A former chairman of the joint chiefs and two former supreme allied commanders of NATO, among others, lay out how it has come to the point Russia felt it could invade Ukraine.
i m dan kloeffler. a lot to get to on this tuesd morning. on that white house intruder, not the first time he s had a run-in with the law. we re finding more information that could have raised red flags earlier. details about his past, incredible, remarkable. also the big news this evening, overnight we learned about the air strikes taking place. felt like almost like the lead-up in the 2003 iraq invasion, shock and awe. chairman of the joint chiefs dempsey says this will be a persistent campaign. we ll begin with that. president obama moving forward with the next stage on the fight against isis. the pentagon announced the u.s. is leading a group of arab allies inside syria targeting up to 20 locations, most in the city of raqqa. abc s alex marquardt is in turkey and joins us live by phone with the latest. alex, good morning to you. reporter: good morning, dan. that s right. most of those 20 strikes concentrated around the northern
learning tonight outside the navy yard? reporter: what we learned today when alexis went to the rhode island police with the disturbing delusional story of being followed, controlled with a microwave machine, hearing voices that while as you say the rhode island police reported that to the rhode island naval station that, account went no further than there, did not come to the navy here in washington. still very serious questions as to how this was allowed to happen and at the same time still this overriding question as to why this happened. why did he do this? with aaron alexis s motives still unclear, two mysterious clues. newly discovered etchings carved on the shotgun he used. better off this way and my elf weapon. information investigators are still deciphering. today secretary hagel and chairman of the joint chiefs dempsey detailed the first new measures to prevent a shooting like this from happening again. two department-wide reviews of security at military
people. reports that could have saved those lives. jim sciutto is outfront with the latest. reporter: what we learned is when alexis with the rhode island police with this disturbing story of being followed, of being controlled with a microwave machine, of hearing voices, that while the rhode island police reported that to the rhode island naval station, that account went no further than there. it did not come to the navy here in washington, so still very serious questions as to how this was allowed to happen and at the same time still this overriding question as to why this happened. why did he do this. with aaron alexis motive still unclear, two mysterious clues. newly discovered etchings on the shotgun he used. better off this way and my elf weapon. information investigators are still deciphering. today secretary hagel and chairman of the joint chiefs dempsey detailed measures to
uma: they are setting the stage for releasing the declassified intelligence. the president says it s our obligation to act. molly henneberg has more. reporter: president obama trying to convince skeptical congress and skeptical public that the u.s. should intervene in syria. defense secretary chuck hagel and the chairman of the joint chiefs dempsey arrived at the white house. they will hold the conference call to brief republicans and democrats separately. a lot of people in the international community want something done in view of the attack in syria but nobody wants to do it. the world has an obligation to make sure we pain tain the tomorrow against the use of chemicals weapons. i have not made a final decision.