August 8 2014 News Today

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August 8, 2014. a pair of f-18 super hornet marked the return of us combat operations in iraq. some in pain tribute have noted that there are other us presidents who have aircraft carriers named after them but none other than george herbert walker bush knew what it was like to fight someone. he was nations youngest fighter pilot during world war ii, shut down over the pacific, defense contagion at a speed tribute today as well. >> we cannot begin your today without acknowledging the passing of t...

Thursday. >> there was a bit of confusion earlier in the day about whether or not the state department was caught offguard by the president statement but white house officials insist every relevant agency was involved in this process from the very beginning. >> bill: thank you, kevin corke at the white house. this evening we continue with our on the frontline series by checking in on u.s. forces fighting in iraq, still fighting a war there that then president obamas head was over six years ago. ...

Our next meeting in brussels on thursday. >> there was a bit of confusion earlier in the day about whether or not the state department was caught offguard by the president statement but white house officials insist every relevant agency was involved in this process from the very beginning. >> bill: thank you, kevin corke at the white house. this evening we continue with our on the frontline series by checking in on u.s. forces fighting in iraq, still fighting a war there that then president obam...

Met with the president-elect this afternoon and stopped by our live shot location to say hello. said he had a nice meeting. >> did you say fabio? maybe its a hair summit. thank you very much. its nearly as long as the empire state building is tall. in 2014, it was the launch deck for the first air strikes against isis. soon the uss george h.w. bush will head out to sea to face the enemy again. lucas thompsomlinson went on thp to see how they are preparing for the fight. >> reporter: on august ...

Seconds, the crew working to get that down to 40 seconds. and in addition to fighting isis, the ships commanding officer says his crew will be ready to deal with a resurgent russia or china if necessary. >> while we dont have any emergent or pending conflicts with them certainly, it is fair to say that we have divergent interests in many cases, so we need to be prepared to understand how we will react to that if necessary. >> reporter: officials tell me they do have other jets available to make ...

Briefing this morning on what the u.s. knows or doesnt know about the russian plane. what did you learn in that briefing that you can share with us? >> chuck, i tell you, i think that that briefing was with the intel committee. im on foreign relations and armed services was not in that briefing im following the same news you are. theres some signs that might suggest that it could be a bomb, but plenty of other investigation to be done. so we dont really know. and i think it will be a while befor...

Up with a sound strategy, were in a vulnerable situation. they have a lot of authority and scope to do anything necessary. question one, implied if you didnt even actually state that you thought the administration had made mistakes, miss the vote, would love to hear about that. second you said at a minimum we should cooperate with the russians. at that minimum, what should we do for the best we can which is not a great position for us? >> we should be communicating with them. i think the operati...

Met with the president-elect this afternoon and stopped by our live shot location to say hello. said he had a nice meeting. >> did you say fabio? maybe its a hair summit. thank you very much. its nearly as long as the empire state building is tall. in 2014, it was the launch deck for the first air strikes against isis. soon the uss george h.w. bush will head out to sea to face the enemy again. lucas thompsomlinson went on thp to see how they are preparing for the fight. >> reporter: on august ...