The first time. They bring with them legal, military or intelligence experience as boehner explained in this interview. What i try to do is find people who have worked on this investigation and others who frankly had not, but bright, energyic, and people committed to getting to the facts. Chairman trey gowdy and susan brooks are former federal prosecutors. Martha roby and pete roskman. Jim jordan who sits on the judiciary and oversight committees. I dont want theater or a side show. I want the members of this committee to find the facts for the four families who lost their loved ones and the facts for the american people. After the closed door meeting, Committee Members offered little to reporters. Its going to be a factbased inquiry and get as many facts as we can. The Democratic Leaders have three choices. Their focus on the Affordable Care act has run its course. Now they have to find Something Else to talk about. Claiming two of the victims families dont want a select committee, pe
Thousands of american troops back into iraq or afghanistan or anywhere else. Were not going to be spending trillions of dollars. I think it is going to take more hand air strikes to drive them out of there. At some point somebodys boots have to be on the ground. An american pastor imprisoned in iran coming up on two years in prison because of his faith. Isis and other extremists are threatening him. Well talk to his wife who stood before the white house this week to plead for help. Is the administration listening. Im shannon bream. We begin with a fox news alert on a key u. S. Ally in the war on terror in the middle east. Now in yemen hundreds of protesters are demanding shiite reb militia leave. The capital city has been in chaos since the rebel group seized much of the city last week. Chief washington correspondent james rosen is following the story for us. Shannon, good afternoon. Yemen is hailed by the Obama Administration as a model of counterterrorism success. Yet the capital san
A saudi king dies and a deadline passes. Chaos and confusion in the middle east. Yemens president resigns and a power vacuum takes hold. So the question now is what happens next . Who does the u. S. Deal with. America cutting Embassy Staff. I think we ought to get our people out. I dont want to see a hostage situation. And saudis King Abdullah dies. The succession is going to be very important. A key ally. The 90yearold leader laid to rest. He was probably the most progressive and liberal minded king of saudi arabia since the early 1970s. This morning new concerns about the stability of the volatile region. And fate unknown. Two japanese men held by isis. Kenji is not an enemy of islamic states. Pleas from a mom this morning as a deadline passes. There are serious fears here in tokyo that perhaps isis never really intended to negotiate. A tense and delicate situation playing out on the world stage. Lets talk. Live in the cnn newsroom. And good morning. Im carol costello. Thank you so m
Financial crisis. More of our kids are graduating than ever before. More of our people are insured than ever before. For all that we have endured, for all of the grit and hard work required to come back for all the tasks that lie ahead, know this the shadow of crisis has passed and the state of the union is strong. The president also pushed his much talked about tax reform plan which democrats already know is unlikely to make progress through congress. The plan would give tax relief to middle class families by leveraging new tax increases on the wealthiest americans. And lets close the loopholes that lead to inequality by allowing the top 1 to avoid paying taxes on accumulated wealth. We can use that money to help more families pay for child care, send kids to college. We need a tax code that truly helps working americans trying to get a leg up in the new economy, and we can achieve that together. Now onto Foreign Policy. Some critics noted that the president s speech made no mention o
East including to the United States homeland the exact words of president obama sent in a letter to the United States Congress Today along with a formal request to grant him sweeping war powers to fight isis. In just a few hours, the president will speak to the American Public indeed to the world about his proposal which limits operations to three years. It allows limited use of Ground Troops and does not restrict a battlefield to only iraq and syria. For more on all of this lets bring in our white house correspondent, Michelle Kosinski and our chief Congressional Correspondent dana bash. Michelle this authorization, this language that the president submitted, hes seeking requests powers to fight isis terrorists without an enduring offensive combat role. Those are his words. So what exactly is he seeking . Reporter thats open to interpretation to some point, isnt it . Thats the language that was put in there. Thats really the biggest limitation included in this request for the authoriz