Do you believe the army can buy back force with oka funds . Do i not, senator. Do you believe the navy can work with shipping in funds . No, maam. I just. Im not saying we come to this as democrats because we have engaged in gimmickry also. I know the chairman wants to face this head on. I know its a challenge in the environment. We have obviously not met the challenge with the bucket as its currently configured. I wanted to specifically ask you, general austria austin, there has been a determination that freedom sentinel is a new operation. Do you see it as a new Contingency Operation . Its a continuation of our efforts, senator so you know in terms of the types of things that we are doing we are continuing to train the and advise and assist the Afghan Security force but in terms of you know how we account for the funding that were allocating to that, thats a different issue. The reason im asking this is i am told there is an effort under way of naming a new lead Inspector General in
Cnn aviation analyst mary schiavo who joins us by skype from charlton South Carolina. Jean what can you tell us about this . There are missing pieces. This is a working story right now. It all started this morning with air France Flight 22 that left Charles De Gaulle airport at 8 23 monday morning from paris and did land safely at 10 17 at jfk. But with a source that is familiar with this situation, a threatening call was made to Law Enforcement in regard to this particular flight and because air france didnt respond, two f15 fighter jets escorted that plane sifafely to land at jfk. It has not been cleared. It is being checked now by Law Enforcement. It will probably take all day for that check. We are now learning it was not the only call that was made threatening a flight in the air today. But we want to reiterate, none of this is legitimate so far. None of this. It is being taken very carefully by Law Enforcement and we will bring you the latest news as this keeps coming in. Importa
New details on the fate of the top isis leader. U. S. Officials say abark al baghdadi was wounded this weekend in an air strike. If hes out of action, how big of a blow would that be to isis . And iran is claiming credit for blocking isis attempts to reach baghdad. They say a top revolutionary guard commander led forces against the terror group in iraq. We go live to tehran. And our correspondents, our analysts, our newsmakers are standing by. The First American troops have now arrived in the very dangerous Anbar Province. U. S. Forces faced years of bloody combat during the insurgency and anbar is on the front line of the brutal isis assault. Lets go to Barbara Starr with the latest. Reporter u. S. Boots back on the ground in Anbar Province, i dont think most military personnel thought that would ever happen but here we are. About 50 troops landed at al Assad Air Base in anbar, one of the sites of some of the bloodiest fighting for u. S. Troops during the iraq war. Why are the 50 troo
Missouri, one day after a man is shot after first firing upon police, police say. It marred some peaceful protests marking one year since Michael Brown was killed. Also breaking in National News, an aide to president obama arrested after she allegedly shot at her Capitol Police officer boyfriend with his own gun. Good afternoon, everyone. Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper, what an odd news day we are having. Here are some of the issues that republicans would like the media and political world and voters to be discussing. Today democrats in congress coming out against president obamas nuclear deal with iran, the head of the iranian qods forces traveling to russia. The cyberis attacks perhaps by russia, the black lives matter protesters who interrupted socialist senator Bernie Sanders wellattended rally . Seattle over the weekend. Now what the media and political worlds and voters are discussing instead . Whether or not donald trump was insinuating that af, that she is was aggressive b
Trump outlined his plan to go after isis, and to increase defense spending a day after revealing his own list of military backers. Chief Political Correspondent carl cameron begins our coverage in new york where trump is about to speak to a conservative group. Thank you very much. Reporter in pennsylvania where Hillary Clinton leads polls, donald trump argued only he will truly rebuild the u. S. Military. If she cant remember such crucial events, and information, honestly, shes totally unfit to be our commander in chief. Totally unfit. Reporter trump now pledges that in his first 30 days as president , hell have the military draw up a plan. He promised to rebuild the military by reversing spending cuts mandated by the last budget sequester. I will ask that savings be accomplished through common sense reforms that eliminate government waste and budget gimmicks. Reporter he questions clintons physical and mental capacity. Sometimes it seemed like there wasnt a country in the middle east