And outrageous becomes normalized. And people start thinking we should be grading on a curve. But i can tell you from the interactions that ive had over the last eight or nine days with foreign leaders, that this serious business. You actually have to know what youre talking about, and you actually have to have done your homework. When you speak, it should actually reflect thoughtout policy that you can implement. And i have confidence that if, in fact, people just listen to what he has to say and look at his track record or lack thereof, that theyll make a good decision. Reporter you know, on this trip, white house sources have told us that the president has been wanting to get back out on the Campaign Trail, but his schedule really hasnt allowed him to do that. He sees the enormous stakes involved. He watches the poll numbers, and he knows the power of his own voice among democrats, among young people to get out there and vote, which is going to be critical, of course, in this electi
republican lindsey graham, the chairman of the senate judiciary committee and a friend of the president s, saying the answer to that question, offer of foreign help, should simply be a no. so you have a couple of republicans now, but many democrats calling the president out here with some alarm. we re going to continue to stay on that story. breaking this morning, as well, the u.s. navy on the scene following attacks on two oil tankers in the gulf of oman. you can see flames, black smoke pouring out of one of those tankers there. the crews had to be evacuated. this is similar to an attack that occurred last month. in that instance, four tankers were targeted in a port in the united arab emirates. cnn pentagon reporter correspondent barbara starr joins me now. the u.s. navy playing a major role in the response here, but i am sure also putting up their own state of alert because of possible concerns about possible attacks on u.s. assets there. reporter: very much intelligence assets
jong-un. cnn pentagon reporter joins me now with more. this contradictathis the presid who claimed a whole host of progress. we are hearing this consistently from any national security who has seen the intelligence. the top general testifying on capitol hill saying that there have been no steps, verifiable steps for north korea to change its military capabilities. he did say the talks on de-nuclearization have reduced tensions saying it was almost a palpable feeling of reduced tensions and said the upcoming summit is a welcome sign of ongoing talks. he said despite the reduction in tensions there have been no concrete steps taken by north korea to reduce its capabilities. i remain clear eyed about the
no rec. meaning no recommendation was made. cnn pentagon reporter is following this story. what is going on here? we re seeing a lot of fall out from this operation and a little bit of back and forth between kind of what was the process in approval. of course, the trump administration never said that president obama approved the operation. everyone acknowledged that appro approval was deferred to president trump. former white house officials who worked for president obama really taking issue without press secretary spicer kind of said how the timing of these things went down. that being said, u.s. military officials and pentagon officials in the obama administration actually are kind of siding a bit with the trump white house saying yes, this was submitted by the military back in november even before the election. that secretary defense ashe carter did endorse this
they know that you ve changed your habits. they know you re on tumblr now. they re still watching you. in fact, they re watching you so closely and effectively that they re watching you change your habits as you try to avoid being watched. well that is precisely what these theoretical hapless terrorists would have learned from reporting this week by veteran cnn pentagon reporter, barbara starr. now u.s. officials say other terrorist groups are reacting to these disclosures by snowden and very quickly also changing their communications methods. the article accompanying that report cites unnamed anonymous intelligence and administration officials, speaking in very specific terms about the ways in which the american intelligence community is able to observe terrorist groups as they change their communication patterns. the kind of information that i would hazard to guess is almost certainly classified. one of these unnamed sources, in fact, goes so far as to offer an example of exactly