Signed. Signed. National security interests of the United States and our allies. We are reaching an agreement that is not perfect for anybody but it is what we could accomplish and it is an important achievement for all of us. The fact of the signing of this agreement does not eliminate all of the challenges. Is its the implementation that will matter. Political reaction to the deal was immediate and intense. Republican president ial candidates in the United States wasted little time sounding the alarm over the agreement. Listen to what senator Lindsey Graham told our Carol Costello about the deal and how he would approach it. I would say to the iranians we dont trust you with a Large Nuclear program because you lie and cheat. You put every arab state at risk you put israel at risk you put our country at risk. Youre taking religious nazis and empowering this regime at a time when we should be neutering this regime. This is a historically bad deal. It will throw the region into further
Midterm elections fast approaching can congress likely to get anything done . First, the pentagon now considering air strikes on isis targets in syria after the murder of james foley at the hands of the terror group. So far u. S. Strikes with drones and fighter jets had been limited to iraq. But the heart of the terrorist group lies next door in syria. Top military leaders are making it clear this week they will do whatever is necessary to protect americans. National security correspondent Jennifer Griffin joins us live from washington. Jen, do we have a time line on the series of strikes or is the pentagon still in the planning stages . No time line as as of let. A senior official tells us in the wake of the foley execution the Defense Department actively began weighing options for the president po include air strikes in syria against isis as well as the possibility of spending u. S. Special operations troops on the ground. A dramatic shift from the narrow mission the president outlin
What we saw after bin laden was killed and the outpouring of love and unity that we saw in the United States. I remember going to the white house that night and covering it and the cheering the organic spontaneous appearance of these crowds and the cheering was quite something to behold. I beheld it again in much larger numbers in paris, france on sunday. I now turn you over to wolf blitzer. Hes in the situation room. Happening now, isis cyberattack. Hackers seize the u. S. Militarys Central Command twitter account, warning troops that isis is coming and releasing names of personnel. The new chairman of the House Armed Services Committee Standing by to join us live in his first tv interview. Sleeper cells. New fears they will be activated in the United States and sources say they have already been awakened in france reeling from bloody terror attacks. Radical girlfriend. She is now believed to have escaped to isis territory as we learn new details about her background and romance with
East including to the United States homeland the exact words of president obama sent in a letter to the United States Congress Today along with a formal request to grant him sweeping war powers to fight isis. In just a few hours, the president will speak to the American Public indeed to the world about his proposal which limits operations to three years. It allows limited use of Ground Troops and does not restrict a battlefield to only iraq and syria. For more on all of this lets bring in our white house correspondent, Michelle Kosinski and our chief Congressional Correspondent dana bash. Michelle this authorization, this language that the president submitted, hes seeking requests powers to fight isis terrorists without an enduring offensive combat role. Those are his words. So what exactly is he seeking . Reporter thats open to interpretation to some point, isnt it . Thats the language that was put in there. Thats really the biggest limitation included in this request for the authoriz
And a Church Musician shot by a plain clothed Police Officer on the side of a road. As the officer exited his vehicle he was suddenly confronted by an armed subject. But there is no dash cam not. Body camera. Will the family get answers . Lets talk live in the cnn newsroom. And good morning. Im carol costello. Thank you for joining me. Do you know what today is . When are we . Were descending towards hill valley, californian on wednesday october 21, 2015. 2015 . The future. Unbelievable. Ah, october 21, 2015. Back to the future day. And ive got to say, im jealous of marty mcfly. He got to see the future. But what about us . If only we could hop into a deplorian because right now the future for three washington power players is in flux. Will biden run . Will clinton satisfy her can critics in her testimony . And will paul ryan be the next speaker of the house . Our cnn team may not see into the future but they have certainly got the present covered. To the speakers race first and manu r