The government of ukraine has air defenses in the region where the plane went down. Ukraine says prorussian separatists are behind the crash, while Vladimir Putin says ukraines military campaign against the separatists is to blame for this. Were going to cover all angles of the story for you. And meanwhile, in israel, how long will the ground operation last . And is the showdown with hamas spinning out of control . Were going to take you there live as well. So lets get right to the very latest on flight 17. Back with me now is our chief National Correspondent jim sciutto. Jim, thanks for joining us again. What do u. S. Officials belief happened here and who do they believe is responsible . Well, theyll give an answer to the first question, not to the second question. They believe the plane was taken down by a surfacetoair missile for two reasons. One, u. S. Assets in the region detected a Missile System locking on the radar of a Missile System locking on to this jet before it disappear
Lets get right to the breaking news on this 9 11. America finds itself in a new war against terrorists. This time its the brutal Islamist Group isis which slaughtered thousands across the middle east and brutally beheaded two americans. President obama laid out the strategy for destroying isis with expanding air strikes in syria. Officials say u. S. Planes are carrying out surveillance there and targets have been spotting. Arming and training rebels now the Obama Administration is selling that strategy to congress and American Allies even getting ready to carry out the new battle plan. Correspondents, analysts, guests standing by for full coverage and begin with the White House Correspondent michelle kosinski. Reporter the white house says its reviewing targets inside syria. That doesnt necessarily mean that air strikes are imminent and trying to get congress on board. Looking somewhat promising with some wavering there. Trying to Gain International partners on this. On this september
Racist country. At the end of the day there will be justice for mike brown. Protests continue in suburban st. Louis, a full four days after a Police Officer shot and killed unarmed teenager Michael Brown. Today demonstrators marched outside the office of county prosecutor bob mckul loug. Moments before the march began the Ferguson Police department announced it will not release the name of the officer involved in the shooting despite earlier promises to make his identity public by noon today. It went out over social media that the officer that was involved in the shooting was michael white. It was not. Michael white was not involved at all. However, Death Threats started to come in right away from around the country. And based on that and that is one reason officer safety is a reason we can delay and we think its prunt that we do that. Last night police in s. W. A. T. Gear fired tear gas and bean bag rounds into a crowd as demonstrations turned violent. According to police, more than 3
The shocking and bloody rampage at an officer Training Center near kabul apparently carried out by an afghan soldier. Some 15 Coalition Troops were wounded including a german general. Our correspondents and guests are standing by with full coverage. Our chief National Security correspondent jim sciutto, jim . A difficult day for u. S. Forces in afghanistan. Also at the pentagon. The most senior u. S. Officer killed since 9 11 and a significant casualty toll, as well began with what was a routine visit to the Marshal Fahim university where after gan senior military officers are trained. This was a senior delegation involving more than one coalition general and they were met with a brazen attack. An afghan soldier im told had completed a sevenstep vetting process opening fire with a russian made light machine gun killed the general. He wounded at least 15 others including eight americans and a german general and some of those wounded are seriously wounded. The attacker then killed as for
Publicly name north korea for the attack, which they have traced using digital footprints. The u. S. Government is taking this attack very seriously, as an attack on a company, its an attack on its employees and frankly, its an attack on the freedoms that we enjoy in this country, the freedom of an entertainer or an artist to make something, though it may be controversial. And the freedom of people to go see it. Were reviewing a range of options for how we will respond to this attack. Cnn justice correspondent evan perez is with me now to tell us more about this. Good morning. Good morning, carol. This is the big issue for this administration is, how to respond to this north korean hacking, but also to make sure its not an overreaction. The white house is expected to announce attribution of this hack in the next couple of hours and as you said at the top, carol, the way this was done was to make it look like it was an inside job, to make sure that people thought it was coming from insi