Tacit support for a who in bolivia and the countrys huge reserve were going to discuss all that more coming up all right its time to shoot your looms i. Told you the latest hitler tap battle between the United States and china now includes the closure of consulates in each country with officials accusing the other side of being in the wrong this as questions surround the future of the u. S. China relations and the massive trade deal between the 2 countries parties rachel blood is joining us from the newsroom with the latest details on this rachel. China announced it china now as it has moved to close a u. S. Consulate in the country southwestern province and days after the u. S. Issued an order to close chinas consulate in Houston Texas for some very trying as Foreign Ministry says the responsibility for the latest escalation lies entirely with the u. S. And he accuse the trump ministration of violating international law. The premises of the chinese consulate general are National Prope
It may be the most deeply personal cause on president obamas agenda and led to some very powerful moments today at the white house ceremony that ended just a while ago. The president delivering a powerful speech and drawing on his own background, growing up without a father, the president launched a program called my brothers keeper to keep young minority men in school and out of jail and put them on the road to success. I explained to them that when i was their age, i was a lot like them. I didnt have a dad in the house. And i was angry about it, even though i didnt necessarily realize it at the time. I made bad choices. I got high without always thinking about the harm that it could do. I didnt always take school as seriously as i should have. I made excuses. Sometimes i sold myself short and i remember when i was saying chris, you may remember this. After i was finished, the guy sitting next to me said, are you talking about you . I said yeah. And the point was i could see myself in
We start with big cuts over at the pentagon. Were awaiting the arrival of the defense secretary, chuck hagel, and the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, general martin dempsey. Theyll be laying out the details of the new proposed pentagon budget and the cuts. Youre looking at live pictures from the Briefing Room over there at the pentagon. Once they come in, well go there, well hear what chuck hagel has to say. The New York Times is reporting that under this new proposed budget, the u. S. Army will be cut to a level not seen since before world war ii. That means a drop to around 450,000 active duty soldiers. But the new budget is also expected to protect critical programs like cyber warfare. The old strategy was to have enough military strength to fight two ground wars simultaneously. Thats changed with new directives and now with a projected smaller fighting force. Lets discuss whats going on as we await the defense secretary. Joining us, general george joe, former nato ally comma
19yearold. His name is Mohammed Hamzah kahn. Tw what do we know about him . The fbi showed up at his house, conducted a search and was able to get some documents, handwritten documents they say they believe was written by him or someone else in his in this conspiracy. Documents in his apartment . In his apartment. In his parents house. He lived with his parents, apparently. According to these documents, he was planning to join isil. He left a letter for his parents. It says, my dear parents, there are a number of reasons i will be going to the blessed land of shaam and leaving my home. He said there was reason to join the caliphate and as an adult he has to pay taxes that are used to kill his muslim brothers and sisters. He was in touch with people, had very detailed plans not only to travel to istanbul but also to take buses and people that he was going to get in touch with once he got to syria. Do we know how the fbi got tipped off that this individual was planning on not only suppor
Was a lack of planning, a lack of preparation, and a lack of education. As the cdc director head to the hill for a grilling, should the agency have been better prepared . And cnn presses the white house. You seem to be reluctant to say who is in charge of the federal response to ebola. Reporter as the president cancels events to monitor ebolas spread. We are monitoring, supervising, overseeing in a much more aggressive way. Reporter lets talk, live in the cnn newsroom. Good thursday morning to you. Im ana cabrera in for carol. Thanks again for being here. We have a lot of moving pa, to this ebola story this morning. Its a race to stop the deadly virus from spreading further and we are monitoring the World Health Organizations press conference happening now on ebola. Youre looking at live pictures out of geneva where officials are discussing how countries all around the world should be preparing for the virus and just how much help is still needed in west africa. Also, one day after tha