For healthy food. A small explosive device has been thrown from a bridge to a peer in bangkok a day after a huge bomb exploded in the city center. [explosion] at least 20 people are known to have died in mondays explosion which went off next to a popular shrine during rush hour and Police Released images of a man they suspect in connection with the bombing and the pictures were captured by closed circuit cameras in the area and we are live from bangkok and do we know anything more about the suspect, wayne . No, we dont. The Prime Minister of thailand did make a very brief statement several hours ago when he was asked about that footage. He said that the person in the footage appears to be the man but the quality is poor and requires further investigation and what he said at the time. He has since been in a Cabinet Meeting the Prime Minister and made a statement after that to the nation where he spoke about the need for the nation to be united but he did not make any further mention in
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, ambassador. Hes been a great friend forever, a great leader of the rjc and a man with enormous courage he cochaired my finance campaign when i ran against mario cuomo when no one thought i had a chance to win. To everyone here at the rjc thank you for what do you. You are a critical wing, element of the republican party. Let me be very blunt. Without you we dont win elections. Without you america wont become the great country it can be in the 21st century again when we win the presidency in 2016. [ applause ] i want to start this morning by commenting a little on the San Bernardino tragedy of yesterday. We dont know the circumstances yet for sure whether or not it involved terrorism or not. We do know it was a horrible, horrible planned assault. But let me tell you what else we do know. We do know that the Boston Marathon bombing was carried out by radical jihadists here in america. We do know that the ft. Hood massacre of our soldiers was carried out b
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
Junk bonds too. Well discuss whether this aversion to ris sk a red flag now or perhaps a sign of capitulation. A minor bounce this morning even with the big selloff in asia last night. Up 162 for the peak for the dow now up 135 points. All the other averages higher as well. The nasdaqs up 30 right now, trading at 4,365. And the s p has come back quite a wit bit from lows of last night, now up 16 points at 1,926. Rich peterson from s p capital iq. Monica meda. Bill willis from princeton securities. And Rick Santelli as well. Ben willis, lets start with you on this crazy market day. Is there any doubt now that this market is influenced greatly by geopolitics . I hate to start off this way, but i dont believe its geopolitics. I think geopolitics is part of the fuel thats triggering the currency markets, which is really whats been driving the Technical Levels of this market. We hit 1,890 on the s p futures this morning, a critical line that happened to be 4 00 a. M. Before most of us were