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casualties. there has, in fact, been a surge in reported civilian casualties in the u.s. air campaign against the so-called islamic state. and under trump, a massive increase in u.s. drone strikes, more broadly, almost one every two days according to the council on u.s. foreign relations. today, tragically, marked the third time this month a u.s.-led air strike may have killed civilians or even our allies, with 18 syrian fighters alied with the u.s. killed in a coalition air strike in syria. the pentagon blamed partner forces. that news comes on the heels of last week s air strike in syria and now today the decision to launch the mother of all bombs. and we are just 84 days into the trump administration. i m joined by steve schmidt larry corb. larry, i m going to go to you first because there is a very strange donald trump relationship to the military. he claimed during the came papa that you knew more about the generals, that he was smarter about isis, now he s in office he s ....
opposition to the threat of budget cuts to agencies that fund scientific work. the president tweeting a couple hours ago i am committed but always remember it enhances environmental protection. jobs matter. miguel marquez is in washington where demonstrators marched from the mall to capitol hill. miguel? reporter: ana, this is the end point for the march for science. thousands and thousands of scientists and their supporters clog the streets of washington. it was cold, it was windy. where they ended here at the capitol, what they were concerned about was the general tone from the trump administration on science and matters of science on funding. very enormous ly engaging in science in washington, d.c., said they didn t want their work to be sifted through. it certainly had a very political edge to it. ana? thank you, miguel. now to new york where the rain didn t keep away the crowds. here is rachel crane. reporter: i m in a crowded and rainy times square. lots of umbrell ....
the coffin for president trump to fire him. bret: tonight, new questions. did the president hint at comey s firing a month ago? we will see what happens. it s going to be interesting. bret: what happens next in the russia investigation? catastrophically compromise the investigation. the investigation going on in the intelligence committee. bret: we have all of the angles covered. a special edition of special report starts right now. good evening. welcome to washington. i am bret baier. the reality tv star billionaire businessman who made you are fired a catchphrase used it this afternoon and what is turning out to be one of his most controversial moves yet. president trump s dismissal of james comey has rocked washington. democrats tried to link the action to the investigation of a possible connection between the trump campaign and the russians before the elections. demands for a special prosecutor are louder tonight and democrats are jumping to watergate compa ....
huge meeting for the president in mar-a-lago, florida. he will meet with the president of china. and the united states nations a big day of breaking news. testing time for the commander in chief who has been on the job just 76 days, an apparent chemical weapons attack in syria, scores of children and others. pyongyang patience exhausted. pressure for the president on two big fronts, pressure to consider a much needed response. first at the united nations this morning, an emergency securities council session. when the united nations consistently fails in its duty to act collectively, there are times in the life of state that we are compelled to take our own action. for the sake of the victims, i hope the rest of the council is finally willing to do the same. will be interesting to see how much in line he is with what she just laid out. is it would be pretty hard and cause a diplomatic dustup of its own if the president of the united states didn t back up what she just said? ....
wrongdoing by president obama contradicting president trump s allegations that susan rice broke the law. plus, more info about the investigation into trump team connections to russia. details about surveillance warrants against one of the president s campaign managers and why the fbi thought that adviser could be acting as a foreign agent. plus, it s the first rule of politics. don t compare anybody to hitler. i guess nobody told sean spicer. we didn t use chemical weapons in world war ii. you know? you had a you know, someone when s despicable as hitler who didn t sink to the to using chemical weapons. we ve got the latest on the attempts to clean that up and whether that will be enough for president trump. we want do get started with the breaking news on the trump administration charges of improper surveillance by the obama administration. cnn is learning now about the claims of chairman devin nunes that members of the obama administration improperly requested the id ....