Of a network trying to get over there and join these militants in syria. Now, if their plan did not succeed to join isis they also had plans to carry out terrorist attacks here in this country, perhaps attacking trying to kill the president of the United States or fbi agents and Police Officers. Its a very serious complaint against these three. And this is a really interesting case in several respects because the fbi and the National Security division of the Justice Department have been looking to see if there are any indications of networks trying to get these people these recruits over to syria. And they havent found it. This case presents that exact fear that theyve been wondering, theyve been expecting to find. Two of these all of these men are residents of the United States. But two of them are citizens of uzbekistan. One is a citizen of kazakhstan. But i take it they were legal residents in the United States do we know that . They are, wolf. And whats interesting, too, according
And plane explosive. New evidence in the bombing of an airliner. Suspects are seen handling a sophisticated laptop bomb used in the attack. Were they later targeted to keep them quiet . Wolf blitzer is on assignment. Im brianna keilar. Youre in the situation room. Breaking news. Donald trump is threatening to sue ted cruz for, quote, not being a naturalborn citizen if cruz doesnt stop his negative ads. Trump is also questioning cruzs faith, asking how he can be an evangelical christian when he is so dishonest. That comes as cruz and other candidates appeared in an evangelical forum in South Carolina. Perfect timing for cruz to drop a campaign ad that features a former erotic film actress. Thats right. Meantime trump is taking heat with his steady stream of vulgarities. Hes promising to drop the foul language. That may be put to the test shortly as he holds a Campaign Event that were standing by for. Hillary clinton and Bernie Sanders got on the trail today hours after trading potshots
Speech movements ago. Blasting the administrations failure to say radical islam was behind this attack. Dr. Ben carson on that in a moment. First to chief spell generals correspondent Catherine Herridge on the hunt for new information. Catherine, get us up to date. The fbi director also confirmed there were three 911 calls, and they began a half hour into the attack. Mateen called and hung up. He called a second time and spoke briefly. And then the dispatcher method the third call, calling him back. He said he was doing this for the leader of isil, who he name, and pledged loyalty to put also claimed solidarity with the perpetrators of the Boston Marathon bombing and solidarity with a florida unanimous who died as a suicide boehm are bomr in syria. The fib director said there are strong indications the attack was inspired bay foreign terrorist group, though the call seems to confuse the issue because mateen linked him both to isis and al qaeda. The fbi did run a full tenmonth investiga
Department brought Gordon Soundland the u. S. Ambassador to the European Union from speaking to three house committees informing him of that Decision Just hours before he was scheduled for a deposition today. Ambassador sondland is among the three diplomats who exchanged potentially damning Text Messages about a possible effort to leverage the government of ukraine last summer. And according to republican senator ron johnson sondland told him over the summer the release was contingent on ukraine pointing a prosecutor who would quote get to bottom of what happened in 2016. House intelligence chairman adam schiff made clear the administrations stonewalling represents obstruction of justice to him. The failure to produce this witness, the failure to produce these documents we consider yet additional strong evidence of obstruction of the constitutional functions of congress, a coequal branch of government. In a tweet this morning the president took personal responsibility for the decision
But i gotta say this, not all arabs are muslims and not all muslims are arabs. Yeah. And im not trying to be condescending when i say that. Because i suffered from that when i was growing up. I didnt know. I had a friend who was palestinian. And she was like, im a christian. Im like, youre an Arab Christian . What, did you convert . Shes like my familys christian. Im like, how did that happen . Because jesus is from the middle east. Oh, yeah, good point. He was, was he . My name is w. Kamau bell. As a comedian, i made a living making humor in parts of america i dont understand and now im challenging myself to dig deeper. Im on a mission to reach out and experience all the cultures and beliefs that add color to this crazy country. This is the united shades of america. Whether america as a whole wants to talk about it or not, america has always had heros who are muslims. Muhammad ali, kareem abduljabbar, and malcolm x are examples of the best of us. Theyve been held up as quintessential