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barking dog and that appears to be what alerted the hostage s captors to what was going on. during the firefight that then followed, u.s. forpdss saw a militant go into the shack where the hostages were being held. it is believed that is when he shot both of the hostages, both of them died as a result of those injuries, as u.s. forces were transporting them away. u.s. intelligence did not know the identity of the other hostage being held with somers. he has since been identified as south african teacher pierre korkie. a char that worked with korkie says he was due to be released today. to discuss this and many of the other top stories for the week, joined by our panel, bring in democratic strategist basil smythe, jr., political consultant and former adviser to mitt romney, cater packer gauge and msnbc correspondent, casey packer hunt. obviously on this hostage story, we are learning the details, obviousiously a heartbreaking story, another report i know in the new york times this ....
and putt against leaders of his own party like congressman nancy pelosi and senator warren. liberals are quick to condemn the spending bill calling it a broib for banks and donors. mike emmanuel is live on capitol hill with us. mike, the senate so manies stuck on the extension, they did do something successfully, right? reporter: no question about that. they passed a short- term government funding to buy senators more time. it was scheduled to be quiet today. and there are conversations taking place about cutting the deal on the government extension and we ll so if it pans out. earlier harry reid sounded aggravated. regrettably the republicans pulled the legislation off. and now, we are regulated to watching the time tick away on the clocks. reporter: at this point the senators are in session seven hours and counting, julie? what have they done all day long. a voteramma. and look at the names. murphy to be surgeon general and car lincolman for social security commiss ....
missiles are not used to bomb runways. officials say the strike seen here from the two u.s. navy destroyers was meant to sent a message to the assad regime and its allies. a russian drone was seen over the hospital where victim s of the chemical attack were taken. on a lighter note, the fox news learned the skipper of one of the warships that launched missiles at that syrian airfield is a graduate of the u.s. naval academy. the u.s. ambassador to the united nations would not rule out more strikes from the commander s ship. we are prepared to do more. but we hope that will not be necessary. reporter: i m told one of those warships in the eastern mediterranean is steaming toward an undisclosed location where the ship will rearm. kelly: the u.s. taking a closer look at the relationship between syria and russia. nikki haley telling a special u.n. session that syria was able to carry out the brutal chemical attack because of russia s support. assad did this because he those cou ....
he may be someone who in many respects is irrational, but he is not insane. also in the president s interview with routers you saw there, he weighed in the demands of the oval office and the take away and mr. trump saying being president isn t easy. i loved my previous life. i loved my previous life. i had so many things. i actually this is more work than in my previous life. i thought it would be easier. not exactly a new idea that being president is tough. president obama suggested that he had more problems than many other presidents first coming into office after the first 100 days. at any rate, the thing we re looking ahead to right now is the appearance of rex tillerson, the secretary of state at the united nations chairing a high-level meeting to talk about north korea. buckling to international pressure. they say this will only encourage their country to grow its arsenal more quickly. it s been a busy week on the ground here. you saw that exercise with hundreds ....
the senate says kushner withheld e-mails about a, quote, russian back door over tour. and house republicans pass the trump tax plan. i don t benefit. new analysis finds that the plan saves trump s family over $1 billion. i pay as little as possible. i fight like hell to pay as little as possible. when all in starts right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. the same president who has weighed in on everything from meryl streep s acting to social media policies of espn tonight has no opinion whatsoever on the voracity of the allegations that his party s nominee for u.s. senate in alabama pursued and sexually assaulted between age girls when he was an adult. reporte reporters today his press secretary studiously avoided taking a position on whether the white house refusing to take a stand on roy moore is the same white house that claims that every single one of those women, every single one of the president s accusers, is lying. obviously, sexual hara ....