Hello, thanks for joining me. I m alex marquardt part in this weekend for fredricka whitfield, we begin with breaking news. President biden has been briefed on the raid which injured seven u. S. Troops and killed 15 members of the radical group isis. The raid happened thursday in iraq two of the seven u. S. Troops were evacuated from the area for further treatment, u. S. Central command manages operations in the middle east. They said that the operation targeted i. S. I. S. Leaders in order to disrupt the group s ability to plan further attacks from where we have cnn s chief international purity correspondent, nick paton walsh, joining us from london. Nick, what do we know about this american operation yeah, alex more details from the iraqi military he referred to the two months that was spent gathering intelligence ahead of this operation. And the four hideouts were targeted that appeared to be consumed camouflage of some description which would suggest yes a sort of camp of some desc
Saying that some people might find the video disturbing. They said they wanted to release some of the content for transparency, to the public. Drop the knife. Reporter the confrontation happened last week on Market Street when San Francisco police say that Antonio Estrada refused to drop the knife. At a virtual town hall meeting on tuesday, the police chief released body camera video from the four officers involved in shooting at Antonio Estrada. Two officers fire lethal and two others fired less lethal. Reporter this was the Market Street with dozens of officers arriving, weapons drawn. Reporter shots are fired from the nonlethal weapons as multiple officers continue yelling at the man as he falls to the ground. At one point, an officer appears to try to deescalate the situation. Direct backup, give him room. One person talk to them. Reporter the man is shot with foam bullets and regular bullets. Police say they elected dozens of audio and video recordings, including two others involv
Focusing on National Security and Foreign Policy. Making sure we selected a cabinet that looks like america. That reflects the best of our nation. And that is what we have done. The list of sixes headlined by secretary of state nominee antony blinken, a longtime aide, alejandro mayorkas, for Homeland Security, linda thomas greenfield for ambassador to the un, avril haines for director of National Intelligence and former secretary of state john kerry as special president ial envoy for climate and Jake Sullivan as National Security advisor. Fresh perspective and an unrelenting belief in the promise of america. There are a number of first in the group including the first woman to serve as dni. Mr. President elect, you know ive never shied away from speaking truth to power and that will be my charge as the director of National Intelligence. Mayorkas would be the first latino in his decision if confirmed. I will work day and night in the service of our nation to lead the men and women of th
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