The middle east program at the wilson center. We are very happy to have with us Hassan Hassan the coauthor of isis inside the army. He is based in abu dhabi. Here is that a couple of things straight. Very happy to host and end his book appeared on the New York Times bestseller list. Yesterday was number nine. I did not check it this morning. Today we will get a firsthand report in what is going on on the ground and the history of the movement. Thank you very much. I would like to talk of the talk would be sort of a few snapshots. That is how to understand isis and where it comes from. In the 1990s the second is the iraq war and the arab spring. And the 1990s two very interesting trends happened in iraq after it the first gulf war and the sanctions against the Saddam Hussein regime. The first one is Saddam Hussein integrated campaign the islamic faith campaign. What he did was to islam baptism, and a variety of measures to encourage people, he allowed baptists to study religion, go to m
Faster lane . It may cost you more. Results of a Controversial Program thats driving some people crazy. All that and much more on cbs this morning saturday, saturday, april 26th, 2014. And welcome to the weekend. We also have a great lineup of guests for you this morning including a guy whos actually been called the funniest man in the known universe and the lost member of monty python. Eddie izzard. Plus worldrenowned chef norman van akin is here. And a unique blues man who incorporates the best of other american musical forms in his great eclectic style. Kev mo performs in our saturday session. First we begin with last nights Severe Weather. Powerful storms damaged homes in the eastern and central part of north carolina. Trees and power lines were knocked down and more than 6,000 electric customers lost power. Meanwhile, forecasters are warning that weekend tornadoes and severe thunderstorms are likely in parts of the plains and midwest. Erik fisher, chief meteorologist at our boston
Were waiting on the fda to give emergency approval to a second coronavirus vaccine. The Moderna Vaccine is expected to get the okay today. Great news, that is being tempered by some major distribution issues. Governors across the country, democrats and republicans alike, say they were told they will be receiving significantly fewer doses of the Pfizer Vaccine than they were initially promised. The white house is blaming pfizer for the shortages, while pfizer is blaming the white house. It says it has millions of doses ready to go, but has not received guidance from trumps team on where to send them. Former fda commissioner under donald trump scott got lean who now sits on the board of pfizer explained the problem to stephanie ruhle. Theyre holding back doses. In part they say they want to hold back a second dose for everyone who receives the first dose. The 25 million doses that the companys promised for december has largely been manufactured, and many more of the lots are released, re
Williams. The National Weather Service Started warning people days in advance of violent weather conditions and happening again tonight. After a quiet start to this 2014 tornado season, tonight they are trying to alert a big section of the country that a potentially dangerous weather system is setting up over a large area stretching all the way clear back to the west. A multiple day outbreak of bad weather is feared, starting tonight on the eastern seaboard. As you saw the National Weather service says quote, the environment will favor super cells with a risk of tornados. 32 Million People will be in the path of this, some of them in the part of the country that suffered big hits last season. Its where we begin tonight with nbcs tom costello. Reporter already tonight, tornados report in eastern North Carolina at the start of what could be a volatile few days. Fastmoving storms with 60 mile per hour storms and hail tear through the state this afternoon. It was three years ago this weeke
Offices in delaware where biden lives. They have been taken to secure locations. Another package was found in the tribeca area of new york city at a building that houses his production company. The three new packages are all very similar in appearance and their contents are also the same. What the fbi doesnt know yet is who exactly is trying to kill President Trumps critics. Cnn justice correspondent has been following us. Update us on the latest. We will take the two packages being shipped to the former Vice President overnight. The Postal Service was scrambling trying to find one package. They ended up finding two. They thought it was going to be sent back to florida. Debbie Wassermann Schultz was the return address. They were able to find these two packages, both were in postal offices in delaware, one outside of wilmington. Now at this point the two packages are being sent to the fbi for examination. A third package was discovered at the Production Office of Robert De Niro, another