The federal judge rules new york citys stopandfrisk policy is unconstitutional. That judge orders an overhaul. The city is fighting back. Whats next . I want you to have this. This is really a gift from my brother so i want you to have this and use it how you want. And the brothers last wish. The man traveling coast to coast giving away hundreds of dollars tloo unsuspecting folks. Its todays big idea. Well get to all those stories in just a moment, but we start on the saturday afternoon in egypt. One of the few countries in the middle east dubbed americas friend for decades now stands on the brink of a civil war. Its relationship with the United States is in question. Its chances for peace are grim. After 72 hours of violence and bloodshed in egypt we are keeping a live eye on a mosque. A mosque in cairo where supporters of the ousted Muslim Brotherhood have been holed up. The Egyptian Military is using bullets and tear gas to pry them out and that scene follows one of the bloodiest in
Retired general john allen to lead the International Effort against the terrorist group. The specifics are being finalized. The cia has increased its estimate of possible isis fighters. The initial estimate was as many as 10,000 and now the cia is saying that they can muster between 31,000 fighters. We want it get more details on the foreign fighters that are helping to swell the isis ranks in syria. Brian todd is following that part of the story. What are you finding, brian . More than 15,000 foreign fighters, including about 2,000 westerners, have gone to syria to fight. The source said they have come from more than 80 countries. Of those, according to a u. S. Intelligence official, hundreds of them are westerners and hundred of westerners are fighting for isis, including maybe a dozen or more americans, brianna. So thats how the breakdown is right now. The 15,000 foreign fighters in syria is an astounding number because we know there could be as many as 31,000 fighters in isis alone
Address at 10 00 a. M. Eastern. Its also the heart of the u. N. Security Council Meeting president obama will personally chair this afternoon. On morning joe, his National Security adviser, susan rice, says today his outreach is the latest step in a long process. Weve been doing a lot of hard quiet diplomatic work that we didnt advertise publicly, and that culminated in this very important collection of countries coming together yesterday. The speech follows a tuesday meeting between president obama and arab leaders who took part in those strikes. Right now, we have a very severe and significant threat. What weve seen from the World Community is a recognition of that threat and we are very appreciative of our partnership with all the countries here. And this morning, more air strikes. The military tells nbc that at least five were launched. One in syria, four in iraq. American officials believe the initial wave of strikes was a success, although theyre still assessing the results. One
According to a french lawmaker they told police they want to die as martyrs. One final point, the incident in which a policewoman was shot on thursday and the attack on Charlie Hebdo offices on wednesday have now been linked by the french prosecutors office. That means both these standoffs as well as the people involved appear to be somehow connected. The question is how will it end. Joining me now is nbc producer chapman bell who just arrived at the scene of this Kosher Grocery standoff. Chapman, good morning, what can you tell us . Good morning, jose. When i arrived, police shifts getting ready, putting on full riot gear helmets and as well as bulletproof vests, armed with rifles, as well as sidearms. They then loaded into vans and moved closer to the scene. Theyve cordoned off the area. In addition to the heavy Police Presence there are helicopters as well earlier. Theres also a heavy ambulance presence. There are several ambulances. They set up a medical tent as well as it looks li
As this manhunt continues in many parts of paris and the surrounding areas. That community is about an hour and a half or so 90 minutes or so, away from paris. And so it gives you some sense of the scale, the amount of territory that the police are trying to cover. And theyve been getting calls throughout the day from residents, people who think they have seen something suspicious, and of course the police are tracking it down because they have really no idea where these two suspects may have gone. And what they may do. As you pointed out, we did have this incident earlier this morning of a policewoman who was involved investigating an accident somewhere i apologize, we appear to have lost our audio to ron. We will check back in with him hopefully very soon. But, again, some technical issue there. Meanwhile, though, let me bring in former senior british officer now an International Affairs correspondent, also outreach manager at council on American Islamic relations and staff writer at