Binyamin netanyahu as president a deeper look and a growing question of weather money will be there when state and City Employees are ready to retire. Claims that i. S. I. L. Fighters used chemical weapons. They have evidence that they used chlorine gas in a car bomb attack. Dozens of fighters were treated for dizziness after the blast. No one was killed. 13 peshmerga fighters were killed today near the oilrich city of kirkuk. Kurdish forces say they are making gains near i. S. I. L. With the help of air strikes they recaptured a village thats been under i. S. I. L. Control. I. S. I. L. Has been accused of using chemical weapons. Kurdish officials are offering proof. [ gun fire ] reporter the accusations have been around for months. Now they say the proof. Its these plumes of orange smoke exploding into the air which iraqi and kurdish Officials Say is chlorine and proves i. S. I. L. Fighters are using the gas against them. Fighters filmed this video near tikrit claiming an i. S. I. L.
President. Many americans say Race Relations are only getting worse. And the money lead. For one easy payment of 4914. 95, who wouldnt want a blanket with sleeves or a bowl made of bacon . If you happen to have jumped on a hot deal as seen on tv only to get saddled with extra fees and charges, then do i have a product for you. A federal lawsui to get your money back. But wait, theres more. Good afternoon. Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. We begin with breaking news. The dow finishing down nearly 300 points today but if you were watching cnn this morning, you might be scratching your head right about now, because the day started with a great jobs report exceeding analyst expectations. 295,000 more americans taking home paychecks in february. The rate of people out of work dipping to its lowest level since before barack obama became president obama. And yet the market is down. Why . Whats weighing it down . Lets go straight to allison kosak. A lot of good news in this report. Whats t
Ambassador to south korea, mark lippert. The diplomat undergoing nearly three hours of surgery overnight, receiving more than 80 stitches on his face alone. Im bleeding here. Lippert slashed by a teninch knife in the face and arms moments before delivering a speech in seoul on wednesday. The weapon slicing open his left forearm, damaging the nerve system for his fingers. The gash on his right cheek four inches long and an inch deep. South korean surgeons say if the facial injury was any deeper it could have been lifethreatening. Hes one of our top asia policy experts in the u. S. Government. According to witnesses, the suspect, 55yearold king ki jeong pushed the diplomat on to a table before assaulting him. Bystanders tackling him to the ground as Police Rushed him out of the conference room. Witnesses say they heard kim yelling antiu. S. Sentiments shouting the south korea u. S. Military drills must stop a reference to the annual war games which north korea sees as a provocation. Nort
Plane, that search zone is now narrowing. We will take you behind the scenes. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. Lets begin with the breaking news. President obama speaking out at a white house summit on countering violent extremism, telling a gathering of Global Leaders the full force of the United States will be used to defeat isis. The president also defended his decision not to call the war against isis a religious conflict saying and im quoting him now, we are not at war with islam, we are at war with those who have perverted islam. We are covering all angles this hour with our correspondents our guests including the Armed Services Committee Member the iraq war veteran congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard. But lets begin with jim acosta. Jim, tell our viewers what the president just said the main message he was trying to deliver. Reporter wolf i think the headline here no doubt about it is that president obama defended his decision not to use terms like islamic extremism or isla
The northeast smacked with a monster snowstorm. Flights canceled. Schools closed. People warned to stay off the roads. Just how bad will this one get . Then sam smith, he conquered the grammys. We will breakdown some of the big surprises ahead. It is monday, february 9th 4 00 a. M. In the east. Im john berman. Angela merkel meeting facetoface with president obama in washington. She favors sanctions with russia if Vladimir Putin does not end fighting in Eastern Ukraine by wednesday. President obama is facing mounting pressure. Our Frederik Pleitgen is live with the latest. Good morning, fred. Reporter there are some people who are saying they want these sanctions, obviously, to go forward. One of the things that is going on is a little more optimism here in kiev. Because of the telephone call that took place yesterday between Vladimir Putin, Petro Poroshenko and Angela Merkel they managed to map out the system where they wanted to meet in minsk. Vladimir putin gave an interview to a new