They talk about a merciless retaliation that would leave no survivors. This comes amid when kim jongun could mark a holiday with a nuclear test. If he does, theres a chance that Vice President mike pence could be just across the border. The Vice President is scheduled to arrive in seoul, south korea, on sunday. A north korean test would be the first one on President Trumps watch and the president has already said on twitter that north korea must be dealt with and if china doesnt do it, the u. S. With its allies with. Cnns Jessica Schneider is covering this story from trumps maralago estate, his club. The president is being briefed there in palm beach. Who is briefing him on this . Reporter brooke, there was a question when President Trump boarded the plane, who would be down here with him. Members of the National Security staff are here at maralago in south florida. They are keeping an eye on the situation and briefing and informing the president. Of course, monitoring all of this beca
At his florida resort on the north korean activity, and Vice President mike pence is set to touch down in south korea this weekend. Well have much more on that in just a moment, but first, this. New video this morning shows the moment of impact when that massive mother of all bombs exploded in afghanistan. The most powerful nonnuclear bomb in the u. S. Arsenal. The target, isis terrorists and their underground tunnel system. But was it also something more, Something Like a 21,000pound message to the world from President Trump . This comes just after several other Major Military actions taken by the United States, the president ordering missile strikes against syrias military, dispatching a Navy Strike Group to the Korean Peninsula and also sending dozens of troops to somalia. First, lets get the very latest from cnns nick paton walsh. He is in iraq on all of this. So, nick, youve been to this part of afghanistan where this bomb hit. What more are you learning about the target, the casu
To shield their preinauguration discussions from monitoring. According to the post, ambassador kislyak said kushner suggested using russian diplomatic facilities in the United States for the communications and reportedly kislyak was taken aback by the suggestion of allowing an american to use Russian Communications gear at its embassy or consulate. A proposal that would have carried security risks for moscow as well as the trump team. So it appears that Jared Kushner met with the Russian Ambassador in secret, reportedly to set up a back channel possibly in russian diplomatic facilities. Kushner then omitted this meeting on his sf86 security clrance form. And when he was called on it months later in april of this year, his lawyers called it an error. But if kislyaks account is accurate, how likely is it that Jared Kushner just forgot about a cloak and dagger meeting with a Foreign Agent to set up a secret back channel . How likely is it that his omission of that meeting to u. S. Officia
North korean custody. Why is the kim regime offering torture at the same time . Im brianna keeler. Youre in the situation room. Breaking news tonight. A new white house shakeup. Sean spicer is stepping down as press secretary after just six months on the job. Sources tell cnn his resignation was prompted by President Trumps decision to hire wall street financier Anthony Scaramucci as communications director. Special Counsel Robert Mueller has asked the white house to save all documents related to a controversial meeting attended by donald trump jr. , Jared Kushner and former Campaign Manager Paul Manafort who all sat down last june with a russian lawyer tied to the kremlin. Today is the deadline for trump jr. And manafort to respond to a request from the Senate Judiciary committee to testify in its russian probe. Chairman Chuck Grassley says he might subpoena them if they dont oblige. We are speaking to the chairman of the Homeland Security committee. Hes also a member of the Foreign A
Had wrapped up. President trump said wow, f. B. I. Confirms report that james comey drafted letter exonerating crooked Hillary Clinton long before investigation was complete. Many people not interviewed including clinton herself, comey stated under oath he didnt do this. Obviously a fix. Where is Justice Department . Bill how about that for a setup . We learn more about that now infamous meeting on the tarmac in arizona between Loretta Lynch and bill clinton. All raising new questions about comeys of his own timeline. The House Oversight Committee Chairman trey gowdy saying he needs more answers on that. The chronology does not add up. His answers have been all over the map both the Intelligence Committee and the clip you played from oversight. So we need to talk to him again. Bill correspondent Catherine Herridge monitoring the hearing beginning our coverage live in washington good morning there. Thank you, bill. Good morning. This is the first time the attorney general Jeff Sessions