If this judge does not grant the request to order this probate judge in Mobile County to grant the marriage licenses. Its the same judge who just recently a couple of weeks ago said the federal constitution bars the state of alabama from denying marriage licenses to these couples. She did say that she couldnt find judges in contempt of court because they werent under her order. Thats the whole point of today. The defendant is now the one one of the defendants in the case is this county court judge. He comes under her jurisdiction. I would be very surprised if she doesnt order him to grant licenses. The whole point here the judges in alabama dont have any choice here because its the federal constitution that compels them to issue licenses and its Supreme Court over the state constitution. Theres another big story were following today in the justice world, fbi director james comy doing something unusual, how he has spoken about race and policing. I recently listened to a thoughtful big c
We begin with this breaking news. Troubling developments out of yemen. Rebels have seized u. S. Vehicles and military weapons that were left behind by American Embassy personnel at the airport just hours after the u. S. And u. K. Suspended Embassy Operations and evacuated staffers out of the capital city of sanaa. Yemen has been batting chaos since rebels seized control of key government facilities and forced the countrys leader to resign. There are major fears that rebels will enter the u. S. Embassy within the next 24 hours. Lets get the latest from cnns chief National Correspondent jim sciutto. It seems unimaginable to me that the marines would just leave their weapons behind jim. They didnt leave them on purpose. They were confiscated from them by the Houthi Rebels who control the airport as marines and rest of the remaining u. S. Embassy personnel left. You now have the u. S. Embassy in yemen closed and really a departure as they leave showing the instability on the ground there.
He goes on to say he is confident that he has not broken any laws or done anything dishonest. The escalateing media frenzy has reached the point of no return. He says he will step down next wednesday morning 10 00 a. M. Local time. He is 67 years old. He spent what feels like a lifetime in politics in oregon. He was on his way to becoming the second largest serving governor in the history of the United States if he had finished out his current term. That would have been 16 years in office. She a hes a democratic. He was elected for the fourth time in oregon recently. He is nope for his work on health reform. The rollout in oregon of obama care was a disaster. For the past several months kitzhaber has been in trouble in relation to his girlfriend. Specifically pay to play plans. If she was paid while in his administration and serving in an unofficial capacity as the states first lady. That lead to a state criminal investigation and a demand from the states largest newspaper that he resi
The first lady. Inappropriate president ial behavior in the time of global chaos. Thanks obama. Lets talk live in the cnn newsroom. And good morning. Im carol costello. Thank you so much for joining me. We begin with disturbing new developments in the war on isis. As hundreds of u. S. Troops in the path of advancing militant fighters. Just a short time ago isis seized the town of al baghdadi in Northern Iraq and then immediately unleashed mortars and rockets on al assad airbase fewer than ten miles away. More than 300 u. S. Troops are there. Theyre training iraqi forces. Those iraqis have pro felled waves of suicide bombers trying to breach the airbase. U. S. Troops have called in for reinforcements. Phil black is in Northern Iraq. He joins us by phone to tell us more. Hi phil. Reporter hey, carol. The information on the ground its still a bit patchy. This is very much an unfolding situation. Certainly local Security Forces on the ground iraqi Security Forces on the ground in al baghda
Thats seen heavy fighting over the last 24 hours ago. Concern, it is very close, just a few miles from an air base where there are hundreds of American Military personnel involved in training. Iraqi army air fighters there. It is increasingly an area of iraq where isis has maintained military momentum over the iraqi army over the local sunni rip tribesmen that have been trying to stop the advance. This is also getting very close to the iraqi capital baghdad. Meanwhile, across the north of iraq where the kurdish fighters have done a much more effective job, they reported over the last 24 hours, theyve come under significant fire. They think this is part of the isis tactic to attack them on multiple fronts in order to distract them. Distract them from the main strategy which is most big city in that isis still holds. Please be safe. So from what phil is telling us with isis on the move whats going on here in the United States . Congress and the president are going back and forth on the l