Where four men have been arrested. The men all in their 20s and they were detained to islamist related terrorism. The world is on edge and the advance of isis and the u. S. Continue to lead a coalition against them. What will it take to degrade and destroy isis . Are they up to the task . Were mistakes made . Im joined by leon panetta and director of the cia and his book, worthy fights just released today is critical of the president s mideast policy and withdrawal of forces from iraq which panetta believes allowed isis to grow to the enemy we are seeing today. Welcome, mr. Secretary. Good to see you. Lets pick up on that. The withdrawal from iraq, should we have left troops behind . I think we would be in a much better position if we had left a presence in iraq of approximately 8,000 to 10,000. We developed a plan to do that and the president supported that. The problem we ran into is a that kept rejecting developing the sofa agreement and the status of forces agreement that we needed
Good morning, its friday, june 22nd. First Lady Melania Trump is back in washington this morning after making a surprise visit to texas yesterday. She got a firsthand look at the crisis laying out on the border. Now, the unannounced trip came a day after President Trump signed an executive order to stop the separation of children and parents along that border. In mccallen, texas, she visited a childrens shelter that houses 55 kids, most of them teenagers, only six of them have been separated from their parents. A spokesperson for the first lady said mrs. Trump wanted to see the situation for herself and that the trip was 100 her idea. The spokesperson also said the visit was planned before the president signed the executive order ending those separations. Im here to learn about your facility and i also would like to ask you how i can help to these children to reunite with their families as quickly as possible. All right. So mrs. Trump had also planned to try and visit customs and Borde
Legislation. This morning, trump tweeting out republicans should stop wasting their time on immigration until after we elect more senators, congressmen and women in november. Dems are just playing games. Have no intention of doing anything to solve this decades old problem. We can pass great legislation after the red wave. Just two days ago the president reportedly promised House Republicans that he would support them 100 and vowed he would not leave them in the wilderness. But the president s tweet risked stalling what little momentum that republican legislation had. It is also a dramatic reversal for an administration that spent days demanding action from congress. Congress and the courts created this problem, and congress alone can fix it. The president isnt trying to kick the can down the road. Hes actually trying to work with congress. Were going to be signing an executive order. Were also going to count on congress. We look forward to, you know, congress playing a big role in thi
Week signing that executive order ending his administrations policy on separating Migrant Children from their parents. But its still unclear how those children will be handled going forward. Meanwhile, in washington, the president back pedaled on a commitment to House Republicans that he would support their immigration legislation. This morning trump tweeting out republicans should stop wasting their time on immigration until after we elect more senators and congressmen and women in november. Dems are just playing games, have no intention of doing anything to solve this decadesold problem. We can pass great legislation after the red wave. Just two days ago the president promised House Republicans he would support them 100 and vowed he would not leave them in the wilderness, but the president s tweet risked stalling what little momentum that republican legislation had. It is also a dramatic reversal for an administration that spent days demanding action from congress. Congress and the c
Cnn newsroom starts right now. 5 00 a. M. On the u. S. East coast the man hunt is now over a suspect is behind bars. They caught an alleged serial bomber right there in the state of florida. Charge would sending explosives to mail to democrats and others. Cesar sayoc in florida is linked to 15 explosive devices intercepted since monday. They found his van cover would images of many of his intended targets and even though nonexclu nonexcluded the fbi said they were potentially lethal. 13 ieds were sent to various vunls throughout the country. Each device consisted of roughly six inches off pvc pipe a small clock a battery, some wiring and what is known as energetic material which is potentially explosive material that give off heat and energy through a reaction of heat, shock or friction. Though were still analyzing the devices in our laboratory, these are not hoax devices. One more pack nl was int interafter that fbi news conference, bring thing total to 13. For everything we know so f