Sure. Way to my hear, through my mouth. Big developments in the fight against isis. Right now defense secretary chuck hague and he will joint chiefs chair testifying on the hill as the u. S. Launches new strikes against the islamic extremists. Bombing isis positions near baghdad. Meantime, white house warning syria it had better not target u. S. Planes there. He appears to open the door to the possibility of u. S. Troops on the ground. Listen. My view at this point is that this coalition is the appropriate way forward. I believe that will prove true. If it fails to be true and there are threats to the United States, i would go back to the president and make a recommendation that may include the use of u. S. Military ground forces. In your opinion, are the pilots dropping bombs in iraq as theyre now doing a direct combat mission . Secondly, will u. S. Forces be prepared to provide combat search and rescue if a pilot gets shot down and will they put boots on the ground to make that rescu
congress woman gabrielle giffords was having a meeting with her constituents, a meeting with them to talk about matters pertaining to her district and that shots rang out. we understand now through confirmation from u.s. officials that lone gunman opened fire, shooting indescriminately and as a live witness on the scene, andrew gooden spoke to us, not long ago, she mentioned that she heard 15 shots ring out, i m losing my voice here, and those 15 shot ringing out, hitting three arizona staff members of gabrielle giffords and also hitting her point blank range in the head and sadly reporting that she has died from those wounds. jamie: and others as well. let s just mention that folks at home may expect that they would get every detail about what happened today. there were eyewitnesses, there were authorities on scene, staffers on scene, some of whom were injured in this, but from chad who works congress
time, but unlike a president, there s no secret service protection for a member of congress or for a united states senator. jamie: and congressman, we are going to be responsible and just report what we know and what we did hear from an eyewitness. yes. jamie: who was very close to the the scene, who said that when she started counting the shots she heard at least eight more, that the response of police and emergency personnel was within one minute, that there was a crowd, she thought, of at least a hundred people and that she did believe that someone responsible was actually attacked by the crowd, but all this have has to be confirmed by law enforcement. and so far, i m even looking at the congress woman s website and on that website, there is no mention of this incident or her involvement in it. at this point do you think that s the most and now it appears that we have pictures of the scene right now and we want to take a look at this, congressman and just take a loo