Worker. We will talk about that and a lot more with the state Department Deputy spokeswoman marie harf. There are growing signs right now that two of americas biggest foes may be teaming up against the United States. What are Russias Vladimir Putin and north Koreas Kim Jongun up to . Im wolf blitzer. You arere in the situation room. Breaking now. Dramatic offenses by isis and al qaeda. Isis forces in iraq waging a Deadly Campaign to claim even more territory and they are actually moving closer and closer to a major Iraqi Government base housing hundreds of u. S. Troops. In yemen, al qaeda fighters have taken over a major camp and seized a major cache of weapons after a gun battle that lasted for hours. We are covering all angles of these stories and much more this hour with our correspondents and our guests including the deputy spokeswoman at the state department marie harf. Lets begin with our chief National Security correspondent jim sciutto. He has the latest on this war against isi
They took the shot. Another official tells cnn emwazi was in a vehicle near raqqa. Emwazi appeared in a series of isis beheading videos, documenting the murders of several murder, american and britain japanese hostages, he was seen taunting u. S. And british leaders. Well continue to strike the necks of our people were this morning, the uk government saying britain was working hand in glove with america over the jihadi john drone strike. This was an act of selfdefense, the right thing to do. Reporter emwazi, in in his mid20s. If this strike was successful and we still await confirmation of that, it will be a strike at the heart of isil. Reporter one of the things that he also said was that this was a longterm operation of the two Intelligence Services and also said this is a clear message to isis as well that the reach of the u. S. And britain is long and that they will not forget the fate of their citizens. All right, fred, thank you for that. Meanwhile, day two of operation free sinj
And terror investigation, police comb through the apartment of an attacker that drove a truck through crowds in france. Did he have any ties to terrorist groups . And a mile of horror on the sea front. Americans are among injured here in the United States. A and donald trump picks mike pence overnight. Im wolf blitzer, youre in the situation room. This is cnn breaking news. Were following several major breaking stories. The Prime Minister of turkey and nato ally says military units are attempting a uprising. Military aircraft are buzzing the capital. Ro reuters says the military is attempting to take control. And france is staggered by another terror attack. This time a slaughter along a seaside boulevard. The attacker plowed through holiday crowd with a heavy truck mowing down people for more than a mile before he was killed. 84 people are dead including ten children. More than 200 people were hurt, 52 remain in critical condition. Officials say the driver was a 31yearold tunisian in
On the latest in the investigation into that metrojet airliner crash that crashed last month killing 224 people on board. We can say now, im quoting him, we can say unambiguously this was a terrorist attack. Explosives were found in the airline debris and the passengers baggage. The homemade device on board was equal in power to one kilogram of high explosive tnt. This is the first time to be clear it has been confirmed that it was a terrorist act and a bomb that caused the downing of that metrojet airliner on october 31st killing all 224 people on board. Swift reaction from the kremlin. Vladimir putin at the meeting. He addressed it saying we will search for those responsible everywhere no matter where they are hiding. We will find them in any place on the planet and punish them. Vladimir putin vowing revenge against the people responsible for downing the airliner. Saying he will take that retribution anywhere. Very Significant Developments coming out of russia in the last hour. Matth
Our intelligence and security analyst as is is bob baehr, and military analyst, colonel leyton and cnn contributor, a big group of folks with a lot of experience in this part of the world. Nick, beginning with you. What details are you hearing . Minimum at this stage. Theres an important caveat here, if hes dead. They are saying hes the target of the raid by a multiple unmanned aircraft, and was likely killed at 6 00 your time, and a second man traveling with him in a vehicle in the afghanistanpakistan border area. That, in itself, gives you some action how difficult it may be for u. S. Officials to did definitive proof that this man is dead. If youre dealing with a strike from a drone, it means you have a tip off or electronic intelligence suggesting the man in that vehicle is the head of the taliban, if it is, the most secretive and hard to penetrate organizations for quite some time, and now, of course, the u. S. Government is looking for physical proof that may take quite some time