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Good morning. Im martha raddatz. We begin with breaking news. Another horrifying execution video released by isis. The victim, a husband and father, british aid worker david haines. British Prime Minister David Cameron speaking just over an hour ago calling haines a hero and warning that the uk must confront what he calls the isis menace. Were covering all angles of the story this morning, and lets start off in the region with abcs alex marquardt. Good morning, alex. Reporter good morning, marth...

Supreme court. The obsession with covering everything he says on twitter and very little what he does as president thats his preferred message of communication. The administration attempting to down play the importance of the president s tweets. The policy of the social media, chris. It is social media. It is not social media. It is his words. His thoughts. It is not a policy. It is social media. After tauting twitter as an essential part of the president s strategy for months. Donald trumps Soc...

Good afternoon, everyone, im jake tapper, welcome to the lead. The most powerful people in the United States government in a single room right now. The dilemma before them, how to respond to the chaos seizing iraq . The top four members of congress could emerge from the white house any moment now after a private meeting with the president on iraq. The president weighing his options for days now on what action to take, if any, against isis, the Islamic State in iraq and syria, but we know exactly...

To remind us, they will not be in a kwoequote, unquote, combat role. Well, lets be clear about what these 130 advisers will and will not be doing. They are focused squarely on looking at the humanitarian situation on mt. Sinjar and developing options to potentially move people and relocate people safely from the mountain. As we know, dropping food and water is not a longterm solution for the tens of thousands of people on that mountain. So these u. S. Military personnel that have just gone in ar...

Is it just about helping others or is it about 2016 . Hi, everyone. Its noon in the east and 9 00 in the west. Breaking news at this hour. The San Francisco area is bracing for potential aftershocks following the largest earthquake there in 25 years. The 6. 0 kweak struck at 3 20 this morning. Its affected thousands of homes and businesses. Joining me on the phone is brad aagaar dchl. Thank you for being with us today. Good morning. Give us a sense of how big this wake was compared to others in ...

On this video. He was carrying a three and a half inch knife. And tonight, were getting brand new details about what he had inside his car, parked just blocks away. Prosecutors say he had a machete, two hatchets, and more than 800 pounds of ammunition. Gonzalez stood calmly in court today, wearing an orange jumpsuit, facing charges of unlawfully entering a restricted area, while carrying a deadly weapon. Hes being held without bail and will appear in court again next week. Now the secret service...

Do. Theres a series of protocols that reinvolve around the level of a threat, which is actually taking place and what theyre going to respond with. Colonel jack jacobs, thank you so much. It still is an active scene. Were get different reports. But apparently the situation is being controlled as we speak. Were going to stay on top the story and bring you all the information this morning right here on this broadcast. Again, the situation in Fort Lee Army base in central virginia. There are report...

Putting some amount of daylight between her and the president during his difficult second term. The big question, of course, will it work. Protests, looting, violence after police gunned down a black 18yearold just outside st. Louis. What led an officer to kill this unarmed young man . Well, now the feds want to know, too. Good afternoon, everyone. Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. Our world lead. In a moment well put in the middle of the dire situation in mount sinjar as cnn joins a daring C...

Not to raise the u. S. Terror threat level even though the uk raised their s. Is there a difference between the threat the uk faces versus the kind of threat the u. S. Does . Jake, it appears it does right now. The British Government sees a very direct threat to the safety of the british people. They say 500 or so britains traveled to this conflict zone, may have come back. Britain sees it as much more direct europe, much closer, transportation in and out of europe, much closer to people with ji...

Less than a week ago president obama promised the United States would start hunting isis targets wherever they are. This time it meant south of baghdad where they destroyed an area where six isis vehicles were destroyed in a separate strike. There have been 162 airstrikes in iraq since isis started causing trouble. So far the strikes have been focused on protecting americans and humanitarian aid. Right now retired general john allens job is to figure out what the coalition needs in their fight a...