Bullets on american streets while protester, its alleged, threw molotov cocktail and rocks. Journalist arrested as they try to report on the chaos. Lets get to it. Good thursday afternoon to you and yours. No rescue needed and no more air drops likely. That is the word from president obama on the humanitarian crisis in iraq. The siege on mount sinjar siege has been ended. The situation on the mount has greatly improved, and americans should be very proud skill and professionalism of our military and the generosity of our people, we broke the isil siege of mount sinjar. We helped Vulnerable People reach safety and we helped save men innocent lives. A drastic turn around from yesterday when pentagon officials were considering a rescue mission to save ya sid diz. The president said american troops inspected the scene and most of the scene will be leaving iraq soon. Still, the president said the overall threat from the Islamic State fighters across iraq is dire, his words. You can see on o
Go after the Islamic State fiegers. Fighters. Theres a lot of news so lets get to it. Todays program is important. I need you for the next 15 minutes. Nearly three months after president obama ordered air strikes against the Islamic State militants, after he said he would guard against mission creep, no boots on the ground, the nations top military officer today said we may eventually need boots on the ground. That is the secretary of defense said in the same hearing there is no military solution. The chairman of the joint chiefs of staff made the comments during the first hearing in congress on taking on the Islamic State. General Martin Dempsey told lawmakers if the president s strategy does not go as planned, the pentagon may ask permission from the president to put american zots on the ground. That is despite president obamas repeated promises there will be no boots on the ground of americans. General dempsey gave lawmakers an example in which he said u. S. Soldier would be needed.
Citizen of the greatest country in the world. Its as simple as that. Our cameras were there and it was quite the allamerican day. Well show you. So lets get to it. Good monday afternoon to you and yours, make no mistake, secretary hagel was fired. That is an exact quote from a senior Government Official speaking directly to fox news. It goes against the official story from the white house. Said the defense secretary chuck hagel resigned on his own. President obama today provided the Outgoing Pentagon chief when he announced the cabinet shakeup. Chuck hagel has been no ordinary secretary of defense. The first enlisted combat veteran to serve in t position. He understands our men and women like few others because he has stood where theyve stood here, been in the dirt and the mud, and thats established a special bond. The president said secretary hagel came to him last month about stepping down but that senior official tells us president obama lost confidence in the defense secretary as o
Policemen of the weekend. Investigators say this is the killer. He indicated on social media he was out for revenge for the deaths of eric garner and Michael Brown and as you know, they were two black when whose deaths at the hands of Police Officers in recent months have sparked protests across america. Those protests were mostly peaceful here in new york city, but some demonstrators took their antipolice message to the extreme. Watch. [chanting] what do we want. Dead cops, when do we want it . Now. That disturbing chant happened a week before the gunman executed the two Police Officers here. Now the head of the police union is blaming new york citys mayor for the killing after he met with protesters, despite the call for dead officers and the fact that at least five officers have been assaulted during the protests. The union is accusing the mayor of showing more support for the antipolice movement than for the police force. Today mayor de~blasio called for a temporary stop to the pro
Sessions. He had accepted the nomination to become trumps attorney general. Sessions was the first u. S. Senator to announce his support for trump but he is dogged with decades old allegations of racism miken flynn is another one. General flynn often introduced trump on the campaign trail and then kansas congressman mike pompeo up for cia director. A source tells cnn the congressman doesnt know mr. Trump very well nor did he do much campaigning if for the president elect. Lets fill in the blanks here with sara murray shes been following the ins and outs of the transition. The president elect is expected to leave trump tower. Tell us about his meetings today and this weekend. Hes been meeting with governor Mike Huckabee today, one of the final meetings before hes heading out to his golf resort in bedminster new jersey for a weekend of what ive been told are going to be nonstop meetings, some designed to shape his view of howe you build a team, what you need to know about certain subject