Who is wolf blitzer. No, he said, who the hell is wolf. I know, but i was not going to say that part. A very famous quote. Go down in the history books. That was a hoax, that balloon it was . You can tweet us wolfblitzer, katebalduan. Erin Burnett Outfront starts right now. Some american hostages being held in algeria have been released, but a number of the hostages unaccounted for tonight as the raid, we can report, temporarily on hold. Plus, the brother of one of the hostages who escaped from his captors recounts his escape. And on the night Lance Armstrongs confession is set to air, a Sports Writer who believed him until the very bitter end comes outfront. Im erin burnett. Good evening, everyone. Outfront tonight, we have breaking news on the hostage crisis. A fastdeveloping story tonight. Here the latest that we know. We now know that some americans have been freed, but others are still unaccounted for in algeria. A senior american official just confirms to cnn that the operation s
What did obama do to earn the hatred . Is he some dangerous criminal the kind they need to protect themselves and their families from . Not exactly. Obama came up as a community organizer, a soft sale guy. He has done just about everything right in his life. Didnt have a father around, but did a great job in school, got into columbia, and later law. He decided to work helping people in his own community. A peaceful kind of guy. Is he some bounder who doesnt take responsibility for his manhood . Actually, just the opposite. One marriage, faithful husband, good kids. From all appearances, a really caring father. Goes to games for the kids. So what is it the haters fear about this guy . What do they hate . That he is black . Is that it . Is it the gun issue . He didnt even push gun issues until newtown. The same of the gang of eight, right there in the middle. So what is it they hate in this guy . They should be applauding him as a role model. This country is going to be a United Country
After exchanging gunfire with Security Forces. According to isis, to the isis affiliated news agency, isis is claiming responsibility for the attack. That is not, however, an official statement out of isis. Our nbc producer based in pakistan joins me now. What do we know at this hour . Apparently we lost our connection. So lets go on to panaki. Can you hear me . Yes, i can hear you. What are you experiencing at this hour . Well, now, this incident happened in basically a diplomatic area. I was there, until an hour ago i was there. Now all the roads are blocked down there. People were rescued from the area if not exactly from the restaurant. Right now, all the roads to that area, it is blocked. So we cannot say whats going on down there, you know. At the restaurant there. Did you say an argnetinian national . I think we lost you completely now. Difficult communicating with bangladesh as you can imagine, the cell phone situation on a good day is not great over there. Lets see if we can g
Thats right, brianna. What we know is about 11 00 this morning in central park, witnesses heard some kind of explosion. An 18yearold man we know who is from Northern Virginia stepped on something in the park. And there was this explosion. Whatever it was severed his leg above the ankle. We hear from witnesses that it was a pretty nasty injury. Sources telling cnns criminal justice reporters this does not appear to be a fireworks type of device. Two other young men who were with the victim were questioned but are not considered to be suspicious. Theyre not under investigation at this point. So that leaves us with this. The Fbi Joint Terrorism Task force is now assisting testing what they found at the scene. Theyre not necessarily considering this a terrorism case at this point. But theyre testing what they found at the fbis bomb lab just because those experts, those agents, their expertise can be used to figure out exactly what this was, given that this is such an unusual case. The natu
Has happened overnight. Reporter well, a lot has happened overnight. So a federal Appeals Court has denied the Justice Departments request for an immediate reinstatement of President Trumps ban on certain travelers and all refugees. What that th meais means is tha ruling by james robart, that judge in seattle who suspended the ban, his ruling will remain in place for now. The u. S. Court of appeals has asked both the state of washington and the Trump Administration early sunday morning to file more briefs to explain themselves. We will keep hearing their arguments monday afternoon. Okay. Sounds good. Thank you so much. We appreciate it, laura. We want to bring in cnn legal analyst danny and immigration attorney Jessica Stern as well. Can you both hear us . Yes. Good morning. Excellent. Danny, help us understand where this goes from here. What happens now is that the parties will brief the issues, so theyll each be given the opportunity to submit legal briefs making their argument. Reme