Hearts we werent going to kill them. That was training. That kind of training helped prepare them for the treatment that they got. John mccain was tortured. What they did to him in the hanoi hilton and other Prisoner Of War Sites in North Vietnam was torture. Weve never done that kind of thing. Never condoned it. Some of our allies may have done it but we department. The bottom line is, when congress made these things illegal, theyre going to stay illegal until Congress Changes it. Neil when i hear the president said as he did today in this Press Conference and that he would defer i hope i have the right wording there to his Defense Secretary, what did you make of that . Well, i make of it donald trump became famous for saying year youre fired. If he doesnt like that the
secretary of defense wont do it i know these mean well. I know jim mattis very well. He was not going to issue that kind of order and he has the authority to issue though orders. Hes not going to do it. Into if the pre
Fox news alert. President trump moments ago wrapping up remarks at a boeing plant in South Carolina trying to refocus attention on jobs and the economy, and our workers. Hello everyone. Im sandra smith. Well, the president suggesting while standing in front of the latest boeing dream liner that hes getting closer to a deal on the new air force one. And im being very, very serious. The new air force one, that plane, as beautiful as it looks, is 30 years old. Can you believe it . What can look so beautiful at 30 . An airplane. I dont know. Which one do we like better, folks . Tell me. Sandra all right. Chief White House Correspondent john roberts traveling with the president , is in North Charleston. As we understand it, hes still behind you, john. There he is. Live pictures of the president , getting a tour of that dream liner. And in the cockpit right now. As your president , im going to do everything i can to unleash the power of the American Spirit and to put our great people back to
Authorities are treating this as a likely terrorist event. I want to have bring in to the discussion the information that you have just mentioned which goes to the idea that there was a level of coordination and likely a cell that was involved in this attack. We have the initial event, which was the plowing down of pedestrians, tourists, families On Las Rambla, which is pedestrianized. It does allow for some vehicle traffic. Now a followon event in a nearby street with the police, individuals apparently armed. Now, as you have been reporting for the last 90 minutes, shepard, they have also shut down the subway systems. Based on my experience, covering this area for more than a decade, they shut down Commuter Systems when they believe they have an ongoing operation. So they are trying to prevent followon attacks and they are trying to limit
movement in their effort to identify suspects on the rental vehicles. Renting a van tells you that they wanted to maximize casualties, whatever thei
On the way with more rain in the extreme weather center. And the rain continues this saturday here in washington. Hope its a little drier where you are at home. Im leland vittert. Elizabeth great to be with you, im elizabeth prann. Voters in france will have a runoff that will have a global impact. One campaign trying to deal with fallout after claims it was the victim of a massive and coordinated Hacking Attack designed to destabilize the election. The french are about in a 48 hour Blackout Period before the vote takes place. Greg palkot is in paris, france with the latest. Hi, greg. Hi, elizabeth. Taking a page out of the u. S. Election playbook, the leader here in this president ial elections here in france has been hit by a massive cyber
attack. Thousands of emails and documents seized have the computers of campaign safer of emmanuel macron, they were posted online. While moist of the material is kind of mundane, it is combined according to authorities today, with fake news items m
That warned Ballistic Missile threat inbound to hawaii. This is not a drill. Parents hiding their children in manholes. Families huddled in closets. And what weve now learned tonight. And Olympic Gymnast simone biles. Her brave words. What she has just revealed. Good evening. And its great to have you with us here on this Martin Luther king jr. Holiday. And we have a lot of news to get to. We begin tonight with that new winter storm moving across the country at this hour. The Alberta Clipper bringing snow and ice and Freezing Rain, and there is real concern tonight about the commute tomorrow morning. Already tonight, Dangerous Driving from the plains to the midwest. A driver losing control, slamming into a police cruiser, right there in park hills, kentucky. As we come on the air tonight, two dozen states now under Winter Storm Warnings and watches right now. That system pushing all the way from texas to minnesota and moving east. D. C. , philly, new york, boston all get hit tomorrow.