First wave was a flurry of tomahawk missiles launched from air carriers and then followed by jet fighters. And it is a goal to retrain and command the fighters. And the u. S. Is the only nonarab member of the coalition, and sources tell cnn that five countries took part of the operation, saudi arabia, bahrain, jordan, qatar, united emirates, and the support is greater as they learn that the goal of isis is to topplek is you lar governments and control one strong state from aftera ka to the east and beyond. And one big surprise, the u. S. Expand expands the mission in the very first hours and goes it alone to target an al qaeda offshoot operating in syria. The pentagon says the group, khorasan, plotted an attack against the u. S. And interests. They targeted a weapons factory, a Communications Hub and command and control facilities within syria. Wolf . Clearly, carol, this is a major u. S. Led operation. We have our team of reporters and analysts across the globe. They are all standing
Also in world news, he either just got the only copy of the breaking bad box set or something is really wrong. Where in the world is the dear leader of north korea . Good afternoon, everyone. Im jake tapper. Welcome to the lead. We begin with the world lead, breaking news just in to the lead that the u. S. Government now believes that some of the leaders from the al qaeda cell in syria bent on attacking u. S. Airliners, the group known as khorasan, those leaders may have survived air strikes earlier this week and may still be plotting. Meantime, as has been the case all week, we are on the lookout for new air strikes that could happen at any moment over iraq and or syria. In the past 24 hours, u. S. Central command says american fighters jets and drones launched ten new air strikes against isis and some of the targets may have looked familiar to the pilots. Why . Well, they were hitting American Hardware that was stolen by isis during its rampage across iraq. Your tax dollars blowing u
Americans convicted there of crimes. He had been awaiting charges for leaving a bible in a nightclub. The timing here is curious. And were going to talk about that. But first, here is confirmation of the release from the white house. To confirm jeffrey foul is on his way home to rejoin his family. We certainly welcome the decision from the dprk to release him. While this is a positive decision, we remain focused on the continued detention of kenneth bay and Matthew Miller and again calling to immediately release them. A whole lot of ground here to cover, including what this signal from the super Secretive Nuclear armed north korean government could possibly mean. Let me bring in north korea expert gordon chang to walk me through some of this. To some, you know, here we are in the dark of night as we mentioned the release. Seemed to have happened totally out of the blue. But you say you expected it. Why . Well, the North Koreans did not want any of these to die in their custody. And cle
Dramatic word pretty much of a surprise, out of the blue, all of a sudden, the North Koreans allow a u. S. Plane to come to pyongyang, pick up this american and fly him out on his way to guam right now. Tell our viewers in the United States and around the world what we know. Reporter well, wolf, its certainly surprising timing. Its 2 00 a. M. In the morning here in south and north korea. So just a few hours ago, we understand, that a u. S. Plane did go and pick up Jeffrey Fowle, this american tourist who was arrested a number of months ago this year when he was accused of leaving that bible in a place where he was staying. Now, he had been accused of hostile acts against the regime, certainly any unstate sponsored religious activities are banned in north korea and are come down on very heavily. Weve seen it with at least one other american citizen as well in kenneth bae. Theres a diplomatic flurry of activity against north korea. The foreign minister has been traveling around the world