Im Christine Romans for you this monday morning. John berman is sleeping in this morning. He has the morning off. 4 00 a. M. In the east. Welcome to the viewers in the United States and around the world. A stunning admission by president obama reverberating in washington this morning. The president acknowledging on 60 minutes is the reason isiss expansion took it by surprise is agencies under estimated the military to fight off the terror group. Cnns erin mcpike has more. Reporter in an interview, president obama acknowledges that the u. S. Intelligence community under estimated the strength of isis and what it was doing to set up operations inside syria. Then he said that is the context for how the United States is going to have to go forward in battling terrorism in the future. The idea that groups can take advantage of a middle Eastern Group in civil war. Listen here to more of what he said in the interview. Well, i think our head of the Intelligence Community jim clapper acknowledg
Jfk airport in new york. American Airlines Flight landing in barcelona received a bomb threat. 200 passengers and flight crew affoboard were taken to the are and secured on a plane. They had to check everyone. I have never been in this situation before. It was scary. Thank god it wasnt a real bomb. It turns out the bomb scare was fake. Police say any threats were taken seriously. They issued a warning to u. S. And Foreign Airlines then that terrorists to use bootoothpasten tierns. Some say we should be concerned about any threat. Ainsley . Kelly wright live for us in the studio. New overnight a Football Player found dead. The body was found in a dumpster with a gun found near campus. Police think he shot himself. He disappeared wednesday minutes after sending a text to his mother saying concussions was messing with his head. They gathered on the campus to share memories. Everyone loved being around him. He had Great Stories always laughing. You sit down with i am had on the couch alway
A death caught on camera, one seen by the nation has sparked what some are calling a National Civil rights movement. Following yesterdays grand jury decision not to indict the new York City Police officer involved in the choke hold death of eric garner, massive protests took place in new york city and across the country with many chanting garners final words, i cant breathe. A National Protest is planned for next saturday in washington, d. C. Earlier today president obama addressed the public for the second time in 24 hours echoing his earlier concerns for americans who have lost faith in the american justice system. This afternoon attorney general eric holder announced the results of an investigation concluding that police in cleveland has demonstrated a pattern of Excessive Force and he spoke against need to restore trust between police and the communities they serve. The tragic losses of these and far too many other americans including just last month, the shooting death of 12yearol
Weve heard everything but im rubber and youre glue, right . Thats essentially where we are in South Carolina right now. Its a battle. A Pro Wrestling style battle, and given Donald Trumps history with Pro Wrestling, this might gave him. Hes been going after cruz, hammering him hard earlier this morning on Good Morning America in a phone interview. Lets listen to that. He once again called cruz a liar. Ive dealt with many people over my lifetime and been successful and dealt with some people a lot tougher than him, but ive never dealt with anybody that lied like him. Even marco rubio the other day, he called him a liar. Ive never heard from a politician where they called each other a liar. But ted cruz is a liar. He out and out lies. The reason why donald trump is saying that, is hes saying that cruz has been mischaracterizing his position on obama care and the second amendment. Donald trump is going to do what donald trump does, and that is fire back and fire back with guns blazing. We
Brianna keilar is in milwaukee, wisconsin for us. The site of tonights pbs democratic president ial debate, simulcast here on cnn. Brianna, how important is this debate for both Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton . Its really going to be a crucial 95 minutes tonight, wolf. Because you have this narrative in place now, coming out of Bernie Sanders win in New Hampshire. Hes really riding high. We have seen him taking this victory lap in the last day, being very visible, going on the view, going on the late show, talking to reverend al sharpton. And you see Hillary Clinton kind of laying low in the last day, getting ready for tonight as she often does. And that just speaks to how crucial i think her campaign views tonight be. She wants to turn this narrative around so such a big defeat in New Hampshire. And really i think what were going to see, talking to sources is Hillary Clinton trying to draw contrasts between herself and between Bernie Sanders. That shes going to try to cast him as