Arguments and early testimony. Ifill the pentagon eased financial pain for its employees by cutting unpaid furlough from 11 days to six. Ray suarez discusses the budget cuts and Terror Threats with deputy secretary of defense Ashton Carter. Our effort to deal with the current budget situation, we believe, has to be driven by strategy. That is, a view of the future. Terrorism is one of those things thats going to be around. Warner and more than 1. 5 Million People have fled the bloody syrian civil war. We have an ontheground report from the worlds second largest refugee camp in jordan. Ifill thats all ahead on tonights newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. And the william and flora hewlett foundation, working to solve social and environmental problems at home and around the world. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. And. This program was made possible by the c
Thanks for watching. Erin burnett starts now. Outfront next, the United States prepares new offensive against al qaeda. Plus, will she or wont she . Hillary clinton, robert reish, a man who has known her since he was 19 years old, reacts to our cnn interview and tells us about a date he had with her. Apple will launch a new ipad with a very different price tag. Lets go outfront. Good evening. Im erin burnett. Outfront tonight, attack of the drones. The American Government is launching a new war, some of this countrys 7500 drones may be about to take off with new targets in their sights. Today, nijars Ambassador Says he has agreed to let the u. S. Military put drones in his country in an effort to gain intelligence on mali, algeria and libya, three spots where we have seen a recent explosion in Al Qaeda Linked attacks on americans. Eric schmidt is Senior Writer for the New York Times covering terrorism. He broke the story this morning that the u. S. Is planning a drone base in niger. Th
Eric schmidt is Senior Writer for the New York Times covering terrorism. He broke the story this morning that the u. S. Is planning a drone base in niger. The Lieutenant General oversaw the first predator drone strike in 2001. In such a crucial question as this war on al qaeda ramps up again, eric, you reported on it today, how big of a deal is had . This is a Major Development by the u. S. Military. It creates an Intelligence Hub in a former french colony right below libya, next to mali. Its a key base from which to fly Surveillance Drones to monitor the activity such of whats going on with mali right now with the frenchled operation there. But also watch for militant fighters and weapons flowing out into some of these other countries. I mean, it is amazing. They dont want to use boots on the ground but at least if they do end up arming them which is the big question mark, would be americans maybe in the United States still killing people there. Lieutenant general, the administration
Revolution, they believed in the power of prayer to god, and thats why they prayed during that time, but they wanted much to have the chance to worship as they chose. Be they muslim, hindu. But especially judeochristian beliefs where jews and christians had traditionally suffered so much persecution. They wanted the chance for people to worship as they please or not worship, but they knew to make that possible had he had to they had to pray to god. Thats why we are observing once again tomorrow the National Prayer breakfast where our president will speak, where we will have a fantastic testimony from one of the great leaders in our country who earlier in his life, when his life was going astray, dropped to his knees and prayed for help and got it. Well hear about that tomorrow. But if we dont know the history of this country, if we dont know the dream of the founders, if we dont understand the constitution, then we lose it. And people need to understand when there is a global jee hasis
Are available fors eerie gun for syria. When we examine new figures on what it means to be a household in the u. S. Tomorrow morning at 7 a. M. Eastern. Next, a for him on this. The book war from earlier this week. They will talk about potential u. S. Strikes and opposition. Minute. 90 ladies and gentlemen, good afternoon. My name is frederic hof and on behalf of fred kemp, the president of the Atlantic Council and michelle done, the director of the center for the middle east, i would like to welcome you all to todays program. This is a joint production of the Hariri Center and the Atlantic Council. Over the past two weeks, we have witnessed a truly extraordinary chain of events that began on the 21st of august with a chemical attack in a suburb of damascus. In the fullness of time, i think we will probably know for sure what motivated the assad regime to take this step and what it was actually thinking. In terms of trying to get away with it. What is objectively clear at this point is