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We told lucas thomas and life in the pentagon. Lucas, we heard the claim last night from the North Koreans about this icbm. What is the pentagon same . Good afternoon. U. S. Officials are now confirming that north korea successfully tested for the first time a longrange , or icbm, capable of hitting alaska, something officials have long feared. Is much more immediate now. It is clear, we cannot repeat the same approach, failed reproach of the past paired the president has directed us to not do that. To prepare a range of options, including a military option, which nobody wants to take, right the pentagon saying this latest missile can travel over 4,000 miles. North korea uses a much higher trajectory that a realworld lunch, which top Officials Say came can threaten United States. In my view, its a matter of time. They are d ....
Trump, who is facing intensifying russia investigations, has asked his advisers about his power to pardon aides, family members and himself. The u. S. Constitution says the president has the power to grant reprieves and pardons for offenses against the United States except in cases of impeachment. But whether a president can pardon him or one day herself isnt answered in the constitution. The department of justices office of Legal Counsel did shed some light back in 1974 telling thenpresident Richard Nixon he did not have that power something historians like making beschloss says nixon never considered anyway thinking the idea dishonorable. Facing impeachment nixon resigned instead perhaps assuring that his successor gerald ford would pardon him which, of course, he did. As for donald trump. Whether he will test the constit ....
Mike e manuel is keeping track of this all for us on capitol hill. Mike, what an afternoon. Reporter no question about it. Good afternoon to you. The house vote wrapping up. It was 227205 when republicans realized they had the votes, applause erupted on the house floor. Lawmakers got a pitch from President Trump coming up to capitol hill earlier today. They also got an appeal from the House Speaker who has worked his entire career trying to get tax reform done. Its about tax relief, fairness. Its about simplicity. Its about easing the stress and anxiety thats in this country. What we really need to do is we need better jobs, more jobs, faster economic growth, higher wages. Reporter earlier key democrats tried to attack the plan saying this is a bad deal. The republicans thought of this process by saying every american, everyone in america, will get a tax cut. Now theyre sayin ....
82 minutes. It came in under that time. For anyone whos familiar with Billy Grahams crusades or his meeting, they have a formula that they follow very regularly. That is you have bible reading, music and personal testimony. This funeral today had exactly those elements. Perhaps the most powerful was the personal testimony. All five of Billy Grahams children spoke, at times addressing that casket directly as daddy. It was a real mixture of tears and laughter for the audience. On the one hand, each child confirming without doubt that their father is in heaven right now, is in a better place, but also at the same time the sadness that they feel for losing him. Dana. Dana all right, steve. Thank you very much for that report. Were happy to carry it live. White house chief of staff john kelly going into detail about what he knew about rob porter and when he knew it. Kelly today sayi ....
To attack. They claim so far theyve killed hundreds of kurdish fighters who they consider terrorists. Lets get straight to pentagon correspondent barbara starr. Barbara, the u. S. Defense secretary is insisting that the American Military is not abandoning syrias kurds who fought along u. S. Troops in the lengthy fight against isis. Many of the same Kurdish Forces paid with their lives. At the same time, we see u. S. Forces pulled back from the border area which now we have seen the turks go into, going into syria. How can the pentagon say thats not abandoning the kurds . Well, you know, theyre standing on a very fine point that theyre not walking away from the kurds, even as they pull back in the area of Northern Syria because they say theyll continue to fight isis. But the kurds are going to get very busy with this t ....