Good afternoon, everyone, im jake tapper, welcome to the lead. The most powerful people in the United States government in a single room right now. The dilemma before them, how to respond to the chaos seizing iraq . The top four members of congress could emerge from the white house any moment now after a private meeting with the president on iraq. The president weighing his options for days now on what action to take, if any, against isis, the Islamic State in iraq and syria, but we know exactly what the Iraqi Government would like the u. S. To do. Deliver death to the terrorists from the air. I suspect first of all, we have a request from the Iraqi Government for air power. We do . We do. Do you think its in our National Security interest to honor that request . It is in our National Security to counter isis wherever we find them. A video posted on a jihadist website has called for attacks on u. S. Embassies if the the u. S. Drops bombs on iraq. There are a loss of potential targets t
Now, the appearance of it, sure, to people who dont understand how these things work, it could be problematic. With some editorial pages demanding the Clinton Foundation be shut down, is the press right the clintons created the appearance of a paytoplay environment or are journalists just cherry picking. They jump on donald trump for toning down rhetoric or deporting immigrants as he and his team insists he hasnt changed his position. One of the biggest policy shifts or flipflops or whatever you want to call it between the primary and general. He says the laws are wonderful diminished by bush and obama obama, i dont want to change any of it. You have to question did he ever mean it . I think the answer is probably no. I just wonder why donald trump and others who go through the process of evolution and their campaigns dont get credit for doing one thing people say they should be doing, being thoughtful on the issues. Should the media be portraying trumps new language as a flipflop . An
To people who dont understand how these things work, it could be problematic. With some editorial pages demanding the Clinton Foundation be shut down, is the press right the clintons created the appearance of a paytoplay environment or are journalists just cherry picking. They jump on donald trump for toning down rhetoric or deporting immigrants as he and his team insists he hasnt changed his position. One of the biggest policy shifts or flipflops or whatever you want to call it between the primary and general. He says the laws are wonderful diminished by bush and obama obama, i dont want to change any of it. You have to question did he ever mean it . I think the answer is probably no. I just wonder why donald trump and others who go through the process of evolution and their campaigns dont get credit for doing one thing people say they should be doing, being thoughtful on the issues. Should the media be portraying trumps new language as a flipflop . And how should they handle the nast
Highland high school in palm dale, california. We have been told by the l. A. Sheriffs department as well as the l. A. County Fire Department that they are responding to reports of a man with a gun, and the Fire Department is saying they are responding to shots fired. What we know from people on the ground this is coming from an eyewitness, a 17yearold student of Highland High School, on his way to class, we understand that classes start at this school at 7 30 in the morning. First calls coming in at around 7 05 in the morning, saying he was walking to school and he heard gunshots, so he turned around and went home. He thinks, according to holman, that this is still an active shooter situation, because he has friends still hiding in the library. We should note that we spoke to another witness who says that there is notably bad cell phone reception in this school, so it is hard to really get a sense of what is going on there. But cnn also spoke with ricky munoz, 23 years old, older brot
Welcome to early start. Im Alex Marquardt in for dave briggs. Im christine romans. Radio silence after lawmakers getting briefed by the justice intel officials about the confidential source in the russia investigation. It is not clear if the standoff with the House Republicans and department of justice is diffused or about to erupt. Two briefings and hours of talks with no clarity from the house chairman devin nunes. He is threatening to hold Deputy Attorney general Rod Rosenstein in contempt for not turning over documents which the source said he did not get. The allies claimed the fbi used a confidential source to spy on the Trump Campaign. The source was not a plant. The briefings on thursday included an appearance by a trump staffer which was questionable. More now from justice reporter laura jarrett. Reporter a surprise appearance from the white house lawyer and now many more questions about what comes next as the president s lawyer Rudy Giuliani essentially says the team needs to