President that god ever created. I tell you that. We want to welcome our viewers in the United States and around the world. Wolf blitzer is off today. Im brianna keilar. Youre in the situation room. This is breaking news. An isislinked plot to explode bombs in the new york city area exposed and we are Digging Deeper into the just unsealed criminal complaint against a 20yearold man. He is charged in helping to conspire with isis terrorists. The Obama Administration confirming that a Senior Leader with american blood on his hands was killed in a u. S. Strike. This is being called the biggest loss to al qaeda since osama bin ladens death. Ill ask adam schiff what hes learning and our correspondents and analysts are also standing by as we cover all of the news that is breaking now. First we want to go to our pentagon correspondent barbara star. Barbara . Good evening, brianna. In libya and yemen, places where the u. S. Does not have a presence on the ground how are they making it all work
Into crowds that police say threw rocks and molotov cocktails back. Weve got full coverage of this story from ferguson to washington. Perspectives from across this country. First to kristen welker, our white house reporter. Shes been following the president and his actions. Kristen, what can you tell us about the president s actions and what might come next . Well, specifically, in iraq, you just heard president obama make the point that based on the u. S. Team that gained access to the sinjar mountain yesterday it appears as though there has been significant progress in terms of relieving the humanitarian crisis there. On two fronts. Both in terms of those air drops, getting food and water to people. That u. S. Team determined the food and water was getting to those people. And also, in the context of getting people off of the mon. Those air strikes have been incredibly successful, the president said, at pushing back isis and allowing people to get off of the mountain. So thats the fi
Officer who was involved in crowd control is relieved of duty after inflammatory statements. Wolf blitzer is off tonight. Im brianna keilar. Youre in the situation room. Is the u. S. Moving toward an allout war with isis . The white house is making it clear that the brutal beheading of an american hostage will not go unanswered. If you come after americans, were going to come after you wherever you are. Thats going to guide our planning in the days to come. That comes a day after a stunning assessment from the pentagon brass that the isis threat is beyond anything weve seen. The generals made it clear defeating isis would require going after the group inside syria. Were looking at au angles of this chilling new threat and we have the latest developments on the investigation of the Fatal Police Shooting in ferguson, missouri it, including some significant details missing from the incident report. Our correspondents and guests are standing by with full coverage including don lemon and Ja
Mart that was burned down on the very first night of protests. A small element of looters and rioters. For the most part the protests and everyone here will tell you have been peaceful. There have been a few bottles thrown at the edges. Today has been an entirely peaceful undertake and the frrn the change today is that last night at 11 00 at night eastern time, 10 00 central, as the images were being broadcast around the world, they were reaching the white house. They were reaching the office of the governor, jay nixon, in missouri, reaching up and down the political order and across the world and people realized that something had to change. And so today, there is some change. Heres one thing youll notice. If you look at, youll see hardly any Police Presence here. Last night, on this corner, there were massive armored vehicleses about 70 Police Officers in s. W. A. T. Gear just up here and in camouflage. Tonight, look around, youll see hardly any police and youll also see some very, v
Helicopter. Watch this. So with guns blazing on either side, because they were flying over these militants before getting to this mountain, here you see these people rushing in. Ivan watson was the correspondent of ours inside of this chopper, a photographer taking the videos here, as they were dropping diapers and milk and water. Food to people desperate, as you can see now, climbing in this helicopter, handful or so rescued. They have been desperate, because of the siege by the ruthless isis militants at the bottom of the mountain. And beyond the frantic rush, you see the people, one after another, after another, clamoring to get inside, clamoring to seek asylum. Watch this. We just wanted to play this out for you. The looks on the face of this little girl. You saw this little boy, ivan watson helped him get in, you can read his lips, are you okay. The women, elderly, wiping tears, desperation. Families clinging to each other as they now have some of them, tens of thousands still tra