Together at all keep an eye on each other. Let me throw in a word of caution about philanthropies. Baltimore is the home of several, three very large philanthropies, also the scent of innumerable experiments in urban reform since the great society. Is also the center of in the nonpolitical sense after another to those philanthropies were just as unaccountable as government. It turned out they went from failure to failure. Sometimes not criminally but right on the edge of criminally. Not intentionally enough because people were mean characters, just because they were to get things done in baltimore. Baltimore is the only city ive ever been in i went to a highend party and there were drug dealers at the party. This was before the wire, by the way. Finally, i just want to say part of the reason that pastors are so important in terms of citizenship is that we have some in the country would you dont think people recognize, and thats not just nonreligion can not just people not being religio
Pentagon where they are holding a News Conference live from on the to give an update operations there in the fight against isis. This morning live from the pentagon, waiting for the briefing to begin with Stephen Norton on the work of the combined joint has force Operation Inherent result. Expected to start shortly. The hill reporting u. S. Military is drafting a new emeritus for isis war. Kristina wong reporting u. S. Military seeking to craft a new narrative for the work and see Islamic State in iraq and syria in part to push back on the growing perception that president obama does not have a strategy. Also on the dods website, the u. S. Department of defense writing them instructing isis targets in syria and iraq through this operation, inherent resolve u. S. Coalition military forces continuing to attack Islamic State, including five drone strikes in syria and 12 fighter strikes in iraq recently coordinated with the government there. Good morning and happy holidays, everybody. Morn
Every constructing, rebuilding, and refitting the iraqi army. So now, they are outfitted with modern american equipment, modern conventional training, and of course, supported by this devastating air power. What are some exact examples. Number one, probably the most notable is the crossing. They came to iraq to train the iraqi bridging battalion of how to do bridging operations. This is complex. This is grownup work. This is advanced warfare. I dont know that we have seen a bridging operation in the middle east conducted by middle east armies since the 1970s. So this is advanced warfare, advanced technique at any rate. They use those techniques to bridge the canal, a canal off the Euphrates River, gain a foothold in southern ramadi, and pushed into the center of town. Additionally, we have seen some good work in the combined arms breaching set. The iraqis in an effort to breach the ied minefields that isil has set up along the southern approaches into downtown ramadi. Again, this is ad
The search has Gone International for accomplices. Turns out the car that was driven to the bataclan concert hall was rented by a belgian citizen. The police picked him up yesterday. He was trying to get back into belgium from france. Theyve also arrested three other men from a suburb of brussels which is known to be a home to islamic radicals. And at least one of them say the man was in paris on the day of the attacks. People wonder why the Intelligence Services didnt pick up chatter on these attacks. They were relatively complex, they involved a lot of people, some of whom are dead, some of whom are clearly alive. The fact is the Security Services here have been completely overwhelmed. Not only have there been french citizens whod gone to syria to fight and have been coming back who have to be thoroughly checked out, of course in the last few months there have been hundreds of thousands of migrants flooding into europe in and the Security Services frankly have been very worried that
We have a series of reports starting in paris with elizabe palmer. Reporter hundreds of people whod gathered near the locations of fridays attacks suddenly bolted tonight. For a few minutes they were convinced the nightmare was starting all over again. They dove for cover anywhere that looked like a good plple to hide. Even the police went on alert. But it was a false alarm. And its still not clear what started the panic. Nsion is high, espececlly after the police today issued an International Arrest warrant for a suspected terrorist whos still onhe loose. Salah abdeslam from belgium is one of three brothers thought to be involved in the attacks. Hes suspected of running logistics. Anrenting a car that was towed away from near the bataclan concert hall for forensic testing. The policeceave also identified some of the seven dead attackers. They include abdeslams Brother Restaurant customers in central paris then blew himself up. Akbaq abdul hamad attacked the football stadium. He was 25