Determine whether or not there are actually command and control structures in place that may provide some evidence to substantiate the claim that isil was involved in these attacks. At this point there is no indication that there is an operational link but that is still being investigated by our National Security professionals. But there is no doubt that the kind of extremism that is a part of isil is endemic in other places in the country in the region. What we are seeing at least in this case we are seeing extremists try to capitalize on the chaos and instability inside yemen to carry out these acts of violence. Were covering all the angles of the breaking story. Nick patton walsh is standing by in beirut. Paul crook shank is in new york. Rick francona joining us from california. Here with me in washington our counterterrorism analyst phil mudd. He sits on the National Intelligence council and the board of the National Terrorism center. Nick let me get the latest information from you
Line in confronting isis and its savagery. As a nation, were united and when people harm americans, we dont retreat, we dont forget, we take care of those who are grieving, and when thats finished, they should know, we will follow them to the gates of hell until they are brought to justice. We will not be intimidated. Their horrific acts only unite us as a country and stiffen our resolve to take the fight against these terrorists. Those who make the mistake of harming americans will learn we will not forget, our reach is long, and justice will be served. It is our responsibility, the president , the Vice President , mine, all of us, to do everything we can to stop this now because it wont just recede into the gray recesses of history until we stop it. The latest barbarism from isis, the killing of the second american, seems to have ramped up the calls for taking action against the terror group. What action and at what cost . A representative dutch ruperberger is the top democratic on t
Its high noon here in the east. Welcome to weekends with alex witt. New today, the uk says its warplanes have taken off for the countrys First Combat Mission against isis. Its just one day after parliament approved air strikes targeting isis in iraq. Its happenings a u. S. Warplanes hit a syrian town near the turkish border. Kelly joins us. How big a part is the uk playing in the fighting . Reporter so far its limited. Six tornado jets will be going up today. So far two have taken off from a base in cyprus. Theyve returned from that mission. They went along with a fueling plane. Were not yet sure what that mission was about, whether they performed any air strikes, whether they launched any missile strikes over iraq. Were still waiting to hear from the Defense Department on that. They have been performing surveillance and Reconnaissance Missions over iraq over the past six weeks. Its only after yesterdays vote in parliament when they were actually Going Forward with air strikes, alex .
soldiers lost their lives in the iraq war. hello, everyone. i m arthel neville. i m eric shawn. reports coming in of ramadi and the daring operation by u.s. special forces that killed that top isis commander. the boots on the ground raid conducted under the cover of darkness on saturday near the eastern syrian oil fields that isis seized. lawmakers are praising the raid. live in washington with more reaction on the raid. hi doug. reporter: hi eric. as you said the raid was daring also risky and an apparent unqualified success. delta force commandos were inserted deep in syria at night. the fighting was said to be hand to hand at a few points. the target isis money man who oversaw the terrorist group s finances and profits of oil and other means and also killed at least three other high-ranking isis leaders and fighters and some of whom used women and children as spur of the moment human shields. a wife survived the attack and taken to a secure location in iraq for interr
off barcelona in route to dust sell doppler germany. the conversation between captain and co-pilot. it was a normal chatter. almost joyous,. 10:27 a.m. the plane reaches 38000 feet. at this time the captain steps out of the cockpit leaving the co-can-pilot in charge. it seems sure that the co-pilot made the most of the pilot stepping out of the cockpit. two minutes later things go horribly wrong. the co-pilot locking the pilot out of the cockpit. dropping the plane nearly 4,000 feet per minute. i believe voluntary action, one to the entrance to the cockpit. two, to start the command to lose altitude. the captain frank particularly trying to get back in the cockpit desperate to save the plane and passengers. the co-pilot refusing the entry. continuing to send the plane on collision course with the french alps. dropping 32,000 feet in just 8 minutes. at the end of the black box recording sudden and chilling screams from the passengers on board. you only hear the s