Situation in iraq. You know, for days now, weve been hearing one thing from this administration, that options are being discussed. We know last night the president met with top congressional leaders to discuss that. What they said came out of that meeting was basically an assessment, it wasnt as some speculated, an opportunity for the president to lay all of those options out on the table, to pick apart each one and then make a decision. It was merely an update and agreement to work with congress throughout the process. So now it seems like were about to get an announcement of something changing, something happening, possibly a decision made that would come quickly given some of the guidance we were hearing yesterday. But for some, of course, many critics out there, this is not coming quickly at all. In fact, some have been waiting for this for weeks. All right. Michele at the white house, thank you so much. As you say, perhaps a development here because from our pentagon correspondent
Well, we just actually came back from the hospital, but it was a very chaotic scene there. Dozens of people running around trying to get the injured into the hospital. We saw people on beds, on stretchers, laid out basically in any available space. All the rooms were full. We are talking to paramedics there saying that a dozen people have been killed. Now with our own eyes when we went to the morgue we saw eight people dead, a lot of families there searching for their loved ones, trying to find out their situation, but when we were Walking Around looking at a lot of people were women and children who were also injured in this attack. Now were not quite sure at this moment who is responsible. Now the Israeli Military is saying that it was a hamasfired rocket that landed at this school. Now hamas is denying that saying that this was a strike from the israelis. Now we dont know quite yet who is responsible, but the International Red cross has said that this incident, whatever it was, ther
When my colleague phil black and his Television Crew were returning here from a day of work at the site of the Malaysian Air flight 17 crash, when they arrived just outside this hotel, there were a group of gunmen led by a senior separatist official who were waiting. They asked for the identity of anton skiba and then basically accused him of being a terrorist and led him away to a waiting car. He did not resist as he was taken away. When a cnn cameraman tried to film the detention with a cell phone, the separatists took that cell phone and returned it several hours later with an apology on condition that the video be deleted. The accusations against anton skiba have evolved since his detention. He was initially accused of promising cash rewards for the death of rebels on his facebook page. Later, he was accused of having different Identity Cards with different last names on them. We have not gotten any update as to his whereabouts or his welfare. Today, thursday, despite repeated requ
But his leadership may become a casualty of the conflict nonetheless. Many in washington believe maliki cant unify his own country to stop the invasion and prevent a new civil war. Lawmakers say hes got to go, but the administration only hints at it. The white house may be nearing some form of military action. President barack obama tells top lawmakers in congress that hell seek their input but he doesnt need their permission. This as sources tell us that the u. S. Is carrying out man reconnaissance flights. Heres secretary of state john kerry defending dallas to nbc. Maliki was asking for help with air strikes in the last few weeks, as this was coming. As isis was coming toward this part of iraq. Why didnt we act then. For a lot of different reasons, not the least of which is we didnt have operational theater capacity at that point in time partly because Prime Minister maliki denied the kind of permissions necessary. That raises the question, why come to malikis rescue now. Isnt he a
Well here we go on this thursday. Welcome to at this hour. Im ma kayla pereira. John berman is off. So much more at this hour. Cooler heads seem to be prevailing in ferguson, missouri. A short time ago attorney general eric holder spoke about his visit there. And about the investigation into Michael Browns death. The people of ferguson can have confidence in the federal agents, investigators and prosecutors who are leading this process. Our investigation will be fair, it will be thorough, and it will be independent. The National Outcry we have seen speaks to a sense of mistrust and mutual suspicion that can take hold in the relationship between Law Enforcement and certain communities. It would appear that on the streets of ferguson, things seem to be calming down. The latest protests overnight were more peaceful, a few minor disturbances. Only about six arrests. The relative calm could mean a shift in focus away from the fury and towards perhaps the facts and the forensics. A grand jur