Forcing an almost unimaginable alliance. After severaling tie morse than 35 years ago, source says the u. S. Is making overtures to iran with president barack obama writing Supreme Leader ayatole. Jim sciutto has details. Reporter the communications have been necessary because the u. S. And iran are now operating in the same spaces against a common enemy, isis. As a result, quote, accommodations must be made indirectly, this official said. This includes airspace management so that u. S. And iranian aircraft do not conflict while carrying out military operations in the same airspace. The u. S. Is also reaching out to iran via the white house. President obama addressing a led to the Supreme Leader last month, saying that the u. S. And iran have shared interests in fighting isis. But the prospects for cooperation hinged on resolving the Nuclear Issue. Obviously we understand that they have concerns about the threat of isil which they have expressed as well, but i would not look at it as a
We are following two major breaking stories. Despite rough seas and dangerous weather conditions searchers now have recovered 30 bodies from the wreckage of that airasia jet that crashed. Crews also discovered more parts of the airliner including what appears to be one of the window panels. However, whats become of the black boxes, that is still a mystery. Also breaking president obama is punishing north korea including top individuals in kim jonguns government for the cyber attack on Sony Pictures. We have correspondents and analysts standing by. Here in the situation room and around the globe. Lets begin now with cnns senior white house correspondent, jim acosta whos traveling with the president in hawaii. Tell us about these sanctions and just how much of an impact theyll have. Reporter brianna, taking care of a serious piece of business at the end of his vacation here in hawaii president obama is turning up the heat on north korea in response to the cyber attack on sony. The Obama
Attacked. Four marines killed. And we now anyhow their names. Lance corporal wells, skip he was called. Staff Sergeant David wyatt. Sergeant thomas sullivan. He earned two purple hearts only to have his wife stolen here at home. Lets get to cnns justice reporter evan perez. There was the chairman of the House Homeland Security agency saying they know of no link to isis or any other group. Is there a way to hash out whats going on . Infbi saying not so fast. Theres a lot of work left to be done. They do are looking at the possibility that this was isis inspired. The obvious choice given how much attention weve been giving to isis in the last year or so. The fbi says that at least at this point, there is no indication yet that this was inspired by anything other than by this gunman himself. We know that he travelled to jordan last year according to the jordanian government. He carried jordanian passports and travel documents but he was not a citizen, he was a citizen of the united states
We also know he can be seen as the strong and bold, also weak and fearful here. Explain whats going on. Reporter well, i think Donald Trumps the only one that can tell us exactly whats going on here, but its clear that this is a gamble in many ways. Were in a state thats known, you know, for farming, and this was, in effect, him playing a game of chicken with both fox news and ted cruz. Donald trump, though, by making this statement, effectively freezes the race, if he doesnt show up for this debate, freezes the race where it is right now. We can put up new numbers that show exactly where it is, these numbers now from monmouth. A month ago, donald trump was trailing ted cruz in the state by roughly five points. Now this latest poll from iowa shows that he is up by roughly seven points. No matter what, we know this is going to be a tight race, but clearly, the momentum has appeared to be on trumps side in recent days. It also sort of solidifies, cements the narrative that donald trump i
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