Bottom line is this is coming at a very critical time for the president. He is facing a whole series of National Security crises and an odd time to change your defense secretary when your dealing with the spread of isis inside iraq as well as syria, also, the New York Times story over the weekend suggesting the administration is changings its policy and potentially expanding the mission in afghanistan in 2015, something the president said he would not do. When the president came out with chuck hagel today he went on and on about his credentials as defense secretary. Making you wonder why he accepted hagels resignation as the white house claims this went down. Other senior officials in private telling Jennifer Griffin at the pentagon this was a firing, not a resignation, and you have to wonder after a series of clashes over policy, particularly how to deal with isis, how aggressively to good after them, the syria policy, there have been conflicts between haigle haigle and whitee officia
All right. Lets go first to Nbcs Kristen Welker live at the white house. Whats the latest info we have . Lets go back to the fence jumper. Well, were just learning that suspect is going to appear in a District Court here in d. C. A little bit later on this afternoon, joy. As you mentioned at the top, he jumped over the fence here of the white house just after 7 00 last night. That is when two canine units were released. He actually fought them off. He kicked them. He punched them. But ultimately, they got the better of him. Officers were able to apprehend him just moments after he jumped over the fence. Everything functioned the way it is supposed to here last night, joy. But the question remains and the problem remains that he was able to get over the fence. Of course, the unprecedented breach that happened last month when Omar Gonzalez was able to make it deep inside the white house raised serious concerns about the security here in the wake of that, secret Service Officials put up a
Court in another case, a surprising turn. Im wolf blitzer. Kro youre in the situation room. Lets get right to the breaking news. U. S. Jets strike in syria at khorasan. That comes amid growing concerns that a new terrorist supergroup is being formed in a merger among isis and al qaeda factions. The leader of isis is back days after reportedly wounded in an air strike. The audio message calls for the group to defeat its failure and will face destruction. Standing by, our correspondents, analysts, newsmakers, including the head of the u. S. Military retired anthony. Lets begin with the u. S. Air strikes against an al qaeda spinoff which was targeted at the tart of the u. S. Air campaign in syria. This comes amid a concern of a merger between the faction and isis. Lets go to our pentagon correspondent Barbara Starr. What about these air strikes are you learning . There have been now a third round of air strikes against the socalled Khorasan Group in al qaeda. This is a hardcore al qaeda o
Put your hand behind your back. I cant breathe. I cant breathe. I cant breathe. I cant breathe. I cant breathe. I cant breathe. I cant breathe. Once the decision was announced, protest erupted in new york city. Take a look. I cant breathe i cant breathe i cant breathe i cant breathe i cant breathe we want a public trial. We want a public trial. We want a public trial. And just about two hours ago the family of eric garner attended a press conference with none other than the rev rand al sharpton. Hes at it again. Take a look. How many people have to die before people understand this is not an illusion. This is a reality that america has got to come to terms with. And no amount of secret grand jury with local prosecutors that put up evidence we do not know is going to stop people from raising the questions and demanding the answers. Here now is foxs own jonathan hunt. He is in the middle of the protests here in new york city tonight. Jonathan. Reporter sean, we are right now in front of
Sierra leone national but a permanent u. S. Legal resident. He is being brought back and due to arrive this weekend in nebraska. Probably, saturday, possibly sunday. Do we know how he contracted ebola . We dont. It sounds like he contracted it as part of his work, hes a surgeon working over there. We dont know if he was working in ebola treatment unit or perhaps doing surgery on someone who had ebola, but nobody knew it at the time. And this as far as i know, this is the first nonu. S. Citizen to be brought to the United States for treatment, correct . Right. As far as i know, thats true, yes. He is a permanent resident of the u. S. He has a wife and children. And do they live here . Do you know . Or in sierra leone . It sounds like his family lives here but i dont know that for sure. Elizabeth, stay with us. I want to bring in dr. Sanjay gupta, dr. Sima yasmin. Sanjay, we dont know how long this man has had ebola. Thats going to be a big factor in terms of how easily he can be treated