T International Im john thomas certainly glad to have you with us right now a rocket attack has been reported at the airport in baghdad iraq reports say 7 people have been killed lets cross live now to our tease. Who has been covering the story for us caleb what do we know so far. At this point were seeing reports that 2 vehicles were struck by rockets near the airport in baghdad now the reports seem to indicate that when this took place 7 people were killed in addition to that were seeing reports of injuries as well now the reports seem to indicate that among those who were killed was a leader of the Popular Mobilization forces of shia muslims in iraq this was an individual who participated in the protests outside the u. S. Embassy in baghdad and now furthermore were seeing indications that 12 iraqi servicemen were injured we understand that at this point the u. S. Airport im sorry at this point the airport in baghdad is on lockdown the flights have been suspended its not exactly clea
Series against the president. The first article, abuse of power, charges the president with soliciting a foreign power to help him cheat in the next election. Moreover, it alleges and we will prove that he sought to course ukraine into helping him cheat by withholding official acts two official acts. A meeting that the new president of ukraine desperately sought with ukraine at the white house to show the world and the russians in particular that the ukrainian president had a Good Relationship with his most important patron, the president of the united states. And even more perniciously, President Trump illegally withheld almost 400 million in taxpayerfunded military assistance to ukraine. A nation at war with our russian compel ukraine to help him cheat in the election. Astonishingly, the president s trial brief filed yesterday contends that even if this context if this is proved, there is nothing the house or senate may do about it. It is the president s apparent belief that under ar
A very warm welcome youre watching r. T. International with me nic aaron 1st the breaking news from the middle east the United States has assassinated a wrongs top military commander and a drone strike in iraq has some solomonic lead the revolutionary guards elite kids force them was killed following a direct order from u. S. President donald trump the iranian Supreme Leader is vowing a harsh retaliation against washington while the iraqi Prime Minister has condemned the u. S. Strike as aggression i got an update earlier from our senior correspondent. This is unprecedented in how how tense things are how both countries with this is this is the abbotts this is the obvious to kill assassinate the man who is referred to as the 2nd most powerful man in iran a potential successor to the Supreme Leader he was killed after arriving at the airport in baghdad the u. S. As he was he was targeted i mean this operation was preplanned they knew he was coming they knew where to strike the they were
29,297 the close on the dow. Economists are blaming big slowdown on trade pressure and tariffs, what do you say, john . There you go, this is as expected, china was much more vulnerable to imposition of trade war and u. S. Economy, china has a very strong incentive as ambitious as it might be. Dagen one thing i will point out that we have a record in the stock market here in the United States, in the meantime the democrats are trying to remove President Trump from office, we will get to that in a second but there are good numbers coming out of china, the index jump today highest level since 2015, this is probably a better leading indicater than Economic Growth, the wall street journal writes also about this, the price of copper is up more than 7 in the past 2 months, again, industrial metal used around the globe, another bellwether for Global Health and surveys of purchasing managers in the euro zone have shown continued weakness, new export orders have been going up, the market is tel
Just after 8 pm here in moscow on this the 1st friday of the year welcome to our 2 international i mean and. The u. S. Secretary of state tells the fended americas assassination of irans top military commander money and the drone strike in iraq on friday mike said the Baghdad International airport saved american lives and was designed to send a strong message to tehran. I think the arabian leadership understands that President Trump will take action we made very clear that these responses would be swift and decisive i hope that the iranian leadership will see that well see american resolve and that their decision will be to deescalate the Early Morning air raid also reportedly killed 9 know the regime sitting influential iraqi and lebanese shia militia leaders there believed to be in europe without vehicles the strikes place. The money lead the powerful force in the late branch of the Iranian Revolutionary guard corps charged with spearheading foreign operations the unit has been heavi