Well, i think our head of the intelligence community, jim clapper, has acknowledged that i think they underestimated what had been taking place in syria. I recognize the contradiction in a contradictory land and a contradictory circumstance. Are we saying that we are not going to stabilize syria under the rule of assad. Because the sunni areas inside of syria view assad as having carried out terrible atrocities. The world has seen them. Hundreds of thousands of people have been killed. Millions have been in an interview on 60 minutes the president said american intelligence agencies were surprised by the Rapid Advances made by isis and that the iraqi armys willingness to fight them is a lot weaker than originally thought. Meanwhile in an interview with abc, House Speaker john boehner said the president s plan to take on isis is insufficient. I think its going to take more than air strikes to drive them out of there. At some point, somebodys boots have to be on the ground. Thats the who
Cnn newsroom. Well begin in afghanistan where the u. S. Is investigating a deadly air strike. Doctors without borders which runs the hospital says the attack lasted for almost an hour even after it alerted u. S. And afghan officials that its Trauma Center had been hit. 19 people had been killed, including three children. 37 others were wounded and many unaccounted for. The u. S. Military Officials Says an american gun ship was firing on taliban officials in the area at the time it was struck. President obama is offering his deepest condolences to the doctors and these injured. Hes not yet accepting blame. He says the department of defense has launched a full investigation and well await the results of that inquiry before making a definitive judgment as to the circumstances of the tragedy. For the latest on this developing story, lets go to angle rasmussen who is there for us. Theyve koum out with strong words calling the air strikes, tragic, inexcusable possibly criminal. We know the u
The head of the fsb skuccessor f the kgb. He said to the president we found a homemade explosive device that was on board the plane with the equivalent of one kilogram of tnt. He said that would account for the fuselage of the jetliner would spread across such a wide area. Investigators have been covering an area of 20 square miles to pick up the pieces of the fuselage. The fsb director said that was a bomb with one kilogram of tnt. Vladimir putin vowing revenge. Saying we will search for them everywhere no matter where they are hiding. We will find them in any place on the planet and we will punish them. This is the first time russia acknowledged or confirmed that the bomb killed all 224 people on board. Now the russian president is vowing to strike back. And matthew, how will that translate in syria as far as russias aerial bombardment campaign is concerned . Reporter well, doubtlessly it will lead to intensification of bombardment. It may lead to furth further escalation of military
Brazil. From cnn headquarters in atlanta, welcome to our viewers here, in the United States and around the world. Im George Howell. Cnn newsroom starts right now. Aiming for the gold, new records have been set in rio on this first day of competition at the Olympic Games. A big win for hungary. Katino hossu broke the world record or the womens 400 meter individual medically, winning the gold. Christina mcfar legion walks us through the highlights of the first day of competition. It was a busy opening day here in rio where the 31st olympiad got under way with 12 olympic gold medals across seven disciplines. The first of the day went to the United States. 19yearold jenny flasher in the 10 meter air rifle, pulling off a surprise upset to beat the 2004 athens Gold Medalist. Just days after 273 russian athletes were finally cleared on take part in the Olympic Games after statesponsored doping, russia got gold in the had 60 kill low graham judo competition. Perhaps the most dramatic event of
Priorities on education and around not the future of work, but the work of the future. If you could give us those priorities. President trump youre giving me numbers from new york, you are private new yorker, why is it doing so badly . Tell me. Why are the numbers so horrific in terms of education and what happens when somebody goes to a school and then they cant read after they graduate . Whats the answer . First i would say as we look at new york, new york made an enormous progress in the last decade. President trump see how quickly she is changing. We are not done, we have a lot of work to do. We talked about public and private partnership models, which we have a beautiful apprenticeship model that works and brings them our next generation of leaders. I think theres a lot we can do through relooking at funding programs. We talked earlier about consolidating the many programs that are out there. Were trying to make a huge impact. President trump i know you work vade progress. Charter