after white house press secretary sean spicer made shocking comparisons between adolf hitler and bashar al-assad. not a good look for sean spicer or the white house. we'll get to that and more in a second. first thank you for joining us on early start. >> eye christine romans. it is 4:00 a.m. in the east, 11:00 a.m. in moscow where secretary of state rex tillerson and russian foreign minister is getting underway. it comes as u.s. officials are accusing russia of trying to cover up syrian leader bashar al-assad's use of chemical weapons against his own people. warns of backing assad in this new interview. >> frankly, putin is backing a person that's truly an evil person, and i think it's very bad for russia. i think it's very bad for man kind. it's very bad for this world. but when you drop gas or bombs or barrel bombs -- they have these massive barrels with dynamite and they drop it in the middle of a group of people. in all fairness, you see kids no arms, no legs, no face. this is an animal. >> the latest, let's go live to cnn's paula newton in moscow. is secretary tillerson's meeting

sean spicer/white house press secretary: you had someone as despicable as hitler who didn't even sinking chemical weapons. (pam) now at 8. the white house

white house press secretary sean spicer says even hitler didn't use chemical weapons and is forced to make a heytvelty -- a hasty clarification saying that the nazis used a poisonous gas at their death camps. >>> and north korea says the deployment of a uss aircraft carrier as an act aggression and if provoked it's ready for any mode of war, including nuclear war. in a cnn exclusive, we'll take you inside north korea. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> breaking news. the pentagon says it's very clear the syrian regime planned and executed the chemical weapons attack which killed dozens of civilians, including many children. it says the u.s. strike on a syrian air base was meant to deter further chemical attacks and warns the regime will pay a very stiff price if it uses those weapons again. >>> a war of words between the united states and russia is playing out as secretary of state rex tillerson begins a visit to moscow. before he arrived, tillerson hit russia's role in syria while the kremlin has been criticizing the u.s. u.s. officials say there's no definitive pr

white house among others. he has been overseeing the political talks among syrian parties in geneva. on wednesday we will welcome the secretary general of nato to the white house. they will have a joint pressonference and the president plans to spend an easter holiday in florida and will return to the white house on sunday. as the president noted today as we hit day 81 in the president's administration, we have done so many great things, including nominate and confirm a supreme court justice, roll back more regulations than any president in modern times, roll back the war on coal and natural gas, restored confidence in the economy. we're seeing historic levels of consumer ceo home building manufacturer confidence. there's been a 12% gain in the stock market and we have even seen a real resurgence in the mining industry. we have reduced illegal border crossings to the lowest level in decades. so with that, i'd be glad to take your questions. >> why is it okay to bomb syria, but not assist the refugees? and what's the reaction to russia saying we are running a danger of a real war within the middle east. >> with respect to the reason that we took action was multifold. to stop the proliferati

the white house press secretary, sam spicer has apologised for comments suggesting adolf hitler didn't use chemical weapons. mr spicer made the remarks during a press briefing about the recent sarin gas attack in idlib. russia is hardening its support for the assad regime — even with the us secretary of state in moscow for crisis talks. president putin has accused syrian rebels of setting up fake attacks to justify more american missile strikes. over 48 hours after the incident — the boss of united airlines has issued a full apology to the man who was dragged off a flight in chicago. his remarks follow a storm of media criticism and a drop in the compa ny‘s trading share—price. now for the latest financial news with aaron heslehurst and world business report. what does junk status do to you? south africas battered economy tries to recover from a double downgrade, but it won't be easy — especially trying to borrow money from its internationalfriends. and — all on board. yep, how a group of enterprising berliners, fed up with paying ever more for their daily train tickets clubbed togethe

won't do it again. >> it was amazing to hear that robust apology from the white house press secretary did the right thing. >> he did the right thing. it was a robust apology and it was important you pressed him on that point. often time public figures make the general apologies and never say who they are apologizing to in this case, he clearly owed an apology at least to holocaust survivors and their families. they expect better from the press secretary. i this i this apology came so swiftly in part because the white house has become more sensitive to the fact that these verbal gaffs and mistakes are piling up on them and costing them trust with the american public. >> could be part after nof a ne strategy. you make a bad statement and you try to fix it, correct it, instead of trying to cover it up and move on. >> i think press secretary spicer did that. >> i think with this wlous they have add number of run-ins with the holocaust, repeatedly making blunders that are forcing their allies to come to their defense. that gets tiring over time and at some point they needed to show their w

dominated thekes white house press conference. white house, and press secretary sean spicer caught many offguard when he said that even adolf hitler never used chemical weapons. in comparison, he said, to syrian president bashar al-assad, who u.s. officials said had used such methods in the past and again last week. north america editor jon sopel has this. jon: the president's spokesman sean spicer came to debriefing to talk about the seriousness of last week's sarin attack in a series in which the administration holds bashar al-assad responsible corporate but then he turned to history to make this point. mr. spicer: we didn't have chemical weapons in world war ii. you have someone as despicable as hitler who do not even think to use chemical weapons. jon: but that statement drew an incredulous response from journalists attending the briefing. >> i will give you an opportunity to clarify something that seems to be gaining some traction -- "hitler did not sink to the level of using chemical weapons." what did you mean by that? mr. s

sean spicer/white house press secretary: you had someone as despicable as hitler who didn't even sink to using chemical weapons. (pam) now at 8. the white house press secretary backtracking... and apologizing. after making comments about the holocaust. thank you for joining us i'm pam moore.(vicki) and i'm vicki liviakis. the comparison to nazi germany now has some calling for sean spicer to be fired.(pam) kron-4's alecia reid is tracking the story tonight... and what spicer is saying tonight after the backlash. the press secretary has apologizzed, but not many people are accepting of that apology right noe.sean spicer was making a point about the syrian president using chemical gas on syrians, and compared him to adolf hitler. saying hitler didn't sink to using chemical weapons during world war ii.immediately there were gasps in the room, and backlash from all over the country.then it got worse as sean spicer tried explaining himselfreferring to concentration camps as "holocaust centers" and saying while he realized hitler ádidá use gas chambers to exterminate millions of people at l

but first, sean spicer, white house press secretary: "we didn't use chemical weapons in wwii - you had someone as despicable as hitler who didn't even sink to using chemical weapons." (catherine) white house press secretary - sean spicer - now says he's sorry. how he got into trouble when he started talking about hitler and chemical weapons.... more on the controversy - next. (brittney) i'm chief meteorologist brittney shipp, i'll have your full bay area forecast after the break. on september 9, 2010, pg&e learned a tragic lesson we can never forget. this gas pipeline ruptured in san bruno. the explosion and fire killed eight people. pg&e was convicted of six felony charges including five violations of the u.s. pipeline safety act and obstructing an ntsb investigation. pg&e was fined, placed under an outside monitor, given five years of probation, and required to perform 10,000 hours of community service. we are deeply sorry. we failed our customers in san bruno. while an apology alone will never be enough, actions can make pg&e safer. and that's why we've replaced hundreds of miles of

the hill reports the anne frank center is calling for white house press secretary sean spicer to be fired after his tuesday comments blaming adolf claiming adolf hitler did not use chemical weapons in world war ii. the center's executive director blasted spicer, saying the white house spokesman likes the integrity to serve in his post. on passover, sean spicer has engaged in holocaust denial by assed jewsller g to death, it was said in a statement. this is what sean spicer said in the news briefing. >> the alliance between russia and syria -- for decades. president clinton has supplied -- president vladimir putin has supplied syria with weapons. what you think they will pull back now? >> a couple of things. we did not use chemical weapons in world war ii. someone as terrible as adolf hitler did not use chemical weapons. you have to, if you are russia, ask yourself if this is a country that you want to align yourself with? you have previously signed an international agreement rightfully acknowledging that the use of chemical weapons should be out of bounds by every country. that you're not

. >> how are your relationships with the white house press or? -- press corps? hey like to talk to you? >> i answer their questions every day. >> nixon hated a lot of things. what of the things he really hated what the white house correspondents dinner. he would come here and have to sit and a lot of journalists were given big prizes for stories that were really tough on nixon. nixon was go back to the white house and dictate a memo, i am never going to this dinner ever again. but he did. >> it is incredible that your personal attorney -- >> in october 1973, richard nixon had a showdown with the press in the white house. a cbs correspondent said-- >> what is it about the television coverage of you in these past weeks and months that has so aroused your anger? >> don't get the impression that you arouse my anger. >> [laughter] >> i have the impression. >> one can only be angry with those he respects. >> that was the relationship between the president and the press. >> tension between the president and the press is a normal, healthy and vital to democracy. >> we am

is this in the white house press room where they hang out? white house press core, keep up the good fight for truth, justice, and the american way, especially for the truth part. tom hanks. ( cheers and applause ). >> by the way, that was by-- that's by bill-- that is a puleitz-- pulitzer prize-winning drawing by-- oh, geez. i'm blanking on the name. >> stephen: bill elder? >> yeah, yeah, the great world war ii cartoonist. yeah, i've done that for democrats and republican administrations because those poor bastards need coffee. it's just as simple as that. >> stephen: yeah, yeah. i think this president might be keeping them up, anyway. certainly on their toes because you don't know what's going to happen. >> i have a feeling the problem now is an awful lot the spit coffee on people's laps. "are you kidding me!" i think a lot of that stuff. that might be-- that might be happening there ( applause ). >> stephen: so when did you-- go ahead. >> this started because the first time we ever went-- my kids were little and we had a tour of the white h

this know, but perhaps some in the american public do not -- the white house correspondents association works every day to stand up for pressom and advocate for journalist's ability to do their job. we do that with every white house regardless of who is president and regardless of whether he is a democrat or republican. >> [applause] trump's whitet house is no different. tohave worked very hard build a constructive relationship with his press team. there are clear dividends from those efforts. the press is still in the white house briefing room, and we are still on air force one. >> [applause] fact, press access under president trump has been very good. with all of the tension in the relationship, that aspect is often overlooked. we have had several press conferences, repeated opportunities to see and report on the president's meetings, and with at least one notable and lamentable exception, good access to briefings with press staff and senior administration officials. never the less, we cannot ignore the rhetoric that has been employed by the president about who we are and what we do. freedom of the press is a building blo

white house reporter for the associated press. eli of the wall street journal emains with us and katelyn collins, white house correspondent for the daily caller. we're awfully happy to have you and we've been watching you as we have all the figures in the white house press corps with great interest. the president's been good in terms of calling on you. i think sean spicer calls you in regular amounts. but can you blame us for thinking something was afoot with these four name journalists from more traditional outlets? >> it was a little bizarre today. like you said, the president had two reporters from "the new york times" come into the oval office and interview him. this is a newspaper he regularly denounces on twitter. he said "the new york times" is failing. so it was interesting he chose those two reporters to interview him. and whenever he pulled his health care bill, the first publication was the washington post. so it's a little bizarre. if donald trump is going to stand by his tweets t seems counter productive he's giving so

now we're going to hear the voice of the white house press secretary. >> it's almost nice enough to haveoutside today. rose garden press briefings. i want to start off this afternoon by a quick comment on the tragic and heart breaking events that unfolded at san bernadino school yesterday. wur praye our prayers go out to the victims. moving on to today, the president this morning led a discussion with some of the world's top job creators on how private sector thinking can help the government modernize and provide a better more efficient services to the american people. together the companies that were represented in the room this morning employed nearly four million people worldwide and at least 1.78 million americans here in our nation. starting in small interactive groups the cabinet members shared their strategic visions for their departments and l listened as business leaders offered their perspective to how they might achieve those goals. they shared their discussions and outcomes with the president. it was hosted by the office of american innovation and another opportunity for the

white house press secretary sean spicer insisted they are not trying to rush anything through just because that 100-day mark is around the corner, but white house officials also often talk about how this president is in the promise-keeping business, and with this late announcement on tax reform and the renewed push to repeal and replace obamacare it's pretty clear that folks around here are looking to put some big wins on the board and soon. with the clock running out on his first 100 days, president trump is now questioning the significance of the marker tweeting tailed no matter how much i accomplish during the ridiculous standard of the first 100 days, and it has been a lot,

. >>> and following a major fumble by white house press secretary sean spicer, he had to apologize for a comment about hitler and the holocaust. that sparked international

trying to present it -- white house press secretary sean spicer said 20 ceos on the small groups to transportation, environmental protection, commerce and education at the white house budget director. chavez promised to make investments in the great rose, and the airport. about 20 ceos are expected to attend including general motors, ibm and wal-mart. lauren: north korea taking tough measures to any military action that might follow the aircraft move up the peninsula. the foreign ministry says we will hold the u.s. fully accountable for the catastrophic consequence is to be entailed by an outrageous action. this tough talk after the pentagon decided to send the aircraft carrier battle group to the western pacific ocean and that most come in after the u.s. military used its naval destroyers to launch a missile strike on a syrian outfield. lea: let's get you caught caught up on global market action overnight. but making japan to, 311%. hang seng hong kong down to 31%. shanghai composite in china hired by six tenths of 1% and the cost lower by one half of 1%. lauren: the ftse up 29 points in london.

back in washington — the white house press secretary sean spicer is criticised after saying hitler didn'tk to using chemical weapons. we didn't use chemical weapons in world war two. you know, you had a... someone as despicable as hitler who didn't even think to using chemical weapons. police say blasts were a ‘targeted attack against‘ the borussia dortmund team ahead of their champions league match earlier this evening. police do not know who was behind it. the parents of charlie gard say they're "devastated," and may appeal, after a judge gave doctors the right to withdraw life support, from their son. and coming up on newsnight, boris johnson didn't get his way at the g7 in italy. we will ask if this episode says anything about the state of rajesh foreign policy. do we imagine ourselves to be more important than we really are in international affair which are marked —— british foreign policy. —— international affair? good evening and welcome to bbc news. there've been three explosions tonight near the bus carrying the german team borussia dortmund to their champions league match. one p

white house. what more do we know? >> right now, we are awaiting the press briefing as you point out and certainly the white house will be asked very quickly about the gbu-43. you mentioned 24,000 pounds, it massive, some have called it the mla b, the mother of all bombs, dropping it in eastern afghanistan, we expect to hear about that very quickly, probably right off the top. i think the other question that will probably be asked in his press briefing is just who is president donald trump? what i mean by that is when you look at some of the changes in position from the campaign to the president, it doesn't make you wonder, is it the same man who said nato was absolute and now isn't? is at the same in his had relations with russia would improve but maybe they are at a low point? is it the same man that told china they were a current seeming to be later, but now says they are not. needless to say, this is raising eyebrows not just here at home but all across the country. there are others who are consistent in their messaging, one of them certainly would be nikki haley over at the u.n. of course, china yesterday abstain

we're standing by to hear from the white house press secretary sean spicer. he's going to be briefing reporters. we'll get the president's take through sean spicer on the decision to go ahead and drop this bomb on this isis target in afghanistan. we'll be right back. we've used real ingredients, whole nuts, and natural flavors from the very beginning. give kind a try. on a perfect car, then smash it into a tree. your insurance company raises your rates. maybe you should've done more research on them. for drivers with accident forgiveness, liberty mutual won't raise your rates due to your first accident. switch and you could save $509 on auto insurance. call for a free quote today. liberty stands with you™. liberty mutual insurance. are you one sneeze away from being voted out of the carpool? try zyrtec® it's starts working hard at hour one and works twice as hard when you take it again the next day. stick with zyrtec® and muddle no more®. >>> we're back with breaking news and standing by to hear from white house press secretary sean spicer. he's going to walk

white house. i think his days as an effective press secretary one taken seriously be i the white house press corebeen numbered. he may have already crossed that threshold. >> ari, you are also a former george w. bush secretary and on the board for the republican jewish coalition, what do you explain what sean spicer said? >> i think you have to listen to what general mattis the defense secretary, he was asked about it later, he properly said chemical weapons were never used on the battlefields in world war ii or the battlefield in korea. that's obviously what sean was intending to say. he made a terrible, terrible mistake. and i'm glad as both press secretary from a professional point of view but somebody who lost some people in my family in the holocaust from a personal point of view he apologized. he did the right thing t. notion that this is some now nefarious or indicative of holocaust denial. i dismiss. i think that's the normal party that you don't like, you say the worst things you can about him. that's not sean. i know that for a fact. so he made a bad mistake. i wish he had never done it

calls tonight for president trump to fire his white house press secretary, for a series of statementsand misstatements, while discussing russia's support for the syrian regime. sean spicer said adolf hitler had not used chemical weapons during world war two. we didn't use chemical weapons in world war two. you know, you had a... you know, someone as despicable as hitler who didn't even sink to using chemical weapons. possibly, as hitler who didn't even sink to using chemicalweapons. possibly, of course, for getting something. asked to clarify those remarks, sean spicer then said hitler did not use gas on his own people in the same way as president assad. just want to give you an opportunity to clarify something that is gaining some traction right now. hitler didn't sink to the level of using chemical weapons will stop what did you mean by that? i think when you come to sarin gas, there was no— he was not using the gas on his own people the same way that assad is doing. i understand your point, thank you. i appreciate that. he brought them into bed... to... —— the. the gas chambers but

the white house press secretary sean spicer has been forced to apologise for remarks that suggested hitler not use chemical weapons against his own people. i think when you come to gas, he was not using the gas on his own people in the same way that aside is doing. i'm babita sharma in london. a man who says he worked for a hitman for philippine's president rodrigo duterte has fled the country. and finally, united airlines says sorry for forcibly dragging this man offa sorry for forcibly dragging this man off a plane to make room for one of its own staff. live from our studios in singapore and london. this is bbc world news. it is newsday. good morning. at 7am here in singapore, midnight in london and 2am in moscow where the american secretary of state rex tillerson is preparing for talks with vladimir putin which he hopes may shift the balance of power in the war in syria. he will try to persuade the russian president to withdraw his support for the assad regime in the wa ke support for the assad regime in the wake of last week's chemical attack ona wake of last week's chemical attack on

white house team. take a look at the live pictures coming from the white house briefing room. we're standing by. presspicer about to come out, take reporters questions. we'll have live coverage of that once it begins. >>> it's day 96 of the trump presidency. take a look at this live pictures once again coming in to cnn from the white house briefing room. the press secretary sean spicer should be coming out fairly soon to start taking questions from reporters. we'll of course bring it to you live once it begins. i want to get back to our top story this hour. the chairman and the ranking member of the house oversight committee says it appears the former national security adviser michael flynn failed to follow the law by not properly disclosing pages from russia. flynn received $45,000 for a speaking engagement in russia. congressman jason chaffetz, he's the republican chairman, he says he sees no indication that flynn received permission from the pentagon or the state department or that he disclosed payment for that speech in his security clearance application back in february. president trump came to f

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let's go to our senior white house correspondent. you heard white house press secretary sean spicer creating confusion about the president's so-called red line. >> he was indeed, wolf, at the white house press briefing. he was talking in specific terms about what it would take for the u.s. to retaliate and strike again in syria. this is what sean spicer said, then i'll explain what he said after this. >> if you gas a baby, if you put a barrel bomb in to innocent people, i think you can -- you will see a response from this president. that is unacceptable. >> so by saying that, he said if you gas a baby or put a barrel bomb in, but then a short time after that the administration was very worried about drawing a new red line there that is something that would box this administration into a corner if you will here. so administration official said sean spicer misspoke. he is not changing policy but barr bombs would not constitute any tieype of action. this is all sort of a larger way of saying that this administration is still figuring out what its red line is and w

we are awaiting the white house press briefing set to begin any moment. i'm sandra smith. press secretary sean spicer will likely face some tough questions on north korea, this with warnings that its army is on maximum alert after vice president pence toured south korea and visited the demilitarized zone between north and south. the vice president reinforcing the administration's position that all options are on the table in dealing with i don't think yang and kim jon -- pyongyang and kim jong-un. what are we looking forward with here? >> these things tend to run 15 minutes behind. we're likely to hear more tough talk on north korea. that's the position this white house adopted. far different from the previous administration. president trump also pointing to the failure of successive administrations from the past to deal with successive leaders of north korea. here's what he told us in an exclusive interview which will run tomorrow morning. not telegraphing again what he plans to do about north korea, but certainly saying he is not going to tolerate their nuclear developme

white house press secretary sean spicer gave this update.pm local time in afghanistan, last night, the united states military used a gbu—43 weapon in afghanistan. the gbu—43 is a large, powerful and accurately delivered weapon. we targeted a system of tunnels and caves that isis fighters use to move around freely, making it easier for them to target us military advisers and afghan forces in the area. the united states takes the fight against isis very seriously and in order to defeat the group, we must deny them operational space, which we did. the united states took all precautions necessary to prevent civilian casualties and collateral damage as a result of the operation. the united states took all precautions necessary to prevent civilian casualties and collateral damage as a result of the operation. syrian president bashar al assad has given his first interview since last week's suspected chemical weapons attack, in which 89 people were killed. he said reports of the attack by his forces are "100% fabricated". our impression is that the

joining us are senior white house correspondent and our senior international ivan watson. jim, we expect to hear from the white house press is the sean spicer that's coming up, his daily briefing in the next hour. what is the white house saying now about the vice president's comments and the continuing threats from north korea? >> well, i think what you're hearing is a more muscular posture coming out of this white house right now, wolf. take for example, early this morning on the south lawn of the white house where the president was hosting the easter egg roll along with the first lady and the rest of the trump family, i had a quick moment to ask the president what his message was for north korea. here's what the president had to say. >> any message for north korea, sir? kim jong-un? >> got to behave. >> mr. president, do you think north korea can be resolved peacefully, sir? >> probably it can. >> so you heard the president there say they have to behave, they've got to behave and he opens this situation can be resolved peacefully. what you're hearing from mike pence and other officials is they are saying the era of stra

that will be full by former white house press secretary ari fleischer who worked on the president george w. bush, and jennifer who served under president obama. also greta van susteren will interview current white house press secretary sean spicer this is expected to start in just a moment. life coverage here on c-span2. [inaudible conversations] while we wait for things to get started at the newseum will show a conversation we had recently with a new member of congress. >> congressman, you are from west point georgia, born and raised. what's west point georgia like? >> it's a remarkable community and its my hometown, something i'm very proud of. the progress that it's made. we were a community that lost really are manufacturing backbone. we was all but one of the largest tech stock companies in the world and we watched some pretty bad policy out of washington d.c. force those jobs overseas. so we lived for a decade and a half in a pretty tough economy. saw generation fall into poverty for the first time in the communities history. it was very refreshing to see our community pull togethe

the same is true of us at the white house press corps. one way we recorded history is through reports written by dedicated print journalists. tonight we are excited to give an update on the whca's work too great an archive on those reports. i would like to give it to those who have spearheaded these projects for more. >> [applause] >> subject: white house travel pool report number one, joint base andrews, april 29, 2017. president trump sets off on a seven night visit to harrisburg pennsylvania to celebrate 100 days in office. one day, maybe five years from now, maybe 50 years, when somebody wants to go back and figure out what president trump was doing on his first 100 days in office, and what they served for the meal on air force one, and who was with him on the plane, they will go back and read the new york times report file that 5:20 p.m. -- filed at 5:20 p.m. when they left to harrisburg on the tarmac. [applause] when we were covering president obama we realized there was no way to figure out, what was that woman's name in that diner

the white house press secretary sean spicer has apologised for remarks suggesting hitler didn't use chemicaleapons against his own people, saying his words were inappropriate and insensitive. this video is trending at bbc.com, showing the queen and her husband prince philip at whipsnade zoo outside london and they were feeding the elephants. it's clear one of them loves bananas. you're up to date. stay with us. our top story in the uk: the parents ofa our top story in the uk: the parents of a seriously ill eight—month—old baby are devastated after a high court decided doctors can withdraw their son's life—support. i'll be back later but first, here's sharanjit leyl with asia business report. toshiba's troubles. the japanese firm risks a de—listing after risking earnings without a sign of from auditors. and we find out what china's latest inflation figures tell us about the country's economy. hello and welcome to asia business report, i'm sharanjit leyl. toshiba's shares are down more than 296 toshiba's shares are down more than 2% at the start of trade in tokyo this morning, the conglomerate

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the white house seemed to draw a new line for bashar al assad said. sean spicer, the white house pressetary, declared, quote, if you gas a babe, if you use barrel bombs, you will see a response from this president. the white house also saying today it cannot envision a stable future in syria with assad remaining in power. now this all comes as secretary of state rex tillerson prepares to meet his russian counterpart this week amid a growing divide between the two world powers. joining me is jack reed, an army veteran and a member of the senate armed services committee. welcome. >> thanks, jake. >> the president said it ordered the strike because it was in the direct interest of the united states. >> i think it was important to respond to the despicable behavior of the syrian regime, assad regime, but hasn't changed the facts on the ground which is assad controls significant territory. there's russian support, but in terms of stopping if you can the chemical weapons attacks against the people of syria, i hope it succeeds. >> the white house said today it would hold open the possibility

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also tonight: calls for president trump to fire his white house press secretary sean spicer after he says hitler didn't use chemical weapons in world war two. i think when you come to sarin gas... there was no... he was not using gas on his own people the same way assad is doing. three explosions tonight near the bus carrying the german team borussia dortmund to their champions league match — one player's injured. the parents of a seriously ill eight—month—old baby say they're devastated after the high court decides doctors can withdraw their son's life support. and 48 hours after this man was dragged from a plane in chicago — the united airlines boss finally issues a full apology to him and his fellow passengers. and coming up in sportsday on bbc news: barca on the back foot again, asjuventus look to press home the advantage in the first of the champions league quarterfinals. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at ten. the american secretary of state, rex tillerson, has arrived in russia ahead of tomorrow's talks, as tensions between the two countries continue to grow. he will

room know, but perhaps some in the american public do not -- the white house correspondents association works every day to stand up for pressom and advocate for journalist's ability to do their job. we do that with every white house regardless of who is president and regardless of whether he is a democrat or republican. [applause] jeff: president trump's white house is no different. we have worked very hard to build a constructive relationship with his press team. there are clear dividends from those efforts. the press is still in the white house briefing room, and we are still on air force one. [applause] jeff: in fact, press access under president trump has been very good. with all of the tension in the relationship, that aspect is often overlooked. we have had several press conferences, repeated opportunities to see and report on the president's meetings, and with at least one notable and lamentable exception, good access to briefings with press staff and senior administration officials. nevertheless, we cannot ignore the rhetoric that has been employed by the president about who we are and what we do. freedom of the pre

. >>> calls to oust sean spicer as whooi white house press secretary sean spicer follow the comments. >>> there's more fall outfrom white house press secretary stunning comments, mike coffman became the first republican lawmaker to publicly call for spicer's removal. >> spicer made a terrible mistake yesterday and he admitted it. if you're not familiar with what he did is that he -- i mean, he needs to go. [ applause ] >> as for spicer, he's still apologizing admitting he quote screwed up and let the president down. white house officials said they believed it was the right approach. >> steve bannon's future at the white house is in his own hands. several sources say the president's chief strategist wants to keep his job so keeping a low profile and rebuilding his relationship with son-in-law jared kushner, our source says the president is unhappy with the suggestion he is implementing bannon's agenda and not bannon implementing the president's agenda, also tells cnn endorsement for bannon was a warning that the president has grown tired of bannon's open conflict with kushner and infig

that's what white house press . >>> well not but you but several astouning gafs about the holocaust that's what white house press secretary sean spicer saying even hit letter didn't sink to the level of using gas on his people apparently forgetting about the atrocities of holocaust p from a sig synagogue in. he offended a lot of people from whats the response our hearing. >> boy you know it's pretty strong response as you might imagine. i'm at this synagogue this is aware people stopping buy all day today to celebrate pass overpetition they say white house press secretary's comments could not have come as a worse time. later this afternoon spierz waste apologizing. >> i think a couple of things. you look -- we didn't use chemical weapons in world war ii. you know you had had a -- someone as despicable as hilt letter who didn't use to sink to using chemical weapons. so you have to if you're russia ask yourself is this a country a regime you want to align yourself with? >> now right there in that moment a gaffe really from the press corp. when they heard they are kparpg bashar al-assad to hi

white house. while being pressed on syria and the strategy moving forward the white house press secretary, in talking about bashar al assad, said even someone as despicable as hitler didn't even sink to the level of using chemical weapons. more than a million died in hitler's gas chambers. spicer apologizing just moments ago, and you're about to hear it. we begin with abc's senior white house correspondent cecilia vega. >> reporter: secretary of state rex tillerson landing in russia today as the u.s. put moscow on notice. accusing the kremlin of engaging in a full-scale coverup of that deadly syrian chemical weapons attack. but just as the white house was talking tough, press secretary sean spicer ignited a firestorm during his daily briefing by suggesting not only that bashar al assad is worse than adolf hitler, but that hitler did not use chemical weapons during world war ii. >> you had a -- you know someone as despicable as hitler who didn't even sink to the level of using chemical weapons. so, you have to, if you're russia, ask yourself, is this a country and regime you want to align yourself wit