Women and children and innocent civilians are gassed on a terrible scale. This kind of attack threatens our National Security interests by violating well established International Norms against the use of chemical weapons, by further threatening friends and allies of ours in the region like israel and turkey and jordan, and it increases the risk that chemical weapons will be used in the future and fall into the hands of terrorists who might use them against us. His comments come after secretary of state kerry laid out a forceful case for a strike against syria. The American Intelligence Community has high confidence, high confidence. This is common sense. This is evidence. These are facts. So the primary question is really no longer what do we know. The question is what do we, we collectively, what are we in the world going to do about it . In great detail, secretary kerry presented the evidence that put the assad regime behind the chemical attack that left more than 1400 dead, includi
True. Good morning, everyone, it is friday, april 5th. Im Ayman Mohyeldin alongside Yasmin Vossoughian. Congressional democrats have formally responded to the reports that special counsel Robert Muellers investigators were frustrated that attorney general William Barrs public letter on the report excluded damaging information about President Trump. An official telling the Washington Post that summaries were prepared for different sections of the report with a view that they could be made public and two people telling post that barr not releasing them have disappointed team members. In a letter, chairman Jerrold Nadler demanded Immediate Release of the mueller team summaries. Quote you have already provided an interpretation of the special counsels conclusions in a fashion that appears to minimize the implications of the report. Releasing the summaries without delay would begin to allow the American People to judge the facts for themselves. Yesterday the Justice Department did not deny
Blackwell. The new york tooimsz reporting the u. S. Has deployed potentially crippling computer code in russias electrical power grid. Three crew members of the tanker attacked in the gulf of oman have returned safely to dubai. Breaking news out of hong kong. Massive protests in the streets right now. Cnn is there live. Reporter there is a sea of demonstrators dressed in black protesting against their government, walking through streets where they were getting tear gas just four days ago. Ill have a live report on this in just a couple minutes. Well get to ivan in a moment. We begin with a counterpunch in the cyber cold war with russia. The New York Times is reporting malware in the russia grid can be used. The times writes, i want to quote this, now the american strategy has shifted more towards an offense, officials say, with an aggressiveness never tried before. Its intended partly as a warning and partly to be poised to conduct cyber strikes if a major conflict broke out between wa