The winter storm expected to create another messy and dangerous commute this morning. Good morning. Welcome to early start. Im christine romans. John berman has the morning off. Up first, egypt stepping up involvement in the fight of isis. Egyptian war planes with a second wave of targets. This comes after militants kidnapped and beheaded 21 egyptian christians. Egypts president vowed revenge. Could this be the start of the extended military campaign . Lets get the latest from ian lee in cairo. Reporter christine, yesterday, egyptian f16s bombed Training Facilities in derna. What egypt wants is the International Coalition targeting isis in iraq and syria to add libya. And the council for Islamist Groups issued a statement. They accuse egypt of targeting and killing civilians. Vowing their response for the bombings will be harsh, painful and at the right place and time. The Egyptian Army mobilized soldiers in securing viettal facilities. All of this after the beheading of 21 christian e
More snow burying the northeast. Is there any relief from the brutal winter in sight . Good morning. Welcome to early start. Im christine romans. John berman has this monday morning off. It is february 16th president s day. 5 00 a. M. In the east. Egypt launching air strikes against isis in libya following the release of the video. A video claiming to show the mass beheading of 21 egyptian christian christians. Egypts president vowed to avenge the murders. Cnns ian lee live in cairo for us. Ian. Reporter christine, we are hearing now from the egyptian foreign ministry. We know the target the city that was targeted by egyptian f16s this morning. The city of durna. The city that isis has controlled for some time. A city with a long history of sending militants off to fight in iraq and syria. Under the cover of darkness the f16s struck warehouses and arms depots and isis training camps. This comes hours after the Group Released the horrific video of the beheading of 21 egyptian christians
As faisal shafu, accused in participate not guilty a terrorist attack. No confirmation if he was that man in the white jacket, the suspected third bomber at the airport. Investigators believe he could be the man in the jacket and hat seen in the Surveillance Video with the two other suspected terrorists. There are signs brussels remains a city very much on end. Organizers postponed a march to show solidarity with the victims of the terrorist attack that was supposed to take place tomorrow. They urged it not be held, saying police are stretched thin. Theyre needed elsewhere to protect a grieving city. Im eric shaun. Back to war stories. Ill see you in one hour here on fox news more injured. Im patricia stark. Now a special war stories fighting isis. Welcome to this special edition of war stories from march field in riverside, california. Home of the 452nd air mobility wing. Im oliver north. You are looking at a c17 globe master. Joining me, man who knows about that fight on the ground,
Her husband were central to lewandowskis downfall. Until yesterday, lewandowski seemed to be made of teflon. He was arrested for battery in march. Trump quickly waved away suggestions he fire lewandowski. Lewandowski Still Standing by trump yesterday. Telling dana bash he will do everything he can to help trump win in november. For more, lets bring in mark preston. Reporter good morning, ryan and christine. Sources tell cnn that the firing of Corey Lewandowski is going to be a good thing because it was time to streamline duties within the campaign. The source adds that Campaign Chairman Paul Manafort who had been fighting with lewandowski over control of the campaign can now finally start making long overdue hiring decisions to begin trying to match the massive ground operation Hillary Clinton already has in place. Sources tell cnn that lewandowskis departure complaints reached a critical mass. The family, notably ivanka, were not happy with lewandowskis work. And manafort said it was
Of the past, when they were trying to train the Iraqi Security force in the past . Yes. The criticism back then was that the americans basically trained a checkpoint army and then left the country. One of the concerns right now is perhaps maybe the americans are training an air strike army. At the end of the day, that is perhaps what is needed at this stage. But it also is important to point out that not only is the p battle very important, but also what comes next. Because its not just about defeating isis in mosul and pushing the isis fighters out of mosul. What comes next is arguably even more important if were going to be talking about establishing longterm stability in iraq. What does that mean . Longterm stability in iraq means that organizations like isis will not be able to exploit the divisions that exist here and then reemerge once again. Incredibly important point, arwa. Stay with me. It is the top of the hour. Im poppy harlow. I want to welcome my viewers here in the United