In the attacks. Her mother talks about what might have been. She wanted to have a career. Hello im Randall Pinkston. It is 5 00 a. M. , in paris, after a weekend of mourning. French forces escalated air strikes against i. S. I. L. In is syria. The french president promised vengeance for the attacks. A suspect questioned hours before the attacks and then let go. President obama orders flags at half staff, in honor of the 129 victims. John terret is here. John how much of an escalation does the french attack on syria represent . You have to remember randall that french has been part of a 60nation coalition against the Islamic State of iraq and the levant. They say what they mean they mean what they say, you heard Francois Hollande on friday say the country would be ruthless in its retaliation. French bombers taking off of the United Arab Emirates and the heshemit ervetioite kingdom. They destroyed a command center, a Recruitment Center for jihadis, all in the city of raqqa, which is the
De gaulle will be operational in the fight against isil from monday. The announcement just over a week after the attacks in paris. The new Charles De Gaulle is the largest warship in western kr p europe. It can carry 40 planes and helicopters. It is going to be based in the Eastern Mediterranean fairly close to syria, itself. Russia intensifying bombing campaign. War ships over there in the caspian sea targeting lotions further to the west but right across syria. Act visits say the russian strikes, some of the heaviest since 2011 in syria. In an interview with chinese television, the syrian president said the russian strikes had helped to improve the situation in syria and that his troops were advancing, as he put it, on nearly every front. Moemdz jamjoom is our correspondent. He sent us this from paris340e7 correspondent. He sent us this from paris. Overwhelming security measures being put into place by Francois Hollande according to a new poultry leased in france on sunday, stating 9
We begin with breaking news. The first Public Comments from the newest member of the federal reserve. The dallas president Robert Kaplan revealing for the very first time some clues on where he stands on Interest Rates. Steve liesman following it all from d. C. Steve, what do you have . Scott, thanks very much. We are getting the first comments from the former harvard professor and Goldman Sachs banker turned dallas fed president , and the question we have going in is how much like the hawkish Richard Fisher is he who just left the dallas fetd presidency, and he is showing himself not to be too much like him. He says the fomc was prudent not to hike in the last two meetings. We went back and looked, and Richard Fisher several times last year had called for rate hikes, including when he had left office on the eve of the september meeting calling for rate hikes hen. Kaplan saying it was prudent for the fed not to hike. He goes on to say appropriate Monetary Policy will remain accommodati
Looking ahead, democrats are pushing to release their own memo, a rebuttal, after days of fallout over a republican memo on the russia investigation. The republican document claims that the fbi abused its Surveillance Authority to target an adviser to Donald Trumps president ial campaign. Cnns Boris Sanchez has the very latest. Reporter word from several republican lawmakers, some of them on the House Intelligence Committee, contradicting the president outright over the weekend. The president was active on twitter saying that the nunes memo vindicates him and proves that the russia investigation is nothing more than a witch hunt. On saturday night the president also tweeted portions of a wall street journal editorial that supposed that there are political actors within the department of justice and the fbi. We also heard from donald trump jr. On saturday night who was on fox news saying that the release of the nunes memo is like sweet revenge for him and his family. Despite that, these
trial. salah al islam is accused of a shoot-out in brussels before his arrest in a raid. he ll be tried later for the gun and bombing attacks that killed 130 people in paris in 2015. turkey s prime minister has a message for that it toe allies, ignore criticism of the turkish offensive against kurdish fighters in syria. this comes after seven turkish soldiers were killed saturday. it was the deadliest day yet for turkish troops in what they call operation olive branch. five of the soldiers died when a missile was launched at a tank near afrin. the kurdish ypg says this video that you see here shows that missile attack. though cnn cannot yet independently verify the video that you see. turkey sees the ypg as terrorists. but the militia are also a key u.s. ally in the fight against isis. turkey s president had this