this is state of the union. ohio governor kasich on other things. good morning from washington. i am jim acosta. president obama is promising a review of his drone program after two were killed and their deaths brought up new criticism of the strategy. and now joining me is senator mccain. thank you for joining us and getting up so early this morning. thank you, jim. you have had a couple days to mull this over. the drone strikes that resulted in the deaths of those two hostages. were their deaths preventible in your view? i think it was preventible where there was an obvious breakdown in intelligence and they didn t know they were there, and as you know all of our prayers and thoughts are with their families. it was obviously preventible, but the question then is do we continue these drone strikes and how important are they? that races all of those questions, and it s clearly a subject for review by intelligence and armed services committees and the entire congress
confederate flag protesters rally for and against the diadviceive symbol. will the flag come down? keeping their distance from donald. after a series of outrageous statements by donald trump, his republican rivals back away from the billionaire, but is a francis shooting adding fuel to his fire? wolf blitzer is off today. i m pamela brown, you re in the situation room. the u.s. and is allies have pounded dozens of targets in iraq and syria, including the city which isis has turned into its capital and command center. at the same time isis has recaptured a key town and is on the move elsewhere. president obama has just made a rare visit to the pentagon conceding that the fight against isis will not be quick, but stressing that the terror group has suffered heavy loss, and cub pushed bake. at the same time the president warns there is concern about lone wolf attacks in this country and the u.s. is working to quote, smother new isis cells. i ll speak with jason chaff detz.
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intriguing new clues, a few answers this morning. a russian airliner killed all 224 people on board. a u.s. official tells cnn a heat flash decked by a military satellite happened in midair that leaves open the possibility of a bomb on board metro jet, but there are some reports in russian media, the bodies of victims recovered so far show no signs of explosive impact. that may point more towards engine or structural failure as a cause, adding to the confusion of what brought down this plane, other media reports are saying some bodies did show evidence of an explosion. this morning, investigators have now finished their field work and egyptian officials say data is already being recovered from black boxes. erin, what s the latest? reporter: hi,al son, we have been getting bits and pieces of information all along him some of that information conflicting. so there has been plenty of confusion, plenty of questions, few, of course, actual answers. now, egyptian authorities h
4:00 a.m. donald trump, rival candidates, the white house, democratic and republican leaders all plasting trump s proposal for a quote complete and total ban on all muslims entering the united states. the billionaire defending the plan on television and twitter late into the night, writing, the country is facing a radical threat from terrorism. we better get very smart and tough fast before it is too late. trump defending against accusations that he, himself, is a racist. are you a bigot? not at all. probably the least of anybody you ve ever met. because? because i m not. i m a person that has common sense. i m a smart person. i know how to run things. i know how to make america great again. this is about making america great again. senior washington correspondent jeff zell my has more. reporter: donald trump is defiant in blocking muslims from coming to the united states. this overheated campaign season suddenly hotter, republicans joining democrats blasting trum