Terror Attack In St News Today

Tell us. >> theres two topics that both countries have said were involved in this phone call. one fighting against terrorism where vladamir putin apparently thanked president trump for a tip-off the fbi gave to russian intelligence services that allegedly led to the arrest of two individuals planning a terror attack in st. petersburg for new years day. the russians after that said the two leaders also discussed points of mutual interest to both countries. the white house went a little bit furthe...

Genius and putin has called the president bright. the question this morning, though, is the relationship souring even against -- even after mutual admiration of the two in the past week because this morning, vladimir putin is slamming americas national security strategy as aggressive. this comes after trump called russia a rival power earlier this week, but hesitated from going further in his public statements. our senior international correspondent frederik pleitgen joins us with more. the two ...

Security issue of the year. we have an election coming up in 2018. it is astounding to me that there wasnt a more fullsome discussion of this and that the president didnt at least address it yesterday. he had a great segue, talking about russia as a rival power. rather than bring this up, which would have been the right place to do it, he praises them for the cooperation we had, you know, disrupting a terror attack in st. petersburg. >> this isnt a mystery. he doesnt talk about russian interfere...

Terrorists to gain control of vast parts of territory all across the middle east. >> the president vowed to do things heavenly, starting with the renewal of american military strength. >> a nation that is not prepared to enact a war is a nation not capable of preventing a war. weakness is the surest path to conflict. >> the president singled out china and russia, rival nations seeking to erode american power and security but said hes open to cooperation. this morning rush out put out a statement...

Wildfire. procession of first responders covering nearly 200 miles. he leaves behind a 2-year-old daughter. you see her there. and a pregnant wife. there is a go fund me page, been started for his family. raised more than $400,000. thats wonderful. well, we now know a u.s. soldier killed and ambushed by isis affiliated fighters in niger fought until the very end. two senior defense officials tell fox news sergeant la david johnson was not executed or captured during the october attack as previou...

The idea that this has taken a long time is absurd. its not true. but beyond that, it is a lot of mystery. the irony that the president of the united states only offers something congratulatory to united states intelligence services when vladimir putin basically tells him to. vladimir putin, thanks the united states for giving them information that helps stop a terror attack in st. petersburg, i wonder if they would return the favor. i wonder if thats how it worked during the boston bombing inte...

Also, bold accusation. president trumps lawyer now claiming special counsel bob mueller unlawfully obtained thousands of e-mails in the russia investigation. and hitting the campaign trail. the president plans to aggressively campaign in next years midterms, but do all republicans really want him by their side? those are the big questions. we begin with vladimir putins phone call to president trump, the second call in just four days. there are reports that putin called president trump to tha...

Weapons out. >> jenna: we want to draw the news out together. im not making a connection between the terror attack and russia, but it is something that vladamir putin is having to handle. alleged terror attack in st. petersburg. theres initial reports that the suspect is from kurdistan. we have one leader under pressure in his own country. syria with increased attention. and you have this new trump administration being tested on foreign policy across the board. what would be your advice to presi...

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Con -- condolences, going to state television and vowing to bring those responsible to justice. >> matthew chance in moscow. matthew, thank you. so far theres been no claim of responsibility for the attack. so who might have been responsible? who might have been behind it? joining us from new york cnn terrorism analyst and former cia operative. paul, who are the most likely suspects? >> i think work it is assumption is that was an act of jihadi terrorism. those groups have been responsible for t...