In washington in today for Andrea Mitchell. . Just a few moments, the Pentagon Press secretary is expected to build upon the uncensored comments on isis weve heard this week from the president , the secretary of defense and the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff prompting new questions across the country about how far this administration will go to deal with the growing threat. Colonel jack jacobs is an m nbc military analyst and richard edge is along the turkey syria border right now. Let me go to colonel jacobs and this question. How do we square this circumstance . Were basically using air power in a limited campaign, although its continuing, against isis. At the same time, were hearing talk from the secretary of state, john kerry, that were going to crush them. Which is it . An all out war or a limited war . Limited war. Theres no way that the American Public is going to stand for a reintroduction of troops into the region. Theyve said it many times. Indeed, theres some indicati
I should be asking about that later in the hour. We will keep you posted. We are following breaking news as well. The Supreme Court agreeing to hear a new challenge to obamacare. You will hear this case. Justice correspondent Pete Williams has more on that. What can you tell us . The stakes are big here. The obamacare law said insurance bought through the state exchanges qualifies and the subsidy can be significant, but the law is ambiguous about whether they are bought on the federal exchange. 14 states have exchanges upon and running and nearly five million get their insurance on the federal exchange. The average premium is about 80 a month for them. Its 345 a month without the subsidy. Thats a very big deal. When the entire law is read as a whole, it clearly provides for the subsidies. Two appeals courts have weighed in. One said yes, the other said no. One of the decisions has gone away. The they agreed to grant said yes. The subsidy is available on the federal exchange. The stream
Way. We know the most recent reporting suggested there were four hostages killed there, but were not certain of that number. We believe there may have been as many as 10 or 12 hostages in total in the super market which the gunman took control of early in the afternoon when it would have been filled with shoppers. So, the death toll may be much higher. It may not be. French authorities have not given a final figure about that which is a little curious a little concerning. It has people here wondering when theyll know and what theyll find out. Its been an incredible day here of fastmoving developments that started early on with a carjacking in the north of france involving the kouachi brothers. Then a shootout with authorities, a chase, and then a hostage situation out of that Printing Company out in the industrial park. Hours later a supermarket is taken over by another gunman. Hostages are held. This goes on for several hours until simultaneous raids happen and both situations are bro
At least 17 french citizens were killed. Those attacks began wednesday at the office of the newspaper Charlie Hebdo. Late friday French Police raided a printing factory. The two were killed in the gun battle with police. Meanwhile, an associate of the suspects took several hostages at a kosher market in paris and he was killed as heavily armed police raided that shop. Four hostages died in that siege. Siege siege. French authorities are now searching for this woman. And the main synagogue in paris will remain closed today. It is the first time that temple has been closed on the jewish sabbath since world war ii. Lets go to more to Richard Engel on how it all unfolded. This tiny French Village suddenly became a war zone. At 9 00 local Maintenance Worker pascal heard helicopters overhead. His boss called him, he said to tell him to stay inside just doors from where the gunmen were holed up. But he went instead, to a nearby school. I gathered the children and helped usher them into classr
The Israeli military said it had deployed additional combat troops to the southern Gaza Strip, even as a growing chorus of voices demand an end to the.