A Spacex Rocket successfully blasts off from the historic Cape Canaveral launchpad used for the Moon Landings half a century ago. Hello and welcome. Iraqi Government Forces are making significant progress after stepping up their offensive against the Islamic State group in the city of mosul hundreds of armoured vehicles and thousands of men are involved in the operation. The battle could see iraqi forces denting the militant groups hold across parts of northern and western iraq that were seized two years ago. Last month the government won back the eastern part of the city and the advances of the last 12 hours or so take them within striking distance of Mosul Airport. Fears have been voiced about the safety of thousands of trapped civilians. The bbcs correspondent Quentin Sommerville is with the iraqi army and sent this report. Just after sunrise, iraq began what it hopes is its last major battle against the so called Islamic State. Thousands of men and hundreds of armoured vehicles in
The latest news from around the world with hosts John Berman and Poppy Harlow. Does not change even as this Story Changes dramatically. We know there could be legal consequences. That aside, are there political . Well, thats one of the interesting things because weve weve seen these tweets over the past couple of days. This tweet about Jeff Sessions which a lot of legal analysts and experts have said, boy, that could really do you damage in a court of law, that could be obstruction, that could contradict the other statements. But in the court of Public Opinion and what President Trump believes and what his advisers believe is that attacking this investigation is really the best way to succeed in that court of Public Opinion. And there was definitely a shift after the Michael Cohen raid and weve seen in recent months about the president racheting up his attacks on this Mueller Investigation and im told that is because he very much believes and his lawyers advised him that this as a sitt
and what does that mean for news organizations here in the united states? i mean, i guess i should say around the world because as you and i both know, ted we ve talked about this there are so many regimes around the world that have adopted trump s name calling, calling news organizations fake news and using things like the enemy of the people to defame journalists and so on. it s very, very troubling and very dangerous. it em boldens leaders around the world to abuse the press, to clamp down on the press. the republican party most republicans in office in running for office, part of their brand is to denigrate and dely jit mize the press. the harmful thing is that makes it so that citizens don t believe what some of the best reporters and journalists in the world are telling them based on their news gathering activity. but they re believing the disinformation, the lies about the 2020 election, the lies about covid.
about countless fbi agents grateful for james comey ouster who are reaching out to her. no. the unusual thing she did today is exit this white house effective at the end of the month, without major scandal forcing her out. in fact, the president tweeted she is a very special person with extraordinary talents, even floating a gubernatorial run. when asked by reporters today if she regretted not holding more press conferences, she said no, i don t. i still contend we are the most accessible white house. she may be leaving, but she s still lying. here to discuss, cnn white house correspondent jim acosta. his new book the enemy of the people includes his dealings with sanders. also former senior adviser to president obama, and also cnn political commentator david axelrod and cnn political analyst gloria borger. so sarah sanders has been a frequent sparring partner of yours. a, were you surprised by this announcement, and what do you make of it? i think it s surprising that it came now.
still lying. here to discuss, cnn white house correspondent jim acosta. his new book the enemy of the people includes his dealings with sanders. also cnn political commentator david axelrod and cnn political analyst gloria borger. so sarah sanders has been a frequent sparring partner of yours. a, were you surprised by this announcement, and what do you make of it? i think it s surprising that it came now. but, anderson, there were rumblings that this was coming. i talked to a white house official earlier this afternoon who said listen, sarah sanders has been planning this for some time. she set this date a while ago. so this was not a huge surprise to people inside the white house. we saw sarah sanders talking to reporters just a short while ago. she said her immediate plans are to move back to arkansas. we saw the president say he hopes she runs for political office. she said she has no plans for that at this point, but she is not ruling it out.