Well, it didnt work out that way, did it . I mean, if iraq that war w. And cheney and the neocons took us into, it turned out to the latest example of the old maxumf the french think were wrong, as they did before when we went whole hog in vietnam, the smart thing is for us to think again. Now everything has shifted again with our stars in hollywood, the smart ones at least, standing with the millions in the streets in paris and our leaders, well, heres a good question. Wouldnt it have been great to pick up the newspaper today and see an american on the front line of that huge rally for freedom on the streets of paris . Wouldnt it have been downright exciting to see the leader of the free world out there actually leading the free world . But i dont know maybe there were good security reasons for neither the president nor the Vice President to go but what about john kerry . Hes our foreign minister and he speaks french. Is this just another example of the white house needing someone, i
On the latest in the investigation into that metrojet airliner crash that crashed last month killing 224 people on board. We can say now, im quoting him, we can say unambiguously this was a terrorist attack. Explosives were found in the airline debris and the passengers baggage. The homemade device on board was equal in power to one kilogram of high explosive tnt. This is the first time to be clear it has been confirmed that it was a terrorist act and a bomb that caused the downing of that metrojet airliner on october 31st killing all 224 people on board. Swift reaction from the kremlin. Vladimir putin at the meeting. He addressed it saying we will search for those responsible everywhere no matter where they are hiding. We will find them in any place on the planet and punish them. Vladimir putin vowing revenge against the people responsible for downing the airliner. Saying he will take that retribution anywhere. Very Significant Developments coming out of russia in the last hour. Matth
That three isnts have been apprehended. All nbc news has been able to confirm at this stage is that Salah Abdeslam was one of them, that he was injured in the leg, taken to a hospital, it appears. There is some video showing a suspect being bundled into a car, hopping on one leg, no definitive identification on who he is. But the operation it seems wasnt may be winding down but not over yet. Richard engel from istanbul, turkey. This is truly a significant day in the fight against isis. We have the u. S. Special president ial envoy for the Global Coalition to counter isis writing on twitter congratulations to belgian authorities on capture of terrorist Salah Abdeslam. We will never forget his and all isil victims. Ayman mohyeldin is standing by for us. Ay men, in your opinion this area of molenbeek, abdeslam growing up in this area. Characterize what you were saw when you were on the streets there. What you learned . At the time we visited it was shortly after the paris attacks, there w
Its why hes a world class human being in my book. He was a good reminder that as fiercely as we may fight on policy and on issues that ultimately were americans first. Theres no gesture that was too small or insignificant in terms of what he was willing to do to make people feel comfortable, to help when he could help. He just was one of the most thoughtful people i knew. He would think it true and then decide what was best for the country and whats best for the world. People if they analyze not only his accomplishments but his character theyll say, job well done, george h. W. Bush. We got a lot to cover this hour. Were going to take a turn to the trade war which may be over or on pause for now. And it has one group of people Market Participants feeling optimistic. After the opening the dow was up 400 points. Thats about 1. 6 . Here hes a look at where it is now. Up 250 on the day and oil prices got a bit of a rebound. Kru crude rising 4 . The president , of course, had threatened to r
Photographs of the more than 30,000 daily visitors still stands. There it is. But the cathedral itself behind it and all of the priceless artifacts that it contained appear to be from the cameras eye largely lost. Benjamin hall has been watching with us from our regional newsroom in london. Benjamin, the fire brigades arrived more than an hour ago to begin pumping water on the building but it appears their efforts are in vain. Thats right. What were hearing is access was so difficult in those early couple of hours. First of all, there were so many people gathered there. They evacuated notre dame quite early on. They didnt evacuate much of the area around it. Although the local authorities asked people to move back, quite the opposite and. Many people went down there and knowing the recovery was underway, they had to go see this symbol of their city burning. Many of them in tears at this site. Now were seeing some of the hoses getting up there on cranes. Again, because of the height of