Irbil. Lets go straight to tim lister it seems we dont have tim right now. Well try to get him back on later in the show. This fighting in irbil is a huge concern for the kurds. Theyve been fighting and holding, trying to take the town of mosul. So its a crucial situation right now. The u. S. Led coalition is looking for ways to stop the militant group from making progress and one main goal is to target the isis leadership. Barbara starr has the details. Reporter the u. S. Has a secret list of the top isis operatives in syria and iraq it wants to kill. Number one, isis leader abu al baghdadi. Its been months since the last Intelligence Report about where al baghdadi is hiding a senior u. S. Official tells cnn. The u. S. Believes he knows warplanes are hunting him, so he moves cautiously even as his influence has grown beyond syria and iraq. The fact that al baghdadi has become this pan islamic caliphate boss boss of bosses is pretty distressing. But it also means that we know what the
Washington. Welcome to mtp daily. Is this the day . As donald trump prepares to unveil his pick tomorrow, his team in cleveland is battling a potential convention coup or at least attempt to quiet the uprising. We are four days to convention. Less than 18 hours until trump promised to publicly unveil his running mate. A lot of leaks, hints, suggestions, all evidence points towards mike pence has trumps pick for vp. But not so fast. Sources have been telling our owe Kelly Odonnell that decision has not been made final yet by mr. Trump. There are differing views within trumps own inner circle and his family each has somebody they prefer among the three finalists. Pence, Chris Christie and Newt Gingrich. Top trump aide said that trump hasnt called anyone. We are watching play out right now is the divide within trumps inner circle. Trump and some of his family may have reservations about pence. Something that christie or gingrich may be better for trumps personality. Trump jr said his fath
The white house has reportedly drafted multiple documents revoking security clearances of the critics the president wants to punish. And one senior official says they have discussed timing the release of those documents as a distraction during news cycles unfavorable to the president. Thats according to the Washington Post. And this latest effort to distract and deflect comes as 60 former cia officials have signed a letter warning President Trump that the country will be weakened if there is a political litmus test applied before seasoned experts are allowed to share their views. Thats on top of 15 former intel officials whove already issued a similar statement in response to the president s decision earlier this week to revoke the security clearance of excia chief john brennan. But the president , well, he says this. Theres no silence. If anything im giving them a bigger voice. Many people dont know who he is. Now he has a bigger voice and thats okay with me because i like taking on v
Security clearances of the critics the president wants to punish. They have suggested timing the lease as a distraction during news cycles unfavorable to the president. This latest efforts comes as 60 former cia officials to sign a letter that the country will be weakened if theres a political litmus test before seasoned experts are allowed to share their views. Thats on top of 15 former official who is have issued statement in response to the president s decision earlier this week to revoke the clearance of john brennan. The president says this. Theres no silence. If anything im giving them a bigger voice. Many people dont know who he is. Now he has a bigger voice and thats okay with me because i like taking on voices like that. Thats as president tries to defend his former Campaign Chairman as a jury in virginia ends a second day of deliberations with no verdict in sight. I think the whole manafort trial is very sad when you look another whats going on. I think its a very sad day for
Undertaken by state Department Officials was entirely appropriate and consistent with the objective weve had, certainly since this new government has come into office. The chairman of three house committees have subpoenaed pompeo over his failure to produce documents related to ukraine. President trumps personal attorney Rudy Giuliani, saying he will think about responding to a house subpoena for documents in the impeachment inquiry. Giuliani tweeting, he believes the three democratic chairman of house committees who issued the subpoenas, quote, have prejudged this case. He writes, it raises significant issues concerning legitimacy and constitutional and legal issues. Subpoena will be given appropriate consideration. He was just as noncommittal on fox news. I dont know. Im weighing the alternatives. Ill go through it. Ill get my evidence together and get my charge. Giuliani was mentioned by mr. Trump in his call with the ukrainian president. Rudy giuliani was to be the ukraine presiden