A new conversation about slavery, about getting confederate icons out of our public spaces. Hillary clinton addressed the issue just moments ago at an event not far from ferguson, missouri. We cant hide from hard truths about race and justice. We have to name them and own them and change them. Thats why i appreciate the actions begun yesterday by the governor and other leaders of South Carolina to remove the confederate battle flag from the statehouse. It shouldnt fly there. It shouldnt fly anywhere. It shouldnt fly anywhere. 150 years after the civil war were seeing a wave of calls to take it down all over the south. Breaking news out of richmond where Governor Terry mcauliffe has ordered the Confederate Flag removed from Virginia State license plates. State representative earl banks says its time for mississippi to remove the Confederate Flag. People use this flag as a symbol of hatred. That should not be a part of the flag of mississippi. From the capitol in South Carolina to our ow
But it is not just isis. Why this country is attack another group of terrorists you never heard of until now. Will air strikes make us safer or put us in danger on the home front. We have a busy program to got to. Cnn reporters around the world. They will have the late forest you along with our team of military and security experts. We want want to begin with breaking news. Terror fears in the homeland. A senior official tells cnn, khoras khorasan, comes amid concerns of lone wolf attacks. Lets get the latest from cnns justice correspondent, pamela brown. Pamela, good evening. What can you tell us abut these attacks and khorasan . We can tell you that this group of al qaeda operatives in syria, called khorasan had been on u. S. Officials radar since at least the springtime. Recent intelligence suggested the group was in advance stage plotting an attack against the west, europe or the u. S. , by using western recruits. U. S. Officials felt like they had to act fast to disrupt the plotti
Emmy Kellogg Jones us live with the latest from london. Reporter hi, eric. David cameron said that British Military intelligence are helping with logistics and other aspects of the u. S. Air strikes, but as you mentioned, not getting involved in unilateral air strikes of any kind in iraq. What britain is focused on is providing arms to the fighters really on the front lines of this fight with isis. There was an emergency government meeting this morning. 9n the urgency in the fight against these terrorists only increases. And the video released by isis, the killer dressed in black with what seems to be the same british accent weve heard before pointed to britains arming of the soldiers and the bombing of the dam that isis is taking retribution for. They have called david haynes is hero. Haynes worked with the needy and at times specifically withx÷ th handicapped in the worlds most dangerous places. He leaved behind two daughters and a wife. David cameron raised back to london last nigh
Investigation that has dogged new Jersey Republican governor Chris Christie for nearly a year now. Jonathan dietz reporting while federal prosecutors continue to investigate the shutdown of lanes onto the George Washington bridge last year as some still unexplained act of political retribution, federal officials tell wnbc tonight that those investigations thus far have found no evidence that governor Chris Christie personally had advanced knowledge of the shutdown plot nor have they found evidence that he took part in the plot personally. Again, the Investigation Continues but that is the first substantive leak from the federal criminal investigation of the bridge shutdown in new jersey. The u. S. Attorneys office in new jersey has been tights l tight lipped. More on that story in a few moments ago. Thats coming up. Theres also news tonight out of washington, news that prompted this perfect headline from the Huffington Post late today. Congress ashamed of congress. Members of congress
Groups, isis, and khorasan. Really a group that was unknown to the American People until 24 hours ago. Thats not the case any more. The president will go on to talk in the speech about, the need, importance of bidding tuilding global colegislation to take on the threats. Later in the day he has important matters on the schedule. Sitting down for the first time with the iraqi prime minister, talking about the effectiveness of the air strikes that have been taking place in iraq. And also, what is taking place in syria. Because as we know, don, isis really started over in syria then came into iraq and started seizing swaths of territory, and, hell want the president to continue the air strikes. Be looking for reaction from the president on that tomorrow. And then later in the afternoon, the president will be doing something he has done once before, chair a u. N. Security council meeting. He did this back in 2009 on subject of climate change. This time on the dangers posed by the foreign f