Report. We begin with a fox news alert. Apparent conflict in the Obama Administration over how to characterize its military strategy against isis. The white house and pentagon now declaring that we are, quote, at war with isis, just one day after secretary of state john kerry called any military action a, quote, major counterterrorism operation, believing the word, war, he said, is the wrong terminology. Meanwhile, the terror group currentsly controls an area the size of maryland in iraq and syria, committing untold atrocities and displacing millions of people. Molly henneberg is live in washington with the latest. Molly . Reporter today president obama did not call it war, but said the u. S. And its allies need a, quote, targeted relentless Counterterrorism Campaign against isis or isil. The islamic terrorist group. American military power is unmatched, but this cant be americas fight alone. The best way to defeat a group like isil incident by sending large numbers of american combat
Been ordered to be removed from the u. S. By an immigration judge. Lets go over to michelle kosins kosinski. What are you picking up. Reporter well, theyre saying nothing about it. They have referred us to the department of Homeland Security and theyve put out a statement. Theyre not giving us any more detail but theyre not denying what has been reported by the Washington Post. These are families who have not been in america very long. Theyre recent arrivals and theyve already been determined by a judge to be ready for deportation. As the administration sees it, they would be deported anyway. Heres the statement that Homeland Security security is putting out. They focus on individuals who pose a threat to National Security, Public Safety and border security. Our border is not open to illegal immigration and if individuals come here illegally, do not qualify for asigh lum or other relief, they will be sent back consistent with our ideals and our values. So this is getting some heat alre
Saying, quote, for the first time, im worried about the president. For the first time, im worried for him. Flynn pleaded guilty to lying when interviewed by the fbi last december about his conversations with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak. The top snick the russian sanctions that the Obama Administration slapped onto russia in response to meddling in the president ial campaign. Flynn lied about his conversations with the Russian Ambassador specifically about whether hed asked the russians to refrain from escalating their response to the obama sanctions. Court documents say that on december 29th last year, flynn called a senior transition official who was with other members of the team at mr. Trumps Maralago Club in florida to discuss what, if anything, to communicate to the Russian Ambassador about the u. S. Sanctions. Nbc news is not able to report who that senior official is, but the Court Documents also reveal an important detail about another one of flynns communications with fo
Plan tomorrow. The senate adds a twist to theirs ahead of that. They have now taken out the obamacare individual mandate. In the past hour the Senate Democratic leader chuck shumer went on the offensive against that proposal, putting forth by his republican colleagues at a rally on capitol steps. Watch this. A done now with the tax bill what they did with healthcare. In both cases, now its the same bill. Taking money away from the middle class and working peoples healthcare so they can do tax cuts for the rich. Shame on them. Shame on them. Harris my first guest is a member of the gop leadership team. Senator, welcome. If you want to get democrats attention you did it with wiping away the mandate of obamacare. Tell me why you did this. Well, there are things that we wanted to accomplish through the tax reform bill harris, that getting rid of an unpopular, tax even the architect of obamacare said the individual mandate has failed. It just doesnt work. It does tax lower income americans
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