And has expressed concern of the circumstances of her to his resignation all of them on acceptable it is the latest in the escalating tension between saudi arabia and iran thats fueling a political crisis and lebanon saying a ha there has the latest from beirut. Babylon is Holding Contacts with the arab and western diplomats seeking information about the fate of the resigned Prime Ministers had a heavy duty lebanons president even meeting the fare of the Saudi Embassy in beirut the saudi diplomat did not make any statement but sources close to the president say that the president is concerned he is worried about the how did he believe how d. D. Is under house arrest in in saudi arabia and its not just the president the speaker of parliament as well they have both said that his resignation the Prime Ministers resignation will not be accepted until he returns to lebanon and its not just how do these little opponents who are expressing concern his own Political Party have suggested and im
On whether russia had meddled with last years president ial election trump said he agreed with the u. S. Intelligence communitys assessment that moscow did interfere with the election but he also added that he believes russian president Vladimir Putin believes himself when he says that russia played no part in influencing the outcome. I believe very much in our intelligence agencies now at the same time. I want to be able because i think its very important to get along with russia to get along with china to get along with vietnam to get along with lots of countries because we have a lot of things we have to solve and frankly russia and china in particular can help us with the north korea problem which is one of our truly great problems i believe that president putin really feels that he feels strongly that he did not meddle in our election what he believes is what he believes what i believe is that we have to get to work and i think everybody understood this that heard the answer we ha
A huge earthquake near the border more than six thousand were injured in the magnitude seven point three quake it caused widespread damage in both countries with tens of thousands forced to flee their homes imran khan reports now from baghdad. First responders quickly deal with the wounded in western iran a seven point three magnitude earthquake bringing schools of the injured through hospital doors. I fell from the balcony it was so far. Pieces of glass fell on me and hurt my hand. You rivals from remote towns swell the hospital to capacity the injured continue in ever increasing number as more people are found in the rubble the death toll rises to the earthquake was centered on the iraq iran border near the iraqi town of halabja striking at nine eighteen p. M. Local time the u. S. Geological survey immediately issued an orange alert saying deaths and damage should be expected then came the first reports of fatalities on the iranian side of the border in the town of conservation in pe
Cancelled. Major garrett is at the white house and joining us with the latest on that. It was a short agenda today. Only one public event for the president , a a 3 30 speech at the department of labor to highlight his efforts to expand the workplace apprenticeships. That event has now been cancelled. And the white house is contemplating where and how and if the president will give remarks about todays tragic events. I can tell you that the president has telephoned House Speaker paul ryan and is making other calls to members of the House Republican conference and leadership and the white house is reviewing the president s schedule for the remainder of the day gathering more information and contemplating when or if the president will make public remarks on todays tragic events. One of the things we do not know what the motives were, but if this was terrorism, this is exactly the kind of impact that they want to have. They want to scare people, create disruption and that kind of thing. Th
Congressional baseball game tomorrow. He was on the field with a couple dozen other members of congress. Witnesses say the gunman armed with a high power rifle had a lot of ammunition and opened fire for five to ten minutes. We are getting some conflicting news regarding the number of victims. It appears there are five people who have been shot, including representative scalise, an aide, and two Capitol Hill Police officers. They are said to be in stable condition, nonlife threat threatening injuries. We got an update on the condition of the gunman. About 20 minutes ago, President Trump spoke about the shooting. I spoke with steves wife, jennifer. And i pledged to her our full and absolute support. Anything that she needs. Were with her. And with the entire scalise family. President trump says the gunman has died. He has been identified as 66 yearold James Hodgkinson. Lauren is live in the d. C. Area with more. Lauren. Reporter hi, gasia, sal and allie. One of washingtons most powerful