Dan Rivers

WHITE HOUSE OFFICIAL TO FOX: KATIE ZACHARIA 'TRANSITIONING' OUT OF JOB AS PRESS SECRETARY

Turns out the future does have flying cars

Zacharia: My president—excuse me, my husband.

Updates on the suspected case of pneumonic plague in Siberia. 1. We still have no confirmation that this young researcher died of plague. 2. Again, the Russian government surely knows the cause, and likely has a genomic sequence. They are unlikely to share it. 3. There is speculation that such reticence, coupled with their fire-alarm response, is evidence of something sinister happening (bioweapon gone bad, etc.). At this point, that's a hypothesis but not much more. 4. The US sent a formal request for information to Russia (via a démarche). The request reminded Russia of its obligation to share information under international law. 5. Russia does not care about such obligations. 6. Pres. Trump stated that he and Putin have a call scheduled "very soon" to discuss the situation. 7. Will @realDonaldTrump stand up to Putin and demand transparency? History suggests he will not (Helsinki summit, NATO, Crimea, Ukraine, etc.). 8. Similarly, @who has also requested more information, citing Russia's obligations under the IHRs. 9. See #5. 10. WHO is also trying to get clarity around reports of a second possible case of pneumonia. Those reports are unconfirmed.

New: Urgent concerns about a complex drone attack ordered by Iran’s IRGC prompted the U.S. to move B-1 bombers from RAF Fairford. The drones were part of a multifaceted plot to target the aircraft and kill American pilots, per officials: wsj.com/politics/national-se… via @WSJ

I just asked the President if Iran already had bought combat drones into the Uk. He said ‘I can’t tell you that but if they did they will suffer greatly.’

Scoop: I have heard from a source familiar with the RAF Fairford story that the US feared a drone a attack similar to Ukraine’s Operation Spiderweb last year which destroyed 10 Russian aircraft. They fear Iran might copy the tactics and that drones might even already be in UK, hence abrupt departure of B1s.