host: very good thursday dare morning to you. the situation ferguson leading the front pages of both regional papers in missouri and in the area. here is the st. louis post dispatch from this morning, outcry and resolve, sharp ton takes the pulpit. you got issues in the city, is the headline there. this morning, has a photo and the lead story, police fire tear gas in fourth night of furor. police deploying vehicles on the street wednesday as they clash with protesters ferguson, missouri. you can see the picture there. a picture in the washington post story on this topic, racial gulf between missouri town and police goes back years. the picture of a protester trying to take shelter infer but son, missouri. we ll be talking about that story this morning, but want to read you from the st. louis post, dispatch story this morning, the latest from them. law enforcement officials on wednesday asked for patience to allow the investigation into the shooting of michael brown to take
restrictions on when u.s. fighter pilots can drop bombs and that is hurting the cause. having just returned from iraq do you agree, do the u.s. troops and the iraqi troops agree? i don t think the american troops are chafing under the current rules of engagement but i think we have to understand it s a two-edged sword. the consequences fz so severe i think this administration would rather avoid the casualties and pass on a high-value target, thinking they may get it at a future time without the consequences that would come about from excessive civilian casualties. you agree it s being down now? i think it s a balance of expressings concerns i don t know what the balance point is but i didn t get a sense from the commanders i talked to that they necessarily felt they were handcuffed in the operations. i want to ask you about the training of iraqi troops but baugher bar braush ra what is the bashbut at various points there have been no iraqis in certain bases to even tr
and everybody who will be impacted by this tragic incident. like i said, we ll have an update at noon. thank you very much. now i have linda florence, superintendant, reynolds school district. this is a very tragic day. one that i had hoped would never, ever be part of my experien experience, and as we are able to get more information, the district will provide that to the public. we feel very sorry for the parents. our kids were absolutely wonderful today at exiting the building. as i said, we will have a press release later as we get more information. thank you. we re not taking any more questions, but it s important to stress this is a continuing investigation. if please stay away from the area. students, pick up your students at the wood village fred meyer. we ll be pushing out updates through #rhshooting so you have information as we get it and are able to release it. is there any information besides the student that was shot? my understanding, they re stil
follow through on a cease-fire commitment. i think that there s a lot of anger and there s a lot of despair and that s a volatile mix. but we have to keep trying. secretary of state john kerry has come under fire for his messesy diplomacy throughout all of this. but the president is staunchly standing by him. let me take this opportunity, by the way, to give secretary john kerry credit. he has been persistent. he e has worked very hard. he has endured on many occasions really unfair criticism. we should all be supporting him. this shouldn t be a bunch of complaints and second guessing about, well, it hasn t happened yet or nitpicking before he s had a chance to complete his efforts. stop the nitpicking, greg. that cease-fire lasted about as long as alec baldwin s talk show. but we knew this because we talked about this earlier this week, that a cease-fire and hamass means sucker. but what kills me e is watching the media grasp the ruse of the cease-fire on other netwo
follow through on a cease-fire commitment. i think that there s a lot of anger and there s a lot of despair and that s a volatile mix. but we have to keep trying. secretary of state john kerry has come under fire for his messesy diplomacy throughout all of this. but the president is staunchly standing by him. let me take this opportunity, by the way, to give secretary john kerry credit. he has been persistent. he e has worked very hard. he has endured on many occasions really unfair criticism. we should all be supporting him. this shouldn t be a bunch of complaints and second guessing about, well, it hasn t happened yet or nitpicking before he s had a chance to complete his efforts. stop the nitpicking, greg. that cease-fire lasted about as long as alec baldwin s talk show. but we knew this because we talked about this earlier this week, that a cease-fire and hamass means sucker. but what kills me e is watching the media grasp the ruse of the cease-fire on other netwo