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Of a terrorist cell linked to anis amri, the tunisian who killed 12 people by driving a lorry into a Christmas Market in berlin this week. The interior Ministry Said one of those detained was amris nephew. 24 year old anis amri was shot dead by police in milan in the early hours of friday morning. Bethany bell reports. This is anis amri, the man suspected of being behind the attack on a berlin Christmas Market. And now, authorities across europe and the middle east are trying to piece together h...

Whether you are based in cyprus or, you know we do a lot of tours in kenya or in oman. we are busy, weve just got a brigade up in estonia, its going to be a busy army. unfortunately, weve got some busy adversaries right now. putin has gone full tonto! and that is going to require... weve got about 1,000 people on standby. i think we should send the gurkhas. yeah, i know. the scots guards kicked the backsides of tsar nicholas in1853 in crimea! we can always do it again! now is the time, now is th...

Of combat fire and troops that they can still put into this campaign of theirs. and there is every indication they are going to do that. >> yes. very important to put that in context. barbara starr live at the pentagon. thanks. putins invasion of ukraine could shift to this grinding war of attrition. were seeing evidence of that. the deputy mayor of mariupol said they have been under 26 hours of consistent shelling. joining me is ben hodges, commanding general of u.s. army europe from 2014 to ...

About this. the substance thats usually -- its mixed with other chemicals. fentanyl as well. its something that -- whats different is the sheer numbers that we saw yesterday. 74 people there in the new haven common, a very popular park, next to yale university. four people were treated there. as you point out, no fatalities yet. there have not been any overdose cases in that specific area in the last nine hours. that could change. >> we know this comes as the cdc report this morning shows a repo...

Part of his goal to honor veterans in all 50 states and to challenge others to join the flag and flower challenge. steve staub and cindy keplinger. they started staub manufacturing solutions 20 years ago. thanks to the trump bump in the economy they grew to new heights in 2017. thanks to the trump tax cuts they were able to give their employees larger christmas bonuses. some of these individual stories are heroic. some are patriotic and others are tragic. all represent the unbreakable american s...

Would it be like to be attacked by a lazy person? [laughter] >> do you call that in? >> no. >> i thought it would be weird, an aggressive lazy person. >> thats interesting. >> be weird. >> i never thought about that. you think about some interesting things. >> wouldnt it be weird; right? im going to get up and -- but you havent yet. too late. [laughter] >> lazy is underrated. last thoughts? >> so my birthday is on sunday. but last year i left my flip-flops at a wedding which means i left my high...

It has created wider tensions with russia, as well. one of the things the obama administration did in retaliation was to shut down russian diplomatic compounds in december. officials pressed u.s. to return the facilities in a bid to return relations. one said u.s. watched as russians removed suspected surveillance equipment from the compounds. russia has denied the compounds were being used for intelligence gathering. russian experts we have spoken to say as the relationship between russia and t...

That no one who currently is in the medicaid program is affected in any way, which is reflected in the senate bill, and hes pleased with that. so i think he is very pleased with that bill. >> joining us now is andy slavitt, the former acting administrator for the centers for medicare and medicaid services where he served through 2017. thanks for being part of our special coverage. what does medicaid do thats most important for the health of regular americans and what would you say being effected...

In this form. quote, it takes away insurance from tens of millions of americans and hundreds of thousands of nevadans, he said. nevada one of the 31 states that already did expand medicaid through the trigger from obamacare. heres what white house press secretary sean spicer had to say about the senate bill and medicaid. hes talked about having heart, and he likes a lot of the reforms that have been in there. hes committed to making sure that no one who currently is in the medicaid program is ...

Thousands of nevadans, he said. nevada one of the 31 states that already did expand medicaid through the trigger from obamacare. heres what white house press secretary sean spicer had to say about the senate bill and medicaid. hes talked about having heart, and he likes a lot of the reforms that have been in there. hes committed to making sure that no one who currently is in the medicaid program is affected in any way, which is reflected in the senate bill, and hes pleased with that. so i thin...