And russia in ukraine. Im joined by Chris Jansing. Good morning. Lets start with isis. Good morning. Yeah counterterrorism was the big focus this morning. And the special guest, as theyre being called were the leaders of tunisia, nigeria, and as you said iraqi Prime Minister. Obvious obviously, hes key to the fight against isis, and hes essentially come asking for more help. He says he needs additional assistance, and the white house made it clear even before the start of this g7 that that would not be forthcoming. No announcements will be made here. He did get some good news from british crimePrime Minister David Cameron who said the uk will send about 125 more trainers to help with the iraqi army. Remember, this is the first time that the president and abadie have seen each other since the comments from defense secretary carter that he didnt think the Iraqi Military was showing, quote, a will to fight. Also the announcement since no new aid, and i guess there was an awkward moment wh
More about the prison employee that investigators have been questioning. Shes allegedly told them that she was helping the inmates run, but then she got cold feet. Heres anna werner. Reporter its been five days since david sweat and richard matt escaped, and authorities now believe they could be heading for vermont. Vermont governor Peter Shumlin information suggests that they thought that new york was going to be hot, vermont would be cooler in terms of Law Enforcement. On reporter tonight, we haveld joy learned that 51yearold joyce mitchell, a prison employee,rs told investigators she wase tw supposed to pick up the two inmates after they escaped, but she had a panic attack and went to the hospital instead. After she was released she told investigators of her involvement in the escape plan. Investigators believe she mayas also have assisted in acquiringmate the tools used by the inmates to break out. En n she has not been named a suspect. The two murderers have been on the run for lo
But today its also important, very important to remember and honor the victims. Including the slain officer who got married just about two weeks ago. Truly a sad day for our nation, the latest chapter in an absolutely horrifying series of events. This week like so many times in recent history the nation watching videos of black men being shot by police on back to back days. A woman claiming to be johnsons aunt telling nbc news none of this should have happened. She responded, quote, i think you know the answer. Its due to how america is face ed with blood being spilled. I think a person can only take so much. Last night started as a peaceful demonstration as a reaction cooperating together. Then it turned to shear chaos. Assist, shots fired. Code 3. Stay off the radio, officer down. All s. W. A. T. Officers on channel 2. Code 3. Market lamar, shots fired. We have got to get them out of here now. Right now. Get them here. We believe hes in el centro building. I think they have up on the
Just arrived in poland for a nato summit, made a lengthy statement to the press shortly after landing, urging us as a country to do better. Last night black lives matter and other protesters gathered in Peaceful Demonstrations in cities across the country. Then in one of those peaceful protes protests, in dallas, just 24 hours ago, all hell broke loose. During a march in Downtown Dallas, shots rang out in what we now know was a targeted attack on police. Five officers were killed, seven were founded, two civilians were injured. After an hours long standoff, Police Killed the suspect with a robot originally designed to disarm bombs. But there was widespread confusion about whether there may have been more than one shooter and whether others were in custody or still at large. President obama gave a second statement just hours after his first one, this time about the virks, calculated and despicable attacks in dallas. Today a man accused of a shooting rampage on a tennessee highway early
Police officers, you are doing a disservice to the cause. Also today we are marying from the family of one of the thursday nights victim. I spoke to the mother and sister of officer patrick samaripa killed in the shooting. We are just normal every day people. Patricks just a little kid from the neighborhood. Things like this dont happen to people like us. This is a wonderful family and much more from that interview in a few minutes. And how does the city of dallas move forward. Well ask the citys mayor make rawlings when he joins us live in a few minutes. Here in dallas as the Investigation Continues into thursdays mass shooting, we are learning more details about the shooters disturbing behavior leading up to and during that shooting. Nbcs tammy lietd ner joins me now in dallas and it is almost unbelievable in adding horror on to horror. The details come oulgt today are really astounding and one of the big things is Michael Johnson wrote in his own blood the initials r. B. In the park