Big day in myanmar today after more than 50 years of military rule, the reigns of power are being pass today a civilian government. Sworn in as president and the leader of the ruling party will be sworn in as the minister of Foreign Affairs live to myanmar. Reporting. Whats the feeling today . Reporter well, definitely its a big day in myanmar has a new president. Just a few minutes ago, the new president was sworn in here at parliament in a very short and subdued ceremony. I have to say it only lasted a couple of minutes. Now parliament was awe journed for a little bit. Now they will come back together again to swear in the rest of the cabinet. 21 ministers, 18 ministers elected. Three appointed, assigned to the military and thats where there will be a major role because children have foreign passports but she will be some kind of super minister. She will have four ministers posts, crucial ministers posts. Thats why many here will regard her as the actual president. But of course, the
Citizens. Lets let them have freedom of movement and lets give them take there, lets sewage out of their cap met. Lets treat them no longer as criminals. If you look at the 10 points, it reads like americas declaration of independence. In favor of freedom of religion, freedom of the press, all of the things we hold near and dear in america. Why should they not be a friend of america and why should we support them . We expect that of them. After all, america guaranteed their safety and security. We should not say we no longer have a role in that just because we are no longer in iraq. We need to let the Prime Minister know we treat them as if they are american citizens and any attack on them is an attack against america. Host iran u. S. Ambassador was asked about what the u. S. Is and is not willing to do when it comes to iran yesterday on faith and nation. Heres a bit of what she had to say. Secretary kerry said last week in new york that every country has a part in this, including iran
Airline crash in Eastern Ukraine. This is an absolutely shambolic situation and looks like a garden cleanup rather than a forensic investigation. We begin in the gaza strip where 510 palestinians have now been killed as Israeli Forces bottom barred the region for a 14th day. Air strikes and shelling by tanks killed at least 30 people in the areas of rafa and conunis and attacks continuing in the district, 22 Israeli Soldiers meanwhile have been killed in gaza and military says four soldiers died on monday morning and two civilians have been killed and we go to stephanie in gaza and sunday was a deadly day for palestinians and no let up today and bring us up po speed on the latest. Reporter we had an air strike just south of here and another one further north and we can still hear the shelling from the back. I dont know if you can hear it over the microphone but you can constantly hear the sound of explosion and that is an indication this campaign is very much on going. We had a written
Way of so much. Sandra reaction to that deal in just a moment and senator john kennedy towards us live. We begin with new questions this morning about the fate of Hunter Biden Probe as the Incoming White House press secretary says over the weekend president elect biden will not discuss the investigation with any potential nominees or attorney general. Good morning, everyone to come i am sandra smith and great to be with you on this holiday week, good morning. Good happy winter to you i am trace gallagher, hunter biden is currently under federal investigation for taxes and foreign business dealings. The latest comments from the biden team casting doubt on where the matter could go once joe biden takes office. Sandra rich edson and edmonton delaware, rich, good morning. There is more scrutiny around this decision. Good morning, sandra, that is right. This is usually a major cabinet decision but in this case, however the president elect joe biden selects to lead the Justice Department, th
Good evening from headquarters in new york. Breaking news heading into the memorial day weekend. Another bomb shell story from the wraush post. Lets quote from the paper. The post quotes u. S. Officials briefed on this intelligence, this story means the man closest to the president allegedly wanted to talk outside of known u. S. Channels and u. S. Officials know this because they intercepted the Russian Ambassador reporting back home to moscow along with the surprise apparently that the kremlin had been invited in so close potentially to the trump white house. As the post reported quote casey cizkas rgey kislyak. The White House Traveling over seas did not comment on this story as of yet. There was a second report in the Washington Post that says the Senate Intelligence committee is going after everything asking the Trump Organization to turnover quote all of this as we wrap up day 127 of the Trump Administration the president prepares to head home from his first trip over seas, kushne