The United States unleashed a barrage of cruise missiles and precision guided bombs inside syria for the first time. Were talking 200 pieces of precision ordnance. Now, part of it was an attack against isis targets. But in a development that surprised a lot of people, Central Command revealed that a separate set of air strikes were aimed at eliminating an imminent threat to the u. S. Homeland. A new al qaeda offshoot known as the Khorasan Group was apparently plotting an attack against the u. S. Homeland. Now, the strikes against khorasan were unilateral, only the United States was involved but the strikes against isis were carried out by a coalition. Five arab allies joined the United States attacking by air and by sea. There you see them. Jordan, saudi arabia, bahrain, qatar. The United Arab Emirates. Sunni governments in each of these nations taking action against sunni militants inside syria. Thats a very big development. President obama praised this operation just a short time ago
The rough seas. Divers say they are facing zero visibility on the sea floor which is sure of course to be littered with sharp tangled wreckage of the plane. Search officials are still hopeful that Large Shadowy objects are, indeed, the planes fuselage but one piece has already been dismissed. It turns out to be that of a ship wreck. So electronics could play a bigger role in the search. The uss fort worth becomes the second u. S. Navy ship now to take part. The fort worth is equipped request sidescan sonar and can help map the area. This morning, were learning of a remarkable twist in the investigation. It turns out, the doomed flight should never have taken off. It did not have permission to fly from the surabaya airport to singapore on that fatal day on sunday which, of course ended in tragedy. Lets go to surabaya where the flight originated and where david molko is standing by. David, how significant of a development is this . Ana, lets start with whats going out in the search zone
For a couple of hours surrounding the vehicle. We presume theyve checked it before this. But they do appear to be ready to tow it. They are taking some kind of measure mtd to the vehicle and doing some other checks on it. This is confirmed to be the suspects vehicle. Interesting he parked it here on the west side of the white house by the reflecting pool next to the botanical gardens. He had to walk quite a long way up capitol hill and around the building to get to the place where this shooting took place, where the Visitor Center checkin is where the metal detectors are where this incident happened. As far as what happened in the incident, according to police, this suspect walked through the metal detector. Set off an alarm and then pulled a weapon. He drew the weapon and according to Law Enforcement sources waved it around. At that point Law Enforcement officers fired on him and wounded him. He was taken away and is recovering from his wounds. There was also a female bystander who wa
Has been a crime scene with Law Enforcement looking on the sidewalks left and right for bullet casings everywhere. You can see the authorities still there and command and control vehicles trying to find out what they can inside that nightclub. As that happens were getting brand new details about the gunman who went in there guns blazing at the pulse. We learned just a short time ago that authorities do not believe that there is a direct link to isis. They do not believe he tried to communicate with isis. They do believe that he tried to buy military grade body armor just weeks before he went into that nightclub, but for some reason he was not sold that body armor. Again, investigators have found no evidence of direct contact with isis though obviously he did pledge his loyalty to isis during the attack. We also now know that the gunman traveled to saudi arabia twice. The Saudi Interior Ministry says he visited in 2011, also 2012, also new this morning, the death toll has been revised t
Kelley. Officials say the gunman dressed all in black was wearing a ballistic vest. Was armed with an assaulttype rifle when he opened fire on the first church of First Baptist church. Victims range in age from 5 to 72 years old. Texas Governor Greg Abbott became emotional as he described the magnitude of this tragedy. As a state, were dealing with the largest mass shooting in our states history. There are so many families whove lost family members. Fathers, mothers, sons and daughters. The tragedy, of course, is worsened by the fact it occurred in a church, a place of worship, where these people were innocently gunned down. Were told the shooter died after a brief chase into a neighboring county. Theres zstill no word on a motive. Were getting more information about how the attack unfolded. Listen to this. At approximately 11 20 this morning, a suspect was seen at a valero gas station in zsutherlad springs, texas. He was dressed in all black. Crossed the vote to the church, exited his