Starting to look like a desert. The greek Prime Minister handed a second mandate by voters and initially elected to oppose austerity measures and now he is voted in to do exactly the opposite, the scale of his partys triumph is much bigger than expected but Barney Phillips says the task ahead is a daunting one. Reporter gave him a Second Chance and Alexis Tsipras savered the moment and lost the struggle with grease creditors and forced to accept more austerity and he survived a Party Rebellion and yet he appears to have emerged almost as popular as ever. Translator i want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for this great victory, for this clear victory, we gave a tough and difficult fight and today i feel vindicated because the greek people gave a clear mandate for us to continue to battle in and out of the country, to raise up our peoples dignity. Reporter this is a night of triumph for Alexis Tsipras he is the dominant force in greek politics but in the months to come he must i
Always, well have analysis on all of this from an allstar panel. 60 years of news because this is face the nation. Captioning sponsored by cbs schieffer good morning again. We begin with the news from overnight. The Washington Post reports that top officials of the secret service ordered officers who the the post says are part of a squad that patrols a perimeter of the white house to leave their posts and drive to Southern Maryland to check on thensecret Service Director Mark Sullivans assistant who is having trouble with her neighbors. The post says these trips took place over a twomonth period in 2011. The secret service told us this morning they happened only over a 4th of july weekend when the president was not at the white house. Sullivan has since retired as secret Service Director but said in a statement to the post that the secret service has always taken seriously threats made against employees. Even so, the post says the agents involved were so concerned about being pulled aw
Court in another case, a surprising turn. Im wolf blitzer. Kro youre in the situation room. Lets get right to the breaking news. U. S. Jets strike in syria at khorasan. That comes amid growing concerns that a new terrorist supergroup is being formed in a merger among isis and al qaeda factions. The leader of isis is back days after reportedly wounded in an air strike. The audio message calls for the group to defeat its failure and will face destruction. Standing by, our correspondents, analysts, newsmakers, including the head of the u. S. Military retired anthony. Lets begin with the u. S. Air strikes against an al qaeda spinoff which was targeted at the tart of the u. S. Air campaign in syria. This comes amid a concern of a merger between the faction and isis. Lets go to our pentagon correspondent Barbara Starr. What about these air strikes are you learning . There have been now a third round of air strikes against the socalled Khorasan Group in al qaeda. This is a hardcore al qaeda o