Fighter as north korea goes all out to show that his leader is firmly in charge. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. The powerful Cruise Missile attack that kicked off the u. S. Campaign in syria did not, repeat, did not achieve its objective. New concerns that leaders of an al qaeda Allstar Group are continuing with plans to attack u. S. Targets. Meantime, u. S. Air strikes and new reinforcements on the ground are causing big problems for isis in the syrian town of kobani. But the terrorist group is unleashing more atrocities in iraq. Congressman peter king is standing by. Lets begin with our pentagon correspondent barbara starr. Barbara . Wolf, a terrorist group that the u. S. Says is an imminent threat and the problem right now, nobody knows where these terrorists are. Reporter these u. S. Attacks apparently did not work. The first missile strikes in syria last month were supposed to stop one of the most deadly al qaeda affiliates, the Khorasan Group. Al qaeda operatives t
Dream. And the national lead, a bomb cyclone cant be a good thing. Frigid cold whips down into the u. S. As millions brace for an arctic blast. And its not even thanksgiving yet. Good afternoon, everybody. Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. Were going to begin with the world lead and a flurry of conflicting accounts on the fate of the evil mastermind because isis. The coalition seems disturbingly underinformed, shall we say, about where its bombs are going and who they are or are not hitting. Air strikes took place targeting isis leaders near mosul. Whats not been confirmed is whether the head of isis, abu bakr al baghdadi, survived the strikes or if he was even in that convoy to begin with. And most of the information trickling out seems to have come from social media with reports of al baghdadis death circulating on twitter from unconfirmed or phony accounts. Iraqs minister of interior took to facebook yesterday announcing the leader had been severely wounded. But that statement ha
Korea. The coordination, the negotiation, the facetoface visit, to north korea, from a senior official. Erin mcpike joins us from the white house. This is such great news for the families, for these two men. And also, it looks like a big win for the Obama Administration. Do we have background on this yet . How long officials had been working on this . Reporter we do know. It wasnt all that long. We found out about it out of the blue this morning. Thats what a lot of people are saying, that it happened very quickly. We found out after about 10 00 a. M. Or so this morning. We do know that on wednesday, James Clapper, the director of National Intelligence was supposed to be speaking in new york, at an event. That was canceled due to scheduling conflicts. Now, we know why. The Obama Administration sent him to north korea to secure the release of these two detainees, poppy. I also know that the Obama Administration, very quickly, came out this morning and said, there was no quid pro quo. No
President trump were defending our borders. If you dont have borders, you dont have a country. Its happening. Its not build that wall anymore, its continue building that wall. Were building it. The democrats want open borders, they want anybody they want including ms13 pouring into the country. They want to protect illegals coming into the country much more so than they want to protect you. And thats not where were coming from, okay . So sandra now brandnew reaction coming from President Trump and the white house as democratic congresswoman Maxine Waters doubles down on her calls over her urging people to harass members of the Trump Administration. This after Sarah Sanders was kicked out of a virginia restaurant over the weekend. Eric we have team fox News Coverage for you this morning. Doug mcelway is standing by in lexington, virginia, he is at the red hen restaurant but lets begin with john roberts on the north lawn of the white house. Getting tense on a lot of fronts these days wit
Who said mr. Trump is wasting the border crisis. Welcome our viewers in the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer and youre in the situation room. Announcer this is cnn breaking news. Breaking news tonight, investigators are now getting a window into President Trumps secret finances. Cnn has learned that Deutsche Bank started to turn over documents related to loans made to mr. Trump and his business in response to a subpoena from the new York State Attorney general. This comes as the president said hes fighting all of the subpoenas issued by House Democrats in the wake of the Mueller Report calling their demands ridiculous. Tonight the House Oversight Committee Chairman said mr. Trump and his attorney general are openly ordering federal employees to ignore congressional subpoenas, calling it a massive unprecedented and growing pattern of obstruction. This hour ill talk with House Oversight Committee Member ro khanna and tom freidman is standing by with our correspondents