Qaeda taliban will pose a threat to the United States of america. Plus we are calling in the brass. Three former generals from the army and the marine corps weigh in on Bowe Bergdahl, his family, the accusations and that rock solid military ethos that leaves no soldier behind. Period, full stop. We dont condition that. Just in time for the beach, Hillary Clintons new tone on policy and politics. Weve got a copy and the panel to talk about it. Were joined by several to discuss it. Finally, nostalgia amidst diplomacy. The secretary of state returns to saint rhea. This is state of the union. Good morning from washington, im Candy Crowley. Combat veteran, antivietnam war protesters, politician and the top u. S. Diplomat john kerry has not spoken publicly about the u. S. Taliban deal until now. Cnn Foreign Affairs reporter Elise Labbott caught up with the secretary of the state in france and asked him about the five taliban leaders released in exchange for Sergeant Bergdahl. Were told these
Verde will enter the persian gulf. There are 550 marines on board. They could help with evacuating americans who are currently in iraq. Some have already been moved from the u. S. Embassy in baghdad and as many as 100 additional u. S. Marines have now been scrambled there to provide extra security at the embassy. Another measure of this deepening crisis, the u. S. May turn to a long time enemy. In fact, it is considering direct talks with iran, which also shares some grave concerns that iraq could collapse, destabilizing the entire region. Meanwhile, the Extremist Islamic Group isis posted these photos. You can see they seem to show the execution of captured Iraqi Security forces. Isis claims it has slaughtered 1700 of the unarmed men. A statement from the u. S. State department condemns the execution as horrifying and says they show, quote, the blood lust these terrorists represent. Only cnn has the vast worldwide resources to bring you every angle of this rapidly changing story. So o
Overnight israel unleashes its biggest bombardment yet. More than 70 sites hit, including this Radio Station run by hamas, an unbelievable campaign with surgical strikes including this fuel tank at gazas only power plant, the power plant reportedly out of service for at least a year, threatening to cut power to the almost 2 million gaza residents who were only getting electricity a few hours a day. This folsz an allout assault, flares casting an eerie glow over gaza city. The death toll now surging past 1,100, the fighting escalating as witnessed by our own karl penhaul in gaza. Reporter each time that happens the precautions, we do have to hit the ground, hit the ground very quickly. Weve already taken the windows out of this side of the building. [ bleep ] wow, well hear more from karl penhaul in a little bit. Martin savidge is in jerusalem with the latest. Reporter explosions rocking gazas city throughout the night. Accompanied by the sound of israeli drones circling overhead, searc
Nearly 30 Million People are in its path. The hurricane is packing 90mileperhour winds and residents are bracing for heavy winds, torrential rain and in some areas, storm surges of up to 11 feet. The deadly storm is blamed for at least 25 deaths in costa rica, nicaragua, and honduras. Hundreds have been rescued from flood waters and mudslides and weve got reporters on the ground in all areas facing a major threat along the gulf coast right now. Lets go to cnn meteorologist chad meyers in the weather center. It has been a night where this storm now has been over warm water and then the Morning Hours as well. And so where we were yesterday with a Tropical Storm is now turned into a category 2 land falling hurricane, somewhere and biloxi, gulfport, maybe bay st. Louis and if it gets to bay st. Louis, its going to clip plaquemines parish. We have to think about the width of the eye and the width of the wind because were already going to see significantly deteriorating conditions for our Ka
Good for sleeping. Cnns Jeremy Diamond is at the white house right now. Trump claims obamas speech put him to sleep, but we know its keeping them awake, you know, who is at the center of this oped. The effort is still under way at the white house to root out the Senior Administration official who penned this oped in the New York Times which really does not portray the president in a positive light. It portrays the president as somebody who makes reckless decisions, whose impulses must be constantly checked by the advisers around him. And the white house is still trying to figure out who this person is. A source close to the white house telling cnn the list has been whittled down to just a few people. One Senior Administration official whos already denied writing the oped is out with a rebuttal, nikki haley, the United States ambassador to the united nations. She writes in the washington post, i, too, am a senior trump Administration Official. If i disagree with something and believe it