Southwest airlines feeling the weight front and center. Protests over the ties to the water park. And chicago on ice. Below zero. An amazing shot of the windy city frozen solid this morning. News room starts now. And good morning. Im carol costello. This morning a devastating new book is reverb rating from the political trenches in washington to the front lines of u. S. Troops serving in harms way. A memoir from robert gates, the man who led the pentagon during two wars and under two president s. In the blunt and surprising detailgates rips obamas leadership and his most powerful white house insiderst that could cast long shadows on the next president ial election. Days before released leaked details reveal stunning criticisms. Today you are not only one of the longest serving secretaries of defense in American History but it is clear you have been one of the best. Cnn chief National Security correspondent has more for you. Reporter in his new book duty the former defense secretary del
Use. Were following the story and more on the announcement in a few minutes. Athletes are starting to arrive for the olympics in sochi, russia amid new terror threats in the country with more than 10,000 american athletes and their families expected. U. S. Officials are taking no chances. They are moving war ships in and putting evacuation plans into place. Our Senior International correspondent ivan watson is live in sochi. Tell us more, ivan. Reporter thats right. Well, a massive Russian Security force presence here in sochi, the site of the upcoming games. Ill give you a little bit of a look around the area. Weve seen Russian Navy Ships patrolling right off the coast here in the waters of the black sea. Very close to the olympic park that was just constructed at a cost of billions and billions of dollars by the russians for hosting these games, a show of force, perhaps in response to some of the terrorist threats that have come in recent days, in fact, to the olympic games, particul
Segments of americas prison population. Since 1995, the total number of male prisoners in america has grown 29 . The number of female prisoners, nearly 50 . So what does it mean to society and to our Justice System . We first visited valley state womens prison in california back in 2000, one of the largest allfemale prisons in the world. We returned five years later to see if reforms made any difference to a system troubled by overcrowding and the inmates caught in a seemingly hopeless circle of abuse, drug addiction and violence. Everybody tries to make a family here. This is their family while theyre here. But then there is another aspect of the population that can be very violent, very cutthroat. Why you over here . And theyre making a game out of it. And the more violent it is, the more fun it is for them. Get your camera off of me. Theyre not people. I dont feel im a good person because of the things ive done. And im scared. Im scared. I am very scared. 250 miles north of los ange
Processed on two campaign and ethics charges this afternoon. There you see governor bentley in the booking photos from the sheriffs department. Again, as we wait live for the governor too, we believe, announced his resignation. It was the Republican State Legislature that was moving forward with the impeachment proceedings. We will bring that to you as it happens. In washington, a lot of focus overseas. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson is getting ready for perhaps his biggest challenge to date. He meets with russian government officials tomorrow. This comes as the pentagon continues to investigate what role if any moscow played in last weeks chemical weapons attack in syria. We have fox team coverage. James james rosen is at the stae department. We begin tonight in moscow with correspondent rich edson. Hello, rich. Good evening. After russia and the United States spent the better part of the week condemning one another, the Trump Administration says its highest ranking official yet you
Processed on two campaign and ethics charges this afternoon. There you see governor bentley in the booking photos from the sheriffs department. Again, as we wait live for the governor too, we believe, announced his resignation. It was the Republican State Legislature that was moving forward with the impeachment proceedings. We will bring that to you as it happens. In washington, a lot of focus overseas. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson is getting ready for perhaps his biggest challenge to date. He meets with russian government officials tomorrow. This comes as the pentagon continues to investigate what role if any moscow played in last weeks chemical weapons attack in syria. We have fox team coverage. James james rosen is at the stae department. We begin tonight in moscow with correspondent rich edson. Hello, rich. Good evening. After russia and the United States spent the better part of the week condemning one another, the Trump Administration says its highest ranking official yet you