And we begin with the attacks that have shaken two u. S. Communities during the holiday season. In texas, a man opened fire killing two people during a Church Service before he was shot by armed parishioners. We will have details in just a moment. And then also in monsey, new york, the suspect accused of stabbing five people during a hanukkah celebration inside a rabbis home, that suspect has pleaded not guilty to attempted murder and first degree burglary. The attorney for Grafton Thomas says that he has a long history of Mental Illness. And we must warn you the video youre about to see may be disturbing. These are photos from inside the rabbis home right after that attack. You can see blood on the floor and chairs overturned. Despite the attack, the Jewish Community in that area, they continued with the celebrations on sunday. That was the eve of the final day of hanukkah. Cnns alison kosik has more now on what happened. Reporter were learning more about the suspect, how 38yearold Gr
Me first. He is not an american citizen. I want my country back they were just upset now with both parties. The speaker of the house, turns out hes a coward. Why be here if youre not going to fight . And the anger that paved te way for a political outsider. How stupid are our leaders . His nomination was the hostile takeover of the Republican Party. I am your voice. If you wanted the exact opposite of donald trump, its barack obama. Part one of a special twopart series. Obama came on the mandate of changing washington. By his very presence, he forced more polarization and gridlock than we had seen in the eight years prior. Divided states of america frontlinis made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. And by the corporation for public broadcasting. Major support for frontliis provided by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation, committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information is available at macfound. Or
Me first. He is not an american citizen. I want my country back they were just upset now with both parties. The speaker of the house, turns out hes a coward. Why be here if youre not going to fight . And the anger that paved te way for a political outsider. How stupid are our leaders . His nomination was the hostile takeover of the Republican Party. I am your voice. If you wanted the exact opposite of donald trump, its barack obama. Part one of a special twopart series. Obama came on the mandate of changing washington. By his very presence, he forced more polarization and gridlock than we had seen in the eight years prior. Divided states of america frontlinis made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. And by the corporation for public broadcasting. Major support for frontliis provided by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation, committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information is available at macfound. Or
The president no doubt hopeful his trip will be a positive step forward. But the president s first order of business, representatives of more than 50 muslim nations, some of whom are listed in the president s travel ban. And the speech, by the way, that speech from saudi arabia written by this man, stephen miller, who drafted the travel ban. So lets begin here with this trip. Athena jones is our cnn white house correspondent. First stop, saudi arabia. Talk us through his agenda. Reporter hi, brooke. This is a big deal. Weve heard white house officials in various briefings talk about the goals the saudi arabia portion of his trip. Its going to involve a summit of leaders of multiple muslimmajority countries to talk about working together to counterterrorism. The president will likely echo a phrase that some considered controversial, radical islamic terrorism. Not only is this speech largely being written by stephen miller, you also have a president who, during the campaign, told our own
Earlier today security teams deploying tear gas in an effort to calm the crowds. Additional u. S. Troops now being sent in, and President Trump is directly blaming iran saying he will hold the regime fully responsible. Ryan brown is standing by at the pentagon, but first, lets get right out to our Senior Correspondent arwa damon in the region. So arwa, first give context on who these groups are and why this erupted so violently . Reporter well, look, this first of all is a direct reaction to those strikes that were carried out by the u. S. On sunday against a group called Kataib Hezbollah. These protesters of not ordinary protesters mostly part of a Paramilitary Group of which Kataib Hezbollah is a member ostensively falling under control of Iraqi Security forces although how much control baghdad has over them, many tell you not a lot. These protesters, the first images that emerges we saw, had three key figures among them. They had the leader of ka taib hezbollah himself plus two othe