Locations throughout the United States. This is a shared fate that everybody has to come together. Law enforcement, the community, has to, you know, solve for this problem. All right. Jonathan and josh and phil mudd in studio, thank you so much. You can follow me on facebook and twitter at jake tapper or tweet the show at the lead on cnn. Our coverage on cnn continues right now. This is cnn Breaking News. We want to welcome our viewers in the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer in the Situation Room. Were following Breaking News. The investigation into home made bombs sent to cnn, the clintons, the obamas and other political figures in what New York Citys mayor is now calling an act of terror. None of the devices exploded, but there is fear, serious fear, that there may be more out there. President trump called the
attempted attacks despicable, even as critic noted the intended targets were frequent objects of his contempt. Ill talk about the Breaking News with senator
colleagues on the ground, who have been reporting now for some hours a number of civilian casualties. the details of this remain very difficult to pin down with any kind of forensic detail. but this is a kind of disastrous moment for the american forces, but their justification will inevitably be that something much worse has been prevented. but nonetheless, this has been already condemned by the taliban not in and of itself but because of the lack of permission sought and information given ahead of the air strike. they made the same complaint following the air strike yesterday on the outskirts of ja laul abad, which according to the pentagon killed two and injured one. both of those allegedly people involved in these bomb plots. pamela? all right. sam. i want to turn now to alex marquardt, who is at the pentagon for us. alex, we re hearing that centcom, the united states central command, has put out a new statement about the strike. that s right, pam. it is quite the change in ton
the targets of these various bomb plots, that gives some clues to the investigators, as well. i ll say. there are all people that donald trump hates. they are all people that he has used violent, ugly, incendiary rhetoric against, whether it s journalists like cnn, where the john brennan letter was addressed or hillary hillary clinton, from the lock her up chants. this is not there is a lot of false equivalence that goes on in these discussions. when we say both sides need to tone down their rhetoric. this is not a both sides issue. this is a donald trump issue. donald trump is the only one who has been using violent rhetoric that suggests and endorses violence like he endorsed the congressman for criminally assaulting a reporter last week in montana. i mean, this is all on now, i don t know about the legal responsibility, we ll see who
classified information vowing to prosecute the leakers. will the justice department subpoena journalists to hunt down their sources? and isis bomb plots. senior terror commanders work to bring down passenger planes in what police call the most unsophisticated plots ever attempted. one involved toxic gas, the other involved an improvised explosive device. how close were they to carrying out their deadly plans? i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we begin with breaking news. cnn has learned the house intelligence committee republican staff members traveled to london hoping to speak with a former british intelligence agent who compiled a dossier of alleged russian ties to donald trump s campaign. that according to a source familiar with the matter who says the staffers ultimately did not meet with christopher
the problem is if you were to leave it alone right now, it s going to get bigger, capabilities will get larger, and again this has been the most competent organization in bomb plots and trying to take down airplanes. reporter: the possibility of more attacks that is in a very large sense leading to expanded u.s. military effort. barbara starr reporting for us over at the pentagon. coming up, our breaking news. under fire for not disclosing his talks with russia s ambassador to the united states during the campaign, the attorney general jeff sessions steps aside from any investigations into trump campaign contacts with the russians. but top democrats say that s not enough. they say he should resign. predit the market. but through good times and bad. .at t. rowe price. .we ve helped our investors stay confident for over 75 years.