Ambassadors hand. But on twitter today, the president called darroch a wacky and very stupid guy whom he will no longer deal with. The ambassador has not served the uk well. I can tell you that. Were not big fans of that man. Reporter but tempers flared when the daily mail recently published leaked cables from darroch to the British Government describing the Trump Administration as dysfunctional, unpredictable, clumsy and inept. Ambassadors routinely send home candid dispatches from their posting, but rarely do they become public. The president s tirade grew the ire of jeremy hunt, who is vying to be the next Prime Minister. Hunt vowed to deep darroch on. If i am elected Prime Minister, the ambassador in washington stays because its our decision. Reporter in november, the ambassador described his role to cbs news. Diplomacy is about protecting and taking forward British National interests and objectives. And thats what i think every diplomat working for every National Government around
The United States resigned today after getting iced out by President Trump for speaking his mind in diplomatic cables. Now the ambassador thought they were confidential, but they were leaked. Margaret brennan has more on this. Reporter sir kim darrochs resignation came after days of unrelenting criticism by President Trump, who said he would no longer work with the british ambassador. In a statement, darroch said the Current Situation is making it impossible for me to carry out my role as i would like. Prime minister theresa may said she regretted that decision and hoped it wont prevent other diplomats from being candid. Good government depends on Public Servants being able to give full and frank advice. Reporter in one of the diplomatic cables leaked to the mail, darroch said the administration was clumsy and inept and doubted they will ever look competent, but warned london do not write him off, referencing mr. Trumps ability to survive scandal. The president fired back on sunday. He
zeldin. he was released just hours later. there is only one option. [shouting] the suspect climbs on the stage, rushes toward is zeldin and tries to hold him off. he was quickly tackled by others on stage. a witness describes the terrifying scene. went behind the stage and saw him as he began to approach congressman zeldin and so i stepped up onto the stage, saw the attacker try to get into zeldin s face and swing. i could see what looked like a razor, knife of some sort at the congressman. i tackled the attacker from the back and slammed him to the ground. thank goodness for that. team coverage. former assistant attorney andy mccarthy is standing by and first to david lee miller live from the new york city newsroom. this could have turned out a lot differently david lee. could have been a great deal worse. the man who allegedly attacked lee zeldin has been released without bail. just what zeldin predicted. he is running for governor of new york delivering a speech
Todays eyeopener, your world in 90 seconds. First time in our nations history that a woman will be a major party nominee. Hillary clinton makes history. Next tuesday we continue the fight in the last primary in washington, d. C. The last thing we need is Hillary Clinton in the white house, or an extension of the obama disaster. I would like to support our nominee, i just cant. Whether or not they endorse me, its okay if they dont, but they have to get over it. They shouldnt be so angry so long. You endorsed donald trump last week, how is that sitting . Well, it could be better. A bomb threat now targeting another egyptair jet. The plane from cairo made energy landing in asia. Pickup truck plowed into a group of bicycle riders in michigan. Five of the bicycle riders pronounced dead at the scene. Not happy after a hacker took over his account saying the commissioner died. Everyone in the universe wondered whether or not the commissioner had signed out. Cleaning up the soggy aftermath of
First time in our nations history that a woman will be a major partys nomination. Hillary clinton makes history. Next tuesday we continue the fight in the last primary in washington, d. C. the last thing we need is Hillary Clinton in the white house or an extension of the obama disaster. I would like to support our nominee, i just cant. Whether or not they endorse me, its okay if they dont, but they have to get over it. They shouldnt be angry for so long. You endorsed donald trump last week. How is that sitting . Well, it could be better. New bomb threat targeting another egyptair jet. The plane from cairo made an Emergency Landing in central asia. A pickup plowed into a group of bicycle riders. Five were pronounced dead at the scene. The nfl isnt laughing after a hacker took over its twitter account saying that the leagues commissioner had died. Everybody in the twitterverse was wondering whether or not the commissioner had signed out. The southeast cleaning up the soggy aftermath of