Assisting sunni tribal fighters. Tonight some members of the president s own party are warning of dangerous similarities to the vietnam war. Republican congressman ryan zinke is here to weigh in, iraq war veteran, former seal commander, serves on the House Armed Services committee. Our correspondents and analysts are standing by to cover all the news break right now. First, lets go to our pentagon correspondent, barbara star talk to us a little bit about this new deployment of forces to iraq. Well wolf this deployment could open the door to u. S. Troops going out into Anbar Province in western iraq the sunni heartland, the heart of the combat with isis. [ gunfire ] reporter Iraqi Forces Continue to struggle in the badle againstbad le battle against isis in Anbar Province, their geloal to retake ramadi and push isis back. To do that president obama is sending up to 450 additional troops this time with a major new task. Coordinate with sunni tribes who will turn against isis and eventual
Primged elite. Krnof privileged elite. Reserved for north korean favor by kim jongun. Why is much of the rest of the country struggling just to survive . Wolf blitzer is off. Im Brianna Keilar. Youre in the situation room. Breaking now an fbi investigation into threats against multiple airliners, one prompting the u. S. Military to scramble fighter jets into new yorks kennedy airport. And u. S. Defense secretary ash carter setting off a huge controversy after telling cnn in an exclusive interview iraqi troops showed no will to fight against isis forces that overran the city of ramadi. Were covering all of that and more this hour with our guests including republican congressman peter king. Hes a member of both the Homeland Security and intelligence committees and our correspondents are with us as well from key locations. I want to begin with cnns tom foreman with new information about the airline threat that send u. S. Air force jets scrambling. Reporter authorities think maybe one, one
They leave behind bombs and bobby trapsbook boobytraps. Bobby jindal announcing his run for the white house. Well bring it live. Im wolf blitzer, youre in office office. The situation room. New information is emerging about the help a aspirin employee allegedly gave to two convicted killers, as searchers develop that are strongest clues yet for the pair who broke out a prison in upstate new york. Numerous personal items were found in a cabin in a very remote location. Theres also concerns that. At the same time an exinmate is revealing extraordinary details about the relationship between one of the fugitives and prison wore are Joyce Mitchell accused of aiding the escape. The former inmaid saying the pair would often sneak off to a storage closet for sexual encounters. Todays other big story. em as the Confederate Flag waves outside the capital ton, the state lawmaker is being honored there. The body of past orr Clementa Pinkney has been lying in state. He was one of nine Church Member
Been corn erdered . Do they have this location where they are pretty confident they are going to find him today. I just spoke with some searchers not too long ago. I asked that very question. Do you still believe you have him contained . Their response to me was, we hope so. Here is what we are learning right now. The search area for the moment is going to stay the same today. We are in the north northwest area, upstate new york, an dir adirondack mountains. We have a live picture of the checkpoints they have in this area. The roads are closed. You cannot travel beyond really where we are standing right now. Law enforcement is standing right there. If you live in that area you have to go through that checkpoint. There are searches on the ground by the air. There are helicopters today. We understand the canine units are even supposed to be out today. We havent seen them. We have definitely seen the atvs. This area is very very remote. Something we just got information on. We know that t
Into coming home. Chinas outrage. A conflict between washington and beijing issest ka lath after a u. S. Spy plane make what is china calls a provocative flight. Show the Chinese Military retaliating. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. Were following the breaking news. The Flood Disaster unfold in the southwest. At least nine people are dead in texas and oklahoma. And a desperate search is underway right now for a dozen people missing. Houston is the latest city innone dated with almost a foot of rain paralyzing parts of the region. Were covering all angles of the breaking news this hour with our correspondents. We begin our coverage in houston. What are you seeing . Reporter well, wolf, what you see behind me here in hugh son is one of the bayous and the tributaries that wind through many parts of this city. And in flash flooding situations this is what of major concern. The water levels here the two bridges that you see behind me the water levels went over those bridges in