forces. the terrorist have taken an unknown number of hostages and we are now learning there are several dead bodies seen outside the hotel. the situation still ongoing. it is in the capital of burkina faso in west africa. it is frequented by western tourists including americans and u.n. staffers. a journalist at the scene telling cnn a number of american and french soldiers are at the hotel. these are pictures of what is happening at this moment in the capital of burkina faso, urging americans to now avoid the area. cnn s robin creole is in nairobi in kenya. what can you tell us about what exactly is happening, who is responsible at this moment? reporter: erin what we snkno is that al qaeda and islamic maghreb according to groups has claimed responsibility. an affiliate group is the same group who stormed the radisson hotel in neighboring mali, in the capital bamako, killing 22 in late november. also on a friday, very similar modus operandi, going in with gunmen and killin
the attorney general s encounter with bill clinton. this started earlier this week, when they met on the tarmac in phoenix for about 30 minutes. lynch said the meeting was casual, and that she was surprised by the president coming on to her plane on the tarmac, but both republicans and democrats criticized it, saying it didn t look good. earlier this morning, trump renewed his attacks, tweeting bill clinton s meeting was a total secret. nobody was to know about it. but he was caught by a local reporter. following the story, sun lin. that quick meeting really has set up quite a political firestorm. so clearly, that announcement is a move to kind of minimize the damage and uproar caused by that. announcing today, the doj said loretta lynch will accept the decisions in the e-mail investigation case involving secretary of state hillary clinton. to note, sources tell cnn this is not unusual move for loretta lynch, but clearly, the fact that they re having to emphasize this fact
dave ramsey. live at trump tower this evening with the latest breaking news, sun lin, give us the latest on the trump transition. who is meeting who he s meeting with and morallies planned? reporter: another day of the revolving door at trump tower, don. president-elect donald trump meeting with former defense secretary robert gates and ambassador john boulden. the most intriguing is senator heidi heitkamp, north dakota senator, red state democrat that is in potential consideration for potentially energy secretary. of course, her potential choice would send shock waves among democrats on capitol hill, given the threat that her choosing, she could be replaced by a republican senator. going forward into next week, donald trump will be having a lot less time at trump tower. ease going to be hitting the road, holding more installments of his thank you tour across the country, those campaign-style rallies that we saw kick off last night in cincinnati, ohio. the transition te
and responses to what has been said, alexandria ocascio-cortez spoke to the washington post, saying this in part, quote, it s outright disrespectful. so is that what unity sounds like this morning? does this threaten the democrats majority? we will soon found out. we will hear from nancy pelosi. we are watching two other moves from the white house. the president is expected to announce this afternoon executive action in the ongoing fight over the census and a government official confirming to cnn also that ice is planning mass raids to pick up and deport thousands of undocumented migrants this weekend. two big moves, big moves that are both likely to be challenged in court. but they re also big moves that aren t just policy. they are also, too be clear, blatant political plays. moves that play directly to the president s base, even if he s not successful. so let s get to all of this. first the census and the citizenship question about it all. abby phillip is at the white ho
runway, slammed back into the ground, and then ran off the edge of the runway. what investiga what investigators are going to b looking at, the maintenance of the aircraft, how well it had been looked after.you re going to be looking at weather. was the plane properly de-iced in these conditions. the plane can takeoff without flaps, but did it need flaps in these particular conditions? so a range of issues which they ll be looking at very carefully. it sounds like this model of airplane has been in use for a long time, around the world. is this something that passengers should be worried about getting on that model of plane? absolutely not. this is a workhorse. we always say that about planes, but this really is. nearly 300 of them were built. production stopped in 1997. american airlines had them in the fleet for many, many years. the fokker 100 has many decades of experience. for 30 years, people have been flying them. they ll be looking at how this was being flown. was