Arabia, bahrain, qatar, United Arab Emirates providing military help here. These are sunni arab nations and the u. S. Wants to send the signal its not just this western country going after these islamic militants. Instead, there are countries in the middle east that realize this is not the threat to the u. S. Homeland, this is a threat to the future of the middle east and joining us. Important to have the Coalition Built with these arab nations. I want to flip the maps. You have the nations who are not with the United States. Not fully in at least. Its interesting to point out that some of these are close allies like the United Kingdom and france, although france did launch some air strikes. You have france which launched air strikes in iraq but made clear theyre not going to at least for now launch air strikes in syria. The uk has been helpful as an ally to the u. S. Ahead of the u. S. Air strikes, nearly 200 now in iraq. The pressure on president obama here at when hes at the United
How people in the u. S. And canada are dealing with the snow and freezing weather. And scientists are attempting to make history trying to land a spacecraft on a speeding comet. A lot to cover there. Hello and welcome the our viewers in the United States and of course all across the globe. Im rosemary church. Great to have you with us. Im john vause. We begin this hour with major news involving the u. S. And president. President S Barack Obama and xi jinping have announced a plan to reduce Greenhouse Gas emissions by close to 1 3 over the next two decades. But the tone was less than harmonious when a reporter asked about the prodemocracy protests in hong kong. Lets bring in David Mckenzie who has been following the developments from beijing. Its not often that a chinese president will actually talk about human rights. What did xi jinping have to say . On human right, certainly, john, he was at least just being there, showing up for the press conference that he could take questions from
Handle on how many extremists may be preparing Violent Attacks across europe. Intelligence sources do tell cnn that sleeper cells may now be activated. A number of them especially in belgium and in holland. Lets get overseas straight to phil black joining us from brussels. Pamela brown also joins us from paris. Phil you have new information regarding some potential terrorrelated arrests in greece. What can you tell us . Reporter thats right, poppy. It is further indication i think, of the international certainly pan European Nature the investigation that has been going on here in brussels. Just a short time ago, greek Police Confirmed to cnn that they are conducting an investigation based upon information that has been provided by belgian authorities here. Belgian investigators. Asked by cnn if they had taken people into custody as a result of this information, the greek police said they could neither confirm nor deny that. Interestingly, the greek minister for public order has also re
Trump may need to change his phone number. Wolf blitzer is off, im brianna keeler, youre in the situation room. We have breaking news, there are chilling new terror threats tonight as al qaedas deadliest affiliate releasing a new video, hailing the gunman that killed five Service Members in tennessee and calling for more lone wolf attacks in the United States. The groups master bomb maker is breaking his silence, urging followers to attack america. Were learning more about a prison escapee who has surfaced as a new al qaeda leader. A brutal set back for the u. S. And syria, where only a few dozen american trained rebels have been deployed, five already captured by an al qaeda related group, was there mission doomed from the start . Ill be speaking with tom cotton from the intelligence and Armed Services committees, and our corresponde correspondents, analysts and guests are standing by with our top stories. We begin with the new al qaeda threats, calls for attacks in the United States,
Although i know you want fireworks, though. It might not happen. Im not looking to hurt anybody. Im not looking to embarrass anybody. If i have to bring up deficiencies ill bring up deficiencies. Certainly im not looking to do that. Id rather go straight down the middle. The other seven candidates take the stage earlier for what Lindsey Graham calls the happy hour debate. He describes it in emojis. Lets bring in sarah murray in washington to tell us more about the big happenings on thursday. Reporter you hit the nail on the head. I think everyone is wondering how much drama there is going to be in this prime time debate. Donald trump doesnt want to go after his rivals on the stage. Weve heard from other candidates and campaigns that their goal is not to go after donald trump. Its too risky to try to go after him because if you try to hit that bamll and you miss it could be really embarrassing. I also think you should not discount this 5 00 p. M. Prime time debate. There are a lot of ca