Secretary of state john kerry lobbied turkey today to join the International Coalition aimed at destroying the Islamic State group in iraq and syria. Kerry pushed turkish leaders to join the fight against is. Something that theyve been reluctant to do publicly. But kerry said that turkey is committed to fighting terrorists. Turkey and the United States will stand together against ail challenges in the region including all terrorism. Within the coalition there are many ways that turkey can help in this effort, and we will continue our conversations with our military and other experts spending time to define the specific role that turkey will play. Meanwhile, the c. I. A. Believes the Islamic State group may have more than 31,000 fighters. Al jazeeras jamal al shayal looks at how the group has been able to recruit so many. Reporter theyre well armed and well financed across Northern Syria and iraq. But its their brutality that has made them notorious worldwide. Now America Intelligence A
Good morning and welcome to the Mayors Office and city hall as we are here to celebrate the visit of mayor coreen mac from the sister city zurich and ten years of friendship between our cities, it was then that willie brown and mayor gerber, did i say that correctly . Signed the original mlu which created the special bond of friendship between the great city of zurich and the city of San Francisco and we are honored to have mayor machere and i am mark chan ler director of international trade. First of all Everybody Knows mayor lee and corinne bach our guest from zurch and james and the cochairs of the Sister Committee and mr. General andreg and we like to recognize juliana muler the mayors partner and thank you for being here mayor has been in office since 2009 and Great Success during her time as mayor and as americans we can kind of claim a part of her because she was born in iowa city, iowa. So she is actually a good midwest girl. Here on the west coast of the United States and we w
Americans we can kind of claim a part of her because she was born in iowa city, iowa. So she is actually a good midwest girl. Here on the west coast of the United States and we welcome you as a joint citizen of switzerland and the United States. I would like to turnover to the mayor mr. Ed lee. Thank you, mark. Thank you, good morning, everyone and thank you for being here to witness this extension of our fantastic relationship with zurcih and with switzerland and we just finished the good introduction and you will find that mayor mach has not been back here for over 43 years to San Francisco so, we have to talk about things like chocolates and Swiss Bank Accounts and before we got on to the things that we have been creating in the last 40 years. But, i want to just personally welcome mayor mach and her partner and to San Francisco, and again, thank our counsel general for being a wonderful counsel general to keep this relationship strong. And again, thank our sister city leaders, luca
Tax cut and its a big speech, important speech. We cover immigration and for many years, for many, many years theyve been talking immigration and never got anything done. Well get something done. Sandra the big speech tonight comes amid a whirlwind in washington as the House Intel Committee votes to make that classified memo on alleged obama era surveillance abuses public. Bill peter doocy is live on the hill. Byron york and Chris Stirewalt standing by. We begin with kevin corke to kick off the hour. You are right on the money. Final preparations underway for this evenings address right here at the white house. Now you may have heard yesterday during the afternoon at some point the president did rehearse over in the map room and were told he will once again rehearse here at the white house. Even as speech writers continue to tweak some of the finer points of this evenings address. The president will focus on five major points, jobs and the economy, immigration, infrastructure, National
The u. S. On the Nuclear Battlefield as the negotiating table. We have reaction from seoul. First we start off with john roberts on what has been called a nuclear deer john letter from the president. It was a dear john letter that only the president could write. One holding the promise of reconciliation but there is a threat to burn your house down if you dont behave. President i have decided to terminate the plan summit in singapore. President trump sited anger and open hostility in recent statements from north korean officials. President many things can happen. A yate opportunity lies ahead potentially. I believe this is a tremendous setback for north korea and indeed a setback for the world. What killed the deal was a statement from the north korean kep utility foreign minister. He said that north korean was ready for a nuclear to Nuclear Showdown with the u. S. If talks failed. She called pence stupid and a political dummy. As the president made clear, this will only end like the l