Activity. But a senior officials is saying militants in molly mostly have shoulder fire missiles and that is probably not enough to take an airplane out of the sky at cruising altitude. It took off in western africa last night bound for algers and went missing 50 minutes later and so far the airline hasnt been able to get in touch with the two pilots, four cabin crew or the 110 others on board. The transport minister, where it took off, is telling rioters who was on board. 50 french national, 24 bir keena and among others. Two french fighter jets in the region with in the air scanning the terrain below looking for any sign of flight 17. The faa has lifted their ban on United States flights into israel and the deadly fighting continues. Hamas is still refusing seize fire agreements. New questions about whether or not the United States should allow israel to defend itself and dismantle hamas. Hamas is israels enemy and our enemy as well. The only chance you have for a twostate solution,
Bannon. Quoted throughout the book blasting the president s family and belittling, he, bannon was the one running the show. Earlier the president dropped the curtain on that contention. Did steve bannon be tray you, mr. President . Any words about steve bannon . I dont know. He called me a great man last night, so he obviously changed his tune pretty quick. Thank you all very much. Thank you. I dont talk to him. I dont talk to him. Thats just a misnomer. Thank you. Then just a couple minutes ago, White House Press secretary rejected the books accuracy big time especially condemning the assertion the president did not want to win the election. And calling for breitbart to think about firing steve bannon as chief executive. But there are numerous examples of falsehoods that take place in the book. Ill give you one just because its really easy. The fact that there was a claim that the president didnt know who john boehner was is pretty ridiculous im not going to waste my time or the count
Nancy reagan had a mastectomy in 1987. We have a team of reporters kate bannon broke the story. And dr. Sanjay gupta is on hand before the procedure and Kaitlin Collins is at the white house. I want to start with kate bennett. Was this planned or emergency procedure, what can you tell us . Reporter i dont believe it was an emergency procedure. I would imagine that this is planned, of course the white house has not said that but all indications point this to not being an emergency. Im going to read the statement from the First Lady Office so were all on the same page. This morning First Lady Melania Trump underwent an embolization procedure to treat a benign kidney condition. The procedure was successful and there were no complications. Mrs. Trump is at Walter Reed National military Medical Center and will likely remain there for the duration of the week. The first lady looks forward to a full recovery so they can continue her work on behalf of children everywhere. Speaking of that, it
President ial candidates, 10 of them take the stage tomorrow in the first of a twonight sweep. And the biggest draw, senator Elizabeth Warren. While many of her. Ohhant are behind closed doorz ecoarse preparing for the battle warren is out and about. As you can see about to hold a townhall in miami where she woos voters with another plan. Today unveiling a new Election Security plan. Plans that just the concept of ive got a plan for that now defines warren. Ive gone a plan for that. The good news is i got a plan foltz. Theyre ready for change, and i got a plan for that. And her plans and specifics are defining the Playing Field right now. Senator Bernie Sanders, for example, announcing a more generous plan for student doet only after warren launched her own plane. Ennen learning that joe biden is spending the time days before he appears on stage reviewing his own record from the past nearly 40 years. Mj lee outfront live in miami. To begin the coverage, warren will be the biggest name
Yeah. You know . And youve been there before in breaking news stories and on these stories. It is just unbelievable whats happening there. Yeah, and the unknown is going to become a priority. Theyre going to have to do their rescue and their searching and were going to have to stay on it and not forget because the need will only grow over time. It shines the light, don, why now is the time for leaders to be focused on things that matters. The last thing they should be focused on is themselves, and, yes, im talking about our president. And a sharpie sharpiegate, as you may want to call it. I hear the president s apologists saying, oh, its petty, you shouldnt be focussing on it. No, it is. This is a news story. This is the president of the United States. If you cant trust whats coming out of the president of the United States mouth, where are we, who are we . Especially as journalists, why wouldnt we cover that . Youre supposed to be able to trust the president. And getting resources is