Good morning. Im martha raddatz. We begin with breaking news. Another horrifying execution video released by isis. The victim, a husband and father, british aid worker david haines. British Prime Minister David Cameron speaking just over an hour ago calling haines a hero and warning that the uk must confront what he calls the isis menace. Were covering all angles of the story this morning, and lets start off in the region with abcs alex marquardt. Good morning, alex. Reporter good morning, martha. The brutal murder of british aid worker david haines has been called by britains Prime Minister an act of pure evil. Isis says its retribution for britain joining the americanled coalition against the militant group, a growing alliance that the u. S. Has been working on intensely for most of the past week to confront the isis threat. David haines had only been in syria for a few days helping deliver aid to a refugee camp when he was kidnapped early last year. This weekend isis released a gris
Supreme court. The obsession with covering everything he says on twitter and very little what he does as president thats his preferred message of communication. The administration attempting to down play the importance of the president s tweets. The policy of the social media, chris. It is social media. It is not social media. It is his words. His thoughts. It is not a policy. It is social media. After tauting twitter as an essential part of the president s strategy for months. Donald trumps Social Media Platform is a powerful way for him to connect with the people. Also education kalating his fight with londons mayor, accusing him of offering a pathetic excuse when he advised london residents not to be alarmed by increased security in the city. Offering the scathing response when asked about mr. Trumps planned visit to the u. K. His policies go against
everything we stand for. Apparently on message when he tweeted out there was a big meeting today with the Republican Leadership concer
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
To remind us, they will not be in a kwoequote, unquote, combat role. Well, lets be clear about what these 130 advisers will and will not be doing. They are focused squarely on looking at the humanitarian situation on mt. Sinjar and developing options to potentially move people and relocate people safely from the mountain. As we know, dropping food and water is not a longterm solution for the tens of thousands of people on that mountain. So these u. S. Military personnel that have just gone in are assessing the best way to bring these people to safety, whether thats some sort of airlift, whether its a humanitarian corridor. Theyre looking at the options, theyll present them to the president and hell make decisions about the best way he can help do that will be. Joining me from washington, kimberly dozier, cnn Global Affairs analyst and from hanover, new hampshire, Daniel Benjamin, former u. S. Ambassador and coordinator for counterterrorism. Welcome to you both. Good to be here. Kimberl
Is it just about helping others or is it about 2016 . Hi, everyone. Its noon in the east and 9 00 in the west. Breaking news at this hour. The San Francisco area is bracing for potential aftershocks following the largest earthquake there in 25 years. The 6. 0 kweak struck at 3 20 this morning. Its affected thousands of homes and businesses. Joining me on the phone is brad aagaar dchl. Thank you for being with us today. Good morning. Give us a sense of how big this wake was compared to others in the past. This is comparable in size to the earthquake we had in 2004. Its considerably smaller than the loma prieta earthquake that happened in 1989. Its also significantly smaller than the north ridge earthquake and similar in size to the whit teaier earthquake happening in Southern California in 1987. Was there any kind of warning . No, at this point we dont have any information about shocks occurring before this earthquake and weve had the over 40 aftershocks following the earthquake. This d