Im erin burnett. Out front on this friday night, breaking news, a beheading on american soil. The fbi investigating a griz lee murder in moore, oklahoma. According to police, the suspect, a 30yearold walked into the plant with a knife and beheaded the first person he saw. Prior to being fired, witnesses tell police he was trying to convert coworkered to islam. In a moment, we are going to speak with the sergeant with the moore Police Department. First, Martin Savidge with the story. Sounds like hes running around out here. Thats a gunshot. Reporter horror in oklahoma. A knife wielding man killed the first person he saw, 54yearold colleen hufford, cutting off her head. He assaulted her with a knife. He did kill colleen and did sever her head. Reporter according to police, he began attacking a second woman when he was shot and stopped by an armed executive who was a reserve sheriffs deputy. It could have gotten worse. He didnt stop until he was shot. Reporter initially, it was described
Shake the course of the century as our predecessors shaped the post world war ii age. That is the cancer of violent extremism that has rafaged so many parts of the muslim world. I have made it clear america will not base entire Foreign Policy to reacting to terrorism. Instead, we waged a focused campaign against al qaeda and associated forces. The United States is not and never will be at war with the islam. There is no us and them. There is only us because millions of Muslim Americans are part of the fabric of our country. The ideology of isil or al qaeda or boca the boko haram will wil if it its re futured in the light of day. Breaking news from washington this hour. The u. S. Treasury Department Just named a dozen people suspected of financing these very terrorist groups and is taking steps to freeze any assets they have under u. S. Jurisdiction. Meantime, those u. S. Led strikes do continue in syria as well as iraq. As many as 200 now since august. The pentagon warns this campaign
What we saw after bin laden was killed and the outpouring of love and unity that we saw in the United States. I remember going to the white house that night and covering it and the cheering the organic spontaneous appearance of these crowds and the cheering was quite something to behold. I beheld it again in much larger numbers in paris, france on sunday. I now turn you over to wolf blitzer. Hes in the situation room. Happening now, isis cyberattack. Hackers seize the u. S. Militarys Central Command twitter account, warning troops that isis is coming and releasing names of personnel. The new chairman of the House Armed Services Committee Standing by to join us live in his first tv interview. Sleeper cells. New fears they will be activated in the United States and sources say they have already been awakened in france reeling from bloody terror attacks. Radical girlfriend. She is now believed to have escaped to isis territory as we learn new details about her background and romance with
Is told top donors hes thinking of running for president again in 2016. If we werent leading with that we would probably be leading with the news that federal prosecutors are now recommending felony charges for David Petraeus retired four star generally and former cia director for leaking top secret classified information to his mistress. Theres word chris crist yoohristie was questioned recently by federal prosecutors who may be preparing indictments. Well get to all of those stories plus a lot more soon enough in the show. But theres only one place to begin this show today and that place is paris, where its now the day after, the day after a 72hour terror siege on the city and its suburbs ended in violence. 17 people have been killed 12 in wednesdays attack on the weekly magazine Charlie Hebdo, four hostages yesterday in an attack on a kosher supermarket. The nature of these attacks, small, coordinated and soft targets. That nature means that we in the western world are entering pote
What is the latest leland . Reporter jon, the military normally goes to Great Lengths to keep battle plans secret. What is stunning theyre making all of this public. This wasnt a leak. It was a planned Conference Call with reporters by u. S. Central command. This all centers around the critical city of mosul, site after embarrassing defeat for the iraqi army last year. They say they will have the iraqi army ready to fight by april or may. It calls for 25,000 iraqi troops to attack mosul. The Kurdish Peshmerga will operate as blocking force to pin isis down. U. S. Soldiers and marines are training 3400 iraqi solders to be part of the attack. Isis is not stupid. They know the centerpiece of any counter offensive is mosul. They have been preparing for weeks with ieds and likely boobytraps. We cut off lines of communication into mosul with air power for a number of weeks. Isis knows that. They can see that happening. They know an attack is coming. We are aiding and abetting enemy. I do not