Good wednesday morning. Were getting new details from the commander in chief about the terror threats which led to the closings of u. S. Embassies. President obama says while the threat is real, the americans should not change overseas travel plans. Abcs Tahman Bradley is joining us from washington with more on what the president revealed overnight. Good morning, tahman. Reporter diane and john, good morning. Worries an attack is imminent. The u. S. Military helped evacuate nonessential personnel from the embassy in yemen. And this morning, the military is scouring the streets, searching for al qaeda. The Obama Administration has reportedly ordered a series of drone strikes in yemen in an effort to disrupt a terrorist plot to attack the American Embassy and other western targets. This comes as a u. S. Navy reconnaissance plane, circled in search of terrorists. President obama, appearing last night on nbcs tonight show, did despite the worldwide terror alert, americans should not cancel
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with the support of populations in sunni areas are going to have to revamp, get resupplied, have a clear strategy. But this is going to be a longterm project. Good morning. Welcome to morning joe. Take a live look at times square. Boy, does it need another reminder six years into into the presidency, barack obama is learning again this weekend and getting a view of just how lonely it is at the top. Especially when youre running the military of the last remaining benevolent super power in the world. With europe still seemingingly to be sleep, barack obama just became the fourng straight u. S. President to launch a war in iraq. America has ordered hostile mili
They had quite a few friends in school who were somali immigrants and an africanamerican friend whose family was muslim. Whats the local reaction there . Well, carol, these two went to high School Together in a suburb called new hope. The reaction is astoundment on some level but on another level theyre hearing theyve been hearing about this for years. In fact, castgarr went and fought in somalia in 2009 and died in a battle there. Mccain knew him growing up and its unclear when they last communicated. Mccain started to change his attitude according to friends and family members in recent years after 2009 when he would have been associating with castgarr. Minneapolis specifically is targeted by extremist groups for recruitment and part of the reason is theres a large somalimuslim population here and a lot of children and young adults here and that is where they are targeting. They have a video out that actually targets minnesota and they say come join us, be a minnesota martyr. The vid
There is never an excuse for violence against police. Theres also no excuse for police to use Excessive Force against peaceful protests or to throw protesters in jail for lawfully exercising their First Amendment rights. The president added that police should not be bullying or arresting journalists for doing their job. Calling for an open and transparent investigation the president met with eric holder today and ordered a Justice Department probe into the killing of Michael Brown. Holder also issued a statement saying that Going Forward the Justice Department will be assisting local authorities with crowd control. Back in ferguson, just hours ago police chief Thomas Jackson said a meeting with the brown family set for this morning had been postponed to be rescheduled later today. At that same press conference, jackson defended his departments actions, but said Police Tactics are under review. There is gun fire. There are firebombs being thrown at the police, and i understand that what
Decapitated an american journalist. Does the United States, the most powerful military in the world, know how to take the terrorists of isis out . And will it . Welcome to the lead coming to you live from ferguson, missouri, with our national lead. The investigation into the shooting of 18yearold Michael Brown. Were also watching, of course, another Major International story, the threat of the terrorist group isis. U. S. Military options for taking on a Terror Organization just described is as apocalyptic by the top general in the u. S. After the shocking beheading of james foley. Another u. S. Journalist is being held prisoner right now along with other hostages but we will begin here in ferguson today. Tomorrow will mark two weeks since Michael Brown was shot and killed. The streets have been calmer but we are no closer to settling the issue that brought nights of shootings, fires, tear gas, molotov cocktails, looting and a militarized Police Response many considereded to have fuel t