WW3 fears' as US forces kill scores of RUSSIAN fighters - DAILY NEWS

WW3 fears' as US forces kill scores
of RUSSIAN fighters TENSIONS between the US and Russia could be
about to rise after US-led coalition troops killed around 100 fighters in Russia, Bloomberg
has reported. It is believed that more than 200 contact
soldiers fighting on behalf of Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad on a base held by US and Kurdish
forces were killed in drone strikes. The incident has been described as the deadliest
clash between the two since the Cold War, The US has been unable to say how many of
the fighters were Russian. Further complications have been raised with
claims that the asset on the base may have been a rogue operation.

US defense secretary Jim Mattis described
the situation as perplexing, but did not provide more details. US colonel Thomas Veale said: Coalition
officials were in regular communication with Russian counterparts before, during and after
the thwarted, unprovoked attack. Russian officials assured coalition officials
they would not engage coalition forces in the vicinity. The Kremlin has also refused to comment on
reports of Russian casualties.

Former Russian diplomat Vladimir Frolov described
the incident as the first major exchange between the two superpowers since the Vietnam War. He said: This is a big scandal and a reason
for an acute international crisis. But Russia will pretend nothing happened..

World's most powerful nuke revealedand RUSSIA has the detonator - DAILY NEWS

World's most powerful nuke revealed  and
RUSSIA has the detonator THE most powerful nuclear bomb in the world,
more than 3,500 times more powerful than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima, has been revealed. After Donald Trump dropped the Mother of All
Bombs on ISIS jihadis in Afghanistan, nations around the world have claimed that they possess
the world's biggest bomb. Vladimir Putin boasted his Father of All Bombs
was four times more powerful than The Donald's new toy, in a chilling warning to his enemies
at NATO. But another bomb in the Russian arsenal has
been logged as the biggest ever.

The Tsar Bomba, also known as Big Ivan, had
the power of 50 megatons, making it 3,500 times more powerful than the bomb used by
the US to flatten Hiroshima. Fortunately, the bomb was never used in battle
due to its colossal size, and was dropped on a Russian testing range inside the Arctic
Circle in 1961. When deployed, Big Ivan was attached to a
giant parachute to give the bomber time to fly 28 miles away from the blast site. The mushroom cloud from the blast then rose
to a massive 35 miles, with the fireball alone reaching more than six miles in altitude.

People 620 miles away reported seeing the
fireball and the mushroom cloud at its peak was more the seven times the height of Everest. No fatalities were reported as a result of
the test, but a village 34 miles away from the blast was completely flattened, and the
heat from the explosion could have caused third-degree burns for people 62 miles away. Many nations including the US and UK condemned
Russia for launching such a missile. Big Ivan was only ever launched once and now
lies in a museum..

Why NY Daily News Employee Disagrees With Paper's Endorsement

TODAY THE NEW YORK
DAILY NEWS ENDORSED HILLARY. CLINTON. FOR THE PRESIDENCY, I SAY THAT
YOU SHOULD READ THEIR EDITORIAL. BECAUSE IT IS BOTH POSITIVE FOR
HILLARY CLINTON, IT IS ALSO ONE.

OF THE MOST ANTI-BERNIE SANDERS
PIECES I HAVE EVER READ. A LOT. OF PEOPLE DON'T LIKE IT,
INCLUDING SHAWN KING WHO IS A. WRITER FOR THE SITE.

HE TOOK
ISSUE WITH SOME OF THE CLAIMS. THEY MADE IN THAT EDITORIAL AND
WROTE HIS OWN PIECE WHICH IS NOW. ALSO ON THE NEW YORK DAILY NEWS. OUR REPORTER JORDAN CAUGHT UP
WITH HIM TO SPEAK ABOUT THIS.

HERE IS SOME OF THAT. >> BERNIE WAS RIGHT WITH WHAT HE
SAID ABOUT HOW BIG BANKS COULD. BE BROKEN UP. THERE WAS A
FUNDAMENTAL MISUNDERSTANDING.

HERE ABOUT WHO HAS THE POWER TO. DO THAT. NOT THAT BERNIE WAS
WRONG, BUT BERNIE WAS ACTUALLY. RIGHT, ACCORDING TO
ROBERT WRIGHT.

THE PRESIDENT HAS THE POWER. >> THERE YOU SEE SHAWN KING
TALKING ABOUT ONE OF THE THINGS. THAT WAS BROUGHT UP IN THE
EDITORIAL, THAT BEING WHAT THEY. THOUGHT WAS IN AN ADEQUATE
PERFORMANCE ON THE PART OF.

BERNIE SANDERS WHEN IT COMES TO
SOME OF HIS ANSWERS THAT HE GAVE. IN AN INTERVIEW WITH THE NEW. YORK DAILY NEWS. IT HAS BEEN
DISSECTED AND DIGESTED BY EVERY.

MEDIA OUTLET OVER THE PAST
COUPLE OF WEEKS. I PERSONALLY. THINK THE EXPECTATIONS AFTER THE
FACT THAT THE MEDIA HAS PLACED. ON BERNIE SANDERS, IN TERMS OF
THE LEVEL OF DETAIL HE WAS.

SUPPOSED TO PROVIDE FOR. TECHNICAL POLICY, AND ONE
PORTION OF ONE ANSWER, IS. ABSOLUTELY INSANE. BUT THEY TOOK
IT VERY SERIOUSLY AND THEY SAY.

THAT IT'S ONE OF THE REASONS
THEY HAVE TO VOTE FOR HILLARY. CLINTON. WHICH I FIND IRONIC. HILLARY
CLINTON ALSO SAYS THAT SHE WOULD.

BE WILLING TO BREAK UP BIG
BANKS. DID SHE HAVE A BIG. SITDOWN INTERVIEW WITH THE DAILY. NEWS? DID SHE PROVIDE IN-DEPTH
DETAILS ABOUT HOW SHE WOULD DO.

THAT? NO. THAT NO EVIDENCE IS
ENOUGH FOR THE NEW DAILY NEWS TO. ENDORSE HER. >> I KNOW WE HAVE MORE FROM
SHAWN KING, HE IS A BAD ASS.

HE MAKES A LOT OF REALLY
GOOD STATEMENTS. >>HERE IS MORE ABOUT HIS VIEW OF
BERNIE SANDER'S KNOWLEDGE OF THE. SPECIFICS WHEN IT COMES TO
BERNIE SANDERS. >>I WAS FLABBERGASTED AT THE
NOTION, AND I SEE THIS IN MY.

PIECE, PEOPLE WERE MAKING IT
OUT LIKE SHE HE HAD NO IDEA. WHAT HE WAS TALKING ABOUT. >> RIGHT. >>HE LIVES AND BREATHES THESE
ISSUES AND HAS DONE SO FOR OVER.

30 YEARS. IT WAS A SHORT
INTERVIEW, A 45 MINUTE. INTERVIEW, WHERE I THINK HE HAD A TON OF. GROUND HE WANTED TO COVER.

I SAY
THAT WITH COMPASSIONATE EARS, LIKE, I HEARD THE INTERVIEW WAS
RUSHED. HAD HE KNOWN THAT HE WAS. GOING TO GET KILLED ON IT ON THE
BACKEND, HE WOULD'VE SPENT THE. WHOLE INTERVIEW UNPACKING, YOU.

DO THIS AND DO THAT. HE IS KNOWN FOR BEING A GUY
THAT IS INTO THE MINUTIA. >>THAT IS TRUE. >>THE FINAL PIECE WE WANT TO
SHOW YOU FROM JORDAN'S TALK.

WITH SHAWN KING HAS TO DO
WITH HIS POSITION AS THIS. ACTIVIST WHO DISAGREES WITH THE
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS, BUT. ACTUALLY WORKS THERE FULL-TIME. >> I AM A YOUNG TURK INSIDE OF
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS.

THIS IS IN. ESSENCE. I GET A LOT OF FREEDOM
TO TALK ABOUT REVOLUTIONARY. THOUGHTS AND MOVEMENTS AND.

STRUGGLES, BUT BY AND LARGE, IT
IS GOING TO BE INDEPENDENT. MEDIA SOURCES THAT DRIVE
THIS CONVERSATION. >> YES. I MEAN, THAT IS PRETTY
COURAGEOUS TO SAY ESPECIALLY.

WHEN YOU ARE IN SOME WAYS
CRITICIZING THE VERY PUBLICATION. YOU ARE WORKING FOR. THAT IS. EXACTLY WHAT A YOUNG TURK WOULD
DO.

THAT IS WHAT CENK DID WITH. MSNBC, THAT IS WHAT WE HAVE DONE
WHEN IT COMES TO CALLING OUT ANY. TYPE OF MEDIA ORGANIZATION. I
RESPECT SHAWN KING'S WORK.

I. HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING HIS WORK FOR
A WHILE. I LOVE THIS INTERVIEW, I THINK IT'S GREAT. WITH THAT.

SAID, THE NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
OBVIOUSLY HAS SOME INTEREST IN. MAKING BERNIE SANDERS LOOK BAD.
REGARDLESS OF WHAT YOU THINK OF. BERNIE SANDERS, OR THE MEDIA
COVERING HIM, THERE IS A VERY. SIMPLE WAY TO FIGURE OUT WHETHER.

OR NOT A CANDIDATE HAS THOUGHT
THROUGH HIS POLICIES OR EVEN. WHETHER OR NOT HE IS ON THE
RIGHT SIDE OF AN ISSUE. ALL YOU. HAVE TO DO IS LOOK ON HIS
WEBSITE.

WE HAVE THESE. DISCUSSIONS ABOUT POLICIES ALL
THE TIME. WHILE HE IS GETTING. CRITICIZED, YOU CAN JUST GO TO.

HIS WEBSITE AND SEE EXACTLY HOW
HE WOULD FIND THE HIGHER. EDUCATION PROGRAM HE HAS IN
MIND, HOW HE WOULD GO AFTER BIG. BANKS. HE IS SO DETAILED ON HIS.

OWN WEBSITE THAT MAKING IT SEEM
LIKE HE HAS NO IDEA WHAT HE IS. TALKING ABOUT IS JUST LUDICROUS.
THAT IS RIDICULOUS. HE IS A VETERAN
POLITICIAN. HE HAS BEEN IN THE.

SENATE FOR DECADES. >>75 YEARS. >> HE HAS BEEN ON THE RIGHT SIDE
OF THESE ISSUES FOR A LONG TIME. HE IS VERY EDUCATED AND AWARE OF
WHAT THESE ISSUES ARE AND HOW WE.

NEED TO FIX THEM. THE SPIN
MACHINE CAN CONTINUE SPINNING, BUT THE MOST EDUCATED PEOPLE
THE MOST AWARE PEOPLE KNOW WHAT. THE TRUTH IS WHICH IS WHY YOUNG
PEOPLE WHO WERE NOT DETERRED. FROM BERNIE SANDERS SIMPLY
BECAUSE THE NEW YORK DAILY.

NEWS WANTED TO MAKE
HIM LOOK BAD. >> I READ HIS RESPONSE WHY HE
DOESN'T AGREE. IT'S JUST CRAP. I.

AM NOT SAYING THE NEW DAILY NEWS
IS CRAP, ALTHOUGH THEIR. HEADLINES ARE CRAP. I AM SURE
THERE ARE A LOT OF GREAT PEOPLE. THAT WORK THERE, BUT THAT.

PARTICULAR EDITORIAL SUCKS. IT
DOESN'T SUCK BECAUSE IT ENDORSES. HILLARY CLINTON OR IS AGAINST
BERNIE SANDERS, IT SUCKS BECAUSE. IT READS LIKE EITHER A PERSON
WITH MULTIPLE PERSONALITIES.

OR TWO PEOPLE WERE
FIGHTING OVER A KEYBOARD AND. GOING BACK-AND-FORTH EVERY OTHER. PARAGRAPH. IT LAYS OUT A VIEW OF
WHAT IS WRONG WITH AMERICA.

THE. ECONOMY IS RIGGED AGAINST THE. WORKERS, OUR INCOME IS
NOT RISING, IT DOES ALL OF THIS. BEFORE LEADING IT TO HOW HILLARY.

CLINTON IS THE PERSON THAT
RECOGNIZES THAT MORE THAN BERNIE. SANDERS. THEN IT GOES THROUGH-
MOST OF THE EDITORIAL IS NOT. ABOUT HILLARY CLINTON,
IT'S ABOUT BERNIE SANDERS.

IT. GOES THROUGH EACH OF HIS
POSITIONS AND THEN TALKS ABOUT. HOW HE IS WRONG, AND DESPITE
THEM UNDERSTANDING THE PROBLEMS, EVERY ONE OF THEIR OPPOSITIONS
TO BERNIE SANDERS POLICIES IS. BASED ON SOME INSANE RIGHT-WING.

FRAMING OF WHAT REGULATION DOES,
WHAT TAXATION ACCOMPLISHES, ALL. OF THAT. THEN IT IS NOT EVEN
INTERNALLY CONSISTENT TO THAT. DEGREE BECAUSE THEY SAY BERNIE
SANDERS WOULD PUT TOO MANY TAXES.

ON AMERICANS. AND THEN THEY SAY
WE ARE VOTING FOR HILLARY. CLINTON BECAUSE SHE WILL TAX THE
WEALTHY IN AMERICA. IT'S THE.

SAME BACK-AND-FORTH ON HEALTHCARE.
EVERYTHING THAT THEY ATTACK. BERNIE SANDERS ON, THEY THEN
TAKE HILLARY CLINTON'S SIDE, REGARDLESS OF THE FACT THAT THEY. HAVEN'T RECEIVED ANY DETAILS
FROM HER ON HOW SHE WILL PAY FOR. THAT.

EVERYBODY GOES CRAZY OVER. THE FUNDING OF BERNIE'S FOUR
YEARS OF PUBLIC FREE COLLEGE. HOW IS HILLARY CLINTON GOING TO
PAY FOR HER EDUCATION? I DON'T KNOW BECAUSE SHE HAS
NEVER BEEN ASKED ABOUT IT. >> FOR ANYONE WHO GOES TO HER
WEBSITE AND READS HER POLICY.

IDEAS, YOU CAN SEE THAT  THE
REASON WHY SHE IS NOT GOING TO. HAVE A HARD TIME PAYING FOR IT
IS BECAUSE THERE IS LITERALLY NO. CHANGE IN HOW THE SYSTEM IS SET. UP RIGHT NOW.

HER DEBT
FORGIVENESS PLAN ACTUALLY ENDS. UP BEING EARNED INCOME AFTER
THOSE 20 YEARS THAT SHE. SPECIFIES. SO YOU GET TAXED BY
THE IRS.

IF YOU HAVE $150,000 OF. STUDENT LOAN DEBT, AND ALL OF A. SUDDEN YOU GET FORGIVEN AND YOU
GET A 1099 FOR THAT AMOUNT, YOU. ARE FUCKED.

THAT IS NOT A GOOD
SYSTEM OF DEALING WITH STUDENT. LOAN DEBT IN THIS COUNTRY.
INSTEAD OF GOING THE FEDERAL. GOVERNMENT ROUTE IN THE FORM OF
A FEDERAL STUDENT LOAN, YOU WILL. OWE THE IRS IN THE FORM OF A TAX.

DEBT. AGAIN, IT IS NOT ABOUT WHETHER
OR NOT WE CAN PAY FOR PROGRAMS. THE PROGRAMS ARE FULL OF SHIT. WORRY ABOUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO
PAY FOR IT BECAUSE IT IS.

INCREMENTAL CHANGE OR
NO CHANGE AT ALL. >> A BIG PORTION OF THAT IS SHE
IS GOING TO EVALUATE YOUR FAMILY. AND SEE HOW MUCH YOUR FAMILY CAN. CONTRIBUTE.

THEY TOLD MY FAMILY
HOW MUCH THEY CAN CONTRIBUTE. IN REALITY WHAT MY FAMILY. COULD CONTRIBUTE WAS ZERO WHICH
IS WHY I HAVE SO MUCH STUDENT. LOAN DEBT.

AS I HAVE RIGHT NOW. THAT IS NOT
A SOLUTION. IT'S JUST PLUGGING. IN RANDOM VARIABLES ABOUT HOW MUCH
PARENTS ARE SUPPOSED TO.

CONTRIBUTE. THAT IS NOT A
SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM WE HAVE..

Why is Russia an ally of Syria Why does Putin support President Assad - DAILY NEWS

Why is Russia an ally of Syria? Why does Putin support President Assad? FEARS of a conflict between the US and Russia
have escalated after President Trump taunted The Kremlin with the threat of airstrikes
in Syria. But why are Putin and Assad allies in the
first place? US President Donald Trump has warned Russia
the country should be get ready for missiles to be launch into the war-torn country
of Syria. Russia responded by saying missiles should
fly toward terrorists, not its own legal government bases. The threats came after a recent suspected
chemical gas attack on Douma which killed 80 Syrian people, the last rebel-held town
in the Eastern Ghouta region of Syria.

However, President Bashar Assad has denied
any responsibility for the attack. The situation in Russia is confusing to say
the least, and there are several countries and groups involved in the conflict. Russia and Iran are key supporters of Syrias
administration, while the US, Turkey and Saudi Arabia back government rebels. Russia is widely expected to shoot down any
missiles that enter Syrian airspace.

However, a number of countries are trying
to pressure Putin into breaking his ties with the Assad regime. Why is Russia an ally of Syria? The allegiance between Syria and Russia has
deep roots which go back to the Cold War. During the 1970s the Soviet Union gained influence
in Syria, supplying them with arms and aid. However, after the Soviet Union collapsed
in the 1990s, the country reduced its influence.

When Putin became president of Russia and
Assad became president of Syria in 2000 they did not have a close relationship. But when Putin began to expand Russias
military in the mid 2000s, he thought it wise to gain strong allies in the Middle East. Richard Reeve, director of the Sustainable
Security Programme at the Oxford Research Group, said: Putin began to think about
developing Russia as a great power again. The relationship expanded even further during
the Arab Spring, a series of protests and demonstrations in the Middle East and North
Africa in 2011.

When Libya managed to overthrow their long-term
leader Muammar Gaddafi, Russia saw this as undermining its influence in the Arab world. This led Putin to look for allies elsewhere
in the region, turning again to Syria and Assad. The alliance was supposedly less to do with
Assad himself, and more about Russias own interests in the region. Assad became the obvious choice for an ally,
because he was a symbol of resisting colour revolutions and attempts at regime change.

Russias presence in Syria is essentially
to fight against Islamic State (IS), however, Putin has also attacked other groups that
go against Assad. The Kremlins presence is a chance for the
country to flex its military muscles. Putins forces have been present in Syria
for its seven-year civil war. Russia had been keeping up Assad and his government,
launching airstrikes against opposition, deployed special forces on the group and supplied troops
with food and aid.

Matthew Rojansky, director of the Washington-based
Kennan Institute at the Woodrow Wilson Centre, said: The regime was on the verge of collapse. Assad had lost almost everything. He was really on the ropes. Daniel Treisman, professor of political science
at UCLA, added: Russian military involvement has succeeded in at least temporarily stabilising
the situation, allowing the Assad regime to win back territory that had been taken by
the rebels.

Rojansky said that Putin intervened to
draw a line in the sand against uprising that had American and Western sympathy. He wanted to prevent that from happening in
Syria. Syria is important to Russia for many reasons,
including its strategic geographic location in the Middle East. Russias naval fleet in the Syrian port
city of Tartus allows access to the Mediterranean..

WARPLANES flying over Syria amid fears 'US airstrike IMMINENT' - DAILY NEWS

WARPLANES flying over Syria amid fears
'US airstrike IMMINENT' WARPLANES are flying over al-Tanf, the US-controlled
base in southern Syria, and there are reports that a US airstrike could be imminent,
according to local sources in Syria. There are multiple reports of coalition aircraft
in the air over Iraq and Jordan, heading towards Syria. Also a KC-767 re-fueling aircraft has entered
Jordan from Saudi Arabia, according to reports. This type of plane provides logistics for
jet fighters.

There is also news of airstrikes in the Idib
Province and Russian planes in the sky - although these reports are unconfirmed so far. Fox News has also announced "imminent action"
on live TV and the Pentagon is said to be preparing to make a statement. Geopolitical and security analyst Michael
A. Horowitz said: Russian warplanes are still in the air according to pro-opposition
sources reporting airstrikes in the Idlib Province.

A journalist on the ground said: Heavy
flight of US & coalition aircraft over the Syria - Iraq border at present. Almost everyone I know in Damascus is up
and waiting for news on possible US strikes, you can cut the tension with a knife. A Twitter user said: Coalition jets soaring
the skies in large Deir-Ez-Zor desert. There are also reports that civilian aircraft
have been requested to alter their routes in Syria.

Aljazeera has also reported the presence of
military jets. Eurocontrol warns airlines to exercise caution
in Eastern Mediterranean due to a possible launch of air strikes into Syria in the next
72 hours. The news comes after an Israeli airstrike
on Syria's Tiyas Military Airbase (T4) on Monday. The T4 airbase is an Iranian outpost in central
Syria, part of the corridor from Syria to Iraq.

President Trump said Syria's President Assad
is an "animal" and had a "big price to pay". Tensions have been high since an alleged chemical
attack which has been blamed on the Syrian regime. Medical sources say dozens of people were
killed on Saturday during the suspected chemical attack on Douma, in the Eastern Ghouta region. It has not been possible to independently
verify the reports.

Both Syria and Russia deny the chemical attack
took place. French President Emmanuel Macron, US President
Donald Trump and Theresa May refused to rule out military action in Syria. They warned Russia will be held to account
if it is proven it was authorised by the Moscow-backed Assad regime..

Vladimir Putin KNOWS where missing Malaysia flight MH370 is - DAILY NEWS

Vladimir Putin KNOWS where missing Malaysia
flight MH370 is VLADIMIR Putin knows exactly missing Malaysian
Airlines flight MH370 is, an investigator has claimed. Andre Milne, a volunteer investigator and
founder of defence technology company Unicorn Aerospace, says there is evidence the Russian
leader was aware of the planes location hours after it went missing. The jumbo-jet vanished in March 2014 en route
from Malaysias Kuala Lumpur Airport to Beijing with 239 passengers and crew on board. Mr Milne believes the aircraft made a soft
ditch landing in the Bay of Bengal, which forms the northeastern part of the Indian
Ocean.

But he thinks the Russian government is aware
of exactly where the Boeing 777 went down because it was picked up by a satellite. He said: Satellites that were placed by
the Russians saw the wreckage. This satellite information was discovered
52 hours after MH370 went missing. Putin would have been given that information
and he would have said, lets get that information out there." But Mr Milne, who set up a 1.3Million appeal
to search the Bay of Bengal, believes the Russians got cold feet about going public
with their find.

He believes this is because it was one of
Russias "spy" satellites that detected the doomed airliner. Mr Milne explained: Putin has just had
the Olympics, is just making his way onto the world stage, so he was highly sensitive
to not wanting to be seen offending anyone. The reason President Putin did not raise
his hand and march in and say we found it is because technically he would have been
admitting committing espionage. Mr Milne says there is satellite data to prove
his extraordinary claim and says if a search party went to the Bay of Bengal, they would
find wreckage with no flaperon on the sea floor.

He states that witness statements also corroborate
his theory, including numerous people who say they saw a plane flying at an incredibly
low altitude over the Indian Ocean the night it went missing. One of these sightings came from a British
sailor who says she saw a burning aircraft over the Indian Ocean that night. Just days ago, the Australian Commonwealth
Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) said it was confident it has
found the crash site. The agency claimed the plane is in an area
25,000 sq km north of the original 120,000 sq km search zone.

But in a twist that was likely to anger victims
relatives, the governments of Malaysia, China and Australia said there is not enough evidence
to begin a new search..

US destroyer INTERCEPTED by two Chinese warships in serious provocation - DAILY NEWS

US destroyer INTERCEPTED by two Chinese warships
in serious provocation THE US Navy has been accused of a serous
military provocation after sailing close to Chinese-claimed territory without authorisation. The USS Mustin, an Arleigh Burke-class guided
missile destroyer, has infuriated China by sailing within 12 nautical miles of an artificial
island in the South China Sea. Two Chinese frigates took immediate action
and warned off and dispelled the USS. Mustin, according to Chinas defence ministry.

Bristling with Tomahawk missiles, the destroyer
sailed past Mischief Reef in the Spratly Islands while carrying out a freedom of navigation
mission. The Peoples Liberation Army Navy is today
holding war drills in the region in an apparent show of force aimed at intimidating the US. China has been building military islands and
staking claims to territory in the South China Sea  a highly contested expanse of water. In a statement, Chinas defence ministry
accused the US of a serious political and military provocation against China.

The Chinese military is firmly opposed
to it, the Chinese Ministry of Defence added. "China holds indisputable sovereignty over
the islands and their surrounding waters in the South China Sea," Ren Guoqiang, defence
ministry spokesman, said on Friday. By repeatedly sending military ships into
these areas without authorisation, the US. Has seriously harmed Chinese sovereignty and
security, violated basic rules of international relations, and harmed regional peace and stability.

The US Navy operation has damaged the atmosphere
of military-to-military relations between Washington and Beijing, he added. US Navy patrols of the South China Sea aimed
at contesting Chinas territorial expansionism are commonplace despite the of disapproval
of the PLP. Nicole Schwegman, a spokeswoman for the US
Pacific Fleet, has confirmed that the USS. Mustin sailed close to Mischief Reef.

All operations are designed in accordance
with international law and demonstrate that the United States will fly, sail and operate
wherever international law allows, she told CNN. A bitter territorial feud between China and
several southeast Asian countries has given rise to simmering military tensions in the
region in recent years. In January, China vowed to take necessary
measures to protect its sovereignty after a US Navy destroyer sailed near disputed territory
claimed by Beijing..

US airstrike 'IMMINENT' after fighter jets spotted flying over Syria - DAILY NEWS

US airstrike 'IMMINENT' after fighter jets
spotted flying over Syria US fighter jets have allegedly been spotted
flying over Syria, prompting reports an airstrike could be imminent. Reports of an deadly show of force from US
President Donald Trump come after Syrian commentator Danny Makki tweeted that aircraft were spotted
over the country. He said: Heavy flight of US and coalition
aircraft over Syria  Iraq border at present. Almost everyone I know in Damascus is up
and waiting for news on possible US strikes, you can cut the tension with a knife.

Pan-European air traffic control agency Eurocontrol
has since warned airlines to exercise caution in the eastern Mediterranean due to the possible
launch of air strikes into Syria in next 72 hours. It said: "Due consideration needs to be taken
when planning flight operations in the Eastern Mediterranean/Nicosia FIR area. The reported show of force by the US comes
just days after a devastating chemical attack killed and injured dozens of Syrians in the
city of Douma. Washington has accused Syrian tyrant Bashar
al-Assad of ordering the brutal slaughter on his own people.

But, both the dictator and his backers Russia
have denied playing any role in the massacre. Their denial did not stop US President Donald
Trump from vowing to take forceful action in response to the chemical attack. Russian supremo Vladimir Putin, however, warned
of serious consequences if the US launched airstrikes in Syria. The countrys foreign ministry said: It
is necessary to warn again that military intervention under invented and fabricated pretexts in
Syria, where at the request of the lawful government there are Russian military personnel,
is absolutely unacceptable and can lead to the most serious consequences..

United States CANNOT stop hypersonic missiles capable of killing millions - DAILY NEWS

United States CANNOT stop hypersonic missiles
capable of killing millions THE United States cannot block hypersonic
missiles that could devastate the country, a top Air Force General as admitted. The missiles can deploy warheads that travel
at 20 times the speed of sound and can dodge air defences as they loop through the skies. US Strategic Command, Air Force General John
Hyten testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee yesterday (March 20). When asked about the effectiveness of US defences,
he revealed the country would be powerless against the state-of-the-art weapons.

He said: "We have a very difficult  well,
our defence is our deterrent capability. We don't have any defence that could deny
the employment of such a weapon against us, so our response would be our deterrent force,
which would be the triad and the nuclear capabilities that we have to respond to such a threat. His comments come as China and Russia lead
the way in the development of hypersonic rockets. Last year, it was revealed Chinas Peoples
Liberation Army (PLA) is making ballistic missiles dubbed hypersonic glide vehicles,
or HGVs, capable of striking anywhere in the US in less than an hour.

A HGV is an unmanned aircraft fired by a launcher
at staggering speeds enabling it to skip through the Earths atmosphere. And the prospect of the missiles making impact
is so terrifying they have been described as the ultimate doomsday weapon that
would render defence systems useless. Zhou Chenming, a Beijing-based military observer,
previously warned of the dangers posed by the sophisticated technology. He said: Compared to conventional ballistic
missiles, HGVs are more complex and difficult to intercept, Zhou said.

The US, Japan and India should be worried
about Chinas developments in HGV technology because it can reach targets quicker and more
accurately, with military bases in Japan and even nuclear reactors in India being targeted..

Tyra Banks - Her Mother's Wisdom in Perfect is BoringThe Daily Show

My guest tonight is
a supermodel, an entrepreneur, and the creator
and executive producer and host of America's Next Top Model. She's also written a new book
with her mother called  Perfect Is Boring:
10 Things My Crazy, Fierce Mama  Taught Me about Beauty,
Booty, and Being a Boss. Please welcome Tyra Banks! -
-(Cheering, applause) My goodness.
Hi, everybody. -(Cheering, whistling)
-Hello! Oh, my gosh, so good
to be here in person.

-Welcome to the show.
-Thank you. -This is so much fun.
I like seeing you in person. -Do you?
-That sounded weird. Um...

I like seeing you
in person, too. No, I'm just saying, like,
you said "being here in person," and then it's, like, I'm gonna
act like I'm not awkward at all. But it's so nice to see your...
Your dimples in person. -Oh, thank-thank you, Tyra.
-Yeah.

I see them on TV. And you guys all do it
on the TV, don't you? Don't you touch the TV and go... (Laughter) Now I could do it in person. (Laughter) (cheering, applause) All right, I'm going back
to Africa, people.

Good-bye. Thank you very much.
We're done. We're done. -Uh, welcome to the show.
-Thank you.

It's so fun to have you here.
And congratulations on the book. You are doing so many things.
You're making TV, uh, you're working on,
like, projects and film and everywhere else. You also had time to write
the book, Perfect Is Boring. -Yes.

-Why did you want
to write this book? I wrote this book, 'cause,
Trevor, my mom and I. Have quite
a unique relationship. It is raw, real, unfiltered. My mama tells me anything,
everything.

And people come up to us,
and they're like, "I want a relationship like
you have with your mom." And it could be a dad and a son, a mom and a son,
mama and a daddy, a daddy and... You know,
all of the... All of those. Then, and, you know,
my mom and I were like, "Let's write a book about that." And really, it starts
with making your child blush.

-Making them blush. Having...
-In what way? -The uncomfortable conversation.
-Oh, wow. Did your mama have
the uncomfortable conversation? Oh, yeah, no, my mom,
I blushed my entire... -Right.

-My whole life
was just blushing. And it's not just
the birds and the bees, my mom actually
put me on a train, from Los Angeles to San Diego,
California, and said, "You did
the birds-and-the-bees talk, "we did that already, but now
I'm gonna give you the... "How it feels,
how a man will touch you, "and how you will feel
and what it'll feel like, and the eight words
he will whisper in your ear." The eight words he will whisper,
which were...? The eight words
to watch out for. -You got to get the book, honey.
-(Laughter) And I wonder if you
have whispered them.

-I'm sure you have.
-I know what the words are, but I don't want
to spoil it for anyone. 'Cause I read...
'Cause I've read the book. You did the homework.
Have you said the words? I've read... I think
every single guy in the world -has said these words.
-(Laughs) (laughter) Your mother teaches you
so many things, but I wanted to know,
like, you say here,  Tyra and Her Mama:
10 Things My Crazy, Fierce Mama  Taught Me about Beauty,
Booty, and Being a Boss.

-Yes. -How did you write
that your mama was crazy -and not get an ass-whupping?
-(Laughter) Like, does she like that?
Does she know she's crazy? She knows that she's, like, certifiably insane
in a fierce way. -Right.
-Yes. My mother is the mom that, like, my cousins come over
and my nieces and nephews, and she plays
the body accordion.

-The what?
-The body accordion. -Which is the...? -Like,
you know, she has her bra on, and she has her little skirt on,
and she'll go,  Raah, aah.  -Oh, geez.
-Like, with her rolls. And they're like,
"Nana, Auntie, Auntie Carolyn, play the body accordion!" And she's like, "You ready?"  Aah, aah, aah, aah...

Yeah, so, that's my mom.
She's fun, but she's raw, -she's real, and... Yeah.
-And she helped you... I guess, like,
that story's interesting, and it ties
into the idea in the book, which I didn't know,
and that is, she helped you get over your body as a...
Which I never thought of. I never thought that Tyra Banks had to get over her body
in any way, shape or form.

Oh, yeah.
I have been on both sides. I have been on being
very, very skinny-- 98 pounds and five nine,
if you can imagine that. -Wow. -And there was nothing
that I could do to gain weight.

I was very sad, very depressed. I would stuff my face.
Nothing happened. But my mother helped me
through that dark time. -Right.

-And then, cut to years
later, I'm a supermodel, and they're saying my booty
is too big for the runway. Yes, they did.
My Italian... There was a time
when booties were too big? Oh, uh, yes. And they still are too big
for the runway.

-They're not too big
for the Instagram-way. -I see. They are too big for the runway. And so that happens,
and you-you feel -like your world has ended.
-Yeah.

And it's a really beautiful
story in the book where you talk about your mom. Like, you go, "This is it.
My life is over." And your mom steps in
and-and she says "We're gonna
put that booty to work." Yes. She said, "You know what
we're gonna do right now?" Through my tears, she says,
"We're going to eat pizza." And over pizza in Milano, Italy,
on, like, a butcher paper of white paper, she--
pizza in one hand-- she put a pin
in the other and said, "You write down every client in this modeling industry
that likes ass." She said, "Because my baby's ass
is getting bigger, and I'll be damned if she
starves for this industry." So through tears, I'm like, (crying): "Victoria's Secret." And she's like,
"Write it down." I'm like, "Sports Illustrated." "Write it down." And then
she's like, "Who has an ass?" I'm like, (crying):
"Cindy Crawford." And she's like,
"Write it down." And she said, "Those are the
models who you're gonna emulate, "and those are your
future clients. Now you take that and you go
give it to your agency." -And then here I am today.
-That is amazing.

As a Victoria's Secret contract
with them. -That is absolutely amazing.
-Sports Illustrated, First black woman
on the cover of that. So it worked. What I appreciate in the book is you say,
you say perfect is boring, but you're not afraid
to talk about the different ways -that women can appreciate
and accept themselves.

-Yeah. You know, we live in a world
where it seems like you swing from one extreme
to the other. Some people go, "Accept yourself
the way you are. Don't change anything."
And then other people are like, "Oh, no,
if you change something, -then you don't love yourself,
etc." -Yes.

But you're in the book going
like, "Hey, just love yourself. -"And do what you need to do.
-Yeah. I say fix it -or flaunt it.
-Right. I mean, there are hair weaves,
there are wigs, there are people with natural
hair, people with natural hair that are actually making
bigger Afros with fake hair.

There's eyebrow plucking
and eyebrow microblading, and fake lips
and fake boobs, and-- mine are real by the way-- Um, but, like,
all that kind of stuff. And I talk about getting my nose
done when I was very young. I broke my nose
when I was three years old. It started growing crooked,
it was itching.

(With British accent):
Um, this makeup artist-- she talked like you, kind of,
but a little different, like this-- and she said, "Tyra,
your nose is growing crooked. It's growing sideways,
and I feel shards of, like--" (normal voice): That's not
really South African, really. No, that's British.
But it's like... But, yeah, but she was British.
She was British.

Yeah, it's colonial enough.
I-I'm with you. -She was, she was British.
-Yeah. And she told me that my nose
was kind of growing sideways, -and it used to itch all the
time. -Right, right, right.

And I went to this one doctor
and this doctor tried to make me have this nose that was like,
super, like, Caucasoid, and not like my
African American features. A year later I went
to a different one, and he said,
"Yeah, your nose is broken. "I can stop the itching
and make it "as African American
as possible, and probably what it should have been
had you never broke it." You know, but I want
to tell girls that. Like, this nose, maybe it was
the one that I would have had, maybe not, I don't know,
but the-the thing is, to fix it or flaunt it,
it's all fine.

Let's stop like saying,
"Ugh, ugh, ugh. You too natural, ugh.
You too done, ugh." Child, I'm done.
This took two and a half hours. And it's so natural, isn't it? (Laughter, applause) The um... (Cheering and applause) One of the joys of
America's Next Top Model is, you've broken, in many ways,
the mold -of what people believe
a model should be.

-Yes. We've seen people evolve,
we've seen the evolution of the idea of a model. Um, when you are looking
at models, when you're looking at the
modeling industry as a whole, what is your end goal?
What do you dream of seeing change
in the modeling industry? I want diversity to be boring. I want it to just--
you had Ashley Graham here.

-I saw her on your show.
-Right, right, right. I don't want it to be like,
"Oh, curvy, plus-size model, Ashley Graham." I want it to be, "Ashley Graham.
She just so happens "to be thicker than a Snicker. This one over here is skinny,
and she is just mini-me." And it just all is beautiful
and all is boring. I want diversity to be boring.

-Diversity to be boring.
-Yes. That's exciting.
Perfect is Boring. The book is definitely not. You and your mom are amazing.

-Thank you so much for being on
the show. -Thank you so much. -Thank you.
-(Cheering and applause)  Perfect is Boring
is available now. The season finale of
America's Next Top Model airs April 10 at 8:00 p.M.
On VH1.

Tyra Banks, everybody..

Trump ORDERS Syria AIRSTRIKES in MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT as World War 3 fears grow - DAILY NEWS

Trump ORDERS Syria AIRSTRIKES in MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT
as World War 3 fears grow IN A MAJOR announcement, Donald Trump declared
military action is taking place in Syria as airstrikes blast targets in a co-ordinated
attack with the UK and France on the Assad regime. The US President said air strikes against
Syria are "underway". In a statement from the White House, the Republican
said the strikes were in response to the alleged chemical weapons attack in the town of Douma
last Saturday. He said: "A combined operation of the armed
forces of France and UK is now underway.

I thank them both. "These are not the actions of a man, they
are the crimes of a monster instead. "We are prepared to sustain this response. "To Iran and to Russia I ask, what kind of
a nation wants to be associated with the mass murder of innocent men, women and children? "Hopefully someday we'll get along with Russian
and maybe even Iran, but maybe not.

Several explosions have been heard in Damascus
and smoke has been seen rising over the east side of the city according to eyewitnesses. Statements were also released by Theresa May
and Emmanuel Macron. Mrs May said there was "no practicable alternative
to the use of force" to deter the use of chemical weapons by the Syrian regime. Adding that "every possible diplomatic channel"
had been sought before the decision to launch targeted strikes had been taken, she said:
"This persistent pattern of behaviour must be stopped - not just to protect innocent
people in Syria from the horrific deaths and casualties caused by chemical weapons but
also because we cannot allow the erosion of the international norm that prevents the use
of these weapons.

"This is not about intervening in a civil
war. It is not about regime change. "It is about a limited and targeted strike
that does not further escalate tensions in the region and that does everything possible
to prevent civilian casualties. French President Emmanuel Macron said there
was no doubt the Syrian regime was responsible for the chemical attack in Douma.

He said: "We cannot tolerate the trivialisation
of the use of chemical weapons, which represent an immediate danger for the Syrian people
and for our collective security. "The red line set by France in May 2017 has
been crossed." A coordinated attack by the US, UK and France
has been expected for several days after an alleged chemical attack on civilians in Syria
last weekend. Medical sources say dozens of people were
killed last Saturday during the suspected chemical attack on Douma, in the Eastern Ghouta
region. The West has blamed the Assad regime for the
incident.

However, both Syria and Russia deny the chemical
attack took place and had warned the west against taking military action..

Trump Might Have a Secret Kid and Mark Zuckerberg's Second Day in CongressThe Daily Show

Speaking
of cover-ups-- this guy? This guy (bleep). WOMAN: According to this
just-released report  in The New Yorker,
media company AMI,  which owns
the National Enquirer,  paid a doorman, Dino Sajudin,
who worked at Trump Tower,  $30,000 to sign
a nondisclosure agreement  after he offered the company
a salacious story  about the then-candidate Trump
during the 2016 election. The story being that he knew that Donald Trump had fathered
a child with a former employee. Oh, snap! (Chanting):
Jerry! Jerry! Jerry! Jerry! Trump might have a secret kid? I bet everyone who doesn't know their father
right now is panicking.

(Laughter) Yeah, they're phoning
their moms like, "Tell me it wasn't him, Mom!
Tell me it wasn't him! "Tell me it was a crackhead! Tell me
I have crackhead blood, Mama." Every week we seem to find out
that someone else got money to keep quiet
about one of Trump's affairs. Like, at this point,
it's almost like his dong has its own economy,
you know? Yeah, like, a GDP--
a gross domestic penis. That's what
it feels like right now. I mean, think about it.

Everyone's getting paid--
doormen, porn stars, lawyers. At this point, I'm worried that if Trump stops cheating
on Melania, the stock market'll crash. There's gonna be
another recession. And now, everyone...
Everyone in this story is talking about
whether these payoffs constitute illegal
campaign contributions.

That's why it's big news. But for me,
there's a bigger story here. You realize if you were born
in the 1980s,  you might be
Donald Trump's child. Yeah.

You could be in line to inherit
billions of dollars in debt. (Laughter) Yeah, in fact, I-I was a child
born in the 1980s. Oh, my gosh! It's me. (Laughter) Papa Donald? (Laughter) I always felt...

I always felt
like there was something, something connecting
the two of us. So similar, folks.
Everyone said it. (Speaking like Trump):
I can see it now. I'll show you
my birth certificate.

But let's move on. (Cheers and applause) Let's move on
from the big news of the week to how we all get the big news
of the week-- Facebook. In the wake of
the Cambridge Analytica scandal, Congress had questions about how Facebook gathers
and shares user data, and whether government
regulation might be needed to keep them in check. So, they called in Facebook CEO.

And less-charismatic Rain Man,
Mark Zuckerberg for two days of hearings involving 44 senators,
55 representatives and a dazzling array
of facial expressions. Look at all those different
facial expressions. Look at that. So hu-man.

And these long hearings
can be grueling, which is maybe why Zuckerberg brought an extra cushion
with him to sit there. Look at that.
That is so cute. Aw, man. You got to protect
your Silicon Valley, -you know what I mean?
-(Laughter) And now, and now,
some of the congresspeople seem to have done
their homework, but even when they did,
they still didn't seem to know how to ask the right questions.

What was Facemash?
And is it still up and running? You put up pictures of two women and decide which one
was the better... More attractive of the two,
is that right? I'm communicating with
my friends on Facebook and... Indicate that, uh... I love
a certain kind of chocolate.

Let's say I'm e-mailing about
Black Panther within WhatsApp, do I get a WhatsA... Do I get
a Black Panther banner ad? Okay. First of all,
you don't e-mail in WhatsApp. -(Laughter)
-That's like saying, "I'll DM you
from my fax machine." Second of all, who's e-mailing
about Black Panther? Like, what are you
writing about? "To whom it may concern:
Is this your king?! "Is this your king?! Kind regards, Killmonger." Now, to be fair, to be fair, some lawmakers did know
what questions to ask, and that's when Zuckerberg suddenly became the person who
didn't know how Facebook works.

There have been reports
that Facebook can track a user's Internet
browsing activity even after that user has logged
off of the Facebook platform. Can you confirm whether or not
this is true? Um, Senator... I-I want to make sure
I get this accurate, so it would probably be better
to have my team follow up... So you don't know? If they choose
to delete their account, how long do you keep their data? I don't know the answer to that
off the top of my head.

I do not have
that information... With me. Senator, I don't know. Congresswoman...
I don't remember if we had a financial penalty.

You're the CEO of the company... I'm not... I'm not sure
of the answer to that question. Is it just me, or does
Mark Zuckerberg sound like he was coached by Siri? So like, "I'm sorry,
I don't know the answer to that.

But here are five
Chinese restaurants nearby." That's not what
I was searching for! Like, I'm not saying
he should have the answer to every question, but I think
it's a little strange that the guy who bragged
for years about being a genius suddenly doesn't know
where the "like" button is. You know? It's like Zuckerberg's
trying to pull a reverse Keyser Sze. He started out smart,
and then now he's in trouble, and he's trying to limp
at the end. It's like, "Dude, we saw you.
We know you're smart." And while there are many things
Mark Zuckerberg didn't know, there was one thing
he was sure about: he was very, very sorry.

We didn't take
a broad enough view of our responsibility,
and that was a big mistake. It was my mistake,
and I'm sorry. It sounds like we made
a mistake there, and I apologize for that. In retrospect, it was a mistake.

We have made a lot of mistakes
in running the company. It was my mistake,
and I'm sorry. "I'm a human, and I'm sorry." You know,
I just realized something. This is the first time in a year
we've seen a man apologizing for something
and it wasn't sexual harassment.

Yeah. Progress.
This is progress, people. -(Cheering, applause)
-Look at you, Zuck. And now, if you started this
week thinking that Washington was going to punish Facebook
for how they treated our data, then I'm sorry-- because, by the looks of it,
even Congress doesn't believe that they can take on Facebook.

Now, here's what's gonna happen. There are gonna be a whole bunch
of bills introduced... To regulate Facebook. It's up to you
whether they pass or not.

You can go back home... Uh, spend $10 million
on lobbyists and fight us, or you can go back home... And help us solve this problem. -What?
-(Laughter) So all it takes to beat Congress
is $10 million? That's nothing.

Mark Zuckerberg spends that
on his laughing lessons. He's like, "Moo"? "No, it's 'ha-ha.'
Try again, Mark." "Woof"?
"No, it's 'ha-ha.'" What Senator Kenny...
Kennedy said there is both depressing
and refreshingly honest at the same time. Like, he knows
that lobbyists rule Washington, and Facebook can afford
a shit-ton of lobbyists. So all lawmakers
can really do is just chastise Facebook publicly
and then ask them nicely to go and think
about what they've done.

That's all they can do.
Basically, Congress has to deal with big corporations
the way rich white people punish their kids--
they just got to be like, "Young man, there's gonna be
consequences for this. "Now, you go
to one of your bedrooms "and figure out what
the consequences should be! "And give me your iPhone!
Here's the newer one. Go away." So after ten hours
of questioning, all Congress got was non-answers
and robo-sorries. And while those apologies
might have seemed worthless, the stock market disagreed.

Because once it became clear
that Congress wasn't planning to do anything
to regulate Facebook, the company's stock
went up so much that Zuckerberg's net worth
rose by $3 billion in just the first day
of testimony. Yeah. $3 Billion. That works out to about
$10 million a minute.

Just for testifying in Congress. So I guess what I'm saying is, Congress, if you need me
to testify for some shit... (Laughter, applause) ...I don't know what I did,
but I'm sorry..

Trump accuses Putin of HELPING North Korea in shock rant - DAILY NEWS

Trump accuses Putin of HELPING North Korea
in shock rant US supremo Donald Trump has slammed Russia
for failing to reign in North Korea by stopping efforts to strip Kim Jong-un of his precious
nukes. The Donald hit out at former buddy Vladimir
Putin during an interview where he said it would be easier to end Kims regime if the
US had a stronger relationship with Russia. In an extraordinary move, Trump said Putin
had in fact hindered efforts to stop WW3. He said: China is helping us and maybe
Russias going through the other way and hurting what were getting.

I think we could have a good relationship. I think the North Korean situation would be
easier settled. The Donald has ramped up the pressure on Pyongyang
following a series of weapons tests over the summer. In the following months, Trump pressed China
to rein in the North, which relies heavily on trade with its larger neighbour.

China has appeared to go along with the US
big shot, drawing rare praise from the famously combative President. But The Donald has now turned on Russia, once
considered a friend, in recent months over what he sees as inaction over the crisis. The revealing comments come just days before
Trump embarks on a whirlwind tour of east Asia in a bid to drum up support for action
to be taken against psycho Kim. Trump has even refused to rule out visiting
the Korean Peninsulas demilitarised zone when he visits the South.

When asked if he would be making the trip,
he said: Id rather not say, but youll be surprised..

The nightmare scenario that could see Arsenal's 20182019 season start in JulyNews Now#AFC

Arsenal have been given an extra incentive
to sort out their away form in the Premier League. It's because of their awful form on road as
to why they won't be finishing in the top four this season and it could see them slip
out of the top six altogether as Burnley are very much hot on their heels after beating
Leicester City at the weekend. Whilst Arsene Wenger's side would have a game
in hand, the problem is that it's against the Foxes away from home next month and if
recent results are to go by they'll probably leave the King Power Stadium empty handed. Should that happen and Burnley end the campaign
strongly in a bid to claim a top six finish, then there's extra pressure on the Gunners
to sort out their away day blues and also win the Europa League.

The latter means they'll be back in the Champions
League next season, but Atletico Madrid stand in the way of reaching the final. But failure in Europe coupled with dropping
out of the top six could leave the Gunners facing a nightmare scenario at the beginning
of next season. The World Cup takes place in Russia this summer
with the final scheduled for July 15 2018. A number of Arsenal players are expected to
be involved at the major tournament and you couldn't bet against the likes of Mesut Ozil
or Alexandre Lacazette going all the way with their respective nations.

Yet it's possible that the duo's holidays
could be cut short as the north London outfit's 2018/2019 campaign could begin just 11 days
after the World Cup final. As reported by the Evening Standard, this
will happen if Arsenal don't win Europa League, they finish below Burnley in the Premier League
and if Southampton don't win FA Cup. This would mean Arsenal's season would kick
off on July 26 in the second preliminary round of the Europa League..

The FBI Raids Michael Cohen's Office and Donald Trump Cries Witch HuntThe Daily Show

Michael Cohen, President Trump's
personal lawyer and VIP customer
at Joseph A. Bank. Yesterday, thanks to the FBI, he had a really, really bad day. Let's start with those dramatic
raids on the office and home  of President Trump's personal
attorney Michael Cohen.

The referral from Special
Counsel Robert Mueller led to these search warrants
targeting Michael Cohen. And investigators found e-mails,
financial documents  and some client communications  possibly involving
President Trump.  We're told that Cohen
is under investigation  for possible bank fraud,
campaign finance violations  and other potential crimes
connected to the 2016 election. Man, I'm sorry,
but this is just ridiculous.

Even Trump's lawyer
is being investigated? Like, how corrupt is your circle if your lawyer uses his
one phone call to call you? (Laughter) It seems like everyone in
Trump's world is corrupt. Like, I bet even when he goes
to confession he's, like, (mimics Trump): "Forgive me
father, for I have sinned." (Normal voice):
And his priest is like, "Yo. "You should hear the shit
I've been getting into. Just wait until I tell you." I'm just kidding, Trump doesn't
know about church.

Now, uh... Now, anytime the FBI raids
a lawyer's office, it's a really, really big deal. But it's an even bigger deal when that lawyer's
Michael Cohen, because to President Trump, he's more than just a lawyer. COHEN:
My job is, I protect Mr.

Trump.  That's what it is. If there's an issue
that relates to Mr. Trump that, um, is of concern to him, it's, of course, concern to me, and I will use my legal skills
within which to protect Mr.

Trump
to the best of my ability. NEWSWOMAN:
At the Trump Organization,  he's done a bit of everything:  running
a mixed martial arts company,  securing real estate
branding deals,  and even taking care
of transportation. You know,
the famous Trump plane, there was an engine issue
that he actually took care of and got a really good deal on. Yeah, just what you want
in an airplane, a discount engine.

You're gonna be crashing like,
"Oh, we're gonna die! "But at a greatly reduced rate! So much savings!" But yeah, basically,
Michael Cohen is Trump's go-to guy
for everything. So if Trump has ever done
anything shady-- which I know sounds ridiculous, but stick with me here,
stick with me here-- this FBI raid
has a good chance of finding it, which is why yesterday President Baby
got a little cranky. So, I just heard
that they broke into the office of one of my personal attorneys. Good man, and, uh,
it's a disgraceful situation.

It's a total witch hunt. It's an attack on our country,
in a true sense. It's an attack
on what we all stand for. That's right, it's an attack
on what we all stand for.

You know, the American ideals
of life, liberty, and the pursuit of having a
lawyer pay off your side chick. (Laughter) Now, i-in Trump world, what's happening here
is a giant conspiracy, right? It's Robert Mueller
trying to take Trump down for political reasons. The only issue
with that argument is that the conspiracy
would have to involve every single person
in law enforcement. Explain how many hoops
they had to go through to get this raid
of Michael Cohen's office? Robert Mueller
did not make this decision.

It seems he came upon, um, some sort
of potential criminal activity. He then hands it off effectively to Rod Rosenstein, who's
the deputy attorney general. Says, "Look, we found this. You decide what to do with it." Rod Rosenstein
then makes a referral, meaning basically says to the Southern District
of New York, "Look, here's what we've got.

You decide what to do
with this." Then the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District
of New York makes a decision to then seek out
a search warrant. A judge then signs off on it. The standard for a judge
to sign off on this is high.

Okay, that doesn't sound
like a witch hunt to me, because witch hunts
were really simple, right? Back then it was just like,
"She shrank my penis! Burn her at the stake!" That's pretty much
all you needed. Like, it's just, like,
what we're hearing here is way too much legal procedure to be considered a witch hunt. Like, if people in Salem
had this kind of due process, they would have never
burned anyone. Like, no one would have died.

It would be like,
"She shrank my penis! Let's burn her at the stake!" "All right, all right.
But first, you must fill out
this official complaint." "Okay, and then we'll burn her!" "No, no, wait, wait.
Then we have to see "what the witnesses
in this case say, "and we have to see how big your penis
originally used to be." "W-What was that?"
"Yeah, we need to know how big your penis
actually was." "Well, y-you know what?
Forget it, man. I just, uh... "I actually made up
the witch thing "because Hester
wouldn't let me smash. I'm gonna tell the truth." And look, man,
you can tell that this raid has got Trump rattled,
because this morning, the president tweeted this.

The president
went to bed fuming, and he woke up ranting. This morning
the president wrote this: "Attorney-client privilege
is dead!" (Laughs) I'm sorry,
just the way they said it. "He went to bed ranting
and woke up fuming." It's just like, he was like...
(Groaning) (screaming) Like, poor Trump. I imagine him
in bed this morning, just tears
streaming down his face, like, "No! "My attorney-client privilege
is dead! "At least I've still got you,
white privilege.

"Don't ever leave me. Don't ever leave me!" (Cheering and applause) Now, look, look, the fact is, attorney-client privilege
doesn't apply when prosecutors have
probable cause to believe that you and your lawyer were
committing a crime together. It doesn't work. So I think it's pretty clear that Trump is probably
just shouting out legal terms that he's heard on Law & Order.

Tomorrow, he'll be like, "Objection!
Double jeopardy, Your Honor. Habeas corpus!".

Syria strike BACKLASH China CONDEMNS attack &faces calls to 'stand firmly with Russia' - DAILY NEWS

Syria strike BACKLASH: China CONDEMNS attack
and faces calls to 'stand firmly with Russia' CHINA has scolded the US, Britain and France
for bombing Syrian President Assads chemical weapons bases and has faced calls to consider
a military response. Beijing has accused Western allies of violating
Syrias territorial integrity by pummelling chemical weapons facilities with more than
100 missiles. The only way to resolve the almost decade-long
civil war ravaging the country is through diplomatic means, Chinese Foreign Ministry
spokeswoman Hua Chunying said. She said: "China has always spoken against
the use of military force in international relations and spoken for the respect of the
sovereignty of all the states, their independence and territorial integrity.

China should consider backing Syria and Russia
militarily in the wake of the missile attack, according to military expert Li Jie. Li, a Beijing-based analysts, said: In
this case, I think Beijing should stand firmly with Russia over the Syria issue. China is unlikely to send troops to Syria,
but China would be on the same page as Russia when it comes to issues like supporting the
Syrian government. Britain, France and the US launched a series
of precision missile strikes on three suspected chemical weapons sites across Syria
last night.

More than 100 Tomahawk missiles were launched
by fighters jets, warships and submarines in response to a suspected sarin gas attack
on rebels and civilians in Douma, Eastern Ghouta. In a triumphant tweet, Trump declared mission
accomplished and thanked the UK and France for "their wisdom and the power of their fine
military". Prime Minister Theresa May said the limited
and targeted missiles salvos were fired to deter Assad from using chemical weapons
in the future. Mrs May said the missile attacks were not
an attempt to topple Assads regime, but prevent further chemical attacks.

"This is not about intervening in a civil
war. It is not about regime change," May said in
a statement last. Three targets across chemical weapons facilities
Barzah, near Damascus, and Him Shinshar, based in Homs, were "successfully hit", according
to the Pentagon. There were no immediate reports of casualties.

Assad, May said, should not doubt the resolve
of Britain, France and the United States but made clear that the strike was a specific
response to the Douma attack. Russia had promised to respond to any attack
on its ally, and said on Saturday that Syrian air defences had intercepted 71 of the missiles
fired. Russian President Vladimir Putin blasted western
leaders for carrying out the attack he branded an act of aggression. Inspectors from the global chemical weapons
watchdog OPCW were due to try to visit Douma later on Saturday to inspect the site of the
suspected gas attack on April 7..

Syria AIRSTRIKEMilitary responding to 'ISRAELI ATTACK' in Damascus and Homs - DAILY NEWS

Syria AIRSTRIKE  Military responding to
'ISRAELI ATTACK' in Damascus and Homs SYRIAS air-defences have been firing at
unidentified objects over Damascus in what is believed to be an Israel airstrike,
it has been reported. Syria state television has confirmed its air
defences are repelling attacks in the countrys Homs region. The military announced at around 1.10Am local
time (11.10Pm GMT) that it had fired missiles towards the Shayrat Airbase, to the south-east
of Homs, and its surrounding area in the Homs Governorate. Local reporter Ibrahim Joudeh took to Twitter
and posted a video of the missiles being shot at in the sky.

He said: Video shows Missile launched against
unknown Target in Far East Damascus countryside." Mr Joudeh added shortly after that another
air defence missile was just launched. According to local reports, several missiles
were launched after unknown warplanes entered Syrian airspace from Lebanon. A military source added the Syrian military
believes Israeli warplanes were responsible. Also a number of local reporters have said
there are "Israeli warplanes" flying at high-altitude carrying out the attack after crossing the
borders through Lebanon.

It is currently unclear what the airstrike
was targeting. Initial reports claim the raid is aimed at
the T4 base, but others say it is aimed at Shyrat AB which was hit last year in the US
Tomahawk attack. A source within the Syrian Army told local
media site Al-Masdar that the T4 base was the operations likely target. They added that several explosions were heard
near the base.

A statement from the Syrian regime added that
several missiles were intercepted, but these reports are unconfirmed. The Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) declared
that at least nine Israeli missiles were shot down. There are currently no reports of targets
hit in Damascus. Reports say six missiles have hit Shayrat
air base in Homs and three missiles have hit Dumayr airbase, but these are unconfirmed
so far.

The attack comes after reports of covert airstrikes
carried out by Israeli forces at Iranian bases in the Jabal Azzan region south of Aleppo. According to Amichai Stein, a correspondent
for the Israeli public broadcasting corporation, the Syrian Ministry of Defence claimed it
had intercepted 3 missiles that struck Dumair military airport. He explained: Syrian MoD claims to have
intercept three missiles that struck Dumair military Airport northeast of Damascus and
six missiles launched towards Shayrat military Air Base in Homs. The Pentagon has declared there is "no US
military activity near Homs at this time".

It added: "We do not have additional details
to provide." The recent incident follows a coordinated
attack by the US, UK and France that saw over 100 missiles launched from US ships and UK
Tornado fighter-bombers. The strike was designed to disable the countrys
use of chemical weapons after it allegedly used chlorine against rebels in Douma, eastern
Ghouta on April 7..

South Korea RETALIATES after Kim missile launch with 'precision strike' - DAILY NEWS

South Korea RETALIATES after Kim missile launch
with 'precision strike' SOUTH Korea's military has conducted a 'precision
strike' missile exercise in response to Kim Jong-un's own weapon test. North Korea fired one intercontinental ballistic
missile from Pyongsong, a city in South Pyongan Province, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff
said on Wednesday. It flew for 50 minutes and around 620 miles
before crashing into the sea near Japan. Minutes after the North fired the missile
at 6.17Pm UK time, South Korea's military conducted a missile-firing test in response
to the provocation, it confirmed.

US President Donald Trump said "it is a situation
that we will handle" after the launch. While Japan's Prime Minister Shinz Abe called
for an emergency meeting of the United Nations. "We detected a probable missile launch from
North Korea," Pentagon spokesman Colonel Robert Manning told reporters. "We are in the process of assessing the situation
and will provide additional details when available." The US officials declined to say what type
of missile they thought North Korea might test, but noted that Pyongyang had been working
to develop nuclear-tipped missiles capable of hitting the United States and had already
tested inter-continental ballistic missiles.

After firing missiles at a rate of about two
or three a month since April, North Korea paused its missile launches in late September,
after it fired a missile that passed over Japan's northern Hokkaido island on September
15. This is now the North's first ballistic missile
launch since that date. This comes just hours after the US warned
a missile launch was imminent as it detected secret radio signals from Kim's hermit kingdom. In the past few months, Trump has traded insults
and threats with North Korean leader Kim.

He warned in his maiden speech to the United
Nations in September that the US would have no choice but to "totally destroy" North Korea
if forced to defend itself or its allies. Washington has said repeatedly that all options
are on the table in dealing with North Korea. Trump has pursued a policy of encouraging
countries around the world, including North Korea's main ally and neighbour China, to
step up sanctions on Pyongyang to persuade it to give up its weapons programs. North Korea has given no indication it is
willing to re-enter dialogue on those terms.

It defends its weapons programmes as a necessary
defence against US plans to invade. The US has 28,500 troops in South Korea as
a legacy of the 1950-53 Korean war but denies any such intention..

So Much News, So Little Time Trump EditionThe Daily Show

This weekend's
March for Our Lives may have been the biggest news
in terms of quality, but when it comes
to news quantity, nobody beats President Trump. And over the span
of the weekend, Trump made so much news happen that we don't have the time
to cover it all. Luckily, not enough time
is the perfect amount of time for our recurring segment Ain't Nobody Got Time for That:
Trump Edition. -
-(Cheering and applause) All right, let's start
with the big news of the day.

Trump is getting tough
on Russia. President Trump
ordering the expulsion of 60 Russian diplomats the United States has identified
as intelligence officers. Plus, he's closing the Russian consulate
in Seattle. The White House says
the move comes in response to the nerve agent attack on a former Russian spy
and his daughter in the U.K.

Dozens of Russian diplomats
have been expelled. They will have, by the way, about one week
to get out of this country. One week? That's not a lot of time
to cram all your poisonings in. Yeah, I mean,
now with this deadline, Russians are gonna be
running around like perfume salespeople
at Macy's.

Just gonna be like,
"You're dead. You're dead. "You're dead.
You're dead. You're dead.

Nerve Gas by Kremlin." (Laughter) You know why Trump probably
did this, though, right? Someone told him. They're like,
"Sir, if you sign this, everyone working for Russia
has to leave the U.S." And he was like, "Yay, I'm free! Putin, I'm coming home, baby!" It's like, "No, not you, sir." "Oh, damn it. Stuck." Oh, and before
he kicked out the Russians, Trump also got rid of
his national security advisor, H.R. McMaster, and replaced him with elderly Lorax John Bolton.

Now, for many people,
for many people, Bolton taking over for McMaster
is terrifying, because unlike McMaster, Bolton is horny for war
with North Korea and Iran, and he's one
of the very few people left who still thinks
the Iraq War was a good idea. Yeah. So, now, w-we could talk about how Bolton's policies
could throw America into a never-ending spiral
of unwinnable wars, but we don't really have
the time, because thanks
to another Trump decision, America is actually
gonna have fewer troops. President Trump
has issued an order banning transgender people
from serving in the military except under
"limited circumstances." You know, I'm not gonna lie.

I really don't understand
this decision. I mean, if you're looking
for brave people to join the military, you don't have to look
any further than trans people. Like, you think it takes guts
to fight in Syria? Try being trans and walking
into a restroom in Alabama. That's bravery, my friends.
That's bravery.

(Cheering and applause) So, so, in the span
of a weekend, transgender soldiers
and Russians are out, Colonel Mustache is in. And if that wasn't enough, Donald Trump
kept the government open, but he wasn't happy about it. President Trump signing
that $1.3 Trillion spending bill after threatening to veto because his border wall
wasn't fully funded and there was no fix,
he said, for DACA. The president signing
what was a monster piece of legislation, reluctantly.

There are some things
that we should have in the bill. But I say to Congress, I will never sign
another bill like this again. I'm not gonna do it again. Aw.

Sucks when people
make you do something you don't want to do, Donald.
Aw. It's funny how Trump sold
himself as the best dealmaker of all time,
but he's being forced to sign a deal
that he doesn't like. Yeah, and his big threat
is that he won't do it again. Yeah.

I guess
that's the kind of negotiating that left him stuck with
Eric and Don Jr. In the divorce. Is that what happened? "All right, fine. I'll take
those little weirdos this time, but, next divorce,
I'm standing my ground!" Now, unfortunately,
we don't have the time to talk about how Trump promised
to cut the deficit but instead has spent money
like Lil Wayne at an out-of-network dentist, because the Trump news that's
been swallowing everything this weekend happened
when the star of your sex dreams sat down with Stormy Daniels to discuss her alleged affair
with Donald Trump.

And, my friends, it was creepy. -You had sex with him?
-Yes. It started off, uh,
all about him. Just talking about himself.
And he's like, uh, "Have you seen my new magazine?" And I was like, "Someone
should take that magazine and spank you with it."
And I was like, "Turn around.

Drop 'em." And I just gave him
a couple swats. This was done
in a j-joking manner? Yes. And, uh,
from that moment on, he was
a completely different person. -How so?
-He quit talking about himself and he asked me things
and I asked him things and it just became, like,
you know, more appropriate.

Ew. Donald Trump likes
to be spanked? I did not need to know that. And you know
what makes it weirder is that, when he's spanked, he becomes a
nice guy and starts opening up. You know Bob Mueller is watching
this interview, right? You know that.
And now he's gonna walk into the interrogation room
with a rolled-up magazine, like, "Okay, Donald,
time to talk about Russia." (Cheering and applause) Donald's gonna be like,
"It started with-- ow-- "a meeting-- ow-- "at Trump Tow-- ow! I've been a bad boy.".

So Much News, So Little Time - Trump Aims Tweets at Syria & Paul Ryan Is Retiring The Daily Show

After Syrian president Bashar
al-Assad attacked his own people with chemical weapons last week,
the world has been waiting to see if President Trump would
respond with military action. And because this is a decision that could lead
to an all-out war, the president announced
his decision with all the gravitas
it demanded. -
-President Trump is up and firing off tweets
about the situation in Syria. NEWSMAN:
"Russia vows to shoot down "any and all missiles
fired at Syria.

"Get ready, Russia,
because they will be coming, nice and new and 'smart!'" It's hard
to see how this is anything but the president of the United
States declaring war on Twitter. I feel like we joked about this,
and now it's become real, 'cause when Trump got elected,
we were like, "He's gonna start a war
on Twitter." (Laughing) And then, before he got elected,
we were like, "He's gonna become president."
(Laughing) Yeah, it turns out every joke
about Trump is just a headline that hasn't happened yet. And, also,
why does Trump tweet so weird? "These missiles are nice
and new and smart"? It sounds like he's trying to
fix them up with the missiles. (Laughter) It's like he's saying
to the Russians, "Look, I know
you don't like blind dates, "but these missiles-- they're
really nice, really smart.

"Just come. No pressure. It's just a lunch. Come on." (Laughter) And now
a lot of people have pointed out that Trump used
to mock President Obama for telegraphing his military
decisions in advance, and now he's doing
the exact same thing.

But, I mean,
let's be honest, at this point, Trump's hypocrisy
is so unsurprising, it's not even fun anymore. Like, you see it coming. It happens and you go, "Yup."
You know? It's like someone handed you one
of those novelty cans of nuts with the snake inside,
but it was actually labeled, "Novelty Can of Nuts
with Snake Inside." It was like, "Surprise." Now, look, we could talk about how Trump isn't even
seeking approval from Congress to go against war against Assad, and how Congress also
doesn't seem to care anymore, but we don't have time
to get into that, because Trump is also thinking
about launching another attack right here on American soil. CNN also learning President Trump and his team
have been talking about how to get rid
of Mueller for months.

NEWSMAN: Monday night,
President Trump suggested  he may fire
Special Counsel Mueller,  and on Tuesday,  White House press secretary
Sarah Sanders said  Mr. Trump believes
he has that authority. We've been advised
that the president, uh, certainly has the power
to make that decision. Okay, hold up, hold up.

The White House always says that Trump doesn't plan
to fire Robert Mueller. So why are you checking
on something that you don't want to do? It's like seeing
your coworker Googling, "How to dissolve
my officemate's dead body." (Laughter) Like, he can tell you
he's not planning something, but you probably want to move. (Laughter) Because, look,
we all know, we all know that Trump has been slowly
working up to firing Mueller
for a long, long time. You know, it's like
he's been tantric firing him.

You know, he's letting it all
build up and build up, and then one day, he's gonna
be like, "You're fired! Ah!" (Laughter) "Oh, my God, finally! "Here's $130,000. Don't tell anyone about this." (Laughter, groaning) And now, now, because of Trump's
comments and Sarah Sanders, we have to ask ourselves
if Trump is also thinking about firing Rod Rosenstein,
or Jeff Sessions, or Gary Busey,
just for old time's sake. But we don't really have
the time for that, because in the middle
of all this news, this crazy story popped up. NEWSWOMAN: Former House Speaker
John Boehner is joining  the board of advisers  for a marijuana company
called Acreage Holdings.

It is one of the largest  multistate marijuana
corporations in the country. Boehner, a Republican, went on
the record nine years ago, saying he was opposed
to legalizing pot, but now he says his attitude
towards it has changed, like that of many Americans
out there. It's funny how going
from Congress, though, to selling drugs is somehow
more respectable. You know, like, now people
are gonna be like, "What's Boehner doing
since he left Congress? "I heard he sells weed now.

"Oh, that's wonderful. It's nice he's finally
helping people." Now, normally,
John Boehner pushing Kush would be the day's biggest news about a House speaker's
career plans, but again, today we don't
have time for that. Because there's also big news
from the current speaker. Also breaking this morning,
House Speaker Paul Ryan will not run for re-election
in November.

He is the 23rd Republican
to announce their retirement. This year will be my last one
as a member of the House. It's been a wild ride, but it's been a journey
well worth taking to be able to do my part to strengthening
the American idea. Oh.

He sounds like
it's his last day at camp. "It's been a wild ride, "so many fun memories
with my friends, "like the time
I tried to take away "poor children's health care.
Mah. "And swimming by the lake. Best summer ever.

Ah." Yes, Paul Ryan,
top-ranking congressman and guy at the gym who eye-bangs
himself in the mirror, is stepping down, and then stepping back up,
and then stepping down. I guess it's legs day. Uh, and this,
this is a big deal. It really is a big deal,
all right.

Even though Paul Ryan
looks young enough to play Spider-Man,
you've got to remember that he's actually been
in Congress since 1999. Yeah. That was so long ago, Britney Spears hadn't even
done it again yet. Yeah.

She'd only done it
one time. And remember, we all thought
that would be the only time. We were so naive back then. Now, other than pretending
that he was upset about stuff
President Trump said, the thing that Paul Ryan
was most famous for was his deep, sincere concern
about America's national debt.

We are fiscal conservatives. What that means
is we believe government should not live beyond
its means. The debt is projected to grow
to truly catastrophic levels in the near future, leading to
an economic collapse and a diminished future. Bringing our deficit up
to a trillion dollars will only serve
to actually weaken the dollar.

I don't know what it would take
for a person to completely sell out the will
of the American people, sell out the federal budget, sell out our children
and grandchildren. What on earth could you be given in legislation
to make you vote for that? Uh... Tax cuts? (Bell ringing) Oh, I got it right. -I got it right.
-(Cheers and applause) Thank you.

Thank you. Yeah, because, you see,
after eight years of blaming President Obama for the ballooning
national debt, last year, when the Republicans took over the entire government under the leadership
of Paul Ryan, here's what they did: The two biggest achievements
for me are, first, the major reform of our tax code for the first time in 36 years, which has already been a huge
success for this country, and that's something I've been
working on my entire adult life. New forecasts say the U.S.
Budget deficit will balloon
in the next few years, largely thanks
to the Republican tax cuts. TV REPORTER:
The CBO says it will hit  a trillion dollars by 2020.

Yeah. It turns out,
after two decades of claiming to be all about
fiscal discipline, Paul Ryan exploded the deficit
with his tax cuts and then just walks away. You know what this feels like? It's like you're walking
in the desert with someone, and every time you take a sip
of the water, he's like, "Hey, hey, hey.
Don't waste the water. Dude, dude, not so much,
slow down, slow down.

And you're like, "Okay, fine. Why don't you hold
the canister?" And he takes it
and then he's like, "Wet T-shirt contest. "Whoo! "Whoo! Whoo! Whoo! "Ah! Whoo! Ah! Ah! Whoo!" It's like, "All right, uh,
now that the water is done, I'm retiring from the desert.
Good-bye. Good-bye, everybody." Yeah, but I mean, look, come on,
come on.

Let's not be haters. What's a few trillion dollars
between friends, right? Just because Paul Ryan turned
out to be a complete fraud, doesn't mean we can't give him
the send-off that he deserves. Paul Ryan is leaving us, folks, so let's pour out a 40. 40 Grams of protein, of course.

Yeah. Just for him. The way he would like it. (Cheers and applause) Just for you, Paul.

Oh, and-and, don't worry, just-just like Paul Ryan's
deficit, someone else is gonna have
to clean this up..

So Much News, So Little Time - Russia Hacks Voter Rolls & Rob Porter Resigns The Daily Show

While Congress is
talking, the Russians are doing. WOMAN: A senior intelligence
official with direct knowledge  of the top secret report says  several states had their
voting registration system  successfully compromised
by the Russian government. I can't talk about classified
information publicly. We saw targeting of 21 states, and an exceptionally
small number of that-- 21-- were actually
successfully penetrated.

Okay, wait, wait, wait. Did she just say, yes, the Russians hacked
America's voting rolls, but in an exceptionally
small number of states? She delivered that line like it was supposed
to sound comforting. It's like a doctor saying,
"Good news, Brian. You have an exceptionally small
number of tumors in your brain." "Oh, good.

Wait. What?!" (Laughter) Like, the only thing
that should concern you more than the Russians successfully
hacking voter rolls is the lack of concern from Secretary of State
Rex Tillerson. I don't know that I would say
we're better prepared, because the Russians will adapt,
as well. 'Cause if it's their intention
to interfere, they're going
to find ways to do that.

And we can take steps,
we can take, uh, but this is something that,
once they decide they're going to do it, it's
very difficult to preempt it. It's so weird to hear
such a badass voice say such a wimpy thing. He's like, "Go ahead, punk. "(Bleep) my wife.

Nothing I can do about it." Now... Like, I'm sorry, Tillerson's response
is mind-boggling. There's a good chance
the Russians will interfere in America's upcoming election, and the secretary of state is
like, "Don't hate the player. I mean,
what are you gonna do?" It's mind-boggling.

And, now, look,
maybe Trump's administration isn't addressing Russia
more forcefully because they're protecting
the president's ego, right, which is more unstable
than the back of his hair. We don't know. -(Applause)
-Or... Or...

Maybe they just don't have time to deal with Russia. And frankly, neither do we. Because today the thing
we've got to talk about is this. BRIAN WILLIAMS: White House
Staff Secretary Rob Porter  resigned today after
his two ex-wives came forward  to the Daily Mail website
with disturbing allegations  of verbal and physical abuse.

REPORTER: Porter's first wife,
Colbie Holderness,  shared photos
with The Intercept website,  showing what her face looked
like after he allegedly  punched her while on vacation. REPORTER 2: We've learned
that, uh, John Kelly  knew about these allegations
for months,  and apparently
did nothing about them. You know, every time
I think I've reached the highest level of disgust
with this administration, I'm right, but then
they invent another level. 'Cause I mean, like,
I don't know, I missed the days when White House staffers
got fired for fun stuff.

You know, Spicey couldn't talk.
The Mooch couldn't shut up. Steve Bannon
couldn't shower. But... But I'm sorry, like,
this-this story hits me hard, because not only
did the White House have a domestic abuser
in its midst, a lot of the people there--
especially chief of staff and alleged "adult in the room"
John Kelly-- just ignored it for months.

And with the job Porter had,
there's no reason that they couldn't
get somebody else. The role of staff secretary is
one of the most important jobs in the White House. They
oversee every piece of paper that lands
on the president's desk, from articles to classified
briefing materials. Ooh! You oversee
every piece of paper that lands on Trump's desk? You mean this desk? Oh! Tough job.

Trump's desk is balder
than his head, people. I'm never gonna get over that.
I'm just gonna -keep on showing it to you.
-(Cheering, applause) That shit was weird.
W-What happened there? What was that? It was like an alien
when the thing does that thing. Like, I'm sorry, man, don't
try and... Like, if your job is to bring reading materials
to a guy without doesn't read, then that's not much of a job.

Yeah it's like being
Kevin Spacey's agent. "Yup, uh, still no calls.
Nope, nothing. Yup. " Doop, de-doop, de-doo-doop,
de-doop, doop, doop   Doo-doo-de-doop, doop doop.

" Honestly, it seems like
every day now, someone else is leaving
the Trump administration. They either mistreated women
or they were too racist or too crazy
or just completely unqualified. Fortunately, there's still
one job in government where none of that
seems to matter..

So Much News, So Little Time - NRA Silence on Philando Castile & Canceling Cuba The Daily Show

Even though it's,
uh, only Monday, there seems to be more news than
we have the time to get through in a single show.
So we won't try. Good night, everybody. Uh, no, I'm-I'm just joking.
I'm just joking. You know, whenever
we're overwhelmed by news, we handle it
in a segment we call Ain't Nobody Got Time For That.

-
-(Cheering, applause) All right, there's no time,
so let's get straight into it. You know that cool trip
you were taking to Cuba? Computer says no. President Trump took steps
to roll back some parts of the Obama administration's
opening to Cuba. REPORTER:<i> Halting the flow
of U.S.

Dollars</i> <i> to the communist government.</I> <i> The new policy
bans transactions</i> <i> with enterprises
including hotels</i> <i> and other
tourist-related businesses</i> <i> ultimately owned
by the Cuban military.</I> Simply booking your spring break will be harder
under this policy. That's right. The people
hardest hit by this policy will be spring breakers. Always in our thoughts.
Always in our thoughts.

You know who's
probably loving this? The one friend of yours who
always takes trip insurance. Now he's like, "Oh, I'm sorry,
who was wasting their money? "Aw, yeah. Yeah." Still a waste, you nerd. Now, uh, the reason
Trump is rolling back this diplomatic opening
is because he's fulfilling a campaign promise he made
to Marco Rubio and to his south Florida
constituents, many of whom are Cuban.
And also because it's the exact opposite thing
that Obama did.

Which, let's be honest,
is basically Donald Trump's presidency--
it's a series of "control Zs" punctuated by golf weekend. That's all it is.
That's all it is. Every single thing... -Is just anti-Obama.
-(Cheering, applause) In fact...

In fact,
he's so anti-Obama he's probably resubscribing
to every spam list Obama unsubscribed from.
He's just sitting there, like, "Yes, I would like
more information about Groupon, thank you." Oh, oh, and by the way--
you know how most politicians learn a bit of Spanish
to try and ingratiate themselves to the crowd? Well,
uh, the president was like, "Forget that,
everyone speaks Trump." I am so thrilled to be back here with all of my friends... (Cuban accent):
in Little Havana. And for Cuba. Santiago de Cuba.

You know Santiago, ya? Ya? I don't think
that's Spanish. Ya. Santiago, ya? Damn. Like, all of those
impersonations.

You know what, that makes me
scared of the day he has to give a speech
in China. Just, like, looking
at the people, like, "Oh..." Now, if we had time, we would be talking
about why the U.S. Would be going back to a policy
that was clearly not working and didn't help
the Cuban people at all. But, unfortunately...

(Speaking Spanish) Because the president
is under investigation. Isn't. President Trump
is now back at the White House and once again under fire. After he sent this tweet
saying he is being investigated, now his legal team
is making the rounds with this contradiction.

The president has not been
and is not under investigation. Let me be clear, the president
is not under investigation. But the attempts
to correct the record leading to more confusion. And now he's being investigated
by the Department of Justice.

So he's being investigated for taking the action
that the Attorney General... The Deputy Attorney General
recommended him to take by the agency
who recommended the termination. You've now said
that he is being investigated -after saying that you didn't...
-No. -You just said, sir, tha...

-No,
he's not being investigated. So, I do not appreciate
you putting words in my mouth when I've been crystal clear
that the president is not and has not been
under investigation. I can't believe I'm saying this,
but Donald Trump would be better off
defending himself. If that's your lawyer...

(Cheers and applause) He would be better off
defending himself. You know, unfortunately, we just don't have the time
to enjoy this magical moment. I mean, we do have the time,
but we don't have the time. I-I never said
we do have the time.

Don't put words many my mouth. Anyway, let's move on. Because, honestly, there is
something we have to talk about. I mean, it's good
to get the jokes out so that we can relax
and laugh about it, but there is one thing
I want us to talk about today, and that is the verdict
that just came in on Friday.

All right? On the police officer who shot and killed
Philando Castile. Now, you probably
remember the story because his girlfriend,
Diamond Reynolds, streamed it on Facebook Live. All right? And the officer
went to trial for manslaughter, and on Friday,
the jury reached a decision. A verdict in a case
that caused national outrage.

Tonight a police officer
acquitted on all charges in the shooting death
of a black man after a traffic stop. A Minnesota jury
acquitting the officer who fatally shot
Philando Castile moments before
this infamous video was live streamed on Facebook by
his girlfriend. Every time I watch that video, the question
I ask myself is "How?" Just how? How does a black person not get shot in America? 'Cause if you think about it,
the bar is always moving. The goalposts
are always shifting.

There's always a different thing that explains
why a person got shot. Oh, the person
was wearing a hoodie. Oh, the person was running away
from the police. Oh, no, the person
was going towards the police.

Oh, no, the person
was running around at night. Oh, no, the person
had an illegal firearm. The person
didn't have a firearm. But at some point, you realize there's no real answer.

Right? And you see this video, and then you see the verdict,
and you go, "How?" And th-there've been a lot
of these shootings, right? W-We talk about this a lot. So many things to say. Racism, classism,
you know, systemic violence in a police force
that oppresses people. But...

But this story
is interesting because there's
something different. And that is Philando Castile wasn't just a man
shot at a traffic stop. He was a legal gun owner whose family was in the car and who had committed
no crime at all. In a story of a man being shot because he was lawfully armed, you would think that one group, one powerful group in America would say something about it.

This one group
that you would expect to be losing
their goddamn minds about this: the NRA. But, for some strange reason,
on this particular case, they've been completely silent. Completely silent. And yet,
according to their rhetoric, this is everything
that they stand against, right? An officer of the state
depriving a citizen of his life because he was legally
carrying a firearm? I mean, listen to how vocal
and fired up the NRA gets when nothing has happened.

There is no greater freedom than the right to survive
and protect our families with all the rifles, shotguns and handguns we want. Unless you're black... Is what he should have said. Like, i-it's interesting how the people
who define themselves by one fundamental
American right-- the right to bear arms-- show that once race is involved, the only right
that they believe in is their right to remain silent..