Florida. Reporter hi, melissa, for the second day in a row the president underscored his horror of the pictures of the chemical attack in syria. This time the president did it by poking his head in to talk to reporters on air force one and in palm beach, florida t. President signals head horrified by what he had seen. There are some political impacts to that. Heres what he said. What president assad did is terrible. I think what happened in syria is one of the truly egregious crimes that shouldnt have happened and it shouldnt be left. Sometimes a little hard to hear there over the jet noise t. President said what happened shouldnt have happened. It shouldnt be allowed to happen. What he didnt say is what specifically he plans to do about that. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson already in palm beach had something to say today. He hinted at the formation of a broader International Coalition here against the assad regime, heres the secretary of state. Well the process by which assad would
Plus. Reporter im on a disputed island in the South China Sea where this time its taiwan making waves in these troubled waters we will meet the man on a mission to give indonesias endangered orangutans a Better Future we begin this news hour with latest on the investigation into the brussels bombings. It seems that a second man believed to have taken part in the bombing at the metro station may still be at large. The hunt is still on to find the man seen on a Security Camera at the airport. There appears to have been three bombers at the airport. Two are dead, but this man is believed to be on the run after his explosives failed to detonate properly. His identity is unknown. The two suspected attackers who died at the airport, Najim Laachraoui was already a suspect in paris attacks. The other airport bomber has been identified as brahim elbakraoui. He had been deported from turkey after being detained at the syrian Turkish Border last june. Meanwhile his brother brahim elbakraoui is be
What i announced last week was what the chairman and i recommended. Would he approved in last fall what we call the accelerants of that time was what the chairman and i recommended. That doesnt mean hes going to approve our recommendations. Im giving you those as examples. He is the commander in chief. But we tell it straight to the best of our ability. I can certainly speak for myself. In observation i can speak for the chairman as well. I cant speak for my distinguished predecessors. I will address one final question general dunford which goes back to secretary gates and pinettas comments. They attribute this hesitating exercise of American Power to the large size of the president S National Security staff and the micromanagement secretary gates saying for example it was the operational micromanagement that drove me nuts of the white house and staffers calling senior commanders out in the field and asking them questions of second guessing commanders. General dunford could you comment
Ill ask the chairman to chime in. Thanks for going there and seeing our guy and gals our fantastic partners in the jordanians. Youre right. For on a per capita basis they have absorbed an enormous refugee situation. Yes, we were actually talking a lot about the northern parts of both iraq and syria. But were very mindful of the both southern iraq and southern syria. And the possibility that as we apply pressure to the north in both mosul and raqqah, that isil as the expression goes squirt to out to the south. We talked to the jordanians about that. Talked to the iraqis about that and talk today the israelis, by the way, about that as well. And work with them. And we do have operations that were facilitating with iraq, for example. In the direction to the southwest, even as we help them move up to tithevalley to the north. Gen. Dunford jordan is one of our more important leaders in the region. We have a Strong Military to military relationship with jordan. Part of what were doing is inc
Adding to concerns about the slowdown in china. In chinal out put rose but fell short of estimates. Nvestors reacted chinese stocks had their worst day in three weeks. The shenzhen composite was down more than 6 . Germany is going to slow up the influx of refugees, at least for now. The government is reposing border controls. They a sign to europe that need more help. At this moment, germany is introducing temporary border checks again at the internal frontiers. The focus in the first instance will be at the border with austria. The aim of this measure is to limit the current influx to germany and come back to an ordered proceeding of the entry again. This is necessary for safety reasons. Brendan european officials meet in brussels on the refugee crisis to discuss the plan of introducing styling seekers to your europe. Fastmoving firefighters in california have killed one person and destroyed several homes and businesses. At least 81 homes were destroyed in a separate fire near sacrame