Another u. S. Air strike in Northern Iraq. There are new fears 48 hours after officials warn a terror attack there is highly likely. Back at home, lawmakers sounded off on the threat posed by isis. Democrats and republicans worry the administration is taking too long to act. I think ive learned one thing about this president. And that is hes very cautious. Maybe in this instance too cautious. There have been plans on the table. The president just did not want to get engaged in any way. That is a decision. That is a policy. That is a strategy. And its not working. We cant wait forever. And the longer we do wait, the stronger isis becomes. More people and more america and britain become at risk. Kristen welker is at the white house. You heard them say president obama is too cautious. What is the administration approach going to be moving forward on this isis threat . We know president obama is working with the pentagon, his National Security team to develop a strategy for dealing with is
No fight and no violence during that. Here is what happened. They were doing a grid to grid search. What theyve. Doing for the last 48 days. Very calculated. Very organized search when were told the Law Enforcement happened to surprise him outside of this flight hangar. They say he had some weapons inside but they said he was outside at the time. He didnt attempt to return inside. He followed their command, dropping his knees. A few minutes ago he was arraigned in court on charges including firstdegree murder. Right now prosecutors say they plan to seek the death penalty. They say that today is really the beginning of justice for the family of that slain trooper, for the family of the wounded trooper, and the wounded trooper, of course, as well as the community as whole who have been living in a state of fear and unease for the last 48 days while the hunt has been ongoing. I can imagine the Community Feels such a sigh of relief. In other words, you know, even schools that have been clo
A 15yearold High School Student open fire on his classmates. The spree ended yesterday morning when he turned the gun on himself, but not before killing one of his classmates and critically wounding several others, and now there are reports he is related to some of the classmates he targeted. Theres a possible shooting. Moments before students sprinted out of the high school, Austin Taylor was in the cafeteria with a classmate. All of a sudden i saw him stand up and pull something out of his pocket, and at first i thought it was somebody making a really loud noise like with a bag, and then four more, and then i saw kids falling like they were dead. Tweets, dont go towards the cafeteria. Three dozen teens huddled in a room with their math teacher. The principal came on and said this is not a fire drill, we are in lockdown. Ambulances took the injured to a nearby hospital where 25 doctors responded to the hospital. Another person that was hospitalized with less serious injuries. We have
Unpleasant Campaign Rhetoric is going to hold. How much tension will there be in that room. How much will they be able to accomplish. There are some things they know theyll move forward on. Theres a trillion dollar spending bill they need to fund the government after december 11th. The president has asked for more money to fight ebola. Those are the kinds of things theyre going to get done in the short term. In the longterm, as you know, there are a couple of issues including immigration and obamacare that are going to be more difficult. Yeah. Absolutely. And weve heard some really tough talk, chris, from both sides going into the meeting about changing washington. Obviously its not going happen at a lunch. But from the white houses point of view, did you get a sense from mr. Mcdonough any sense on the term comprise what its going to mean . I think weve heard unanimity from Dennis Mcdonough and the president on wednesday. They feel a sense of optimism. Its a sense they kind of need to
This is the daily rundown. We begin with octobers job report. Another strong sewing for the u. S. Economy. 214,000 jobs were added last month. The Unemployment Rate ticked down to the lowest its been in two years. September was revised up as well to a total of 256,000. There were job gains across the board. Business services up 37,000. Retail up 27,000. And health care added 25,000 jobs. Hampton, break it all down for us. What do you make of these numbers . What are the headlines . The main headline is that tickdown to 5. 8 unemployment. Beyond the other revisions and headline numbers you mentioned, there were a total of 683,000 additional folks who got jobs in october. Thats the highest monthly increase since november of 2013. The socalled youth six or total Unemployment Rate is now down. Those two numbers in particular say if you add it up, theres foundation in place for stronger growth in the months ahead. Year to date, our averages for jobs over the last three months, 224,000. Year