Issues. And happening right now. Scotland voting on independence. Will it break hundreds of years of tradition and leave the United Kingdom . A vote with repercussions felt around the world, beyond the kiltwearing world. We are live as the votes come in. Welcome to early start. Im john berman. It is 4 00 a. M. Christine romans is off today. A crucial element to the president s plan against isis is moving ahead. The house of representatives voted to support funding to train and arm the moderate Syrian Rebels. Republicans back the president s plan more than 2 to 1. This is called by critics is does not go far enough. The president took pains on wednesday to say that putting u. S. Soldiers in combat in iraq is off the table. I want to be clear. The American Forces that were deployed to iraq do not have a combat mission. They will support iraqi forces on the ground. As they fight for their own country against these terrorists. As your commander in chief, i will not commit you and the rest
Of domestic violence. The white house wants to beef up the background checks system with more hiring and funding and more funding for Mental Health treatments. Those are asks. John and christine. Thank you, michelle. Reaction to the gun proposal was swift from both sides. Hillary clinton applauding the president. Promising she would keep and expand his plan. I am so proud of what the president announced today. What the president will be doing in the next week is an executive order. The next president on the very first day could wipe it away. You know, i wont wipe it away. Gabby giffords gravely wounded in a rampage six years ago said thank you, potus for standing up to the gun lobby when the congress wont. The other side, ted cruz promised to reverse any of executive orders if he is elected. The president is expected to roll out sweeping new executive orders trying to take away our Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms. Well, president obama may have a phone and may have a pen,
rebel groups are claiming over 100 people were killed sunday in government crashdowns. . the doonesbury comic strip has been pulled from several u.s. newspapers outrage after that comic strip tackled texas s new law requiring ultrasounds before women can seek an abortion. kentucky, syracuse, north carolina and michigan state earning the top seeds in their regions. kentucky s the favorite to go all the way. but the madness will get under way on thursday morning. and mississippi and alabama holding primaries tomorrow. mitt romney s getting a little help from a southern comic who just might be a red neck. and that rick santorum is counting on conservatives to provide him with a little bit of southern comfort as well. up first here, the killing spree that could threaten the u.s. mission in afghanistan. an american soldier going on a house-to-house shooting massacre in two southern afghanistan villages early sunday. 16 civilians were killed, 5 others were wounded. afghan p
insight anti-american attacks inside the u.s. and around the world, too. a government official says al awlaki has been under surveillance in yemen for two weeks when the opportunity arose to kill him with a missile. three others were killed in an attack on al awlaki. it s believed one of them may be explosives expert ibrahim hassan al asiri. u.s. officials say there are indications he was on the scene at time. asiri is suspected of making the underwear bomb that was worn by a nigerian man that was worn on a flight to detroit on christmas day 2009. he is also behind the failed plot to put bombs disguised as printer cartridges on planes last july. samir kahn was considered vital to al qaeda propaganda efforts and produced a magazine called inspire. he used to live in charlotte, north carolina at one point. molly graham spoke with people who knew him and asked how she was able to track down kahn last november but the federal government could not. we started off by ringin
governor s race. jerry brown was once the governor of california back in the late 70s and early 80s. president obama striing to stave that governor s seat for democrats and making sure that barbara boxer is re-elected. after that he gets on his airplane and heads to las vegas for highest profile senate rate, harry reid in the fight for his life in nevada. we have president obama in nevada raising money tonight, don, and holding a rally in that state. this is as the democratic national committee is spending a million dollars on a hispanic outreach effort running adding all across the country. as they say, paul stein houser, the president is in peoria. how is the president playing with voters? we have brand-new numbers. we re waiting for that and america is divided. 47% give it a thumbs up saying they approve of it. 48% saying they disapprove. people ask, wait a minute. barack obama is not on the bloolt in november, so why does this matter? here s why it matters. republic