And lets get right to the breaking news. A fresh round of u. S. Air strikes in iraq. American war planes attack targets belonging to isis as the jihadists who call themselves the Islamic State close in on a major city in Northern Iraq. Hundreds of thousands of christians and other minorities are now on the run. U. S. Aircraft have the also dropped food and water as the Obama Administration warns of what its calling a potential genocide. Our correspondent and guests are standing by with the kind of coverage only cnn can deliver. Lets begin with pentagon correspondent barbara starr. What are you learning . We have now in less than 24 hours had three rounds of air strikes against isis militants in Northern Iraq. It began early today with a strike by f a18 aircraft against a mobile artillery position that isis had outside the city of erbil in Northern Iraq. A short time later, a couple of hours later two additional strikes. A u. S. Military drone fired a shot against a terrorist mortar pos
11 degrees in ms. Sue law. Much more coming up. First this was a hot vote, years in the making. Senate democrats blocking the construction of the Keystone Pipeline by a single vote late last night. Yeas are 59, nays are 41. 60 vote threshold having not been achieved. The bill is not passed. Republicans say they are not however done yet. Good morning. Im bill hemmer in americas newsroom. Martha good morning. Bill did you know it was cold outside . Martha pretty cold in buffalo. Those folks are really suffering. Im martha maccallum. More coming up in a moment. Meantime back to the pipeline story. Huge story last night. It would have transported oil from canada down to the gulf of mexico. Republicans supported that project, they have for years across the board. They thought it would create thousands of jobs. Democrats called it a environmental disaster. The president has been on that page as well. The vote deliver ad huge blow, potentially devastating blow to senator mary landrieu. For jo
Moving more easily, but hes moving against his political rivals. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. This is cnn breaking news. Were following two breaking stories, hours after republicans seized control of the senate and padded the house, the president saying to voters i hear you and hes also saying to republicans lets find ways to Work Together. Meantime, tensions are exploding half a world away. Hamas is blessing what israel called a terror attack. A van driver plowed into a jerusalem crowd killing a Police Officer and then swung a metal bar at bystanders before being shot dead and more graphic video here. A hunt is right now under way for another driver who ran into a group of soldiers in the west bank. Our correspondents and analysts are standing by and ill speak with republican senator Lindsay Graham. Hes standing by live this hour. Lets begin with our White House Correspondent michelle kosinski. Hi, wolf. The president acknowledged last nights tough loss. At times he s
Trump, it was deeply meaning tofl visit the holiest site of her faithful heres some of what we heard from President Trump. I have come to this sacred and ancient land to reaffirm the unbreakable bond between the United States and the state of israel. You mark the defeating of isis as one of your top missions. The United States and israel can declare with one voice that iran must never be allowed to possess a nuclear weapon. Never, ever. This includes a renewed effort at peace between the israelis and the palestinians, and i thank the Prime Minister for his commitment to pursuing the peace process. He is working very hard at it. It is not easy. I have heard it is one of the toughest deals of all. But i have a feeling that were going to get there eventually. Hes heard it is one of the toughest deals of all. Meanwhile the dark cloud of the russia investigation. Today we learned that Michael Flynn is planning to invoke his fifth amendment right in response to a subpoena from the Senate Int
For him crazy welcome to conflict zone thanks or welcome and the mission of the state of palestine during the let me start with the u. S. Decision to recognize jerusalem as israels capital your president said we will not accept for the u. S. To be a mediator because after what theyve done to us a believer shall not be stung twice in the same place and then he told donald trump damn your money and maybe your house be destroyed what kind of effect do you think that sort of rudeness has on the diplomatic process. And if this announcement was unexpected first of all for the palestinians and the International Community because before that for the meetings i was in now and i was by my president and and the visiting us you remember last year only expected trump said throughout his campaign that he was going to recognize jerusalem by all its. All in all the previous present they said so but they didnt move to practice when leaving the campaign prachanda been a promise and the others it is some