decision very, very shortly in that discussion to authorize the strikes against these particular targets. is there anything you can tell us about the u. s contractor killed. i m afraid not. i mean, we re trying to give the family some time and in space here to grieve. they just got devastating news yesterday. we do know that he was an american citizen and a contractor working for us at that particular base. but again , poppy, i think you can understand where we re going to give them a little bit of privacy right now, just to follow to poppy s question there. what are the things that us can the us do anything to help keep the personnel and u s contractsafe tre? well, the actions that we took yesterday are part and parcel that effort, don, i mean we re going to work to protect our people and our facilities as best we can. it s a dangerous environment. you said it at the top were there to defeat isis to ensure the enduring defeat of isis. they are still a threat in syria. they a
good morning to viewers here in the u.s. and around the world, it s thursday, july 14th and i m brianna keilar with john berman. this morning new clues surrounding the pending january 6th witness who donald trump tried to contact. it s an allegation that has been referred to the justice department, not formally, but it s been sent up the chain there. first on cnn, sources say trump tried to call a member of the white house support staff who was in talks with the january 6th committee. that is new. the exact identity still unknown at this point. the witness, though, did not pick up when trump called. this was not someone that trump would routinely communicate with. and this came after cassidy hutchinson s explosive testimony. the alarmed witness contacted an attorney. this is january 6th committee member elaine luria the congresswoman speaking to cnn. we take seriously the safety of any witnesses, anyone who comes forward to the committee and like weiise their privacy. in
See beginning right after the 2018 midterms. Dan, to be continued. Please come back. That does it for us. We are out of time. Heres ali and stephanie for velshi ruhle. Thank you. Have a good rest of the afternoon. Good afternoon to you. Im ali velshi. Im stephanie ruhle. Its wednesday, october 3rd. Lets get starter. 36 years ago this happened. I had one beer. Right . I had one beer. Well, you think it was nope. It was one beer. Oh good. How did you get home . I dont remember. How did you get there . I dont remember. Wheres the place . I dont remember. How many years ago was it . I dont know. I dont know. I dont know. What neighborhood was in . I dont know. Wheres the house . I dont know. Upstairs, down stairs. Where was it . I dont know. I had one beer. A mans life is in tatters. A mans life is shattered. His wife is shatters. His daughters who are beautiful, incredible, young kids, they destroy people. They want to destroy people. These are really evil people. Think of your son. Think