Seem to be barricaded in with chain link fences. Leland and there is discussion how to protect monuments and well be back to South Carolina later. Gillian we will. It great to be with everybody at home. President trump is now accusing many state and local governments of losing the ability between free speech and what hes calling unvarnished vandalism. David spunt is tracking the president s reaction from the white house. David. Gillian, good afternoon to you, the president is golfing at his club and he canceled a trip to bedminster because he want today stay in washington and Law Enforcement when it comes to statues and federal property. Yesterday he signed an executive order that protects some of the federal property and monuments, threatening to take away from cities and towns that do not enforce the order and protect the statue. Earlier this week, people put chains on the statue of Andrew Jackson and minutes later, authorities blocked off the statue. President trump tweeted this to
Friday night was different. House Republican Leaders were blindsided when their plan to prevent the department of Homeland Security from shutting down was defeated. 52 conservatives voted no because the funding bill didnt also stop the president S Immigration plan. In the end, a bill did pass to fund the Homeland Security department for one week which means once again in just a few days were going to be facing another shutdown. I was reporting from the capitol friday night and had exasperated veteran republican lawmakers say things to me like how are we supposed to govern . They were at a loss with how to control their own right flank. At a time when American Security couldnt be more important. Joining me now is a conservative from that right flank at the heart of all of this republican congressman jim jordan who is the chairman of the House Freedom caucus formed earlier this year to advocate for conservative legislation. Congressman, thank you very much for joining me. I want to ask t
Im ana cabrera. Brooke baldwin is away right now. A notorious figure of terror now has a name. U. S. Officials confirm that the masked kidnapper isis features in its beheading videos is a british man identified as mohamed emwazi. Hes a 26yearold man who was born in kuwait and an activist from an Advocacy Group says before he was a terrorist, well emwazi was quote a kind man who repeatedly faced suspicion of terrorism and received unfair treatment by authorities. Listen. Its quite hard. Because hes such a he was such a beautiful young man. Really. Its hard to imagine the trajectory. Trajectory. I want to go out now to our Atika Schubert in london in the neighborhood where emwazi reportedly lived. Awe atika, what are you learning about this man there . Reporter this is this last known address. Weve knocked on the door of the home. Nobody answering there. I did have a chance to speak to one man who said he did know mohammed emwazi. He described him as a polite young man. He said he didnt
Now the oounts has pulled its forces out of yemen. On friday two suicide bombings in the capital killed more than 137 people. Isis as weve told you, has claimed responsibility for that attack. The attacks prompted thousands of demonstrators to protest against the sunni and shia militias that are fighting each other and pushing the country into chaos. Jomana karadsheh puts everything into perspective for us. Reporter sources familiar with the situation tell us that the decision to evacuate the special forces by the u. S. Is not because of a specific threat but rather because of the deteriorating overall security situation in the country. Last month we saw the u. S. Embassy there shut down and staff pulled out because of the worsening political crisis and the unrest. There has been a lot of concern about the impact of a reduced or nonexistent u. S. Presence in yemen on the Counter Terrorism operations there. The country is a main base for one of al qaedas most powerful franchises al qaed
Set, the end of the encore. And, that was maybe a month or so after she died, and i felt like it was janis coming to say goodbye. Janis came down the ramp, and there was this little girl needing approval and comfort and she said, was it okay, was i okay . And i said, you were great [ theme ] bill hello friends and neighbors good thursday morning. Great to see you this morning. Early in the morning here on current tv. Welcome to the full court press. For the next three hours well be telling you all about the big stories of the day. Whether it is happening here in our Nations Capital around the country or around the globe were on top of it. Well give you a chance to tell us what you think about it at 186655press. Theres lot going on this morning here in washington, yesterday, congressman Jesse Jackson jr. Pleaded guilty to misuse of Campaign Funds. It looks like he and his wife will be spending some time in prison. Very sad to see his career ruined like that. Florida governor rick scott