The president does. A rare interview with the former Vice President next. Plus what really happened . Fired fbi director james comey finally speaks out in front of congress and cameras. All i want is for comey to be honest. Well preview the hotly anticipated testimony. And the best political minds will be here on what happens next. Hello, im jake tapper. Terror has struck the heart of europep, this time in london where a deadly attack has left seven innocent people dead and 48 wounded. Police believe three terrorists then fled on foot from the van to bu row market, a popular spot for food and drink. Busy on saturday nights. There they burst into restaurants swinging huz knives. Police arrived on scene just eight minutes after the first call, killing three suspects. In this photo were about to show you you can see one of the dead terrorists appearing what believes to be a suicide vest. But those vests were fake designed to strike more fear. This is the third attack in the u. K. This yea
These heinous actions by the assad regime cannot be tolerated. Reporter donald trump confronting crises during a week of high stakes diplomacy. Including the meeting today with xi jinping. My attitude toward syria and assad changed. Reporter the changes in action over the chemical attack perpetrated by Bashar Al Assad against his own people. When you kill innocent children. Innocent babies. That crosses many, many lines. I do change and i am flexible. Im proud of that flexibility. That attack on children yesterday had a big impact on me. Reporter a significant shift for a president who in the past has advocated against intervention in syria after similar attacks. Were supposed to get involved with syria. I would say stay out. Reporter and fought for a ban on syrian refugees. Im putting people on notice that are coming from syria as part of the mass migration. If i win, theyre going back. Reporter United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley warning the u. S. May take unilateral action whether
Herself. The other side was using content that was just flat out false. And delivering it in a very personalized way. I get the nomination. So im now the nominee of the Democratic Party. I inherit nothing from the Democratic Party. The comey letter, which was now we know partly based on a false memo from the russians. So for whatever reason and i speculate but i cant look inside the guys mind, you know, he dumps that on me on october 28th. I immediately start falling. Shannon President Trump reacting to that and breaking developments around the unmasking of trump advisors by the Obama Administration. John roberts joins me live from the white house. The president going back and forth with Hillary Clinton a little twitter war going on over her comments yesterday. The president tweeting crooked hillary blames everybody but herself. Hillary clinton promptly replied people in there is a reference to the mysterious tweet the president sent out the night before. He misspelled coverage and wen
Election system. And i think as well our institutions under assault internally. Internally from the president . Exactly. Reporter the former inte intelligence chief James Clapper says the president is undermining the american system. The Founding Fathers and genius created a system of three equal branches of government and a builtin system of checks and balances. I feel thats under assault and eroding. Reporter clapper rejecting the president s repeated use of the Senate Testimony to dismiss the russia investigation. The bottom line is i dont know if there was collusion. Political collusion. I dont know of any evidence to it. I cant refute it. I cant confirm it. Reporter United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley comes to the white house aid. The president is the ceo of the country. He can fire or hire whoever he wants. Reporter condemning the reaction and suggesting that recordings may have conversations taped with comey. The white house denies it was a threat. I would advise the president
Gorsuch and attacks in sweden. A driver plowing his truck into a department store, a lot of news. Lets get to it. And first from the deck this friday afternoon, we begin with a stark warning from russia. The russian Prime Minister is now saying that the syrian strikes have put the United States on the verge of a military clash. Quoting here the last remaining election fog has lift. Instead of a overworked statement about a joint fight between the enemy, isis, the Trump Administration proved that they will fight the legitimate Syrian Government in a tough contradiction with International Law and without u. N. Approval. He writes the strikes have put the United States on the verge of a military clash with russia. That as we get word that a russian warship is headed toward the two United States Navy Destroyers used in the strikes on syria. Were nearing 24 hours now since the president ordered the strikes on that air base in syria. A response he says to this weeks deadly gas attack in syri