Ofa we dont see this as the beginning of a new campaign. Well be live throughout the day in beirut, moscow and washington with the latest reaction to the unfolding events. The other news. A Romanian Tourist who fell into the river thames during the Westminster Bridge terror attack has died. A sharp rise in the number of accident and Emergency Departments turning away ambulances in england. Good morning, its friday the 7th of april. Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. Russia has strongly condemned us Missile Strikes on a syrian airbase, describing them as an act of aggression against a sovereign state. It has provoked anger from russia. 59 tomahawk Cruise Missiles were fired from two American Navy warships in the mediterranean. Their target the shayrat Airbase Which donald trump said was the airfield used to launch what he described as a horrible Chemical Attack on innocent civilians earlier this week. Six people are said to have died in the air strikes and the base is described as almost com
that s where this is coming from. an until russia sees that they will pay a real price for doing this, they re not going to stop. and we could push back with further sanctions, we could work with our allies in europe. unfortunately those relations aren t great at the moment because of two terrible summits. or we could go after senior russian officials like vladimir putin, reveal their holdings. we have a lot of cards to play in offensive cyber. we need to get more aggressive, show them a cost and that has to be part of a broad strategy. inside the lifelines, i think they re going about it in a reasonable way. they need to up their game, they need to up their away game. joel, very quickly before we go, if there is a second summit between the president and president putin, where should it be? does it have to be here in the u.s.? it should not be in the west wing. we should not be rewarding vladimir putin for attacking our democracy by letting him into the west wing. maybe he ll go to
this morning? no, but listen, i really want you to let me make this whole point. when he commented from charlottesville he did it from new jersey on a saturday afternoon in realtime and he didn t do it well enough. when he was saying i needed to get more facts, it was in the days after. today this morning, he made a very important point. he did not jeopardize the investigation, he didn t put any more specifics he put the pressure on the right places and not commenting on specifics. it may be not our style and we may wish a lot of presidents won t tweet but i like it and a lot of people do. it s not a down side. theresa may he s dealing with it, i think it s a helpful way to engage. does it hurt obviously they re closest allies, relations aren t going to be severely hurt, but she doesn t seem thrilled with the comments. of course she s not, and she
president assad to leave power. president obama will leave power before assad is. while we re on syria, our sister network, sky news, obtained a chilly new video of what is described as jihadi university of sorts there. just look at this. this will give you bad dreams in the middle of the night. isis terrorists there are trained to carry out sophisticated attacks on the west. with scientists even seen preparing surface it air missiles. it is all mapping, they are planning it, at a university. that s how much power and control they have. in the meantime, relations aren t exactly blossoming with our most important ally in the region. amid reports the u.s. has been spying on israel. while long time diplomat saying president essentially wrote off israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu after his 2012 reelection. so what of the white house and leadership? charles krauthammer says it seriously lacking. we are in the middle after melt down in the middle east.
scholar to reporter. this is your am: wakeup call. and good morning to you. this is your am: wakeup call for thursday, december 8th. from the time warner center in new york, i m carol costello. here are the top stories. one of bernie fine s accusers is expected to announce he s filing a lawsuit in civil court. zam tom selly accused the former basketball coach of sexually abusing him in a pittsburgh hotel room in 2002. the fda hearing evidence about whether the birth control pill is dangerous. the government looking at side effects including claims about an increased risk of blood clots. there are allegations the drugmaker bayer hid evident of risk. heavy rain and wet snow coming down in the eastern united states. check on your flights to. let s get a check on today s weather. jacqui jeras is in atlanta. good morning, jacqui. good morning, carol. the good news is, things are looking a lot better in about five hours. so as we progress throughout the day things will