Leave of absence until the russian related issues calm down. People who have spoken to him say that hes increasingly weary of the nonstop frenzy. President trump firing off a series of tweets in the last hour and here is an example of one of them. Whenever you see the words sources say in the Fake News Media and they dont mention names, it is very possible that those sources dont exist but are made up by the fake news writers. Fake news is the enemy and then heres the president s youngest son eric trump in an interview last night. My father has had a lot of success, but the media keeps on harping on russia, russia, russia, whats he going to do neutralize that . Its a witch hunt its insane. I think syria indicated there wasnt nirg with it. Look, they got beaten badly by a person who came out of nowhere. I think theyd rather see this country fail than see him succeed. The russian thing is a total its made up. But there were some interesting sound bites from eric. Meanwhile, defense secre
His puerto rico visit when he was throwing paper towels into the crowd. This week we witnessed one of the worst tragedies in american history. Like everyone, im struggling to understand what happened that night. And heartfelt tribute. The man who was on stage when the las vegas carnage broke out. Youll hear the latest on that. But we begin with another major storm slamming the gulf coast overnight. Were getting our very first daylight images in the aftermath of Tropical Storm nate, this one in Ocean Springs, mississippi. Parts of that state, louisiana and alabama are now dealing with flooding and Power Outages after that storm made landfall not once, but twice. The first time as a category 1 hurricane near the mouth of the Mississippi River in louisiana saturday night. A second landfall came in biloxi, mississippi, before it was downgraded to a now Tropical Storm. Right now more than 100,000 residents are without power across the region, but it is the fourth major storm to strike the u
Trouble. A lawyer for gates, one of four people charged in that probe, says that they have been told more charges could be coming from special counsel robert mueller. Cnns manu raju is on capitol hill, following all of this very latest. So, manu, whats going on behind closed doors right now with don jr. . Reporter well, donald trump jr. Has been before the House Intelligence Committee for about an hour. He came to capitol hill this morning, avoided the cameras, avoid eed press at all costs, wt to the back doors to get into this meeting that we expected to last several hours. This committee has interviewed several of the key players who are in that june 2016 trump tower meeting, which donald trump jr. , of course, was promised dirt on the clinton campaign. The people who were at the meeting, including jared kushner, the president s soninlaw, who has met with this committee, as well as some of the russians who were at the meeting, the russian american lobbyists, a representative for one
Jason carroll live at the scene of the bombing. What do we know . Well, we are at 42nd and 8th avenue. The explosion happened below ground from where im standing now, the suspect described this way, 27 years old, his name akayed ullah. Again 127 years old. He was seriously injured in the explosion. Investigators describe it this way, say he was wearing a lowtech device, the way they described it, a pipe bomb, attached to his body with velcro and zip ties, according to investigators a device he made a at work. Happened at 4 nd and 8th avenue. Initially there were reports that the explosion happened in times square. Thats because those people were unfamiliar with new york, the area below where im standing is a huge transportation hub Port Authority. The walkway beneath ground connects where im standing one block east to times squarep apparently the suspect was at 42 and 8 walking in the walkway to 42 and 7th. Heres one of the headlines from what investigators said and that is this invest
Spartan shield, the brigade is currently serving as an active partner in the kaw waitty, saudi, and jordanian armies doing an incredible job. You also provide force protection and Security Cooperation in syria and in iraq. It is a Vital Mission and we want to thank you very much. Great job. Colonel chris gideon and the special Purpose Marine Air force and air, Ground Task Force joins from us kuwait, as well about the fantastic force is central commands Crisis Response force and a powerful force it is. Colonel, i understand among your many other missions, the task force has provided more than 4,000 flight hours of Close Air Support to the campaign against isis. Everybodys talking about it. Youve done an incredible job. So colonel gideon, we want to thank you very much. Where is the colonel out here . Where is he . Great. Thank you, colonel. Great job. Great job. Thank you very much. Merri Merry Christmas to all the sailors aboard the uss sampson. I want to thank you and your entire crew