Intensify. Heres everything you need to right now. European leaders adopt tough, new sanctions on russia. This response to the downing of malaysia air flight 17. And as if u. S. Russian relations werent tense enough, the white house accuses russia of violating a Historic Arms control treaty that helped end the cold war. The New York Times which broke the story says the u. S. Will cite russia violating that treaty as far back as 2008. Heres press secretary josh earnest just minutes ago. There have been reports that the president informed president putin via letter of our determination and as an indication that this is a matter that merits the serious attention of the lead earls of both the United States and russia. Signed by Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev in 87. The treaty bans tests of groundlaunched Cruise Missiles. Perhaps no surprise, putin already called gorbachevs decision to sign the treaty, quote, debatable. Capitol hill, the house could vote thursday on a bill to address t
Liberia september 19th to visit family in the u. S. He became sick september 24th, he sought medical care. Two days later, but was sent home from the hospital. On sunday, he was hospitalized and officially diagnosed with ebola yesterday. The three ems crew members have now tested negative. Cdc Officials Say there is no danger of a widespread outbreak here in the u. S. Joining me now is dr. Anthony director of the National Institute of allergy and infectious diseases. Thank you very much. Tell us why we should not, first of all, be concerned about all of the people who came in contact with him on that airplane at the airport while he was traveling. Well, the people on the plane are not a problem because he was not symptomatic while he was on the plane. He only became symptomatic after being here for four days. He landed on the 20th and started developing symptoms on the 24th. So those people are not at issue because you dont transmit ebola if you have no symptoms. Its the people that ca
I. East jerusalem, typically the u. N. Vetoes measures chr s critf its closest ally. A point not lost on its Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Over the decades, disagreement about settlements but agreed the Security Council was not the place to resolve this issue. We knew that going there would make negotiations harder and drive peace further away. And as i told john kerry on thursday, friends dont take friends to the Security Council. So last night netanyahu took his complaints directly to the u. S. Ambassador there during an inperson meeting. Today we heard more from the israeli ambassador to the United States right here on cnn. What this resolution just did is it gave the palestinians ammunition in their diplomatic and legal war against israel and the United States not only didnt stop it, they were behind it. Calling the israeli position, in their words, hysterical and irrational and republicans and democrats in congress are now talking cutting u. S. Funding to the u. N. If it does
This hour his dramatic shootout with police. And critical questions today. Lets begin with donald trump. Can a tweet spark a Nuclear Arms Race. The United States must greatly strengthen and expand Nuclear Capability until such time as the world comes to its senses regarding nukes. Commercial break. Ing joe the president elect told you what . Let it be an arms race. We will outmatch them at every pass. Russian president Vladimir Putin took a question at his annual press conference in moscow this morning. From the kremlin, translation saying when someone speeds up or accelerates the arms race, its not us. Kristen welker is covering the president elect in palm beach. Kristen, this all started with Vladimir Putin telling his general they were going to fortify the Russian Nuclear arsenal and then just moments after the conversation between mr. Trump and mika, we saw the Incoming White House press Secretary Sean Spicer take it arguably a step further. Let me play it. We are not going to sit
Pelley this is our western edition. The shadow of moscow just seems to haunt President Trump like a curse from a russian novel. Last night the president fired his National Security adviser after government surveillance showed that Michael Flynn was dishonest about his contacts with russias ambassador to the u. S. This comes weeks after u. S. Intelligence said russia hacked democratic computers to influence the election and after mr. Trumps campaign manager, Paul Manafort, was fired in part for his links to prorussian forces in ukraine. Now the f. B. I. Is investigating whether flynn lied to its agents and whether he violated a law that bans private citizens from negotiating with foreign countries. Flynns talks came before mr. Trump was inaugurated. Major garrett is following this. The president was very concerned that general flynn had misled the Vice President and others. Reporter White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer said Michael Flynns forced resignation came down to one word trus