Reporter thats right, michaela. He was briefed by members of his National Security team. Thats hours before his daily president ial brief chging which takes place late morning. So clearly they believe this information, this news about this attack in france rose to the level to alert him ahead of time especially noteworthy since it was of course an American Company. President obama spoke on the phone with president hollande. They were speaking about spying allegations at that time. But during that phone call the two leaders did talk about shared tlaetsshare ed ed threats. You know there are a number of serious terrorist incidents dotting the globe this morning. Isis is claiming responsibility for a deadly explosion at a shia mosque in kuwait city. There are multiple casualtyiescasualties. We are learning much more about an attack in tuneisia on tourists. According to the ministry of interior it is unclear how many guests have been killed or injured, but there are reports of 13 victims.
Plane, that search zone is now narrowing. We will take you behind the scenes. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. Lets begin with the breaking news. President obama speaking out at a white house summit on countering violent extremism, telling a gathering of Global Leaders the full force of the United States will be used to defeat isis. The president also defended his decision not to call the war against isis a religious conflict saying and im quoting him now, we are not at war with islam, we are at war with those who have perverted islam. We are covering all angles this hour with our correspondents our guests including the Armed Services Committee Member the iraq war veteran congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard. But lets begin with jim acosta. Jim, tell our viewers what the president just said the main message he was trying to deliver. Reporter wolf i think the headline here no doubt about it is that president obama defended his decision not to use terms like islamic extremism or isla
Remember, these are people who just moments before were enjoying bastille day, the equivalent of the fourth of july, fireworks by the sea and shots fired reportedly by the driver of the truck who got back behind the wheel going block after block hitting as many people as he could. French media now putting the number killed as high as 73. So weve just gotten these images of the aftermath. They come from video that we turned into still images and tried to take the color out because otherwise theyre simply too graphic to show you. Again, we are only showing this very sparingly. What we will be doing throughout the next few hours is bring you everything we know and everything we are learning minute by minute. All were hearing from authorities and intelligence sources and our team of experts. Cnns Becky Anderson is reporting developments from paris and jim sciutto is reporting out of washington. Becky, first of all, we go to you. Whats the latest . Reporter the latest, im afraid, is that th
New york city. A big welcome to Melissa Francis back here in americas newsroom. Melissa i love that, i love money. Bill weve got the next three hours together. Speed to have those on women numbers, im so excited be here. Im Melissa Francis in today for sandra smith. President trump telling some he was ready to be rotella ready to create down my grip ready to retaliate. Decided against it when no one was killed. A resolution to rein in his military authority. Heres what President Trump had to say about that. The United States military eliminated Qassem Soleimani and ended his rampage. And yet now i see the radical left democrats have expressed outrage. They should be outraged by soleimani savage crimes. In fact, countless victims were denied justice for so long. They are all trying to say, how dare you take him out that way . You should get permission from congress they want us to call can you imagine calling crooked adam schiff . We like to set up a meeting so we can discuss this execu
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