Approach in confronting them. I think it is a major varsity team and if you want to use those kind of monikers but i have seen nothing that compares with its viciousness. They crossed the border into iraq before we even knew it happened. So, yeah yeah, this is a group of people who are extraordinarily dangerous and they will kill with abandon. Iraqis will fight but there has to be a policy and a strategy to implement that policy. I think it starts with an understanding that this is a direct threat to the United States of america. Joining us now, retired Major General bob scales, fox news military analyst. General scales, you just heard senator john mccain who is on the Armed Services committee saying the iraqis will fight but the iraqi army weve trained has been pretty much pushed all over the place by isis. What is going to change that . Well, probably nothing, at least not for the short term, jon. Theyre having enough Trouble Holding on to baghdad and the shiacontrolled areas theyre
Hello, and well come to those of you watching from all around the world and right here in the united states. Im errol barnett. More tense moments in ferguson, missouri. But so far, the situation there is remaining much more peaceful than in previous days. What youre seeing there is a minor scuffle from a few hours ago. We expect captain johnson, we dont know for sure, but we expect him to come out and explain and give his break down of how the Police Officers performed tonight. And we will take you there as soon as it begins in moments. So we both sat here and watched after what appeared to be a peaceful day of protests in ferguson, missouri, for a slight home. Things did appear like it was going to get just as bad as weve seen it. Yeah, but as soon as the sun goes down, the tension is increased. And of course we went and we saw that. And were looking at people on ground there. This is from earlier, of course. But until that point, the police had been very much less confrontational. Th
Power. I am mercle nevill in for jenna lee. And i am in for jon scott. The islamic terrorist have been largely winning so far. The spokesman for the iraqi army said Security Forces broke a two month long siege of a northern town. This comes after a series of u. S. Air strikes in the area. 15,000 shi eats have been surrounded by isis militants. Here is the latest, douglas. What can you tell us about the strike . Reporter iraqi forces aided by u. S. Air strikes brought the two month siege of the town where they were surrounded by isis forces and allowed them to have humanitarian aid from the air and bolstered by u. S. Sere presence, more iraqis are joining Government Forces in the fight against the sunni insurgents and president obamas hesitation to go into syria against isis is drawing criticism. This is a direct threat to the United States of america and one of the biggest we have ever faced. I was astounded when the president of the United States said that the world is always been mes
First place . Wolf blitzer is on assignment. Im brianna keilar. Youre in the situation room. Our top story, three americans held by north korea issue a plea for help. North korea eased its extraordinary secrecy enough to give cnns will ripley unprecedented access to the three detainees one of whom is serving hard time at a labor camp. Will ripley was working on several stories when officials suddenly gave him the chance to meet with the americans. Heres his report. Mr. Bae, will ripley with cnn. This is a moment we never expected during a cnn trip to north korea, officials take us to a secret location for a surprise interview with kenneth bae, the american missionary is serving 15 years hard labor for what north korea call achristian plot to undermine the government. Can you tell me about the conditions at the labor camp in. Condition in labor camp is im working eight hours a day, six days a week and working agricultural work to other hard labor, that is required to do every day. Do yo
A 5yearold cancer patient is removed from a british hospital by his parents prompting a Massive International search. The family is found and now the parents are under arrest. Find out why this hour. First up, we begin with the threat of dangerous weather conditions for millions of americans today. People in the plains states and midwest in particular are facing a threat of hail and damaging winds and even a few tornadoes are possible. In the south, theyve already seen some very nasty weather. There was flooding in louisiana especially around the lake charles area where they broke a rainfall record. Streets, cars and even a bus were flooded. Jennifer gray is in the cnn Severe Weather center. Thats a lot of water. You warned of that yesterday. We were talking about it yesterday morning. They broke a daily rainfall record in lake charles. 7. 87 inches of rain in one day. Thats a lot of rain. This is how it played out. The bulk of the rain fell over the lake charles area. We did see isola