Soldiers. Likely next in the isis crosshairs irreplaceable an particular wifts. How palmyra rooms. This the second isis conquest this week. After fighters capture the iraqi city of ramadi a mere 70 miles from baghdad, washington sidelined a seemingly rudderless. Thats according to the u. S. General who led the International Security forces in afghanistan. Im not sure most americans or most people in the world are exactly sure what our strategy is, which means you have to define it in state. The wider issue, who is fighting against isis. We are. Wait a minute. Assad fighting against them. Obviously iranians helping government of iraq shia militia, United States is helping, some of the persian gulf countries are helping. But its a group of people. Napolean reported as saying when asked who he would like to fight, what opponent he said a coalition. Were not really a team on this. Lets talk more about this with Major General spider marks, senior military analyst. Welcome, sir. Hi, carol. G
Communications with terrorist groups around the muslim world. In sharp contrast in the letters he exchanged with his extended family there are surprisingly some heartfelt messages to his children and one of his several wives. And bin ladens Digital Library revealed he Read Everything from obamas war by bob woodward. Lets delve into the documents joining us now, cnns National Security analyst peter bergen the author of manhunts the tenyear search for bin laden from 9 11 to abbottbad. With us Counter Terrorism analyst, former cia Counter Terrorism official philip mudd and the former Delta Force Commander retired Lieutenant Colonel james reese. Peter, walk through went through all these documents, a lot of documents. What struck you the most . I think the most unexpected thing that you will find in the documents is the relationship with his family. I mean we dont we think of bin laden as a sort of master terrorist. Here hes sending these very loving messages to his wife who was then livin
Shares his memories with our colonel jack jacobs, 70 years later. Good evening. The sheriff in Santa Barbara county, california, says his department had multiple contacts with Elliot Rodger before his deadly rampage on friday night, but nothing deputies saw indicated he represented a danger. Of course, now we all know just how deeply disturbed the 22yearold really was. Last night in the community of isla vista near the uc Santa Barbara campus, a tearful vigil was held for the six people whose lives he brutally took. We now know 13 others were injured in the trail of carnage and suffering that ended with rodgers suicide. And tonight his writings and the sickening video rodger publicly posted before the attack lead to questions about whether anyone was in a position to stop him before it was too late. Once again we have two reports beginning with mike taibbi. Mike . Reporter hello, lester. Police now have a clear idea of the chronology of the chaotic tenminute explosion of violence, but
People were screaming and this went on for ten minutes. We have someone on the phone who witnessed that chaos. Daniel slovinsky. He is the editor of the campus news there. Daniel, you were at a restaurant there. What did you hear . What did you see . I didnt see anything immediately. We all heard some shots somewhere between 9 or 15 shots. Like most people. Obviously, we just lost daniel there. Guys, i know you will work to get him back on the phone. We have edwin perez, our justice correspondent. In front of the camera. Good. We have reports from the sheriffs spokesperson there that the department of justice is getting involved in some way. How . One of the things that the Police Departments smaller Police Departments tend to call in the fbi or the atf or federal agencies to help with the investigation because they have a lot of expertise in these scenes. One of the things that will be happening this morning when people can get there is they would go to the suspects house and go to th
National memorial day parade. It marks this day of National Pride and of grief and of hope that one day americans will no longer need to make the ultimate sacrifice. And here now, just some moments as the nation reflects and remembers our fallen heroes. Here lie the americans who fought through vietnam and those who won a long Twilight Struggle against communism. Men and women gave their lives to keep men and women safe over more than a decade of war in iraq and afghanistan. Im inspired each and every day by our men and women in uniform. On this memorial day, let us remember those who made the ultimate sacrifice. To me its important for me to raise him and let him know about his father. I want him to know about him and how great of a man he was. We will never forget your sacrifices and the sacrifices of your loved ones. And because of them, our nation is stronger, safer, and will always remain a shining beacon of freedom for the rest of the world. [ bugle playing taps ] and lets take y