a us navy strike group is already heading towards the korean peninsula. us national security adviser said the deployment was prudent, and criticised north korea as a rogue, nuclear—armed nation. david campa nale reports. the carl vincent strike group, an aircraft carrier, a guided missile cruiser, and others, had been due to visit australia. instead, it is going full steam to the western pacific ocean, where it recently conducted exercises with the south korean navy. as well as massive strike power, the carrier group has the ability to intercept ballistic missiles. president trump made it clear to beijing last week that he is prepared to act alone against pyongyang is necessary. the decision to send missiles to syria a reminder of his result. if you violate international agreements and failed to live up to commitments, you become a threat to other countries, and at some point, responsible action has to be taken. north korea's most recent rocket test, condemned by south korea and japan, came on the eve of china's president's visit to america. and it followe

a us navy strike group is already heading towards the korean peninsula. h golfer, sergio garcia, has won the masters, his first success in one of the sport's big four tournaments. garcia won a play—off against britain'sjustin rose at augusta, georgia, after the two men had finished the fourth and final round tied on nine—under—par for the championship. let's have a quick look at some of the front pages, which are dominated by the relationships between moscow,

and let's have a look at some of the other news for the day — reports from america suggest a us navyt headed for the korean peninsular when washington said it was. this us navy picture shows the aircraft carrier uss cole vincent over the weekend nearjava, a500 kilometres from korea. visiting saudi arabia, us defence secretary james matters said the focus remained on a diplomatic solution. you're aware that the leader in north korea again recklessly try to provoke something by launching a missile, it was not a ballistic missile. it failed launch and it shows why we are working so closely right now with the chinese coming out of the mar—a—lago meeting between the two nation's leaders, hours and the chinese, to get this under control and aim for the deeney —— denuclarised north korea, and we all share the same interest. we have more north korea in a moment, but first other news making headlines — police in the us say a man who carried out an apparently random murder then posted a video of the crime on facebook has killed himself. they say steve stevens took his own life as officers appr

the south china morning post is reporting on the us navy task force, headed by the aircraft carrier, peninsula. but amid concerns that an attack might be imminent, the newspaper publishes an image from the us military stating the carrier is on a "scheduled deployment" and that it is still some 5,000 kilometres from the region. the japan times leads on the us vice president in tokyo. it reports comments by mike pence that the us is seeking stronger and more balanced bilateral trade relationships with every country, including japan. and the china daily shows how the beijing is attempting to strengthen its ties with the european union. it shows a handshake between premier li keqiang and federica mogherini, the eu's high representative for foreign affairs and security policy during a meeting in the chinese capital. it's been a heated campaign that's incited religious and racial tensions in indonesia but today voters have their say at the ballot box. we're talking about the poll for the governor of the capital, jakarta. the incumbent, basuki cahaya purnama, popularly known as ahok, is on t

a us navy strike group is already heading towards the korean peninsula. the us national security adviser criticised north korea as a rogue, nuclear—armed nation. the spanish golfer, sergio garcia, has won the masters — his first success in one of the sport's big four tournaments. garcia won a play—off against britain'sjustin rose at augusta, georgia, after the two men had finished the fourth and final round tied on nine—under—par for the championship. coming up next, it is dateline london. hello and welcome to dateline. this week we look at the consequences of america's air strikes on president assad's air base. and we discuss the relations between beijing and washington. my guests this week are the china expert isabel hilton, the north american writer and broadcaster jeffrey kofman, and rachel shabi, a writer on middle eastern affairs. welcome to you all. the horrific pictures of the gas attack in syria have brought a swift american missile attack. rachel, how is this seen in the middle east? where do we go from here? it seems to have support for trump's

this is the moment the tomahawks were fired from a us navy ship in the mediterranean.resident trump said it was in response to the suspected chemical attack in syria. news of previous attempts and changing asaad's behaviour have all failed, and failed very dramatically. state tv in damascus said syria had been a victim of american aggression and the governor of homs said the missile strikes served the goals of so—called islamic state. earlier, russia warned of negative consequences of any us military action in syria but the pentagon did warn moscow of the air strikes. i'm aron heslehurst. in business, face—to—face and just the start of what president trump calls a great relationship, the leaders of the world, two biggest economies, finally meet as the rest of the world hold its breath to see if these two can avoid a fight. and the lawsuits that probably runs more than 140 characters. twitter is suing the us government after the trump administration demanded to know the identity of an anti—trump account. but first, president donald trump has said the us military has car

hopefully it will happen with these guys, as well, the us navy parachute brown, good morning, the parkam. so john, you've got a local tie, is that right? >> i do. i actually agree upright across the rivnew jersey. >> that's nice, cool. so with that low tie, phill snap. >> absolutely. >> do you have say it for the camera. little windy here, that makes it little bit more challenging. you guys hoping to get this jump off today i'm sure? >> oh, yes, we need to make this happen. hoping the winds die down milese beginning of the stadium. so we can enter safely. yes, we will take it as it comes, looking at winds right now, when our jump comes at 2:50, we'll check in again and hope for the best. >> were you guys go up how high do you go? what's the procession of the jump?l actually go to about 5,000 feet. we will get approval through the faa, through the tower, and then pretty much at that point come down on final and jump out of the plane and enter the stadium. >> your first jump ever, right? no way, no way. >> no, we do this couple of hundred times a year, last year we were fortunate to get

here‘s a press release from the us navy three days earlier.unces that the strike group has been ordered to map sail has been ordered to sail north from singapore towards the korean peninsula. after that release, but before the president spoke, us secretary of defensejim mattis was asked about that order in a press conference. he replied, "she‘sjust on her way up there because that‘s where we thought it was most prudent to have her at this time." when secretary mattis says "at this time" it was widely taken as reference to increasing tension with north korea. but that strike group didn‘t sail north. a week after the order was made, the warships were nowhere near north korea. in fact, they were sailing through the sunda straight. to the south. we know this the us navy released this photo of the carl vinson in the sunda straight on saturday. it says the warships did training exercises with the australian navy. and that now they are heading north. but barbara, bringing you back in here, that isn‘t what the president said. no it isn't, and there ha

a us navy strike group is already heading towards the korean peninsula. e us national security adviser criticised north korea as a rogue, nuclear—armed nation. the spanish golfer, sergio garcia, has won the masters, his first success in one of the sport's big four tournaments. garcia won a play—off against britain'sjustin rose at augusta, georgia, after the two men had finished the fourth and final round tied on nine—under—par for the championship. let's have a quick look at some of the front pages, which are dominated by the relationships between moscow, washington and the rest of the world. the top story for the times is about efforts by uk ministers to push for what it describes as "very punitive sanctions" against russia if the country refuses to cut ties with president assad the daily telegraph leads with claims that russia and iran are threatening to retaliate against the united states with military action, if the us launches more airstrikes on syria. the paper quotes a command centre made up of russian and iranian forces accusing president trump of

the headlines: as a us navy strike force sails to korea, donald trump tells his advisers to be preparedth the north korean nuclear threat. egypt's president sisi declares a three—month state of emergency following two bomb attacks on coptic churches, in which more than a0 people died. i'm babita sharma in london. a sex—selective abortions racket is uncovered in india. too late for one father, whose daughter was forced to have a termination. the chinese president returns home, but what has xi jinping achieved during his meeting with president trump? you go through so much in india as pa rents to you go through so much in india as parents to bring her up and have her married. but what is the use

as a us navy strike force heads toward the korean peninsula, president trump will review options for vigil to remember the victims of friday's deadly lorry attack. and glory in augusta. spain's sergio garcia finally wins the masters and his first golf major.

this is, we're laughing about it, but this is serious, the us navy, as donald trump says very powerfulubmarines, heading towards the korean peninsula, you have russia america saying the one step away from law. —— wanted away from the war. now, it is all serious. luckily, i think rex tillerson, as susie says, we have a grown—up who says we have to find a way out of it. i think if you speak to the foreign office they are convinced that america realises that all this talk about trumping close to putin, clearly not now. britain are relatively happy, doris will treat —— boris will speak to him tomorrow morning and that should cheer eve ryo ne morning and that should cheer everyone up. whoa reasons to be cheerful, number one, one of the first thing that sergei lavrov said after meeting with mr tillerson is that they are going to re—establish the protocols which mean that they will warn each other over the skies of syria is a russian jet is there and an american jet is there. and they will have those safety procedures in place will stop they scrap those open to this meeting today after the bo

the headlines this hour: a us navy strike group heads towards the korean peninsula.clared a three—month state of emergency following two bomb attacks on coptic churches in which more than a0 people died. —— egypt's president. with less than two months ago before the first round of voting in the french election, and then a micron is the favourite to take first place. he founded his own independent political movementjust a year ago, saying he's "neither left nor right wing" — and has made big gains. our europe correspondent damian grammaticas spent the day with him on the campaign trail in corsica. he is the newcomer with the 100—watt smile who has electrified this election. the 39—year—old current favourite for president. photos everywhere, all day long. emmanuel macron is a former businessman banker styling himself as a new type of politician. not from the left or right, he says, but different. above all, he claims he is the positive alternative to the other front runner, the far—right marine le pen. madame le pen is in favour of frexit, of stopping with the european

the us launches missile strikes on the syrian airbase believed to have mounted a chemical weapons attack earlier this week. nearly 60 cruise missiles were fired from two american navy ships in the mediterranean in the early hours of this morning. tonight, i call on all civilised nations tojoin us in tonight, i call on all civilised nations to join us in seeking to end the slaughter and bloodshed in syria. as syrian television shows the aftermath of the attack, russia says fewer than half the missiles hit their target, and strongly condemns the action. the governement here gives the attack its full support, butjeremy corbyn says it risks further escalating the war in the country. we'll have the latest from our correspondents in washington and moscow. also this lunchtime... the remaining in tourist injured in the westminster attacks has died. —— by romain yen tourist. andreea christea was on holiday from romania. she was catapulted into the thames during the attack. ambulances under pressure. there's a sharp rise in the number being turned away by a&e departments in england. and, it's ladies day at aintree on the second day of the grand national festival. and coming

. >> a us navy nuclear submarine expected to arrive today in south korea. in a move described as show of force, tensions between north kariya and us. it is a guided missile submarine, armed with tactical nuclear missiles, equipped with advanced communication capability. it arrival comes on the day north korea celebrates korean people's arm. >> i they say the commute on mass transit can be stressful enough. imagine if you also had to worry about getting attacked and robbed by teenagers? commuters in one major city are dealing with this, where flash mobs every teens are swarming trains and rob g travelers. >> bill o'reilly talking about the firing by his network over accusations of sexual i am pro pro at this, the promise he is making to his >> a 17 year old may lose his eye after his friend accidentally shot him while trying to wake him up for school. it all happened yesterday inside home on the 5300 block of lindburgh boulevard, southwest philadelphia, investigators say the teen woke up to that gun in his face, it went off as he tried to slap it away. at las

this is the us navy's carl vinson carrier battle group, equipped with 90 strike aircraft and other weaponskorea. mr trump is hoping it will intimidate that country's isolated regime into abandoning any further nuclear tests or long—range missile launches. china has warned of the imminent danger of a war being triggered on the korean peninsula, and north korea remains defiant, saying it's ready to respond to any attack with nuclear weapons. meanwhile, in afghanistan, the us has dropped an immense bomb, 11 tonnes of high explosive dropped on an isis tunnel complex in the mountains of eastern afghanistan. the blast was felt 30 miles away. the weapon used is called a moab, a massive ordnance airburst, also known as the mother of all bombs. this was its first time used in combat. this was the right weapon against the right target. we will continue to work shoulder to shoulder with our afghan comrades to eliminate this threat to the afghan people, especially the people of nangarhar, to the people of the entire region and indeed, the people around the world. local villagers confirmed that isis fi

this is the moment the tomahawks were fired from a us navy ship in the mediterranean.empts and changing asaad's behaviour have all failed, and failed very dramatically. state tv in damascus said syria had been a victim of american aggression and the governor of homs said the missile strikes served the goals of so—called islamic state. earlier, russia warned of negative consequences of any us military action in syria but the pentagon did warn moscow of the air strikes.

the majority of imports come through the straits of malacca and the foreign navy say the us navy andrts to china. this pipeline would supply about 6% of china's current imports. it would solve the dilemma —— wouldn't solve the dilemma —— wouldn't solve the dilemma but they could diversify away from that. how does myanmar fit into china's ambitious one road, one belt project, where it is aiming to build roads and infrastructure projects through 60 countries and linking them with china? china's interest in myanmar really proceeds one belt, one road. they gave up power in 2011 and china received a number ofa power in 2011 and china received a number of a global deals in myanmar. the most controversial one was a deal to down a river which has almost a spiritual character in myanmar culture. and then send most of that electricity produced by it back to china. as a result chinese investment in myanmar acquired a bad reputation. so this is one of the first steps to really begin to bring online some of those investments that china made during the hunta era, when construction originally began

our correspondent steve evans is at a us navy base in south korea and joins me from there live.is is an air force base and later in the day there will be one of those exercises which china actually thinks doesn't help the situation. it is a joint exercise between the air force and the us and the republic, —— and south korea. it happens every year, and every year north korea says it is practice for invasion. what china is practice for invasion. what china is suggesting is that the us puts a moratorium on these exercises and in return north korea puts a moratorium on its nuclear developments. this exercise here will involve 80 aircraft, 1000 us personnel, about 500 south korean personnel and aircraft from japanese bases as well. they will get involved in simulating or involving real ammunition, airto air combat simulating or involving real ammunition, air to air combat and the bombing of targets on the ground. so the us and south korea say this is a necessary exercise to do with the defence of south korea, whereas north korea says it is provocative and china is pushing that way. m

we've just been seeing some footage there from the decks of the two us navy destroyers from which weaunched. just at the moment on syrian state tv, a syrian general is talking about illegal american air strikes against what he calls a staged chemical weapons attack. the governor of homs province where the cruise missiles hit saying that the strikes serve the goal of armed terrorist groups and the so—called islamic state. there is a danger that american air strikes will recruit and radicalise more people? how so? because the syrian people are going to be angry that they're not being the target of chemical weapons from the regime? no, i think that that is wrong. the regime... the plague on both your houses, argument. that people think that they have nothing to gain, nothing to lose here? i think that the people of syria that are not living under assad and that don't support the assad regime, they are living unwillingly, the vast majority of them, under isis. 0r under oir syrian sunni rebels. they don't like the assad regime, the people that are living in these areas that are being targ

a us navy strike group capable of intercepting ballistic missiles is already sailing towards the koreantrump's national security adviser said the deployment was prudent and criticised north korea as a rogue, nuclear—armed nation. and aaron is here with all the business news. g7 of course one of your top stories because it's not just g7 of course one of your top stories because it's notjust global stability, its financial stability. free trade their keeping on calling for, but where is india, where is china? it's meant to be the top seven biggest economies. hello. we start in italy where the foreign ministers of the world's biggest economies meeting in the historic city of luca. this year italy holds the presidency of the g7 group and rome has already made it clear that one of it's priorities is fighting all forms of protectionism. but hang on, why does it matter to all of us? well it's important because the g7 accounts for just over 46% of the world's wealth. this meeting is important because it's preparation for next month's leaders summit. last month the host, italian prime minister p

the us navy now says the carrier battlegroup is finally heading to korea.—president pence hinted its departure may also now be accelerated. god speed on the uss reagan's imminent deployment. figuring out what the trump administration is planning for north korea isn't easy, perhaps deliberately so. rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, at the yokosuka naval base, in japan. thousands of commuters to and from london have been facing major disruption this evening after a fire forced the evacuation of euston station. network rail said it damaged signalling equipment and temporarily cut the station's power supply. engineers have warned that full timetables are unlikely to resume until tomorrow morning. police have named a man they're searching for in connection with an acid attack at an east london nightclub on monday, in which 20 people were injured. arthur collins, who's 25 and from hertfordshire, is the boyfriend of a reality tv star, ferne mccann. officers found firearms and cannabis plants when they searched his home in broxbourne. prince harry says he's been am

you can see these tomahawk missiles are being launched from a us navy destroyer in the mediterranean sea. we pray that the united states gave russia advanced warning about this attack. our reporter is in washington with the latest. >>> the us attacking an airbase in syria believed to be where the syrian government began an assault against his own people using chemical weapons. the tomahawk missile launches being called retaliation. so that no child of god should ever suffer such harm. choke president trump's response coming after these images leaving more than 80 dead. the move is questioned by some lawmakers who believe congress should have been consulted first. democratic congresswoman barbara lee tweeting the lodge is an act of war and needs to be immediately debated. while ron and the crewmen are calling the us response of violation of international law. many republican lawmakers were quick to back the decision. . >> the present had the legal and moral authority to act. >> the secretary of state saying the missile launch was a proportional response to the heinous crime and that ru

those 59 missiles fired from us navy forces, navy vessels in the mediterranean.s the latter. but we are reallyjust have to wait and see, i think. but we are reallyjust have to wait and see, ithink. david, thank but we are reallyjust have to wait and see, i think. david, thank you. downing street has offered full support for the us action. let's go live to our westminster studio. our political correspondent is there for us. talking to the defence secretary on the programme a few minutes ago, he said this was very much a united states operation but fully supported by the uk government. that's right. we know that the prime minister was informed ahead of the strikes taking place. michael fallon emphasising this morning that over the last couple of days the uk and the us at all different levels have been in co nsta nt all different levels have been in constant contact over the situation in syria. he did continue to say this is a us air strike, it's not a strike by the coalition as he called it and that's why he was saying we fully back it but it is right that we are n

. >> reporter: president trump and tweeting a congratulatory message to the us navy sailors who kicked strike. roughly 20 jets hit the syrian base were destroyed including fuel and ammunition depots but the runway was left largely untouched. officials are also reporting that up to 100 russian military personnel at the base were left unscathed. the attack was in response to the chemical weapons attack earlier this week that killed dozens of of whom were children. syrian air force has more than dozen other bases in operation. allowing the regime's war to take the skies as they hit opposition targets across the country. one of though targets near the location of this week's deadly chemical attack some are calling for more act. >> i think that we need to have further air operations to stop this kind of slaughter. i would argue for a no-fly zone and arming and training the free syrian army. >> reporter: the us ambassador to the united nations is not ruling out the possibility of more air strikes. >> we are prepared to do more. but we hope that will not be necessary. >> reporter: less than d

well because the us navy posted images on its website which show the carl vinson transiting through the— en route to exercises with the australian navy. about 5000 km away. iam i am distressed about this because i had the idea that in the plotting room at the pentagon, pushing their ships around the world map but clearly not, they do not know where they are. the politics are interesting, the white house dampness in the lap of the pentagon and said they were briefed by the pentagon that this was happening. the head of the pentagon was speaking in saudi arabia and gave the bumbling answer. basically trying to say do not worry, it is heading to korea but notjust quite yet. maybe i think it is about donald trump and that comedy made about sending the armada and his desire to project american strength and power but it did not work so well. you're watching one hundred days from bbc news. still to come for viewers on the bbc news channel and bbc world news: nail—bitingly close in georgia, where the democrats almost take a congressional seat from the republicans. and, from greece, we'll hear fr

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us missile strikes on a syrian airbase, describing them as an act of aggression against a sovereign state. it has provoked anger from russia. 59 tomahawk cruise missiles were fired from two american navyips in the mediterranean. — their target the shayrat airbase — which donald trump said was the airfield used to launch what he described as a "horrible chemical attack on innocent civilians" earlier this week. six people are said to have died in the air strikes and the base is described as "almost completely destroyed". russia disagrees. we'll bring you all the reaction to this dramatic shift in america's syria strategy — including the latest live from moscow and washington but first this report form david willis. it was a decisive response from an administration that has often seemed disorganised and at times dysfunctional. a fusillade of tomahawk cruise missiles fired from us navy ships in the mediterranean aimed at the syrian air base from which america says that deadly chemical weapons attack was launched earlier this week. a line in the sand moment for the new commander—in—chief. on tuesday, syrian dictator bashar al—assad launched a horrible chemical weapons attack on innocent ci

a fusillade of tomahawk cruise missiles fired from us navy ships in the mediterranean aimed at the syrian air base from which america says that deadly chemical weapons attack was launched earlier this week. a line in the sand moment for the new commander—in—chief. on tuesday, syrian dictator bashar al—assad launched a horrible chemical weapons attack on innocent civilians. using a deadly nerve agent, assad choked out the lives of helpless men, women and children. these are the heart—breaking images that moved the president to action, triggering in the process a remarkable shift in foreign policy on the part of his nascent administration. a week ago, white house officials professed little interest in regime change in syria but the use of what they say was a deadly nerve agent by bashar al—assad's forces has changed everything. tonight, i call on all civilised nations to join us in seeking to end the slaughter and bloodshed in syria and also to end terrorism of all kinds and all types. news of the missile strike somewhat overshadowed a one—day summit with china's president xi at which the t

china has warned that conflict "could break out at any moment" and a fleet of us navy ships are en—routeerard is the former british ambassador to north korea and hejoins us now. these are extraordinary times. we have been here before, but how worried are you? i'm concerned. i think most north korea experts are concerned too. we have been through worse, but the problem today is that everybody is on a hair trigger. everybody has said that if anybody else moves and they will react. so if anybody does actually do anything then you have a domino—effect and very quickly i think we could be in a violent situation. so far, so good. it is now nearly 3.a5pm in pyongyang and so far nobody has actually triggered that sequence. so let's keep our fingers crossed that it stays that way. you're talking about this potential nuclear test. i was looking the other day at the satellite images. north—east of pyongyang, a mountain zone that they have been tunnelling in. tell us about that area and what goes on there? north korea has a lot of very high mountains. they're good at digging tunnels and they dig the

a fusillade of tomahawk cruise missiles fired from us navy ships in the mediterranean, aimed at the syrianays that deadly chemical weapons attack was launched earlier this week. a line in the sand moment for the new commander—in—chief. on tuesday, syrian dictator bashar al—assad launched a horrible chemical weapons attack on innocent civilians. using a deadly nerve agent, assad choked out the lives of helpless men, women and children. these are the heart—breaking images that moved the president to action, triggering in the process a remarkable shift in foreign policy on the part of his nascent administration. a week ago, white house officials professed little interest in regime change in syria, but the use of what they say was a deadly nerve agent by bashar al—assad's forces has changed everything. tonight, i call on all civilised nations to join us in seeking to end the slaughter and bloodshed in syria and also to end terrorism of all kinds and all types. news of the missile strike somewhat overshadowed a one—day summit with china's president xi, at which the two leaders were expected to

us. former navy fighter pilot and fox news coashtent lea gabriel both joining us this morning. lea, we begin with you, we see one strike so for on syria in retaliation for a chemical attack earlier this week. what's next and do you think this was a good move? >> the question from everybody is what is next, how will syria respond, how will bashar al-assad respond, how will putin respond to this? i think this was a very specific targeted strike. it was a measured approach according to the trump administration and it was a in retaliation for this chemical weapon's attack on the people of syria, innocent people, so many killed. there's talk from -- from u.s. officials that there was another target looked at, a chemical weapon's facility and they decided to go after this air base instead. they used tom-hawks from u.s. navy ships. now, i think that that speaks volume, first of all because of the capabilities that we have with that missile to make these very targeted specific attacks but also because of the fact that we decided to do it that way, it displays our naval power and displa

the us navy now says the carrier battle group is finally heading to korea.iguring out what the trump administration is planning for north korea isn't easy — perhaps deliberately so. rupert wingfield hayes, bbc news, at the yokosuka naval base injapan. we have heard a lot from the prime minister since she announced her surprise plan for an election yesterday. we've also heard a lot from brenda from bristol, whose reaction to the news when she was stopped in the street by the bbc yesterday has been a big hit. our correspondentjon kay went back to see her today to see how the news is sinking in. i can't believe... oh no — no, no, no. i can't believe all this! brenda, 75 years old and suddenly an internet sensation. i can't stand this...i can't stand this...i can't stand this... just one comment to bbc news about being fed up with elections, and this retired secretary went viral. this is absolutely weird! somebody here in america saying "well said, brenda!" america? oh, god! australia... hashtag "brenda for prime minister". "i agree with brenda from bristol". oh

up next, drug use among navy seals. did may imagine april showers bringing her fashionable, in the middle of a stoy flowers at such a sunny price? never beay of a store full of surprises. you never know what you're gonna find, but you know you're gonna love it. >>> secretary of state rex tillerson is in russia be russian president vladimir putin won't meet withinly meet with members of the trump administration before the election. >> we don't know yet whether tillerson -- there's not one on the schedule. >> tbd. >> there could be an impromptu. >> the fact they they're talking about it looks like they may be trying to get it done. >>> welcome back to "cbs this morning." rex tillerson may have time to meet with putin before he leaves moscow. >> we're keeping a close eye on it. tillerson says the regime of syrian president bashar al assad is coming to an end and russia should stop supporting him. >>> u.s. magazine reports fox news host bill o'reilly is going on occasion. he announced at the end of last night his vacation w

. >> the us deployed the navies uss carl vinson strike group to asia as north korea is expected to conduct a missile test at the end of this week. >> the most powerful thing we can deploy would be sitting right there to demonstrate to the south koreans into the japanese that we've got that back. >> president trump who was leaning heavily on china to rein in the unpredictable has said he will not allow north korea to threaten the united states or its allies with nuclear weapons. >> in egypt today the president impose a three month nationwide state of emergency in response to deadly suicide bombings in two christian churches. funerals were held for the victims of the attack yesterday. at least 44 people were killed when bombs exploded during palm sunday services into cities. isis has claimed responsibility for the attacks. >>> scandal in the south. the allegations against the governor of alabama have forced him to resign today. >> i have not always made the right choices or said the right things. >> new developments in trying to retrieve a sunken barge. >>> you're going to be hanging out in

navy s.e.a.l.s. agreed to talk to us on camera if we disguised their faces and protected their voices from retribution. >> people that we know about, that we hear about have tested positive for cocaine, methamphetamine, marijuana, ecstasy. that's a problem. >> reporter: how prevalent is drug abuse in the s.e.a.l. teams? >> it's growing. the drug use. it's growing. >> reporter: last december, as this e-mail shows, the s.e.a.l.s. halted all training for a safety stand down. captain jamie sands, commander of the 900 s.e.a.l.s. based on the east coast had been on the job for just three months, and already five s.e.a.l.s. had been kicked off the teams for using drugs. >> i feel betrayed. how do you do that to us? how do you decide that it's okay for you to do drugs? >> reporter: every s.e.a.l. under his command was required to attend this meeting or else watch it online. in response to our request, the navy released an edited version of the video. before sands spoke, his chief of staff rattled off what he called a staggering number of drug cases which showed that the navy special operators had a higher inc

for the first time, navy s.e.a.l.s. are talking to us about drug abuse in the ranks. and david martin is investigating this. >> i'm sitting in this chair because i'm not proud anymore to be in the community because of the direction it's going. >> reporter: these three navy s.e.a.l.s. agreed to talk to us on camera if we disguised their faces and protected their voices from retribution. >> people that we know about, that we hear about have tested positive for cocaine, methamphetamine, marijuana, heroin, ecstasy. that's a problem. >> reporter: how prevalent is drug abuse in the s.e.a.l. teams? >> it's growing. the drug use. it's growing. >> reporter: last december, as this e-mail shows, the s.e.a.l.s. halted all training and ordered a safety stand down because of the problem. >> i feel like our culture, our foundation is eroding before our eyes. >> reporter: captain jamie sands, commander of the 900 s.e.a.l.s. based on the east coast had been on the job for just three months and had alrea already five s.e.a.l.s. had been kicked off the teams for using drugs. >> i feel b