Over there, and as for any attacks on these armed extremists who are cutting a violent path across that country and threatening civil war as a result, the american president says that would require precise military action. While he says he will be mindful of socalled mission creep, getting the u. S. Involved again in a place where so Many Americans have already given so much, he says part of this is about vindicating the sacrifices that have already been made. For now, however, the United States is going to be a player in this fight in some form. Its where we begin tonight with our chief White House Correspondent chuck todd who covered the president s remarks in the Briefing Room earlier today. Chuck, good evening. Reporter good evening, brian. Look, this was multiple deliberations that the president had with his National Security team about what to do, and today finally he unveiled what are the beginnings of a longterm strategy to deal with this chaos in iraq. The president today send
Central government claims to be driving them back, the front line is as close as 37 miles from here. Faith in the government remains low. Trust in maliki to look out for all iraqis, shia, sunni, kurds, christians seemingly nonexistent. Against that backdrop, the Prime Minister is requesting and the Obama Administration is considering whether to have air strikes and other assistance. This afternoon president obama met with congressional leaders but not running through a list of possible actions that he is planning to take. Tonight we will run through a list of possible actions. But first, a wrap of the big developments here today. Long live isis these sunni militants chant on the streets today. They now are in control of this city and at least part of its massive oil refinery. Black smoke fills the air as militants are said to have set fires to at least five oil storage tanks. Witnesses say clashes are still ongoing at this, iraqs largest refinery. The loss of the baiji refinery is goin
Continue to be, you know, developed to address the conflicts and problems that we face today and in the future. Regime victor blackwell, cnn, atlanta. We have much more straight ahead in the newsroom. It all starts right now. Hello again, everyone, im fredricka whitfield. Welcome to the newsroom. Islamic militants are on the move, grabbing even more territory from the iraqi army. U. S. Secretary of state john kerry is in the region talking about ways to contain the crisis. This is a critical moment where together we must urge iraqs leaders to rise above sectarian motivations. Also this hour, new information on the mystery of Malaysia Airlines flight 370. Officials reexamine the data and minimum wage a major announcement about the surge. Plus, world cup Showdown Team usa takes on portugal in three hours. Well take you thrive brazil coming up. Live to brazil coming up. First up, our special report on the crisis in iraq. Islamist militants known as isis are making significant gains in the
Family feuds, a hit album from beyond the grave and more. Well tell you about all the players tonight, where they are now. Some Amazing Stories to tell. We begin with what at first appeared to be and might simply be a terrible accident, perhaps a worst mistake a parent can ever make. Every year hundreds of parents leave their kids in hot cars. And this year 14 children have died, including 22monthold cooper harris. Thats cooper right there. Left in the back of an suv on a broiling hot atlanta area day. The vehicle parked outside the Daycare Center at his fathers workplace. Justin harris never took him inside when he went in. By late that afternoon, cooper was dead. If that were all there is to the story, that would be hormone enough. The dead child, the grieving heartbroken but clearly negligent parent, and perhaps thats all Justin Harris was, a tragically negligent parent on that day. Thousands of people think so. The authorities, however, think otherwise the medical examiner believes
Israeli teens were found. Was it a revenge killing and whats to stop this all from spiraling further out of control . And the money lead. Facebook apologizing for those secret psychological experiments that sparked outrage, but some critics are asking, hey, when is facebook not messing with your head . Captions by vitac www. Vitac. Com good afternoon, everyone. Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper and well start with breaking news and the department of Homeland Security about enhanced security measures for flights coming into the United States. Cnn chief National Secure theity correspondent jim sharer is here to explain. It will come quickly and passengers will notice this in the next days and theyre direct flights to the u. S. From the middle east and its enhanced security screening. Theres been concern about a number of months and the western bombmaker constantly updating their bombs to get past current security screening. There was a vulnerability discovered i am told by intelligence