Joan rivers deci died thurse was 81. More ahead straight in the newsroom and it all starts right now. Hello again, im fredricka whitfield. Topping the news, president obama announces hell address the nation on the isis threat. And lay out his game plan to destroy the terror network. He revealed several key aspects of his strategy today. Well have details this hour. And u. S. Military is already taking action, striking isis targets in iraq. The goal to keep the militants away from a critical dam. The latest on that effort, straight ahead. Plus the owner of the nbas Atlanta Hawks says hes selling the team. The reason . An email he sent that he calls, quote unquote, inappropriate and offensive. Well tell you what it said coming up. Now to that major announcement from president obama. Hes preparing to deliver a speech on wednesday where hell outline his plan to defeat isis. Ahead of that, hes also expected to speak to congress on tuesday. The president said he wants a buyin from congress o
Were tapping into the Global Resources of cnn to bring you the very latest on all of this breaking news this morning. Lets begin with pentagon correspondent Barbara Starr. We had weeks of calm in afghanistan, we thought the turmoil there was political. And now a deadly blast in the heart of the capital. What do we know . It seems to never end. Nato alliance is saying that three members came under, three military members of the alliance came under attack and were killed in a suicide bomb attack in kabul. Pictures show smoke filling the sky, the aftermath of the attack, as is nato practice at this point. Are not identifying those who were killed or their nationalities, but it is the latest attack in the capital where they are struggling still in that government to select a new leader for that country. Chris in. I know we keep saying it, barbara, about situations being one to watch, but afghanistan could very easily go the wrong way very quickly so we will keep watching that. Now take us