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A blast at the army headquarters in the west of the city thick smoke could be seen coming from the site meanwhile the french embassy said it was under attack there are reports of five armed men heading towards a building in a truck there are no there is no word yet rather on any casualties. for more on the story we can talk to d. that he was adrian krishi joins us from lagos in nigeria good to see you bring us up to date on the latest developments. well the situation appears to be still on going we just learned that there's no gunshots anymore in the area but as you said smoke is visibility ap...

Has been monitoring this story for us from lagos. faso has widely been regarded as a peaceful and stable country in the volatile region up until two thousand and fourteen back then the long term ruler. who has already been in office for almost thirty years tried to change the constitution to stay in office even longer angry protesters went on the streets and with the help of the military it was chased out of the country the political instability reached a peak one year later when there were the failed coup d'etat the attack on friday shows once again that also terrorists are trying to take adv...

The provisions have been too generous for them. thank you. >> that was senator bob corker who was a no on this tax plan. before he was a yes. the senate likely to vote tonight or tomorrow morning. i want to beginniring you back, talk about what's happening in the next little bit here. you heard congressman faso so about the unpopularity of this bill. the debt that republicans are making that this will ultimately pay off in the end. talk about speed versus spin specifics here. this wasn't going to get done in three months. and now it looks like we'll have it before christmas? >> yes, that's rig...

Practically no one even on it. i have to go through other aspects of tax policy and spending policy, because while new york might be a net beneficiary from the state and local tax deduction, even with the state and local tax deduction, new york remains a net contributor. so there's that back and forth where i'm looking at this from, with one pair of glasses on. they're looking at it from another. their representing their states, their districts, and i get that, but i as a new york congressman representing a new york district, i understand that they're not going to fight for new york for me, an...

Syrians through a window in my hand threw. them over the years you. know david's in a detention camp in niger like tens of thousands of other refugees niger's government set up the camps under pressure and with support from the european union . mali mauritania and book you know faso have also been called upon to keep the refugees in africa and stop the gangs of traffickers if necessary by force of arms . is this what a partnership between the e.u. and africa should look like. give them i am a good provider you said in your opening statement that europe is misusing african leaders as bouncers b...