Im Frances Rivera. We start with the hunt for isis that intensifies. The pentagon increasing spy flights over syria. Drones looking for isis soldiers, weapons and training camps. On the political front, the president mobilizing a coalition of allies in case air strikes are needed. Its clear by word and action that the president , the head of the joint chiefs of staff, the secretary of defense thinks we need to engage militarily, but they ought to describe what the military mission is and what we would hope to achieve. It comes as reports an american with an allamerican name died fighting for isis. Douglas macarthurmccain. And hes not alone. The fbi says since june, 100 americans have joined isis inside syria. Nbcs tracie potts is live in washington for us. Tracie, good morning. Reporter good morning, frances. As you said, weve got americans on both sides of this, and now new overnight, an interview with a relative of that american who was killed, that american who the government says w
Reporter ari, carlesha spent several hours in the hospital. And she was released to her family and went back home to philadelphia. This tragic ordeal for this woman ended here in this parking lot in maryland. Police say they tracked the suspects car here and found him and carlesha inside. This ended a multiple state manhunt for devlin barnes. Police say he has a long, violent criminal record and it say peers she was a random victim. This story captured the nations attention because of carleshas violent abduction was captured on surveillance video. Police also released a series of videos, one which showed the suspect using his victims atm card. The suspect is now in custody and is expected, he will not return to pennsylvania immediately. Virginia authorities want him there where he is charged in another crime, an unrelated kidnapping and attempted murder. The best part of this story, however, is police say it was Good Old Fashioned Police Work that led to them finding her in this car in
Work wi wants to work on the new Republican Senate and congress. He will still issue on congress. It is like waving a red flag in front of a bull if you guys dont do what i want, im going to do it on my own. Will the president be waving that red flag. Joining me, white house chief of staff, dennis mcdonough. What about the drubing that the president took and his intention to proceed on immigration . Is he talking about taking it in small pieces that can be agreed to or is he talking about signing a sweeping executive order that would be that red flag . Well, you know, i think the president answered this pretty well and pretty comprehensively yesterday. The way i see this, we, as countrymen are talking about how to fix the broken immigration system now for 15 years. The recipe to fix it has largely been the same over those 15 years. We just havent had Congress Getting it done. I prefer to see the president s action on this as a catalyst for action in the congress. After we are able to t
Im peter alexander. This is the daily rundown. In the wake of this weeks midterm maelstrom, president obama acknowledged that Election Night was a, quote, good night for republicans. But he didnt promise any changes to his style, his policies or his staff. I think that every election is a moment for reflection. And i think that everybody in this white house is going to look and say, all right, what do we need to do differently. But the principles that were fighting for, the things that motivate me every single day and motivate my staff every day, those things arent going to change. Tomorrow, the president will meet with an expanded group of congressional leaders from both parties at the white house. Potential areas of compromise, a plan to fix crumbling roads and bridges, perhaps Corporate Tax reform, but the president made it clear he does not plan to compromise on a number of contentious issues including his promise to use executive authority to act on immigration before the end of t
Do we know how much that group has been degraded since the attacks began . Well, it was certainly degraded in the opening salvo because they launched dozens of cruise missiles at those targets, but theyre not eliminated by any stretch of the imagination. And, in fact, the operations in syria, while they are have put isis back on their heals temporarily, theyre far from being defeated to the point that secretary hagel issued a memo and sent it to the white house saying, look, the u. S. Strategy of air strikes only in syria is just not working. Jim mimiklaszewski, always a pleasure. Good to see you. Now the day after tomorrow, the question is what happens now. From the white house to capitol hill, Speaker Boehner will address that question for the first time in front of cameras as late as this afternoon. As for the president , ahead of his meeting with congressional leaders tomorrow, his focus before the new year is on immigration action now. What im not going to do is just wait. I think