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Syria. that official happened to be the deputy commander of the entire american-led coalition fighting the islamic state. the us central command knock that down saying there were credible threats in the region. the secretary of state has been doing his part, trying to convince allies of the impending iranian threat so far. its not working so well. the eus foreign affairs chief pushed back and even iraqi skeptical of secretary mike pompeo evidence presented on a surprise trip to baghdad. the u.s....

Out of the chicago pd last night. information received from individuals questioned by police earlier in the case has in fact shifted the trajectory of the investigation. we reached out to the cast members are turning to a follow-up interview. individuals are a couple brothers from nigeria. one worked on the show empire. one identified by the legal team has personal trainer. they were picked up at ohare airport in question a chicago police central command. official sources say the brothers are co...

Out a couple weeks ago and she watched a concert. she hasnt been back at the court shiince she made that announcement. >> do we have a sense of her health status right now? >> we know that this was caught very early. she had this cancer surgery and they only found it after she fell in her office back in november and she cracked a couple of ribs. when they were looking at that they found this very, very early. thats what we know now. we will see if we see her on the bench next tuesday. she is at ...

Fighters remain in syria and iraq. barbara tell us more about what the general is saying. >> reporter: wolf, president trump wants to declare that isis has been pushed out of its last strong hold in syria and that the physical caliphate, the land, the territory, isis once controlled is no longer in its hands. here in the middle east tonight, general joseph votel, the head of the central command is sounding a much more strategic long-term view, caution about what he thinks isis is still capable o...

Nuclear deal, massive pacific deal and threatening to pull out of nato seems to be withdrawing america from overseas intervention. president trump announced all american troops were coming back from syria. this week the head of central command said he hadnt been and negotiating a withdraw from afghanistan. how does american foreign policy look to the rest of the world? he has written a new book called the empire and the five kings. americas abdication and the fate of the world. the book couldnt ...

Gillian, in yemen, against al-qaeda in eastern africa, as we are doing in libya right now with several hundred of our fighters there keeping the pressure on. this is about keeping the pressure. gillian: how do you square that with president trumps decision to withdraw american troops from syria? >> well, i dont agree with that decision. gillian: you dont? >> no, not at all. i dont -- what itll do is permit isis to resurge in 6 months to 12 months, worst case and also begin to retake territory. a...

North korean dictator and person who has committed so many human rights violations. it is baffling, again, as to what the president expects to achieve by a second summit. >> let me ask you now about saudi arabia. a cnn investigation has revealed that the saudi government has transferred u.s. supplied weapons to al qaeda linked terror groups in yemen, this in direct violation of the sales agreement. this cnn investigation coming up on the hill, testimony from the central command commander. in you...

Within hours, president trump will address anti-isis coalition leaders, this after his state of the union address last night where he touted progress against the terror group, though he notably did not repeat his false statement that isis has been defeated already. lets get reaction now from democratic senator ben carden of maryland. senator, thanks very much for joining us. >> good to be with you. >> let me get to the presidents claim about isis here. the president claims that isis has lost 99%...

>> you said theres not a super clear strategy widely reported yet. it sounds like before singapore. there wasnt a lot of that then. >> the problem is all this talk is disjointed from getting the north koreans to show us where their nuclear capabilities are, where are the weapons? wheres the material? where are the secret labs? show it to us. and then we can start talking about how to lock those things down and get rid of them. >> i want to ask you about something happening later today. this big ...

A member of the senate armed services committee is calling for an end to u.s. involvement in the war in yemen. this push from senator chris murphy is coming on the heels of an exclusive cnn report, "u.s. weapons sold to yemen and emirates and al qaeda." the central command was asked about the situation in a hearing today. >> we have not authorized saudi arabia or the emirates to retransfer any of this equipment to other parties on the ground in yemen. i think we have to look more closely at the ...