out of yemen that the leader of aqap has been killed reportedly by a u.s. drone strike. stand by for new details on that. also breaking a new court appearance by the prison worker accused of helping two cold-blooded killers escape. a local prosecutor is warning that more possible accomplices may be arrested. tonight, those very dangerous fugitives are on the loose for a tenth day. despite a massive international manhunt and 1,000 leads. we have correspondents analysts and newsmakers standing by as we cover all the news breaking right now. we go first to our pentagon correspondent, barbara starr. she has more on that al qaeda leader s reported death. barbara, what s going on? good evening, briana. at this hour a u.s. intelligence official tells cnn, and let me quote specifically we are looking to confirm the death of nasser al wahashi, the leader of al qaeda in yemen. the most dangerous affiliate of al qaeda by u.s. intelligence estimates. the affiliate that has trie
christie says the same policy is in that state. they face growing criticism and white house pressure for requiring 21-day quarantined from those returning from west africa if they had contact with ebola patients. governor christie is defending the plan and denies he was contacted by the white house. i don t believe, when you re dealing with something as serious as this, that we can count on a voluntary system. this is government s job. if anything else, protect the safety and health of our citizens. so we have take en this action. i have no second thoughts about it. i believe it will be a national policy sooner rather than later. it puts governor christie at odds with one of the nation s top health officials who say the quarantines could have unintended consequences. the best way to stop the epidemic is to send people over from the usa and other places. we need to treat them, returning people, with respect and make sure they re really heros. so the idea, it s a little
hello to wherever you are. and the republican debate is only hours away, and the candidate candidates will be arriving this hour for the walk-through throughout the stage, and 11 candidates will meet in the main event starting at 8:00 p.m. tonight here on cnn. and lindsey graham, the senator from south carolina is there and he is getting a chance to feel the stage, if you will, and set the scene for us, athena. hi, wolf. yes, that is right. we saw senator graham pull up, a and this is where all of the candidates are pulling up, and walking past us, and we are asking them, how you are feeling, and if you are ready, and i asked that of senator graham what he did this morning to prepare. and he said, i got up, and took a shower and went on by. there you are, you can see the picture of him up there on the main debate stage, getting the lay of the land, and each of the candidates has a chance to stand by the podium, and find out where the moderators are going to be sitting and g
good evening. it s great to have you with us here on a wednesday night. we begin with the urgent search outside chicago. at least 100 investigators now moving in, staking out rooftops. the search growing for three suspects. the images of the all out hunt these past 24 hours, helicopters searching by air. now they fear the suspects might have slipped away. after an officer, a 32-year veteran, a father of four was killed in cold blood. his nickname was g.i. joe. moments ago, that chilling new clue of the fallen officer s final call. abc s gio benitez outside chicago tonight. reporter: tonight the three suspects in the shooting of police lieutenant joe gliniewicz still at large. new audio obtained by wls appears to capture gliniewicz s last call from this isolated back road. i m out near the cold concrete plant. reporter: it all started just before 8:00 a.m. tuesday. lieutenant gliniewicz reported seeing the three suspicious men. gliniewicz says he is pursuing them on foot
and the candidates are not taking any vote for granted. they spent the eve of the caucuses trying to keep their supporters roused. i m asking you to caucus for me tomorrow night. because if you caucus for me and i m our nominee, i will unite the conservative movement. we re having a very spirited nominating contest, but we d better come together. we cannot win if we re divided. if every man and woman here makes sure that nine other people come and caucus tomorrow night at 7:00 p.m., together we will win the iowa caucuses. we will win the nomination. and we will win the general election. we will defeat hillary clinton and turn this country around! in iowa. ready? you have a lousy record. 16 years and you haven t picked a winner. please pick a winner this time. okay? i m going to win. i m going to win. gop candidates doing what they can to keep that excitement high. let s take a look at the other side. it is even technically a closer race for the democrats. in the lates