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He didnt say that we underestimated isil. He said we overestimated the ability and the will of our allies, the iraqi army to fight. Thats true. Thats absolutely true. That was the president last night on 60 minutes placing the blame for isis unexpected growth on shoulders of his director of intelligence james clapper. Clapper told the Washington Post earlier this month, quote, we underestimated isil and overestimated fighting capability of the iraqi army. I didnt see the collapse of Iraqi Security force in the north coming. I didnt see it. Michelle, what do you have for us . Remarkable to hear the president say. That yes they underestimated on one hand and overestimated on the other. What he didnt explain is how and why that was able to happen, what led up to that . Thats contributing to plenty of concern about the current assessments guiding the u. S. Response to isis. Spea ....
More than 600 flights in and out of chicago are grounded. Passengers are frustrated. The Ripple Effect is impacting travel across the u. S. And violent weather tears a section of roof right off the phoenix airport. Well give you a closer look at the damage. We begin with a manhunt underway in missouri who for the persons who shot at two officers overnight. One in ferguson, and the other in st. Louis. The Ferguson Police officer was shot in the arm while on patrol, and in a separate incident just three hours later someone shot an off duty st. Louis Police Officer in a driveby. He was hit. The incidents have both communities on edge. Tensions, as you know, are still high in ferguson after an unarmed black teenager was shot and killed by a white Police Officer last mon ....
Ing the damage to the en route s center in chicago, the faa has decided to replace the Systems Network system to a different part of the same building, and whether that means days or weeks, we dont know, fredricka, and they are making progress to get all of the flights back in horderd order, and the tower that was struck friday outside of chicago is critical to keeping the flights on time across the country, and so it is not just chicago that felt the impact, but today, as you mentioned thousands of passenger s still feeling the effects, fred. All right. Nick valencia, thank you so much, and we appreciate that. And so if you are one of those people stuck in the airport or you know someone who is, we have some travel advice for you. Travel expert mark murray is into joining us from morristown, new jersey, via skype. Mark, good to see you. So even if you are not going the chicago, will more people be impacted by the connections and ....
We begin with the horrific beheading case in oklahoma. Charges are expected today against the man who allegedly stabbed a former colleague, eventually severing her headment then he attacked another woman with that very same knife. The suspect is this man pictured on your screen, Alton Alexander nolen. He is a recent convert to islam but Officials Say no terrorism link has been found. Our National CorrespondentDeborah Feyerick has more on the subject. Reporter new details are accused about the man accused of behead ago female coworker at an Oklahoma FoodProcessing Plant last week. People who knew them say theyre stunned . He was really just a n ....