Saying a likely vote on funding this next week could be tougher than first expected due to doubts about the strategy. Next, the New York Times reported that the arab governments in this region have given at best tepid support to the u. S. Plan. Egypt says its busy with its own problems. Jordan claims the same. Turkey says not to expect its support. Saudi arabia may let us use air bases, but maybe not. Even our european allies are far from reliable partners. Germany already said no to air strikes. And the uk said no too. And when pressed through us a bone, well maybe. On top of that the Washington Post reported today that president obama has rejected what was characterized as the best military advice from Central Command on how to win this fight. The top general who oversees this region advises a modest group of American Special forces to help guide the Iraqi Military as it takes on isis, which the president turned down cold. So where does that leave us . Joining me now, charles krautha
Challenge that remains is indeed daunting. Because the skill and professionalism of our military and the generosity of our people, we broke the isil siege on mt. Sinjar, we helped vulnerable reach safety and we helped save many innocent lives. Now, the situation remains dire for iraqis sungt to isil easter ror throughout the country. While our air strikes and humanitarian aid have had an impact on the situation in Northern Iraq, there is still no American Military solution to the larger crisis in iraq. Nobodys doing highfives here at the pentagon because there are fewer people on the mountain than we thought. And theres no happy dances here because we think the situation is better there on the mountain. We understand that there continues to be human suffering. Yeah, so how much suffering and how bad is it still there . Because were getting a lot of conflicting reports about how many people are still left on that mountain. We put together some of the latest statistics on all this and th
Some hawkish republicans are saying a likely vote on funding this next week could be tougher than first expected due to doubts about the strategy. Next, the New York Times reported that the arab governments in this region have given at best tepid support to the u. S. Plan. Egypt says its busy with its own problems. Jordan claims the same. Turkey says not to expect its support. Saudi arabia may let us use air bases, but maybe not. Even our european allies are far from reliable partners. Germany already said no to air strikes. And the uk said no too. And when pressed through us a bone, well maybe. On top of that the Washington Post reported today that president obama has rejected what was characterized as the best military advice from Central Command on how to win this fight. The top general who oversees this region advises a modest group of American Special forces to help guide the Iraqi Military as it takes on isis, which the president turned down cold. So where does that leave us . Jo
Were killed . There were 21 of them kidnapped in december and january south of the libyan capital of tripoli and they were taken by militants there. There has been some extremist militant activity. This is the birthplace of the former leader Moammar Gadhafi and weve seen that for some time now. These egyptians come from i am pof verki am pofimpovershed towns. Weve seen so many attacks in the past on egyptian christians and with the fall of the gadhafi regime but nothing as shocking as what we are seeing. Weve talked and youve covered this part of the world and how really surprised about this happening in libya . Absolutely no surprise brooke. Weve seen this happen over the years since the fall of the gadhafi this country has gone into a situation of chaos, its awash in weapons. Militias fighting for control, different agendas at play there. And during all of this time porous borders, no law and order so it was perfect setting for extremist groups to set up camps in libya. Weve seen the
Belgium prosecutor, that these two guys on the lefthand side of your screen in the black, they probably were killed as they detonated their explosives. These are the suspected suicide attackers. We also know as far as those injuries go that there were americans among the injured. At this hour, at least 30 people were killed. That number is expected to rise with almost 200 people injured, many of them still fighting for their lives. We do have video and the immediate aftermath of the bombing. And just listen, you can hear the panic as the smoke fill ed, all the action here at the airport, take a look. This happened right around 8 00 in the morning there local time in brussels. As hundreds of wouldbe passengers filled into the main checkin hall and then from the airport, just about one hour later, another explosion. A child crying. This is the maalbeek station, downtown brussels, shrieks echoing through the pitch black train tunnel as people run towards safety. Smoke billowing out into t