of conflict abroad, so our main question this morning are politicians making divisions worse at home? as dignitaries gather at the cenotaph, the defence secretary grant shapps joins us. but as a new war rages in the middle east, we ll hear from israel s president, isaac herzog. with the home secretary s job in the balance, the woman who wants herjob for labour, yvette cooper, joins us too. and what are you watching on tv, what are you seeing on your phone? we ll hear for the first time from lord grade, the boss of ofcom, who sets the rules. and we ll pay a special visit to the cenotaph on this poignant day before the clocks ring out at 11. i m at the cenotaph on remembrance sunday, almost 10,000 people are getting ready to take part in the march passed later here this morning and i ll be talking to some of them. morning, morning, on this special day. with me at the desk, former cabinet minister nadine dorries, whose book about the ousting of borisjohnson was published this
Ordinarily have access to it. the white house what i mean by that is if you re sort of a country expert or you re in an issue area, you normally would get access to conversations from that area. and other senior people who had security clearance could get it. at the time this conversation happened, the white house had already started restricting these memos, fearful of press leaks. we re told that this memo about this conversation with lavrov and kislyak was restricted even more tightly, so that only very few officials could see it. that said, clearly an understanding of what happened in that conversation did get around, and i would note that this is the same conversation in which the president revealed a highly classified source of information that the united states had about isis operations and also remarked to the russian officials that after having fired jim comey the day before, that he had relieved a lot of pressure on him at the time. remember that when the president fired jim
These memos fearful of press leaks. we re told that this memo about this conversation with lavrov and kislyak was restricted even more tightly so that only for view officials could see it. that said, clearly an understanding of what happened in that conversation did get around. and i would note that this is the same conversation in which the president revealed a highly classified source of information that the united states had about isis operations and also remarked to the russian officials that after having fired jim comey day before that he had relieved a lot of pressure on him at the time. remember that when the president fired jim comey, there was suspicion that he had done that because the fbi was investigating him and his campaign for connections to russia. and then of course that firing ultimately leads to a special counsel being appointed. this is just incredible reporting. share harris, appreciate it, from the washington post. the story s up now. next, the republican ta
Mountains. adding up to what may be a major diplomatic saw that seemed impossible. administration officials say president trump is focused on setting up preconditions for kim. they say he wants kim to dismantle his nuclear program before the u.s. commits to any sanctions. keep in mind president trump as many points of contention with president obama s nuclear deal. his main criticism has long been that the obama team missed an opportunity to demand concessions from iran before agreeing to sit down across from them at the negotiating table. bret. bret: gillian, thank you. one of the world s most wanted man is apparently still alive. isis leaders announced in the video that the terrorist leader al-baghdadi is still overseeing isis operations. u.s. intelligence chiefs believes al baghdadi was severely wounded during air raids in syria in february. counterterrorism source now says they are looking for more evidence that al-baghdadi
And accurate information that she is offering? they are talking to her about everything from isis operations and finances to the very sensitive issue of american host hostage hostages. does she know anything because of her husband s involvement in finances about hostage ransoms, about hostage operations where maybe and how maybe some of those americans who were killed by isis might have been held by isis inside syria. all of this in the plus column for u.s. strategy against isis. but it comes as isis is clearly on the offensive in other areas. ramadi residents continue fleeing the city as isis consolidates its position. across the border in syria, the ancient city of pal maya with artifacts dating back thousands of years now largely in the hands of isis.