Jon we have live Fox Team Coverage. John huddy is covering the secretary of state from our middle east newsroom but we begin with correspondent Jennifer Griffin from the pentagon. Jennifer, what more is the president expected to announce . Reporter jon, were told the president will ramp up the pace of airstrikes over isis targets in iraq but he will stop short of directly announcing u. S. Strikes on the terror organizations hub inside of syria. However, he may hint at it, were told. You may remember this quote from Vice President biden. We take care of those who are grieving and when that is finished they should know we will follow them to the gates of hell until they are brought to justice. [applause] because hell is where they will reside. Reporter one Senior Administration official here says that Strong Language about chasing them was no accident. Even if the president doesnt directly announce it tonight, we should expect airstrikes inside of syria within the next 30 days. Strategic
Be vigilant. Trump triggers a political earthquake with his call to ban muslims from entering america. And trump claims hes the best candidate to take out isis saying the president isnt doing enough. In just 30 minutes were going to hear from defense secretary ash carter testifying on capitol hill. And next hour the fbi chief speaks. Should our isis strategy shift. Lets talk live in the cnn newsroom. Good morning. Im pamela brown. Thanks for being here with me on this very busy wednesday morning. Beginning with the race for white house and what appears to be growing concern about the man currently leading the pack. Donald trump of course. His call to temporarily ban muslims from entering the use sparking a Swift Response in fellow republicans, some of whom denounced the comments as contrary to both the parties and americas values. Trump shrugging off the criticism. And they could soon share his views. Im the worst thing thats ever happened to isis. The people in my party fully understa
Havent seen it before. Look what happened to them, they sabotaged six tankers, and we caught them at it, indisputable evidence. They backed away from that, they shot down an american drone, tactical commander did it without authorization. The president , as opposed to taking a kinetic response, didnt do that. That helped unite the International Community with us. Connell Lucas Tomlinson picks up reporting this evening from the pentagon. Lucas . Reporter secretary of state mike pompeo spoke in ecuador earlier today where he said the u. S. Is willing to speak to iran if it stops its provocations in the persian gulf which has escalated over the past two months. The Iranian Regime has to make a decision that it wants to behave like a normal nation. And if they do that, were prepared to negotiate across a Broad Spectrum of issues with no preconditions. I hope that they will do that, but today we have seen no indication cans that the iranians are prepared to fundamentally change the directio
Havent seen it before. Look what happened to them, they sabotaged six tankers, and we caught them at it, indisputable evidence. They backed away from that, they shot down an american drone, tactical commander did it without authorization. The president , as opposed to taking a kinetic response, didnt do that. That helped unite the International Community with us. Connell Lucas Tomlinson picks up reporting this evening from the pentagon. Lucas . Reporter secretary of state mike pompeo spoke in ecuador earlier today where he said the u. S. Is willing to speak to iran if it stops its provocations in the persian gulf which has escalated over the past two months. The Iranian Regime has to make a decision that it wants to behave like a normal nation. And if they do that, were prepared to negotiate across a Broad Spectrum of issues with no preconditions. I hope that they will do that, but today we have seen no indication cans that the iranians are prepared to fundamentally change the directio
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