Taken over large parts of syria and iraq surging in size and strength. The cia now saying the terror group may have as many as some 32 the ,000 fighters 32,000 fighters across iraq and syria, about triple what u. S. Intel officials had previously estimated. This comes as secretary of state john kerry is coming under fire for insisting that america is not at war with these guys. Listen to this. Were engaged in a major counterterrorism operation its not a war. And its going to be a longterm counterterrorism operation. I think war is the wrong terminology and analogy. I dont think people need to get into war fever on this. Well, secretary kerrys comments getting a heated response from senator john mccain who said this to our own breath that van susteren. Its hard to find a response to that. What was the president talking about last night then if theyre just a Counterterrorism Organization . Then we just want to contain them because if you can contain terrorist organizations, then you dont
Today were looking to find out how this Security Breach at the white house happened. Good tuesday afternoon from the fox news deck. Prosecutors are once again telling a jury that jodi arias must die. That as the convicted killer gets a second shot at saving her own life. He penalty phase retrial started in phoenix and this is a picture from the courtroom. Looks familiar. She is still wearing the same glasses but she got rid of the bangs. Jurors will not decide whether she is guilty of murder. We already know that. She is very much guilty of murder. Instead theyll decide whether the state should execute her after the original jury couldnt decide on that. Last year, the jury convicted jodi arias of murdering her exboyfriend, travis alexander. The jodi arias claims why she she nearly cut his head off. The jury saw pictures of jodi arias, ones she took, seconds before the murder, showing her lover in the shower. Prosecutors shot the undergruesome pictures of the corpse, naked in the shower
Watch this. What do we want . Dead cops when do we want them . Now much more on that disturbing video coming up. But first tonight a 16hour standoff in sydney, australia, came to a dramatic end today when police stormed a cafe in which an armed iranianborn man held a total of 17 hostages. Police say three people were killed including the gunman and two hostages. Four others were wounded. Foxs own Catherine Herridge is standing by in washington tonight. And she has all the details. Catherine. Thank you, sean. A counterterrorism source tells fox news tonight theres little doubt the hostage is an act of islamic terrorism. But the question is whether the suspect, Man Haron Monis was a member or acted alone. It really makes isis in that way much more lethal and dangerous than al qaeda was as far as being able to stop and anticipate these attacks. Since the spring isis has gained momentum and swept across iraq. At least 20 americans with legal permanent residents have tried to help the terro
Involving White Police Officers and black men. In each of those cities from dallas to minneapolis, to new yorks times square, we saw Police Officers marching right alongside those protesters and defending the protesters right to free speech despite some of the angry antipolice sentiments being expressed by some of those activists. But at 9 57 eastern, 8 57 pacific, it became clear that Something Else was happening in dallas. As we watched live, we suddenly saw a crowd go from marching to running in panic. We had no idea what was happening. But less than three minutes later, thanks to the brave, brave work of shawna jackson, a photographer with dallas fox affiliate kdfw, we learned why that crowd was scattering. And as jackson rounded a corner literally running toward gunfire with her camera, we came to the horrifying realization that we were suddenly looking at live pictures of multiple Law Enforcement officers wounded or dead. Were looking back in dallas, texas. [ bleep ]. This is dis
Coup in turkey. The theme of the Republican National Convention Today is make america safe again. This morning, donald trump sharply criticized president obamas handling of the recent crisis. I think we need strength, i think we also need somebody that can be a cheerleader. Hes been a great divider in this country. I think Race Relations now are as bad as they have ever been. We have to bring law and order back into this country. Whether we like it or not. We have to bring law and order back into this country with no games. Donald trump also indicated he is lease pleased with how the joint 60 minutes interview with mike pence last night. It included this exchange on Trumps Campaign so far. What do you think about your running mates campaign and the tone and the negativity of it . I think this is a good man who has been talking about the issues the American People care about. But namecalling . Lyin ted . I said campaigns ought to be about something more important than just one candidate