That to the president. Mike, what were some of the key concerns expressed by the senators today after all of those questions . Gretchen, we heard a lot of questions about if president obamas plan goes far enough. If iraqi forces will truly stand up and fight, and the size and level of commitment of the coalition they are building. I vbt in terms of recommend dayings. Has the president ruled it out sfwl sn. At this point his stated policy is that we will notville u. S. Ground forces in direct combat, so, yes. Including operators in jtech and embedded on the ground . Thats correct. Ae has said to come back to him on a case by case basis. There are approximately 1, 600 u. S. Personnel operating on the ground against the isis threat, but not in a combat mission at this point. Gretchen. All right, mike. Nobody seems to think that this is all going to be happening really quickly, right . No question about that. We heard a lot of things about basically saying the country needs to be patient,
Circumstances as this morning is beyond expression and underlined by sad anger within my heart. But ill not let that anger rule the day. Our capital has seen tragedy in the past. Were doing so again. So far, no firm motive here but officials have been warning of terror chatter since canada first pledged its help to help isis in the middle east. That chatter according to officials including gun and knife attacks in u. S. And canada. Investigators trying to figure out if any of that chatter might be related at all to what happened this morning. To be clear, there have been no incidents today on u. S. Soil. In washington, Capitol Police remain on the same heightened alert thats been in place since after 9 11. Same story down the street at the white house where president obama is being kept up to date on developments by his Homeland Security adviser and he spoke by phone a short time ago with the canadian Prime Minister. Meantime, u. S. Officials are beefing up security, police and militar
Whether its bahrain or saudi arabia or qatar, but not the sweeping allout effort that predictably jordan is. Whats going on here . Look, jordan now has entered a new phase. And the trigger point was the brutal killing, the burning of pilot kaseasbeh. Jordan has the longest borders with syria. Isis is mobilizing. Jordan will engage with isis. It would need fuel of fight, it needs the Logistical Support of the Saudi Arabian government of egypt, of uae and most importantly of the United States. We already know that isis even prior to all this dustup attacked an iraqi border post near jordan back in late january. Do we know whether isis is returning fire in some of these closetojordan outposts . Lets look at the big picture again. Isis controlled the maximum of ten of the sunni areas in iraq. It has almost controlled most of the sunni areas it can control in syria. If you look at the map, you understand the next target is going to be jordan. But two reasons for that, number one, they are c
Jordan that left some 60 people dead and hundreds injured. The negotiations appeared to be going nowhere. Moments ago, we heard from president obama reacting to the claims made by isis on the death of this 26yearold jordanian pilot. I just got word of the video that had been released. I dont know the details of the confirmations. But should in fact this video be authentic, its just one more indication of the viciousness and barbarity of this organization organization. And it i think, will redouble the vigilance and determination on the part of a Global Coalition to make sure that they are degraded and ultimately defeated. And it also just indicates the degree to which whatever ideology theyre operating off of its bankrupt. Strong words from the president of the United States. Lets go to amman, jordan, right now. Jomana is joining us, shes on the scene for us. We know that King Abdullah of jordan hes here in washington right now, the foreign minister is here in washington. I anticipate
And donald trump says he thinks america is weak and that America Needs to respond vishtly declaring that even water boa boarding is not tough enough. Youre in the situation room. This is cnn breaking news. Our breaking news as investigators scramble to learn who was behind the bloody airport attack, and how they killed 41 people. Cia director said the attack bears the hallmarks of sies and he warns that isis is trying to carry out similar attacks inside the United States adding it is not difficult to build an explosive vest. As they study images, trying to learn how the attackers breached the airport, the airport itself is back to business. Reopened to flights just hours after the attack. But there is growing concern about the threat to this country. And security has been stepped up at major u. S. Airports as millions of travelers are setting out for the july 4th holiday. I will speak with senator angus king who just had a briefing and will tell us more. Lets go straight to the Senior