u.s. attorney general eric holder also offered to assist the very department that he condemned just a week ago in a scathing department of justice report. let s go live to cnn s joe johns in washington. joe, attorney general holder said the department of justice is willing to help find whoever is responsible for shooting these officers but is that help going to be welcome here given his history with the ferguson police department? reporter: it s just so hard to say with doj striking a completely different tone one of those wait and see questions, i think. attorney general eric holder issuing a harsh condemnation of the shooting today, calling it a heinous and cowardly attack, and saying it turned his stomach. the shootings of two police officers in ferguson drawing angry reaction today from attorney general eric holder calling the incident repugnant. what happened last night was a pure ambush. this was not someone trying to bring healing to ferguson.
emergency problem developing. there was also no known communication before it went off radar. not necessarily a radio malfunction. we re trained very, very early on to i have a great and navigate and communicate being the last thing. because communicating in this particular circumstance if indeed a contributing factor was the weather, the less people would be able to help you was air traffic control. the captain is a former military pilot said to have flown f-16 fighter jets before joining commercial aviation. he is also a husband though his wife so far has declined to make any public statements. the first officer on the may not is from france. according to the french foreign ministry which notified his family about the missing plane. he had logged 2300 hours flying with airasia. joe johns in washington. we re getting more details about early reports of smoke spotted on an island within the search area for airasia flight 8501. media outlets reporting that it
the university s only explanation for cancelling the appearance at the press club is the energy is best spent focusing on the community. with the police investigation into the alleged gang rape still going on, freewheeling exchange with the national media could come back to haunt the university and its lawyers. christine. joe johns in washington. thank you. will he or won t he? jeb bush is talking about his plans for 2016. i m thinking about running for president and i ll make up my mind in short order. not that far out into the future. i don t know the exact timeline. the former florida governor making comments on monday. in a preview of a possible campaign theme, bush is calling for more active foreign policy. bush says his decision is whether he can quote lift people s spirits and not get
marriage is the union of a man and a woman. reporter: opponents of same-sex marriage are fighting back, even pushing laws to protect those who object to making wedding cakes for gay couples. state lawmakers in kansas have drafted a bill that would protect people who refuse goods and services to same-sex couples. but as far as the legal issues that have a chance of being heard by the supreme court anytime soon, this week s virginia case stands out, if only because of history. it was an appeal of a virginia case in the 1960s that led the court to declare interracial marriage the law of the land. victor and christi. joe johns in washington. we ll expand this conversation throughout the morning with two political commentators. still to come on new day a mega merger could usher in a new era in cable tv. here s the question, are you the consumer the one who is goating to get short-changed? we ll talk about that in a moment.
people. but he s not really he doesn t really have a coherent narrative for his beliefs and it s clearly he s working through these issues after being exposed to interactions with his legal team on a regular basis and coming into contact with christians pretty regularly. so it s certainly not backing away at all from his attacks and the justification he believes for them. ryan ryan, it s joe johns in washington. jake s mike has gone out. we ll try to get back to him in just a minute. what was the biggest takeaway for you from this interview? was there something special and unique and different that you haven t seen before in covering cases? it s interesting because i think he talks about so many issues and he s very clearly up to speed on sort of current