A thirty day ceasefire across syria. As they dragged out the negotiation the bombs from assads fighter jets continued to fall but that agreement was hard forth with fiery exchanges between the u. S. And russia also ahead. Trumping trump democrats release their own memo regarding surveillance of a president ial aide during the twenty sixteen campaign. And nigerias president calls the plight of missing schoolgirls a National Disaster and sends more troops to search for them. So after days of heated to go. Consul has unanimously adopted a resolution demanding a month long truce in syria and this comes after a week of government led strikes on the rebel held and place of east and which have killed more than five hundred civilians the resolution calls for an immediate end to hostilities for thirty days thats meant to allow window for much needed aid to be let into besieged areas including east and would also allow medical evacuations in just a moment well get the latest on the situation in
Before the opening of the Winter Olympics forty seven russian athletes have their appeals rejected and are told they cant take part plus. Our forces have the inherent right to selfdefense. Washington denies accusations of war crimes in syria after a u. S. Airstrike kills almost one hundred pro asset fighters. What the meum our government didnt want the world to see evidence of a massacre and the journalist who revealed it have been jailed. For the talk is ticking closer to midnight on the east coast of the u. S. And its looking increasingly likely that congress will miss its deadline to approve a budget and avoid yet another Government Shutdown the second in three weeks the agreement struck by Republican Democratic leaders in the senate is facing stiff resistance from both camps one republican senator rand paul is so very mentally opposed to the proposed budget that hes taken to the floor talking for so long that the deadline will pass. Now whats being proposed is a two year deal which
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4 00 a. M. Here on the u. S. East coast and the special counsel overseeing the russia investigation is continuing to pile on the pressure. On friday, Robert Mueller filed new charges against the chairman, Paul Manafort. A new indictment found he paid politicians to lobby in the United States on behalf of ukraine. That indictment came hours after manaforts longtime aide pleaded guilty to two charges and agreed to cooperate with the russia investigation. Sarah murray picks it up here. Reporter another guilty plea for special counsel, Robert Mueller. Former campaign adviser, rick gates pleading guilty to russian interference. Gates pleaded guilty in d. C. Court to conspiracy to defraud the u. S. Telling friends and family in a letter, the last several months have been excruciating. Gates is cooperating with the special counsel, the third trump associate to cooperate with the mueller investigation. The decision to flip on his longtime business partner, Paul Manafort, ramps up the pressure
U. S. President come together remembering the queen of soul, live from cnn, World Headquarters in atlanta. We want to welcome our viewers here and around the world. Im George Howell. Cnn newsroom starts right now. At 5 00 a. M. Here on the u. S. East coast for the first time the u. S. Justice department has publicly charged someone with helping a foreigner funnel money to a trump political event the focus on washington lobbyist Samuel Patton, the man you see here. He pleaded guilty on friday from steering money from a russianbacked oligarch. He pleaded ghlt to acting as an unregistered foreign act and lying to congress. Trumps attorney Rudy Guiliani called the event irrelevant. What does this have to do with President Trump . Not a single thing. It has nothing to do with collusion. Some guy who donated to the inauguration. My goodness, there are about 500,000 that donated to President Trump. And there are still more contradictions. George papadopoulos contradi tickets and pushed back o