Hollande tried to expand the Coalition Fighting the islamic state. Sharon crowley has more on that part of the story. Reporter the french president got a warm reception at the white house today. Hes hoping to bring together the u. S. And russia, despite major differences. President hollande plans to meet with Vladimir Putin on thursday. President obama welcomed french president Francois Hollande to washington, d. C. He is here to gain u. S. Support in the fight against isis. On that night, he meant to tell me that the United States stood by france, that the help that could be provided to france would have no limits, and that we had a joint duty to pull our forces together. Reporter president obama says the u. S. Is also working to stomp out the islamic extremists responsible for the deadly attacks in paris two weeks ago. More than 8,000 air strikes combined with local partners on the ground have pushed isil back from territory in both iraq and syria. Today we agreed our nations must do
Breaking news, the windy city on edge tonight. Protesters protest after a white officer shooting killing a black teenager more than year ago. Protesters taking to the streets after the chilling footage was finally released today. Dari just hours before the officer was charged with firstdegree murder in the death of laquan mcdonald. Several hundred protesters, right there, have been blocking traffic. Some circling police cars and chanting the word 16 shots that, by the way, the number of times officer van dyke shot laquan mcdonald. City officials had been bracing for the release of the dashcam video fearing outbreak of demonstrations as we are seeing. Steve all right mcdonald being shot 16 times even while on the grouped. The officer kicked something from the hand. The police say he was in possession of a 3inch long knife. To with a watch 17yearold young man die in such a violent manner is deeply disturbing. I have no doubt that the video will tear at the hearts of all chicagoans. We ho
it operates. i think that s what was getting people s attention. good to see you this morning. peter bergen, krrn s national security analyst. thanks for being here. the parishioner at the holy jesus church made the request. as you might imagine not everyone in the congregation supports the idea. hoers say they ll pray for the u.s. servicemen sent overseas because of bin laden. united airlines is apologizing for reusing the flight numbers for two planes that were used in the 9/11 attacks. united flights 93 and 175 were both retired after 9/11 but a computer glitch caused former continental flight to be reassigned with those numbers. a united spokesperson said we should have caught the mistake sooner than we did. 93 and 175 will remain off the books for good. united and they merged. if you re a person who uses
good morning. welcome. it s thursday morning, may 19th. we have a lot of news this morning including some breaking news. let s begin with that breaking news. the resignation of dominique strauss-kahn as head of the international monetary fund. this move comes just before a bail hearing today in new york. we re seeing this mug shot for first time. the former imf chief is facing sexual assault charges for allegedly attacking a maid in his manhattan hotel room. he says he is not guilty. resigning from the imf so he can defend himself fully. here is part of a statement he released. quote, i think at this time first of my wife, whom i love more than anything, of my children, of my family of my friends. i want to say that i deny with the greatest possible firmness all of the allegations that have been made against me. i want to protect this institution, which i have served with honor and devotion, and especially i want to devote all of my strength, all of my time and all of my