damascus, reports of an explosion in a damascus suburb, and a clutch of people and wounded at least 50 others in the densely populated severed. this afternoon we are told. according to the opposition the exposure was triggered by an explosive device planted in a taxi. so a number of deaths being reported and a number of people left wounded. stay with us, lots more coming up in the next edition. hello. if you spent your day under cloudy skies, i m sure you ll have noticed the quite muggy, humid feel to proceedings where the sun came out, given that humid air temperatures climbed quite readily. now, on the earlier satellite picture, you can see we ve had quite a lot of cloud, but some big breaks,
a magic johnson welcome to the program thousands of people are fleeing the rebel held damascus suburb of eastern ghouta for the third day in a row backed by russian airstrikes syrian government forces have intensified artillery bombardments of the area russia s military says some three thousand people are leaving hourly through a humanitarian corridor or monitored by russian troops more than thirteen hundred civilians have been killed and thousands more wounded and made weeks of relentless fighting. the tide of human misery leaving the rebel held eastern suburbs of the capital damascus reached flood proportions on saturday as russian bombers gave support to syrian government forces on the ground russia s military said some three thousand people an hour were leaving nearly forty five thousand in the last three
washington former deputy director of the f.b.i. enjoy mccabe is fired the dismissal ending the veteran official story or came just days before he qualified for a pension. hi michelle henery glad to have you with us thousands of people continued to flee the rebel held damascus suburb of eastern ghouta for the third day running syrian government forces have intensified artillery bombardments of the area backed by russian airstrikes russia s military said some three thousand people and our relieving their home in humanitarian corridor monitored by russian troops more than thirteen hundred civilians have been killed and thousands more wounded amid weeks of for let loose fighting. the tide of human misery leaving the rebel held eastern suburbs of the capital damascus reached flood proportions on saturday as russian
that s how it is described in the damascus suburb, attacked also with chlorine gas. russia claims the rebels gassed their own people for international sympathy. medics say that s ludicrous. yet again, they ask for help to stop the assad regime from bombing their clinics. and good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in washington. trump s closest white house aide and campaign aide, hope hicks, is behind closed doors. still not clear whether she is answering questions or asserting some sort of privilege against testifying. as the president is exploding against the russia probe on twitter. declaring the mueller investigation and congressional inquiryes a witch hunt in all caps. joining me now, chief white
ellam s motives were, nor will we speculate. reporter: ellam was transported by helicopter to a burn center. his condition is unknown. and david, ellam didn t make it very far into the e.r., so, only one security guard was injured, treated for smoke inhalation. we re told ellam has been known to police since he was 14 years old. david? gio, thank you. and overseas tonight, we continue to follow those images out of syria we reported on earlier this week. unrelenting air strikes continuing on a damascus suburb tonight. pro-assad forces with russian support, targeting hospitals and apartment buildings. more than 400 killed now. it s estimated a quarter of them, children. one cameraman at the scene of a hospital attack rushing to the home next door where members of his own family were discovered buried in the rubble. they were all pulled out alive. there is still much more ahead on world news tonight this thursday. the deadly police shootout. the dramatic images coming in tonight