Her in cardiac arrest . Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. Were follow two breaking news stories. Searchers are now racing to the site where a small plane crashed in waters off jamaica. It flew for hours unresponsive, past its florida destination, trailed by u. S. Fighter jets as it approached cuba. Well have full details on this story coming up. But first, a charter plane carrying American Military contractors has been ordered to land in iran on a flight out of afghanistan. Our correspondents and guests are all standing by for full coverage. Lets begin with Global Affairs correspondent elise labott at the state department. What do we know about this plane carrying u. S. Military contractors forced to land in iran . Wolf, this contract plane was flying from Bagram Air Base in afghanistan to dubai. It had about 100 americans and a couple dozen citizens from other coalition countries. The air control tower in iran contracted the pilots, told them their flight plan was out of d
So does he . Senator tim scott joins us. Good evening, sir. Good evening, greta. Good to be back with you. Nice to have you back and congratulations is in order. First time i have seen you since you won your election, sir. So condition graduate legs. Thank you very much. Its good to be on this side of an election so we can give back to the peoples business as so very important to all of us that live in america around around the world frankly. All right. You have just heard Condoleezza Rice and she talks about the importance of leading. Is the u. S. Leading . So far we have been leading from behind, which is not leadership from my perspective. If were really leading, then what you see coming from the white house, from the administration is a longterm strategy that starts at the victory line and works our way back to where we are. Not last and continuing resolution 500 million and now we are looking for 5. 6 billion. Its like having a blank check with no strategy. The first thing we need
Strikes was made earlier today by the u. S. Central command. Commander under authorization granted him by the commander in chi chief. We will provide more details later as operationally appropriate. Theres a lot to get to this evening. There sure is. Lets get right to cnns team on this, jim sciutto and jim acosta in washington and arwa damon in turkey. Jim sciutto, let me start with you. What do we know . Its been a remarkable evening. All of these events unfolding just in the past half hour, 45 minutes or so. But ive been told by senior u. S. Military officials this is where things stand. That a short time ago air strikes and missile strikes started. They started with sealaunched tomahawk missiles and then fighters and bombers taking part as well. These strikes continuing. It is the u. S. Acting, the lone western partner in these air strikes along with more than one arab nation taking part. And im told by a senior u. S. Military official that three of those arab partners are saudi ara
White house can prevail on the president , if you want a good, constructive final two years of your presidency, dont do this now. Martha plus president obamas nomination of loretta lynn much for the next attorney general is setting up possible confirmation showdown. Senator john thune saying dont even go there. I think it would be best interest of the country and congress to wait to do this next year under regular order, candy. Loretta lynn much will get fair. Martha byron york is here. Good morning martha. Martha president obama has to want to shore up a legacy for himself in the final two years for his presidency. Gop has to use their victory carefully, right . Especially on immigration you have to take both sides at their word on this. President obama is saying im going to do this and i think he will do it. Republicans say he will strongly oppose. How much stronger than they say this, playing with fire and red flags in front of bulls. Republicans are going to oppose this what will h
Good evening. And we want to get underway tonight here with a big change on the way. What were about to witness happens every year, but not usually this early and not usually all at once. Here is our nation now. And heres what happens by the Early Morning hours of thursday. Very few parts of the lower 48 will be left unaffected as a sudden crush of cold air blows down from the north, envelopes much of our country. Theyre getting a preview tonight in minnesota where the snow scenes are positively midwinter. And its where we begin our coverage tonight with meteorologist dylan dreyer in forest lake, minnesota. Reporter blinding snow, gusty winds, and freezing temperatures barrelled into the upper midwest today. Snow piled up quickly in minnesota. This was forest lake yesterday and forest lake at the same time today. Police responded to more than 600 crashes as temperatures dropped, turning roads into sheets of ice. This snow will be followed by brutally cold arctic air surging in from the