A very warm welcome to the program from all of us here at r t h q in moscow thanks for joining us this hour. The u. S. Has conducted its 1st test of a 500 kilometer Cruise Missile type previously banned for over 30 years under a now defunct arms control treaty between moscow and washington. And reports from new york. We have official word from the pentagon that indeed there has been a test of a missile that would have violated the intermediate range Nuclear Forces treaty that treaty has now expired and the usa has conducted a test of a missile that would have violated it heres what we heard from the pentagon the department of defense conducted to fly test of the conventionally configured ground launch Cruise Missile the u. S. West coast sunday the test missile exited its ground mobile launcher and accurately impacted this target after more than 5. Come on to his flight now the test was conducted on San Nicolas Island off the coast of california we understand furthermore that the test w
we ll see you tomorrow. now, it s time for the last word with lawrence o donnell. good evening, lawrence. i hold in my hands the democrats secret plan to seize power from kevin mccarthy in the house of representatives. it has been hiding in the house of representatives since it was filed on january 30th, and today we discovered how this secret plan is supposed to work, and the secret agent, the secret legislative agent who introduced this plan, is gonna be my first guest tonight. america is going to find out who it was who planted this in the house of representatives, this being the device that can save the country from default for the first time in history. and alex, here s the great thing. i barely understand how this works. and you know from capitol hill yeah, here is the level that s at. when i read it, i understand it while the words are passing through my mind. i couldn t possibly then transfer that knowledge to another human being. but we re gonna do a version of
Baton rouge where there officers were killed and three others injured. The governor called for calm during the recent state of violence. Today has been a very tough day in baton rouge and in louisiana and in the country. An unabsolutely unspeakable lane ous act near baton rouge claimed the life of two police officers, one sheriffs deputy and injured three others one of whom right now as we speak is absolutely fighting for his life. Its unjustified. And its unjustifiable. The violence, the hatred just has to stop. Law enforcement officials identified the gunman as gavin long of kansas city. They believe he acted alone. All agencies are in baton rouge assisting with the investigation as country react to the news, all officers have to travel in twos. Five days ago i travelled to dallas for the Memorial Services of the officers who were slain there. I said that killer would fought be the last person who tries to make us turn on each other, nor will todays killer. It remains up to us to mak
Group known as isis is about to face a big setback taking control of tikrit. The battle raged for days between isis and iraqi forces. Even some americans are on the ground including former military trying to deliver a blow to the group that still controls huge parts of iraq and syria. Nbcs bill neal yea starts us off. Good evening. Good evening, carl. Weve witnessed the fight against isis firsthand today. Weve been with kurdish troops who are pushing isis back and theyre being helped by american volunteers. Iraqi militias are taking on isis and Iraqi Government source told nbc news isis is losing tikrit. Isis is under heavy fire. Rockets and mortars raining down on isis positions. These are iraqi militias armed and backed by iran and spearheading the attack on tikrit. Isis is dug into the city center, and surrounded. The militias are already celebrating, but they wont move in until they get reinforcements. Isis has boobytrapped buildings and roads. Iraqs defense minister is predicting
It appears the militant group known as isis is about to face a big setback taking control of tikrit. The battle raged for days between isis and iraqi forces. Even some americans are on the ground including former military trying to deliver a blow to the group that still controls huge parts of iraq and syria. Nbcs bill neal yea starts us off. Good evening. Good evening, carl. Weve witnessed the fight against isis firsthand today. Weve been with kurdish troops who are pushing isis back and theyre being helped by american volunteers. Iraqi militias are taking on isis and Iraqi Government source told nbc news isis is losing tikrit. Isis is under heavy fire. Rockets and mortars raining down on isis positions. These are iraqi militias armed and backed by iran and spearheading the attack on tikrit. Isis is dug into the city center, and surrounded. The militias are already celebrating, but they wont move in until they get reinforcements. Isis has boobytrapped buildings and roads. Iraqs defense