Director brennan it is a hypothetical, the iranians have certainly bought to bear many capabilities. We are working closely with the militias there. We have been able to amass enough force to push back against isil insurgence. The Coalition Strikes have softened up a lot of the iso forces and have disrupted their majestic networks. There logistics networks. There has been tremendous effort made by the coalition in terms of rights. Charlie and in the iraqi army are they fighting any better . Director brennan i think they have been able to regroup. There are training elements going on right now. A number of iraqi forces have been able to augment the forces already there. The coalition is engaged in trying to strengthen those forces with the training and advice. These will take time. We expect things not to turn around immediately. This is going to be a long tough fight. We know isil has a lot of material. They also have shown they are willing to kill the cells in certain areas. This has
Europe and the United States will be among the hundreds of thousands who are expected to join antiterror marches throughout france. Meanwhile, French Police continue their search for hayat boumedien, suspected of being an accomplice in yesterdays supermarket attack in paris as well as the thursday shooting of a French Police officer. Senior officials held an emergency meeting to discuss new antiterror efforts. The interior minister saying security precautions will be stepped up at certain institutions. At least 17 french citizens were killed in the terror attacks. Three suspected terrorists are dead. One still being sought. The attacks began wednesday at the office of the newspaper Charlie Hebdo. Late friday police raided a printing factory where the two suspects in wednesdays shootings were holed up. Those two were killed in the gun battle with police. Also on friday an associate of the suspects went into a kosher market in paris. Four hostages died. Police said they were killed by th
We begin with new developments in terror plots on two continents. First to the u. S. The fbi arrested a 20yearold ohio man who they say was inspired by isis and plotting to pop the u. S. Capitol. The man had allegedly posted messages online about his support for the violent jihad. And half a world away al qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula is claiming responsibility for the terror attacks on the french magazine Charlie Hebdo. A video statement says it was revenge for the magazines depiction of the Prophet Muhammad. The group also praised fridays Grocery Store shooting as well but did not claim responsibility for that. Were learning a lot of new information about the Charlie Hebdo attackers and the man who killed four hostages at the kosher Grocery Store. Isa sourez joins us live from paris. We are hearing about a fourth suspect, as well an apparent accomplice. What more can you tell us about that person . Reporter yes. Hi zain. About a week or so ago, we heard from the Prime Minister and h
Stew of personality disputes, policy differences, political rivalries, ethical debates and a fundamental rift over the president himself. Chief of staff Mick Mulvaney and pat vallone. From the white house Washington Post, quote, mulvaneys office blames white House Counsel Pat Cipollone for not doing more to stop other government officials from participating in the impeachment inquiry. In oethe other corner, meanwhil cipollone fumed that mulvaney only made matters worse with his october 17 news conference, when he publicly acknowledged a quid pro quo, essentially confirming democrats accusations in front of Television Cameras and reporters. Cipollone did not want mulvaney to hold the news conference. The fight for power between the two aides, and, quote, the body of evidence shows instead that President Trump holds a deepseated, genuine and reasonable skepticism of ukraine due to its history of pervasive corruption. Not long after that was written, President Trump blew up, saying the pr
party would seem to be exacerbated by stories like this. now the republicans, if they don t see to it to at least consider this impeachment proceeding, to at least consider conviction, then his power includes firing as retribution independent watchdogs. that s what s so amazing about the information charlie raised, the idea we think trump is unleashed now post-acquittal, post-election, what the republican party has normalized for him, has said it s okay. the guardrails he s broken and they ve looked away. i was actually impressed a bunch of them stepped up for the whistleblower being protected ten days ago, and i m going to be looking to see what they say about mr. atkinson. it s true, this entire ukraine scandal is about him interfering in next year s election.