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barking dog and that appears to be what alerted the hostage s captors to what was going on. during the firefight that then followed, u.s. forpdss saw a militant go into the shack where the hostages were being held. it is believed that is when he shot both of the hostages, both of them died as a result of those injuries, as u.s. forces were transporting them away. u.s. intelligence did not know the identity of the other hostage being held with somers. he has since been identified as south african teacher pierre korkie. a char that worked with korkie says he was due to be released today. to discuss this and many of the other top stories for the week, joined by our panel, bring in democratic strategist basil smythe, jr., political consultant and former adviser to mitt romney, cater packer gauge and msnbc correspondent, casey packer hunt. obviously on this hostage story, we are learning the details, obviousiously a heartbreaking story, another report i know in the new york times this ....
saw fairly recently at the white house when president trump announced judge neil gorsuch would be his pick to replace justice scalia. several people people will be in attendance whose family were killed from undocumented immigrants. at president trump s campaign rallies he d bring people on stage to talk about this with regard to immigration. this will be a discussion of potentially economic security, national security, and possibly immigration as we look ahead later in the week, ali, to the president revealing his revised travel ban. on friday remember, it will be a month that original ban has been tied up in court essentially since the stay was put on it. the president might talk about his budget, too, something a lot of members of congress are particularly interested in hearing. here s what he had to say when it came to what he would do with entitlement reform with cuts to medicaid and social security. listen. you have an omb director finally. he says you have to take an ....
the state department. putting iran on notice, is this trump s new red line? hi, erin. definitely being presented as a hard line on iran. maybe somewhat blurry one at this point. but the white house is saying that it is dedicated to holding iran accountable after this latest missile launch. and it is considering a whole range of options in a response and, yes, that does include a military one. a tough line on iran at the white house today. as to have day, we are officially putting iran on notice. reporter: national security adviser michael flynn offering a cryptic warning after iran tested another ballistic missile sunday. the obama administration failed to respond adequately to tehran s malign actions including weapons transfers, support for terrorism, and other violations of international norms. reporter: the new administration making its clear it believes the missile launch violated a u.n. resolution. flynn s comments today follow its missile program. but prior t ....
hackers were targeting the dnc and other democratic operations. by the way, as candidate trump was publicly calling on the russians to publicly hack hillary clinton s e-mails. we don t know the contact or motive before the conversations, but the word they happened is a big real development. we should note the kremlin and donald trump this morning are calling it fake news. cnn s jim sciutto has been working sources all day, all night on this story. jim, bring us up to speed on where we are right now at 9:01 eastern time. i should knnote calling it fe news without the president or the white house responding to the substance of the reporting which we ve asked them to do. let s get to what the reporting is. one, two things caused alarm, raised red flags in u.s. law enforcement and intelligence. first, the volume and frequency of the communications between trump advisers and the russians. communications happen during campaigns, typically at a much lower level and much less frequent t ....
sores more than 300 points that say surge to an all-time record fueled by glowing reviews of president trump s congressional address. he kept a low profile today tweeting nonl all caps, thank you, no bragging or twitter rants just two words from his personal account. 47 million people tuned in to watch the pruz president s address and he put a lot of asks acts on the table, haej healthcare, immigration, tax cuts, on and on and today the rubber met the road. meeting with republican leadership to turn all of those words and promises into actual action. we re just here to start the process. it begins as of now and we think we re going to have tremendous success. david purdue was in that meeting and he s out front tonight i m going to speak with him i want to begin with jim acosta he is at the white house and uncharacteristically to say the least, quiet day for president trump. that s right pu white house officials from the president on down are still slating after last nigh ....