Steps on the issue was part of last Years National Defense Authorization bill that president obama signed. While obviously her work is not done, i am hopeful we can build up some of these initial changes which included one ensuring that all convicted offenders in the military are processed for discharge or dismissal from the armed forces regardless of what they serve in an second remove cases dismissed from the immediate Commanding Officer in Sexual Assault cases which is one of the issues we will look at today as to whether we need to remove such authority entirely from the chain of command and place them in a process. We live to the combat ban that prevents women from serving in many combat positions that can lead to significant promotion opportunities that open door for more qualified women to excel in our military. We have increased diversity and top leadership positions improving response from leadership when it comes to responding to Sexual Assault. We passed an amendment introdu
Spreading across the country where houthi s, who control the capital and areas of the north are advancing south into the Third Largest city taiz. The unrest pushing the u. S. Military to pull out following the evacuation last month. Isis claiming responsibility for this Suicide Attack on two mosques on friday. More than 130 killed hundreds more injured. We are seeing extremists trying to capitalize on the instability inside yemen to carry out these acts of violence. Reporter the nation now in an especially perilous position caught between the houthi violent rivalry with the sunni terrorists al qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. Now, growing concerns the u. S. Withdrawal is a serious blow to the counterterrorism mission. Without the good intelligence starts plots, against the homeland without that intelligence we cannot effectively stop it. This region home to offshoots. The terrorist organizations, responsible for plotting several attacks against americans, including the 2,000 attack on t
Perth, australia, for us. Erin, whats the latest . Hi, kate. Search teams have carried out some 133 missions, but still theyre coming up empty handed. All eyes on this ocean shield in thises race against time as they are trying to detect more black box signals before the batteries run out. Today silence, after an Australian Navy ship detected these audio signals over the weekend. The pings possibly related to flight 370. There have been no further contacts with any transmission. Reporter Australian Authorities refining the search area today, zoning in on a 30,000 square mile stretch located 1400 miles northwest of perth. Thats about a third of the size of their previous search zone. We are throwing everything at this difficult, complex task. Reporter those resources include todays 14 ships and 14 aircraft. Now on day 32 of the search those reconnaissance teams racing against the clock as the batteries powering the planes beacons have now exceeded their 30day shelf life. The experience
The clock is ticking to the end of the 72hour ceasefire which is set for friday morning local time. Now a report out of lebanon says that egyptian officials are suggesting an extension until sunday morning to allow more time for talks. Theres still a question about whether or not the israelis have even arrived in cairo despite the fact that many in the media have reported that. Lets bring in reza sayah from cairo where the negotiations are set to take place. Reza, what are you hearing about whether or not the israelis are there, and have any talks actually started yet . Reporter the israelis are here, jake, but fullscale talks have not gotten under way. We just spoke to a palestinian delegate who is part of the negotiating team in cairo, and he tells us they have yet to make communications with egyptian officials today. He expects that to happen sometime within the next several hours. The israeli team did arrive here last night and the ceasefire seems to be holding so the stage is set
Flight coming into ft. Lauderdale. He had a checked gun in a bag. Then loaded it in a bathroom in the airport. He came out shooting in baggage area terminal two. The gunman has since been identified as 26yearold Esteban Santiago. He had a military i. D. The sheriff on the scene say hes being grilled by the fbi and homicide detectives. No motive if he acted on his own or other accomplices. The Ripple Effect is clear and why. 2,200 flights already delayed. Extra security at airports across the country including those in the new york metropolitan area and miami. Phil keating right now in ft. Lauderdale with more. What have you learned . Broward county sheriff, scott israel, saying the latest here is that he doesnt know, cant say definitively whether or not this shooting of five people dead an an additional eight wounded, taken to the hospital, 13 people shot in total was an act of terror or not. Regardless, without that decision or conclusion, it was absolute panic and terror here for at