Moscow this is International Im sean thomas certainly glad to talk with. A former Army Intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning has attempted suicide in her jail cell ahead of a Court Appearance on friday her lawyers say according to reports she was found still breathing by a guard and rushed to the hospital she now said to be fighting for her life Chelsea Manning was being held in detention for refusing to testify before a grand jury regarding wiki leaks and Julian Assange she is still scheduled to appear friday at a hearing on a motion to squash the civil contempt sanctions that landed her in jail she leaked hundreds of thousands of classified documents to wiki leaks while serving in the u. S. Army and spent 7 years in prison for that manning said last may that she would rather starve to death then give testimony in the investigation we spoke to journalist daniel those are about the possible replications. They Chelsea Mannings attempted suicide shows the highly punitive nature of this en
Who risked his life to save the driver of this truck that exploded on the highway sparking a massive fire. Plus, caught on camera, a homeowner in shock with a pack of mountain lions roaming at the driveway. A new mission to the titanic. What experts now hope to recover from the ships wreckage before its too late. And the new idea to get shoppers off the computer and into the stores drinking while you shop. Good friday morning, everyone. Thank you for joining us. We begin with a new warning about russia setting its sights on the 2020 election and the stunning response from President Trump. Intelligence officials have revealed that the russians are trying to get the president reelected, and sources say the president was so angry that certain lawmakers were briefed on the issue that he moved to replace the acting director of National Intelligence before his term expired. And the shakeup continued overnight. Abcs Andrew Dymburt has the new details from washington. Andrew, good morning. Rep
Supreme court arguments, next week, he will argue his 40th case at Supreme Court. He says the acting listener general of the u. S. And president obama, paul and patricia pounders of the security lock. Hes a partner. He played himself in an episode of past cards. Theres an even more littleknown fact, he can come up with lyrics on demand. Now hes been a remarkable book, making the case of the impeachment of donald trump. He will be joined by michael, president of the center. Hes a lawyer and writer, expert on the tote presidency and american democracy. Michael served in the Clinton White house from 93 to 99. Working for the last american president who faced impeachment. Will make time for your questions tonight. You should have cards and pencils on your seat. We will make time for as many questions as we can. [applause] good evening everybody. Welcome to this important conversation, a critical issue, a critical moment in our countrys history. We are being listened to, thats good. [laught
Minister is accused of playing the bracks it blame game after germanys chancellor reportedly says a deal is overwhelmingly unlikely. With sports africa crush canada at the Rugby World Cup to confirm a place in the claims of full. Hello the Turkish Military has carried out strikes targeting the syrian iraqi border the aim to prevent Kurdish Forces using the route to reinforce northeast syria thats an anchor up or past to launch an offensive there but President Donald Trump says the u. S. Has not abandoned the kurds in syria as hes being criticized for his decision to pull out american troops weve got Kimberly Halkett in washington with us reaction Bernard Smith a standing by in erbil with the latest on the whole camp thats where thousands of eisel fighters are being held 1st will begin which all stratford who is joining us from turkeys border with syria whats the situation where you are now. Well weve seen throughout the day weve seen the beginnings of what seemed to be a military build
Reporting that at least 18 fighters iranian backed fighters were killed in those strikes it wouldnt be the 1st time we did mention that israel has been targeting iranian backed fighters in syria for years but what has been happening as of late sami is that were seeing israel expanding the scope of its military operations targeting iran and iranian backed fighters wherever it can syria 2 weeks ago lebannon and then we have these mysterious strikes targeting iraqi groups groups that are backed by iran targeting their arms depots targeting their leaders very close to the Syrian Border what israel is trying to do is we can iran across the region prevent it from gaining more influence and that area of this book camel area there is really a heavy presence of iranian backed fighters because this is the land corridor or it lies along the land corridor that links their front to damascus damascus to beirut. Thanks so much. Still ahead on aljazeera the families who say their lifestyles in the ama