Power couple. North Koreas Kim Jongun is invited to visit Vladimir Putins russia. Is it the start of a dangerous threat to the u. S. And world peace . And is this Excessive Force . Pictures of a College Student covered in blood, angry allegations he was roughed up by police. Tonight we have new details about the investigation and the outrage. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. Breaking new, a brazen new claim from izsis, a statement posted online saying the terror group was behind the attack that killed 23 people in tunisias capital city. The statement singles out two suicide gunmen calling them knights. Ominously, it warns the attack is just the start. We are also following breaking news in mississippi. Police have now found the body of an africanamerican man hanging from a tree. The man has been missing for days and we are awaiting word on whether its a suicide or murder. We will be discussing u. S. Race relations with the head of the National Urban league and president of
He was hiding out right across from the Police Command post, and came across a couple of women who were going to clean the cabin. Didnt take their lives, nor did he take the life of the person who was driving a truck and got carjacked. But there is a string of dead people, and now dorner is not 100 confirmed dead, according to the sheriffs office, but of course since he is former Naval Reserve and former lapd, im sure theyll have the dental records. And it will be probably within the next 48 hours that they would make a positive identification. Thats the ed show. Im ed schultz. The Rachel Maddow show is starting right now. Thank you, ed. I have to tell you, im having a little trouble with my audio right now. So well see how my show goes tonight. If you can hear me, you can just give me gestures. Okay. Ive been talking for 35 years. I can probably fill some audio for you if you need me to. I think im all right, as listening as i hold perfectly still. All right. You sound fantastic as al
That is just two heartbeats from the presidency has been postponed. We dont know when it will happen. Minutes ago mccarthy took to the podium. He explained why he pulled himself out, especially when just hours before that announcement as of 8 00 a. M. Eastern he was trying to convince republicans that he was the best choice for speaker. I think i shocked some of you, huh . Listen, we have been going through this campaign, talking to a lot of members, but the one thing i have always said to earn this majority, were servants. We should put this conference first. And i think theres something to be said for us to unite. We probably need a fresh base. Ill stay on as majority leader, but the one thing i found in talking to everybody, if were going to unite and be strong, we need a new face to help do that. So nothing more than that. I feel good about the decision. I feel great to have my family here, my colleagues. I think were only going to be stronger. We fought hard to win this majority a
Waters. 10 u. S. Sailors are being held on an aland mass in the middle of the persian gulf. Secretary of state john kerry was informed early today by the Iranian Foreign minister that the sailors safety and wellbeing was assured and this would be allow to do continue their journey, quote, promptly. Its early in the morning there. Its probably unlikely they will be released in the next iqitu er details about the the release. If it happens, there was a similar apprehension in 2007 when iran captured 15 Royal Navy Sailors near iraq and held them for 13 days. But the timing of todays innocent is highly suspect, just hours before the president is set to deliver the state of the union address, and days after Iranian Missile batteries fired rockets 1500 yards in front of the Aircraft Carrier uss harry s. Truman as it transited the strait of hormuz. And just days before sanctions are set to be lifted on iran if it meets the terms of last summers nuclear deal. Some new doubts and iranian offici