We start with the case against iran. Saudi arabia today presenting its evidence to the world that it says undeniably points to iran as the sponsor of the attack on saudi Oil Infrastructure. But even before that announcement, President Trump struck back, tweeting that hes ordered substantial new sanctions against iran. Our Nic Robertson is in riyadh saudi arabia. Take us through these conclusions reached by saudi arabia. Do they know if this was carried out by the Iranian Revolutionary guard or where exactly this came from . Reporter a lot of talk by the spokesman for the military here about the Iranian Revolutionary guard, but not specifically saying that theyre responsible for the launching of these attack vehicles or specifically saying that they were launched from iran. They went through the number of drones, 18 drones were fired, seven different cruise missiles. Three of the cruise missiles failed to hit their target. They had those on a stage. They had seven of the smashedup drone
Year, the Global Growth outlook has weakened, notably in europe and china. Other political risks, including brexit, remain unresolved. Trade policy tensions have waxed and waned and uncertainty is weighing on imports and exports. Take a look, at happened at 2 00 thats what happened with the market the market spent the day in the red but not by that much, and they went down by more after the rate cut the dow is off about 150 points or half a percent. Lets look at the indices as well. Lets begin our coverage with Nbcs Kelly Odonnell at the white house. Kelly, the president is not happy with this. He wanted rate cuts but he wanted bigger rate cuts, more rate cuts. Hes talking about an Interest Rate of zero and he has, understandably, reacted to this. He certainly has. He has been a frequent and vocal critic of the Federal Reserve, and namely the chairman. And notably, he chose jerome powell, jay powell as hes known, to be the chairman of the Federal Reserve. So this is the president again
Both countries believe there is a high probability they were launched from an iranian base near its border with iraq. Joining us live from riyadh, saudi arabia, diplomatic editor nic robertson. Nic, tell us what theyre saying here about responsibility and what theyre not say. Reporter well, what theyre saying officially is that iran made the weapons, saudi officially is saying they havent figured out where those weapons were fired from. But a source with knowledge of the investigation says theres high probability that theyve now figured it out that they were fired from iran, that they did fly the short distance across the border into iraq, over kuwaiti airspace, through kuwaiti airspace and into saudi arabia and on to those Oil Facilities. Part of the calculation and part of the assessment of responsibility of takeoff location and the Weapons Systems themselves we understand is being developed through a joint saudi and u. S. Military weapons expert investigation. What they have at thei
Messages, whether a quid pro quo directed by President Trump was happening with ukraine. Text messages released by another top now former u. S. Official, kurt volker. Text messages between taylor and the ambassador to the eu. In one message, taylor wrote this. Quote, i think its crazy to withhold Security Assistance for help with a Political Campaign. And in another, he asked, are we now saying that Security Assistance and white house meeting are conditioned on investigations . So now cnn has learned that taylor is asked to fill in the gaps this morning. Why did he think that the United States was trading military aid for help with a Political Campaign . Why did he put any of his questions in writing at all . And what happened before, during and after those messages were exchanged . Cnns manu raju is on capitol hill where its all happening as we speak. Manu, what have you heard about bill taylor and what hes saying behind closed doors . Reporter we learned he was served with a subpoena
His power to stop democrats from laying a hand on President Trump. Is it correct as was reported in the Mueller Report on june 19, 2017, you met alone in the oval office with the president . I said is there a book and page number you can reference me to, please . I dont have a copy of the report in front of me. Volume 2, page 90. Is it correct that as reported in the Mueller Report on june 19, 2017, you met alone in the oval office with the president. Can you read the exact language of the report . I dont have it available to me. I dont have to do that. Did you meet alone with the president on that date. Want you to refresh my memory. You dont have a copy with you . I dont have a copy of the report, congressman. You dont have a recollection on whether you met with the president on that date . Im just trying to find in the Mueller Report where it states that. You have it in front of you, i gave you the page number. Where on page 90 is it, sir . Mr. Chairman. You have to start the clock.