Air strike killed the leader of a Somali Terrorist Group affiliated with al qaeda. He once vowed to follow in the foot steps of bin laden and it looks like he did. Thats what president obama was working on while some were just criticizing him. Thanks for watching. Im al sharpton. Have a great weekend. Hardball starts right now. The pressure builds. Lets play hardball. Good evening. Im Chris Matthews in washington. In a few minutes were going to get to the latest on the mystery plane that crashed off of jamaica. Well jump into Hillary Clintons announcement today that shell decide after new years whether or not to run for president. News that could influence democrats and republicans hoping
to beat her in the 2016 contest. And now that secretary clinton set the shot clock, if you will, well ask now a male candidate should debate a woman candidate. Are there rules . Well give you the latest in the investigation surrounding new jersey governor Chris Christie. What will be the impact of yes
Indicates the plane was traveling faster than was previously estimates resulting in increased fuel usage and decreasing the possible distance it traveled south into the indian ocean. Also this new area here has turned up something incredible. Finally we can report the first nonsatellite sightings of potential debris. Separate planes out of ten spotted something. This is a picture of that something. Multiple objects we are told. Various sizes and colors. Our correspondent who has been working the story out of perth. She was on board one of the really sophisticated planes, p 8 and she herself spotted debris. Take a listen to what she said. This plane did spot some debris. There was a bit of excitement, but the plane tipped to the right and got very, very close to the ocean. Some white debris and orange rope and a blue bag. It wasnt significant enough to say that it was connected to the plane at all. We will have much more from her shortly. The promising news is here that for the first ti
How fragile is this peace . Take a listen to this exclusive video cnn just obtained. [ gunfire and explosions ] that was the scene less than 24 hours ago in kiev. As you can see, this violence and bloodshed has been incredibly difficult to control. 26 people have been killed since the governments decision to align with russia instead of the west. President obama made it clear where the United States stands. We hold the Ukrainian Government primarily responsible for making sure that it is dealing with Peaceful Protesters in an appropriate way. That the ukrainian people are able to assemble and speak freely about their interests without fear of repression. Well be monitoring very carefully the situation recognizing that along with our European Partners that there are consequences if people step over the line. Unclear what the line is or the consequences are. The secretary of state john kerry said the United States is considering additional sanctions. Now this fight is important to the Un
Passenger believed to be traveling with a stolen passp t passport, but authorities have not released any information about him. Why not . The certainsearch is expanding. Lets bring in cnn justice correspondent pamela brown. Shes in washington this morning. What do we know . We can tell you, the young iranian identified was trying to get to germany where his mother lived. A Law Enforcement official tells cnn that authorities have looked at the two men and so far, nothing of concern has turned up on them. Investigators now say a 19yearold Iranian National was one of two men traveling on flight 370 with a stolen transport. Pouria Nour Mohammad mehrdad was on his way to seek asylum. While the International Man hunt to identify the two men with stolen passports has been intent, authorities said today the teen does not appear to have terrorism ties. Questions still remain about the identity of the second man who traveled with the young iranian on the doomed flight. They have been pouring thr
Battled city in a meemt you can see for yourself and decide for yourself. First, dana bash on how we got here. Reporter its an ultimatum of epic political proportions. Chris christies Lieutenant Governor says its wholly false. Being a sandy victim myself makes the mayors allegations particularly offensive to me. Dawn zimmer described a scene right out of a movie saying that Lieutenant Governor kim guadagno approached her and threatened to withhold money unless the governor backed a project in her town. She said she was with him on friday night and this is was a message to the governor. Reporter this is a much more direct tie to christie in bridgegate. One that the mayor made up. Mayor zimmers version of our conversation in may of 2013 is not only false but is illogical and does not withstand scrutiny when all of the facts are examined. Reporter a christie spokesman said its very clear that part son politics are at play here and try to it the faces of television. Hobokens mayor had publ