white house press office that reads in part, deputy attorney general rod rosenstein announced indictments against 13 russian nationals and three russian entities for meddling in the 2016 presidential election, which began in 2014, before the president declared his candidacy. the president has been briefed on this matter and is glad to see the investigation further indicates that there was no collusion in all capital lets are between the trump campaign and russia and that the outcome of the election was not changed or affected. two of the very best from the washington post, phillip rucker, robert cost at that time, moderator of washington week on pbs. both gentlemen msnbc political analysts. mr. cost ta, what reactions did you get from team trump today and importantly from republicans around town in d.c.?
they were desperate to tell the monitors about the government cra crackdown there. opposition activists say regime forces have surrounded the city for three days and that power and water have been cut. this was said to be the scene in the city. they cannot verify the images, but they are said to be of an opposition rally in support of military defectors known as the free syrian army. a message was delivered to bashar al assad during a visit to lebanon. today i say again to the president of syria, stop the violence. stop killing your own people. the path of repression is a dead end. meanwhile, syrian media report al assad said he s granting amnesty for the crimes. it s the top of the hour. the cnn newsroom starts all over again right now. we re following two major developments in the cruise ship disaster on the italian coast. two americans are among the missing. that s according to to the state department. 120 were reportedly on the ship. only 118 are accounted for. da