Officials say they disrupted an imminent attack, that was being plotted against the u. S. And western interests. Were going to have complete coverage of this throughout the morning. Lets get to the pentagon with correspondent Barbara Starr what do we know . The u. S. Picked its targets very carefully. Hitting what mattered to isis the most. Overnight, u. S. And partner nations carried out 14 intense strikes against isis strongholds in raqqa, syria, and other northern cities. The attacks destroying or damaging multiple targets, including training compounds, headquarters, and command and control facilities and briefly knocking out power in the region. U. S. Forces launching tomahawk missiles from land and sea. Bombers, drones and fighter jets continuing the assault by air, including an f22 raptor. A new air force tactical plane that can conduct airtoair and airtoground combat with near impunity. The air strikes targeting key isis positions, including the city of raqqa, where they are ess
Allegations resurfaced. One thing hes not doing talking about those accusations. Im michaela pereira, john berman is off. We have those stories and more ahead at this hour. We start, unfortunately, with an act of pure evil. Thats what president obama is calling the beheading of u. S. Hostage peter kassig by isis terrorists. The inhumanity and brutality on this video posted by ie vision too much to take, frankly. I shows kassigs head, the feet of a man seen in previous videos whos become known as jihadi john. Peter kassig is now the fifth westerner to be killed by the terrorist group. This video, however, is different. It shows only the aftermath, the grim aftermath of kassigs beheading. For the first time, the speaker identifies where he is standing with the victim. The video also shows beheadings of other men. Now the timing is crucial here. It comes as u. S. Officials are suggesting they could send more Ground Troops to iraq. In this latest video, the narrator taunts president obama
Good evening. Im erin burnett. A deadly assault. New video of a fierce battle just 140 miles outside baghdad. The video released by isis showing the terrorists using american Armored Vehicles including humvees. The militants killing many iraqi shoulders, graphically displaying their bodies. Also in the video. A man seen giving spiritual encouragement to a suicide bomber before he heads off on his deadly ending. Cnn is also learning that in addition to isis fire power and heavy equipment, the group is leaving behind a trail of ieds and land mines. Its troubling in light of the american plan defensive on the isis strongholds of mosul. The plan leaving open the possibility that u. S. Ground troops could be involved. Ben, let me show something in this video to everyone watch. That american humvee. It shows isis using american weapons. We have seen many of their videos of american cars. Where are they getting all this equipment . Reporter initially, they had a real bonanza when they drove t
Sell their organs. Is that true . Plus more evidence isis is pushing into libya as the group vows to conquer rome and with the terrorist madmen potentially only 300 miles away from the shores of sicily italy saying it fears an isis invasion. Good afternoon. Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. We begin with our world lead. We are waiting on president obama. He is set in just minutes to lay out his vision on combatting extremism everywhere violent extremism. But as the president zeros in on hearts and minds, the war against isis the actual war, the one being fought with guns and bombs, that rages on. Overnight, u. S. And coalition fighter jets bombed 16 targets, 14 in iraq just as Kurdish Forces were fighting off an onslaught from the terrorists outside the city of erbil. Today, a u. S. Defense official told cnn syrians could soon be the ones calling in the strikes. The pentagon will equip moderate Syrian Rebels with gear that would allow vetted fighters to call in the coordinates for a
Lets figure out what happened yesterday. A flurry of responses, tweets, editorials, opeds. Donald trump we were highly critical of him because of what he said in the press conference insulting the u. S. Intel, patriots attacking former president s. Attacking the free press. But then we went on to the speech and despite the horrid writing of the first 20 minutes of the speech, there seemed to be some significant markers laid down for traditional alliances in europe. What was your take away from the day yesterday . My take away, joe, was donald trump halfway towards his traditional allies. It really was both sides of trump. Defiant disrupter, a little bit of us against the world in his tone. Attacks on the news media abroad as we kept saying yesterday, how odd to go to foreign summit and attack your domestic critics. But then we saw in the speech something fairly traditional. As i reread it after the show, i have to be honest, i saw more of steve bannon and more of embattled western civi