barking dog and that appears to be what alerted the hostage s captors to what was going on. during the firefight that then followed, u.s. forpdss saw a militant go into the shack where the hostages were being held. it is believed that is when he shot both of the hostages, both of them died as a result of those injuries, as u.s. forces were transporting them away. u.s. intelligence did not know the identity of the other hostage being held with somers. he has since been identified as south african teacher pierre korkie. a char that worked with korkie says he was due to be released today. to discuss this and many of the other top stories for the week, joined by our panel, bring in democratic strategist basil smythe, jr., political consultant and former adviser to mitt romney, cater packer gauge and msnbc correspondent, casey packer hunt. obviously on this hostage story, we are learning the details, obviousiously a heartbreaking story, another report i know in the new york times this mor
well come to this you know max special show we re not in the studio as nama but at the german press bowl this year it s taking place for the sixty sixth time and time in the hotel after long hair beside the brandenburg gate in berlin we re standing in the lobby where the first guests are being to arrive some two thousand three hundred resent a tip from the media the world of politics business and culture and bided the host is the front of the press conference the most important journalist association here in germany ever one can expect a great evening with many many highlights this year s model is change of perspective and stefan a behind who is in charge of the catering for the ball has all. also included in
the presentation and also selection of the food but how do you plan such a huge event like the german press poll. this is the man responsible for all the delicacies at the press. stefan ever hard head chef at the hotel ad campaign. although he doesn t prepare all the food himse
anything else, this man was not necessarily that person. however, my point was just to say that you can be low-level george, you can be low on the org chart and still be the guy who goes to moscow and was sending plenty of e-mails to people who were high level. high level, there s now it seems like there may be a fair number of people, including high level steve, mr. bannon, who is for the first time, this is the first moment in which high-level steve is being dragged into this investigation. first time we ve heard his name in a material way and that story may be developing. let me jump in on this. the point is that when you want to do something sensitive like this, it s something akin to an intelligence operation which was what this was on the russian side and i would argue in ways even on the trump side. you do send a low-level guy. you don t send the senior guy. you send the low level guy because he attracts less attention. you do that with purpose.
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speaking on behalf of the administration on the message of that day. so in those instances, they feel like they don t need to have a press briefing. but as you and i both know, there have been many occasions where the president has a spray or something in the oval office, talks to reporters a little bit and they still have a press briefing. there are a number of questions that need to be asked, one of them being this daca issue. but wolf, as you saw early this morning, the president likes it when the news sort of fits his tailored message. that is why it s no mystery, i guess, that he was defending sinclair broadcasting early this morning and going after news outlets like our own which, of course, like to ask those questions they don t want to answer at the press briefing. all right, jim, thank you. jim acosta reporting from the white house. we re also following the progress of that caravan . the caravan, as it s accident call as it s being called, seek
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someone who bragged about i only hire the best people can t seem to keep people. i m looking forward to the president having the cabinet that he deserves. the special counsel is looking now into trump businesses. its investigation 101 to follow the money. the president believes very strongly there is no collusion. there is no individual in the united states who is above the law. it was loud. it sounded like a bomb. when i looked closely, cars were squooshed. we want to do our best to find out exactly what happened here. this is new day with chris cuomo and alisyn camerota. welcome to your new day. it s thursday, march 16, 8:00 in the east. cnn reporting that president trump is ready to oust his national security adviser general h.r. mcmaster and is considering even more changes to his embattled cabinet.
a major development in the russia investigation. special counsel bob mueller has subpoenaed documents from the trump organization. the new york times report