Attacks in the last 48 hours. And today isis is suspected of staging a bloody series of car bombs inside baghdad including one that nearly killed an iraqi minister. There are serious concerns about what will happen if isis does manage to breach the iraqi capital and whether iraqi fighters have the courage to drive them out. Megyn, nobody is quite sure how far isis fighters are from reaching the capital baghdad but the department of defense is acknowledging that isis could now be within five miles. That means the fight is approaching the baghdad suburbs. The clashes have killed hundreds of iraqi soldiers. Today rear admiral john kirby was asked if iraqi fighters could hold their ground. Listen to him. So i think were i cant predict anything one way or the other other than to tell you what i can predict is were going to continue to work with them in their defenses of it. But those in and around baghdad arent sure the air strikes will be enough. They point out that isis controls a wide sw
Confidence or suggested she needed to go. Chuck schumer, the democrat from new york was coming out later this afternoon saying she needed to resign. I pressed josh ernest a few moments ago what took them so long, what changed in the last few hours. They said that Julia Pierson stepped up and offered her resignation. I pressed him and said why did they not fire her after these breaches . He just said basically they did not know about that incident in that atlanta elevator at the cdc where a Security Guard who had a gun and a criminal record the secret service was not aware of got inches from the president. The president was left out of the loop that his safety had been in jeopardy again just a couple of weeks ago. Im also told one last bit of color, that when Julia Pierson wernlt up to the to offer his resignation, he not only immediately accepted it but said it would be effective immediately. Theyre not even going to give her time for a transition they realize they have got to turn the
Right now Thomas Eric Duncan is fighting for his life at a dallas hospital. He is of course the first person to be diagnosed with ebola in america. And since this news first broke on wednesday fear has spread. Media coverage has gone round the clock, twitter on fire. Look at this tweet from donald trump suggesting that the United States should simply bar flights from the hot zone west africa. The truth is there are some Real Security concerns at airports as well as some degree of uncertainty about what we thought we knew about ebola. But friday afternoon the white house said a ban on travel from west africa could impede response to the Ebola Outbreak. So here are two questions that i want to ask. First, is some of the fear unwarranted . And second, how do we prevent the ebola virus from coming into the country again . Joining me two experts, Gavin Mcgregor skinner, the manager for the Nonprofit Organization which teaches people how to handle dangerous diseases around the world. And a m
With a series of hit and run attacks in the last 48 hours. And today isis is suspected of staging a bloody series of car bombs inside baghdad including one that nearly killed an iraqi minister. There are serious concerns about what will happen if isis does manage to breach the iraqi capital and whether iraqi fighters have the courage to drive them out. Megyn, nobody is quite sure how far isis fighters are from reaching the capital baghdad but the department of defense is acknowledging that isis could now be within five miles. That means the fight is approaching the baghdad suburbs. The clashes have killed hundreds of iraqi soldiers. Today rear admiral john kirby was asked if iraqi fighters could hold their ground. Listen to him. So i think were i cant predict anything one way or the other other than to tell you what i can predict is were going to continue to work with them in their defenses of it. But those in and around baghdad arent sure the air strikes will be enough. They point out
Confidence or suggested she needed to go. Chuck schumer, the democrat from new york was coming out later this afternoon saying she needed to resign. I pressed josh ernest a few moments ago what took them so long, what changed in the last few hours. They said that Julia Pierson stepped up and offered her resignation. I pressed him and said why did they not fire her after these breaches . He just said basically they did not know about that incident in that atlanta elevator at the cdc where a Security Guard who had a gun and a criminal record, the secret service was not aware of, got inches from the president. The president was left out of the loop that his safety had been in jeopardy again, just a couple of weeks ago. Im also told one last bit of color, that when Julia Pierson wernlt up to the to offer his resignation, he not only immediately accepted it, but said it would be effective immediately. Theyre not even going to give her time for a transition, they realize they have got to tur