warrant a certain respect even if you re going to disagree with some of their conclusions. one thing i should mention for the sake of the audience, accusations for julian assange are for sexual assault instead of just raining in legal term. not a minor, but certainly he is someone who has been under this cloud for sometime. i just wonder, is that an association, margaret, that donald trump wants going in? granted maybe by next week he ll have forgotten about it. but is that an association not only in term of the charges he s facing, but really the damage he s done to the u.s.? it s a really important question. when you look at donald trump s base which is sort of heart land voter, maybe southern u.s. voters, working class voters, on the one hand these are really patriotic people when you go to a donald trump rally. he says, what do you like better, made in the usa or made in america? everybody screams made in the usa. from that standpoint russia is not like russia or anti-u.s.
attack them in that part of northern syria. as one official said to me at the end of the day they are more anti-u.s. perhaps than they anticipated. so that strike coming a bit of a surprise. looking to embarrass the united states by attacking the rebels that the obama administration is supporting. i think what is so interesting here is that it may not layw lay the ground work for additional strikes in the area. what i was going to ask. what your sources are telling you at the pentagon. what you read from this in terms of the larger strategy by the united states in the region. what does this tell us? northern syria right now is a great question. northern syria where all of this is happening very much in the u.s. military cross hairs. northern syria is a stronghold of isis. two towns up there aleppo as
cleric awlaki. that was more than a year ago though, and even his writings anti-u.s. writings were from back then more than a year ago. in his recent past they are just not uncovering anything right now, anything that says look it. i i killed for islamic jihad or whatever. no clear motive. no clear motive. drew griffin, thank you. imagine this you re driving down the road. suddenly the radio switches channels and starts blaring. can t turn it down. that is andy greeneberg behind the wheel and writes for wired magazine and willingly put him in hands of hackers. hackers can gain control of some vehicles via the internet so greenberg put them to the test via this jeep cherokee and they took control from everything to
tonight, new clues into the mind of a killer who slaughtered four marines and a sailer. a friend of mohammad abdulazeez telling cnn that he spoke of isis and other terror groups. we re learning from sources that he may have left behind writings of what authorities are calling anti-american. could this be what s behind abdulazeez s opening fire on two military facilities? drew griffin is out front live in chattanooga. what are authorities saying about these writings? reporter: the first thing i need to tell you is they are not recent. some are more than a year ago, before he went to jordan. they contain writings according to our sources, that are anti-u.s., specifically anti-u.s. policy in the middle east.
we have new developments to report in last week s shooting rampage at the military faciles silts in chattanooga tennessee. investigators have recovered the writings of the gunman. a source says they date back over a year and reveal the anger and torment that were already taking hold. u.s. investigators are also looking to abdulazeez s mental state before he opened fire. his family claims evers bipolar. he was taking drugs and he was confused. just this morning cnn learned that writings that have been uncovered are consistent with someone having suicidal thoughts. the writings which date back to over a year ago include dissatisfaction with u.s. policy in the war on terror and other u.s. anti-u.s. sentiment.