President elect says maybe hell keep up some of it after all. And shake up on team trump. Mike pence takes the lead role on the transition team, Chris Christie relegated to sharing the number two spot with senator jeff sessions. A lot to get to, but lets begin with cnns gary tuchman, in atlanta, whats happening there . [ chanting ] gary tuchman, you can hear . Reporter its a little loud. Let me tell you whats going on. I hear you fine right now. Were in the middle of atlanta, georgia right down the block from where Martin Luther king, junior was born and laid to rest. Were with very angry people, people who are very upset donald trump is the president elect. Theyre chanting we rejected president elect, and thats one of the few things we could tell you thats suitable for television theyre chanting. Donald trump has said hes leading the greatest Political Movement in the United States. These people completely beg to differ. Can i ask you a quick question, mam, te maam in tell me why your
Now, the white house has said this is not supposed to be a mass roundup of undocumented immigrants. However, sean spicer the white house spokesperson also said, though, now under these new guidelines anyone who is in the u. S. Illegally could be subject to removal at any time. Its how things have changed. Under the Obama Administration there were the convicted criminals, Public Safety threats, those who cross the border illegally. Now under these new guidelines an undocumented immigrant charged with a crime such as a dui could be subject for removal. And the memos, these marching orders give i. C. E. Agents broader discretion now. Essentially if theyre going after an undocumented immigrant who is a criminal and there happens to be another undocumented immigrant with that person, they can round up everyone there and put them through the deportation proceedings. Now, the white house does say there is a group that is not impacted by these sweeping changes. And that would be the dreamers.
On syria tonight. U. S. Warships launched between 50 and 60 tomahawk missiles targeting a Syrian Air Base where the Chemical Attacks were based. The president was very affected by the images of the children in the chemical attack and was compelled to act. First i want to get to my colleague barbara star. The pentagon has launched a strike in syria. Give us the latest. Reporter it was about 59 tomahawk cruise missiles flying from two warships. We have video of them being launched off the decks of the warships, going to designated targets at an airfield in syria. These are very precise missiles, guided to the target by satellite so they were going exactly where they were aimed at. This was a limited strike with a very specific message that the u. S. , the Trump Administration would take military action showing it would not tolerate a chemical strike like the regime undertook that resulted in such terrible images. So the u. S. Tomahawks struck a number of targets at this air base, includi
Topping this hour of 360, u. S. Bomb too big for the bomber to carry, two administrations in two major wars have never found the occasion to drop it and now they have. Barbara starr has details. Reporter for the first time ever, the mother of all bombs was used by the u. S. Military in combat. The largest nonnuclear bomb used in combat targeting isis fighters in eastern afghanistans remote province. A u. S. Air force special operations mc130 dropped the bomb. We targeted a system of tunnels and caves that fighters used to move around freely making it easier to target military advisors and Afghanistan Forces in the area. Reporter the moab is a 21,600 bomb that explodes in the air. Its blast is supposed to destroy a target area that can spread over thousands of feet. On saturday a u. S. Army special operations soldier was killed in combat in the same area. The United States takes the fight against isis very seriously and in order to defeat the group we must deny them operational space, w
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