Her parents as while, steps down from her position. How much damage was done . Ill be asking the naacp president. Wolf blitzer is off today. Im Brianna Keilar youre in oich oich. We have breaking news the u. S. Has apparently scored a major victory in the war against terrorism. Officials in yemen say the leader of al qaedas most Dangerous Branch has been killed in a suspected u. S. Drone strike and within the terror group itself theres record that hes already been replaced. This follows report that a most wanted al qaeda figure has also been killed in a u. S. Air strike in libya. We have the latest on both of these stories, along with jeb bushs entry into the 2016 president ial race. He says the country is on quote, a very bad course. Ill be speak with senator angus king of the Intelligence Committee and correspondents analysts and guests are standing by. We begin with pentagon correspondent barbara starr. What are you learning . Reporter hi briana. At this hour the u. S. Government is
Personnel at the consulate are safe and accounted for. But it does represent something of a dramatic security breakdown in a part of iraq that until now has been relatively secure. So that is erbil. Just south of there, another operation in tikrit. Lets talk about that. Iraqi Security Forces killing this top leader. What was he doing there . What has he been doing . And do you know of any ties to isis . Well this is ibrahim al douri, old righthand man of Saddam Hussein. According to iraqi officials, there was an operation that appears to include both Iraqi Military and these paramilitary shiite forces. They somehow hit a convoy in which al douri was traveling. Its not confirmed at this point if this is indeed him. In the past, weve gotten reports that hes been killed and hes reappeared. So his dna is going to be sent to baghdad to be checked. Now, this was a man who has evaded first the u. S. And then iraqi forces from 2003 until today, perhaps. And he had very close ties with isis alt
Izzat ibrahim al duri was saddam husseins number two, the king of clubs in the u. S. Militarys deck of iraqi fugitives. After the u. S. Invasion toppled saddam, he became the leader of the sunni insurgency that bedeviled american troops and president s for a dozen years. David martin at the pentagon has more about him. Reporter alduri was the biggest one that got away, the only one of saddams henchmen to elude american troops during the eightandahalfyear occupation of iraq. Now, iraqi Officials Say their troops killed a man with hisis distinctive red hair and mustache. In an operation east of saddamsh hometown of tikrit, which was retaken from isis earlier this month. Or but it is not the first time he has been reported killed or captured, and dna tests have not been completed. On paper, alduri was the Vice Commander of saddams revolutionary command council. More importantly, he was his confidante, and as such, bears responsibility for some of the regimes worst atrocities,fa including
Good evening. Its the most sweeping punishment to hit Major League Baseball. The american pastime since the Chicago Black sox Shoeless Joe Jackson scandal almost a century ago. 13 players have been swept up and punished for performanceenhancing drugs. And at the top of the list of those suspended, Alex Rodriguez of the new york yankees, arod, fifth alltime on the home run list, highest paid star in the game. Hes different in this case as well. His suspension for 211 games, remainder of this season, all of the next, all for the use and possession of performanceenhancing drugs and allegedly acting to cover it up and hamper the investigation. But hes playing tonight in chicago because hes appealing the decision. He arrived there earlier today, the focal point of this largest single punishment in the modern era of the sport. Just tonight before the game he spoke not about the charges but about returning to the game. I am thrilled and humbled to have the opportunity to put on this uniform a
World you might never have expected. Google glass experiment. What happens when you spend days walking through the halls of congress with the latest technology, a lot. Hello, everyone. It is high noon in the east. Welcome to weekends with alex witt. We have developing now at this hour, 22 u. S. Embassies and consulates in 17 countries all closed today amid one of the most serious terror warnings in years. Most of those are in the middle east and north africa much the state department has issued a Worldwide Travel alert for americans, its the first since Osama Bin Laden was killed. It warns terrorists may elect to use a variety of means and weapons and target both official and private interests. That warning in effect through august. Security is also being increased across the u. S. Out of what authorities are calling an abundance of caution although they say there is no specific threat to the homeland and joint chiefs of staff general Martin Dempsey says the threat is specific and seri