with the vx nerve agent. malaysia s health minister said he died within 20 minutes of being poisoned. at least 28 people are killed after a truck ran into people saturday during a mardi gras parade. the suspect is in custody. they say he appeared to be highly intoxicated. new orleans police chief said there is no indication it was an act. tom perez, a new leader of the democratic national committee. perez won the chairmanship on saturday in a tight race against keith elson. his biggest job will be to rebuild the democratic party after hillary clinton s loss to the president of the united states in november. the president says he will not be attending the annual white house correspondents dinner come april 29th. this is a break in tradition as the president is usually the guest of honor there. mr. frtrump has a rocky relationship with the media
assassination and even for the man who executed his own uncle this attack is disturbing. i believe that he s more willing to take risks than even his father. i would like to believe that this is a red line such as maybe selling nuclear physical i ll merely to terror groups and the fact that he s willing to use chemical weapons now deeply concerns me. so far the north koreans have not responded to the report from the malaysian government this a vx nerve agent was used to kill kim jong nam but the north koreans have denied carrying out the attack. all right. thank you so much. now, isis fighters are setting stores on fire we re learning this morning as iraqi forces close in on the terror group s last major stronghold in that country. federal police say they have recaptured an agricultural area near mosul and are inching further into the city. this comes days after they gained control of the city s airport. joining these iraqi forces in the battle for mosul american
with the vx nerve agent suspect that killed kim jong nam. she told officials she was asked to apply it inside the airport. she thought the substance was quote, a kind of oil like baby oil. we ll continue to follow that story. in syria suicide attacks in the city of homs that killed at least 32 people including a military intelligence official. this is all according to syrian state media. reports say the bombers targeted two security centers, the syrian umbrella organization that includes the new front claims responsibility. iraqi forces are closing in on portions of mosul. this as they fight to take that city from isis. iraqi fighter jets also bombed isis targets in both iraq and syria for the first time friday. the white house says it did
having it, in fact he didn t. they couldn t figure out how to weaponize it. the thing that disturbs me is they have figured out how to weaponize it and use it. will he use it in the united states. there s no way to know. the pentagon says it s no spiz that north korea would engage in such practices, but it s very difficult to believe that officials are not extremely concerned about this. the fact is, this attack happened in broad daylight in a major international airport. and if the vx nerve agent had been disbursed more widely, many people could have been killed, including potentially americans. poppy? it is stunning. clarissa ward, thank you so much. outfront next, a republican citing gabby giffords as the reason he isn t holding a
in the peace process. the question is where is the state department in all this? where are the long term u.s. channels meant to be behind the u.s. diplomacy. rex tillerson left out of the discussions. more to come on this story. we are now learning that a chemical weapon known as vx nerve agent was used to kill kim jong-nam. the half brother of the north korea dictator. the poison was found on kim s eyes and face. he was attacked at an airport by two women this month in kuala lumpur. three north korean nationals are still wanted. and the dow jones industrial average is on fire. ten straight days of record highs. yesterday, we told you this was the longest streak since 1987. another streak dates back to 1897. a history lesson for your money