NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT SATURDAY 11/17/2018 NEWSDUMP EDITION
(UPDATES, EDITING, ADDITIONS ETC. UNTIL 815 AM)
President Trump will be in fire ravaged California today.
At least 71 are dead as a result of the "Camp Fire" with more than 1-thousand others missing. 146-thousand acres were burned as of Friday night with fire 50 percent contained.
The President will be joined by outgoing California Governor Jerry Brown and incoming governor Gavin Newsom.
In an interview recorded for "Fox News Sunday", the President reiterated his call for better management of forests to limit fuel sources for wildfires.
President Trump will be in fire ravaged California today.
At least 71 are dead as a result of the "Camp Fire" with more than 1-thousand others missing. 146-thousand acres were burned as of Friday night with fire 50 percent contained.
The President will be joined by outgoing California Governor Jerry Brown and incoming governor Gavin Newsom.
In an interview recorded for "Fox News Sunday", the President reiterated his call for better management of forests to limit fuel sources for wildfires.
The Central Intelligence Agency believes that Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman ordered the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul on October 2nd.
While the CIA cannot find a "smoking gun" it is believed that the operation to kill Khashoggi could not have been launched without the Crown Prince's approval.
The results of a Saudi investigation released this week says a Major General ordered the murder and exonerates the Crown Prince. It says that five people will be given the death penalty for the murder.
Turkey's government says it does not believe the investigation's results.
Funeral services were held for Khashoggi in Saudi Arabia and Turkey on Friday.
The government of Yemen and Houthi rebels are set to attend negotiations aimed at ending the three-year civil war. UN Yemen envoy Martin Griffiths made the announcement to the UN Security Council Friday.
He said the talks will take place in Sweden and that both sides including the government, backed by a Saudi-led military coalition, are near agreement on a prisoner exchange deal.
New elections are on the way in Israel. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will announce the date tomorrow (Sunday). That's according to the "Instant News Alerts" Twitter feed. On Friday this was being denied.
Funeral services were held for Khashoggi in Saudi Arabia and Turkey on Friday.
The government of Yemen and Houthi rebels are set to attend negotiations aimed at ending the three-year civil war. UN Yemen envoy Martin Griffiths made the announcement to the UN Security Council Friday.
He said the talks will take place in Sweden and that both sides including the government, backed by a Saudi-led military coalition, are near agreement on a prisoner exchange deal.
New elections are on the way in Israel. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will announce the date tomorrow (Sunday). That's according to the "Instant News Alerts" Twitter feed. On Friday this was being denied.
In France today one protester was killed when protesters gathered at some 2,000 locations in opposition to RISING GASOLINE PRICES. A panicked motorist drove into the protestor according to early reports.
The "Yellow Vests" are blocking bridges, roads and toll booths and say President Emmanuel Macron has lost touch with the "little people"
Diesel fuel has risen in price by more than 20 percent in the last year and diesel fuel is used a lot more in France than the United States.
The name of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has been found on a federal court document in northern Virginia. The document points to Assange having already either been charged criminally with the indictment sealed or facing pending criminal charges.
Special counsel Robert Mueller has been investigating Wikileaks as an organization.
The name of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has been found on a federal court document in northern Virginia. The document points to Assange having already either been charged criminally with the indictment sealed or facing pending criminal charges.
Special counsel Robert Mueller has been investigating Wikileaks as an organization.
A judge are ordered the press pass of CNN reporter Jim Acosta reinstated. The White House says it will comply with the judge's order. Press Secretary Sarah Sanders says that new procedures for reporters covering the White House will be put into place.
CNN's lawsuit against the White House will continue in court in Washington DC.
Politics.....Democrat Stacey Abrams is admitting that Republican Brian Kemp will be the next governor of Georgia.
But she says the process was rigged and flawed and she intends to sue.
Andrew Gillum, the Democrat candidate for governor in Florida also refuses to concede even as the recount has made it all but official.
Republican Congressman Ron DeSantis leads by nearly 34,700 votes, a .39 percent lead.
Unlike the race for US Senate in Florida, there will not hand recount in the race of governor since DeSanits has such a wide lead.
The hand recount must be finished by noon tomorrow (Sunday).
In the US Senate race, Republican Governor Rick Scott leading over incumbent Democrat US Senator Bill Nelson by 12,603 or .16 percent as of early this morning as that hand recount continues.
From London, the latest leak to the media is that some members of Prime Minister Theresa May's cabinet will try to get her to modify her Brexit plan. There have been plenty of rumors of internal dissention leading members to write letters calling for an election to challenge her leadership inside the Conservative Party but nothing has materialized yet.
There was outrage across the UK when the plan to leave the European Union was unveiled Wednesday with leading supporters of Brexit calling it "Brexit In Name Only" and her statements about its meaning were described as being filled with lies.
In Sweden, the parliamentary speaker has asked the leader of the Center Party to hold talks on forming a new government.
Annie Loof will try to form a government that excludes the anti-mass immigration Sweden Democrats.
Protests planned for Portland, Oregon today just days after City Council turned down Mayor Ted Wheeler's bid for special powers to limit street demonstrations. The Chamber of Commerce and police backed the plan.
A group called "#HimToo" will protest with rival left-wing protests scheduled as well in downtown Portland. "#HimToo" is about men who been falsely accused of sexual misconduct. Left-wingers from the Rose City Antifa are expected in the area.
The Democratic Socialists of America and Popular Mobilization are rallying in support of sexual abuse survivors.
The Portland Police Association called on City Council members to 'stand together against lawlessness' in a tweet posted last evening expressing their concern that freedom of speech and the right to protest is not a license to hurt people or property.
Politics.....Democrat Stacey Abrams is admitting that Republican Brian Kemp will be the next governor of Georgia.
But she says the process was rigged and flawed and she intends to sue.
Andrew Gillum, the Democrat candidate for governor in Florida also refuses to concede even as the recount has made it all but official.
Republican Congressman Ron DeSantis leads by nearly 34,700 votes, a .39 percent lead.
Unlike the race for US Senate in Florida, there will not hand recount in the race of governor since DeSanits has such a wide lead.
The hand recount must be finished by noon tomorrow (Sunday).
In the US Senate race, Republican Governor Rick Scott leading over incumbent Democrat US Senator Bill Nelson by 12,603 or .16 percent as of early this morning as that hand recount continues.
From London, the latest leak to the media is that some members of Prime Minister Theresa May's cabinet will try to get her to modify her Brexit plan. There have been plenty of rumors of internal dissention leading members to write letters calling for an election to challenge her leadership inside the Conservative Party but nothing has materialized yet.
There was outrage across the UK when the plan to leave the European Union was unveiled Wednesday with leading supporters of Brexit calling it "Brexit In Name Only" and her statements about its meaning were described as being filled with lies.
In Sweden, the parliamentary speaker has asked the leader of the Center Party to hold talks on forming a new government.
Annie Loof will try to form a government that excludes the anti-mass immigration Sweden Democrats.
Protests planned for Portland, Oregon today just days after City Council turned down Mayor Ted Wheeler's bid for special powers to limit street demonstrations. The Chamber of Commerce and police backed the plan.
A group called "#HimToo" will protest with rival left-wing protests scheduled as well in downtown Portland. "#HimToo" is about men who been falsely accused of sexual misconduct. Left-wingers from the Rose City Antifa are expected in the area.
The Democratic Socialists of America and Popular Mobilization are rallying in support of sexual abuse survivors.
The Portland Police Association called on City Council members to 'stand together against lawlessness' in a tweet posted last evening expressing their concern that freedom of speech and the right to protest is not a license to hurt people or property.
Argentina's navy announced today that the submarine "San Juan", which went missing off the coast on November 15th last year with a crew of 44, has been found.
A private firm contracted by Argentina, Ocean Infinity, found the sub more than 2,600 feet under water.
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