This is cnn breaking news. Were following breaking news. President obama authorizing more troops seeking more money for the u. S. Led war on isis, up to 1,500 more American Forces will be deployed to iraq where vast regions of the country are under terrorist control. Chris van holland is standing by to talk about this with us along with our correspondents and other guests. Cnn chief National Security correspondent jim sciutto, give us the latest. This is a substantial expansion of the u. S. Military presence in iraq. We talk about doubling the number of u. S. Troops from about 1,400 with this additional 1,500. In fact, its ten times the number of military advisers since those first 300 were sent in in june. Its an expansion of where these troops are placed in eiraq. To this point u. S. Mill he tear advisers have been confined to here and erbil and baghdad. The pentagon says they will set up two additional Operation Centers outside of baghdad in erbil. The locations discussed are one in
Im gonna let him live in his alternative reality and im not going to respond. There are candidates and then there are candidates. Well, with iowa only four weeks away, are the gloves about to come off . Were going to talk about all of that. A lot going on tonight and we have breaking news, as well. President barack obama taking executive action against gun violence. Cnns evan perez is here with more on that. Evan, this executive order likely to engage gun rights activists, enrage them and engage them, as well. Were getting details of the president s plan. What can you tell us about it . Thats right, don. Hes going to announce these tomorrow. Theres 589 of window dressing. Theres not a lot of really big regulation here. Frankly, as the president points out, Congress Needs to act to change the gun law necessary this country and theres very little support for that. So hes got very limited room for him to act on an executive matter. So weve got a couple of the regulations here. The changes
Spouses indiscretions or being brought into a Campaign Like this . No. Plus, Surprising New questions about Donald Trumps Charitable Foundation tonight. We have the latest on that story and a bombshell from howard stern. Theres whole lot to get to this hour, so it is breaking now. A lot of it. Well get to our cnn politics editors. Mark preston, david k. Johnson, and jeff zeleny. Jeff, lets start with you. Theres breaking news that starts with donald trump. And his support of the iraq war. On his radio show today, howard stern is saying donald trump did support the iraq war. Listen to this. It always comes up because you know trump was on our show years ago and said yeah, he you know, he was looking forward to the iraq war, he was saying he wasnt for it, so they were forced to mention my name. Yeah. Its cool. Good promotion. So i want you to listen to the original interview in 2002 from howard stern. Are you for invading iraq . Yeah, i guess so. You know, i wish it was i wish the first
Comey where the president is said to have asked for the dismissile of charges against Michael Flynn. We issued a statement with his reasoning. My decision is not a finding that crimes have been committed or any prosecution is warranted. I have made no such determination. What i have determined is that based upon the unique circumstances, the public enter requires many to place this investigation under a person. He headed the fbi starting one week before the september 11 attacks all the way through 2013. Had his term extended by two years by president obama. Pamela, the white house barely getting any notice on this. What are you learning . Reporter yes, we found out minutes ago that Rod Rosenstein didnt notify the white house or general sessions about this investigation that puts mueller in charge of the investigation. This is a significant step for the Deputy Attorney general to take himself and the department of justice out of the equation, erin, and hand the reigns to outside special
Outspoken, performer national kurt Council Spokesman and long time cia analyst quits the Intelligence Agency and publicly blames donald trump. Ned price tells us why in his first tv interview. And cause of death, an autopsy shows kim jonguns brother didnt have a heart attack and no puncture wounds are visible. Officials suspect he was poisoned in a public assassination. Just how did he die and why . Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. The Trump Administration is outlining plans for aggressively enforcing immigration laws. The white house says mass deportation is not the goal, and for now the president plans to keep protections for socalled dreamers who entered the United States as children. But Homeland Security guidelines show stepped up resources for a crack down and Officials Say a million undocumented immigrants who pose a threat will be the first to go. And then a new wave of bomb threats against Jewish Community centers and following des krags of Jewish Cemetery, Presid