says that she was injured as a result of the unseaworthy, unsafe, unsanitary, and generally despicable conditions in aboard the triumph. A spokesperson says the company has not seen the lawsuit and cannot comment. Meantime, the triumph has been moved to a shipyard in mobile, where extensive repairs and cleanup begin as the official incident investigation also begins. Because the ship is registered in the bahamas and the event occurred in international waters, the bahamian authority is the lead investigator. Both the u. S. Coast guard and the National Transportation safety board, the ntsb, are heavily involved, interviewing passengers and crew, trying to determine why the fire broke out and how it was handled and ultimately trying to prevent Something Like this from ever happening again. Lester . Thanks. The ordeal on the carnival triumph was difficult for everyone on board. For some, it did become a dire eme
When hes made some of the remarks that, for example, challenge the heroism of mr. Mccain, somebody who endured torture and conducted himself with exemplary patriotism. The Republican Party is shocked, and yet that arises out of a culture where those kinds of outrageous attacks have become far too commonplace and get circulated nonstop. Were creating a culture that is not conducive to good policy or good politics. The American People deserve better. The president s remarks come as a new cnn poll gives you a look at whats behind Donald Trumps surging ahead of his gop rivals right now. It sure seems to rest largely on widespread dissatisfaction with washington. 53 of Republican Voters say they do not feel their views are represented by lawmakers right now. Thats nearly double the democrats who share that sentiment. Jake tapper is joining us now, host of the lead and state of the union for more on this. We can bring in all the polls at any point but i want to ask you what you heard from pr
Megyn kelly. He called the questions vicious, rr ridiculous, unfair. He said kelly really bombed. He said fox should be ashamed. Then on friday night, here on cnn, he said this. She gets out and she starts asking me all sorts of ridiculous questions, and you could see there was blood coming out of her eyes, blood coming out of her wherever, but she was, in my opinion, she was off base. Now, trump says he meant her nose. But many people perceive it as a reference to kellys period, her time of the month. Honestly, i cant even believe im talking about this on tv right now. So because of that, because of that exchange, trump was disinvited from a gop gathering in atlanta on saturday. His rivals are hoping that his campaign is now going to selfdestruct. This morning cnns jake tapper challenged trump. Here is what happened. Let me just ask you a question, sir. Do you i understand youre saying that you you did not mean to suggest that megyn kelly was having her period. You were saying of cour