No strong lead yet now as to why he could have done this so we will be waiting for more information on that but let me ask you about a woman or a companion about was also named as a person of interest in this. Indeed there was a companion that was for many hours in the preliminary phases of this investigation companion of steven had ics who in fact was of interest to police but what we now know is that suspect that woman has been ruled out as a person of interest as a suspect apparently the gunman using her i. D. Perhaps to read the hotel room a room we know he was in from september twenty eighth and onward not clear if he allowed any of the sort of the housekeeping staff to come into that room that would have perhaps signaled something was imminent but we do know from police now that that woman that companion has been ruled out as a suspect but again this is going to take a long time to piece together las vegas is a very busy place there was a lot of hotel rooms to look through a big
Against the jews were the precursors to the wholesale slaughter of our people. But no more. Today we the jewish people have the power to defend ourselves. We will defend ourselves against the enemies on the battlefield. [applause] we will expose their lies against us in the court of public opinion. Israel with it continue to stand proud and unbowed. [applause] ladies and gentlemen, despite the enormous challenges facing israel, i believe we have an historic opportunity. After decades of seeing israel as their enemy, leading states in the arab world increasingly recognize that together, we and they face many of the same dangers. And principally this means a nucleararmed iran and militant islamist movements gaining ground in the sunni world. Our challenge is to transform these common interests. To create a Productive Partnership one that would build a more secure, peaceful and prosperous middle east. Together we can strengthen regional security. We can advance projects in water and agric
Koreans celebrating a holiday. And reaching a conclusion. Lets start in yemen where Houthi Rebels have taken over the airport in taizz. That is the Third Largest city. The fighters are pushing south from the capital sanaa in the direction of aden. Thats where the president is trying to hold on power. Meanwhile, the United States has pulled out its last of special forces. Giving this special explanation. We reemphasize our support for his efforts to lead yemen through crisis. Natasha guinane reports. Reporter people in ties gather to protest proHouthi Rebels in the city. Translator they want to drag us into war and we refuse. A helicopter flying over a military convoy below was the sign this prohouthi courses might be closer to a collision course with abd Rabbu Mansour hadi. Since he was forced to flee the capital. Taizz puts them on the course of least resistance to aden and to the president. They are not armed they are not al qaeda they wont protest against the houthis but they will n
Preparing options on iraq. Military planners have assembled a draft list of terror targets in the country. Officials say this list is constantly being revised, they havent yet made final determinations. In iraq militants celebrating after attacking the countrys biggest oil refinery. Now both isis, the islamic terror group, and the Iraqi Government are saying they are in control of this crucial location. At the white house tonight the president just met with senior congressional leaders to talk about the violence on the ground and whether the United States will do anything about it. Short of boots on the ground, an amorphous term to begin with, the Administration Says all options are on the table. Joe johns has more on what happened at the meeting tonight. Reporter president obama in the oval office with senior congressional leadership briefing them about u. S. Options in iraq. The big question possible military action already on the drawing board at the pentagon, cnn has learned. After