INTERVIEW — LT. COL TONY SHAFFER – a CIA trained former senior intelligence officer and the New York Times bestselling author of ” Operation Dark Heart.”

• PARIS ATTACK: ISIS issues statement claiming an Islamic State “fighter” carried out attack on Champs-Elysees in Paris
• Trump: Tehran Not ‘Living Up to the Spirit’ of the Iran Deal. (Fox News) — President Trump said Thursday that Iran is “not living up to the spirit” of the nuclear deal struck under the Obama administration, warning that his team is analyzing it “very, very carefully.”   The president made the comments during a White House press conference, a day after Secretary of State Rex Tillerson announced a “comprehensive review” of the nuclear deal. Even as the administration this week formally certified that Iran is complying with the deal’s terms, Trump said Thursday that Tehran is not doing enough. “They are doing a tremendous disservice to an agreement that was signed,” Trump said. “They are not living up to the spirit of the agreement.” The president did not go into specifics, and left open the door to whether the administration might scrap, uphold or try to revise the Obama-era agreement. “We will see what happens,” Trump said.
• NORTH KOREA: (The Sun) – The announcement ominously warned the regime would “reduce America to ashes” and added: “Don’t mess with us.” But US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson appeared to tone down America’s stance and said it is looking for ways to “bring pressure on the regime” to “re-engage”. The latest insults come just one day after footage emerged of a bizarre North Korean musical in which an American city was destroyed by North Korean nukes.