there was a violent confrontation between michael brown and officer darren wilson moments before the 18-year-old was shot and killed. that source saying that michael brown nearly beat the officer unconscious. and that officer wilson suffered severe facial injuries. and that s not all. trace gallagher picks up the story from there. trace. megyn, that source is very close to the ferguson police who tells foxnews.com s holly mccay the confrontation began when officer darren wilson ordered michael brown and his friend dorian johnson to stop walking in the middle of the street because they were blocking traffic. when they ignored the officer, they started to get out of his patrol car but they shoved him right back in. that s when brown leans in and starts beating officer wilson in the head and face. he was beaten very severely. the source tells us that brown fractured officer wilson s eye socket leaving him dazed and swollen. and now a man named michael t. brady who lives near
hello, conor? reporter: hello, shannon. the u.s. is a week into the military campaign in iraq and syria and coalition pounds isis militants in both countries. the targets are the military infrastructure and financial infrastructure that isis uses to fund and fight its wars in both countries. they re targeting things like humvees and armored tanks that isis captured from iraqi troops and also the financial empire that isis put together. the things like the modular oil refineries that isis uses to process oil and sell on a the black market but the coalition is also flying air support missions in support of the kurdish fighters near the town of kobani. this is an area where tens of thousand of syrians have fled as kurdish troops battle isis militants. there are reports of civilian casualties. confirming anything is difficult for western media. there is not a lost access for western media in that area. the coalition airstrikes seem to help the kurdish fighters as they battle is
we begin with a dramatic escalation of a tangled conflict that it may be imminent that the u.s. is going to begin isis targets not only in iraq but inside syria. that could expand the current campaign taking place. u.s. military reports two new strikes on isis targets inside iraq today. that brings the total so far to 176 u.s. air strikes. we re covering that story and much more with all of our reporters, our guests, including the visiting president of ukraine. he s here with me in the situation room. our pentagon correspondent barbara starr begins our coverage. what s the latest as far as the u.s. war on isis? wolf, president obama has been briefed on the list of targets that the u.s. military would like to hit. bombing could, could begin within days. the classified list of isis targets the pentagon wants to bomb in syria is complete. the military is ready. general dempsey and i both approve and expect considerable time reviewing and adapting this plan. reporter: but
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we re following two breaking stories right now. air strikes set off shattering blasts on isis targets in kobani today while u.s. planes were also dropping something else on the syrian border town, desperately needed arms and supplies for kurdish defenders. but the terror group has now struck back with some 15 simultaneous attacks on kurdish forces in northern iraq. that as authorities await for forensic results in the investigation case of hannah graham. president obama s deputy national security adviser ben rhodes is standing by along with our correspondents, our analysts and all of our newsmakers. kurdish forces backed by u.s. air strikes and now air drops of supplies blocking a brutal isis onslaught against the syrian border town of kobani. suddenly isis has launched a massive new offensive in a two-pronged assault in iraq. kurdish officials report 15 nearly simultaneous attacks against their forces including an attempt to retake the critically important mosul dam. let s g
u.s. airstrikes have kept isis from overrunning a syrian border town. now the hard-pressed defenders are getting some help on the ground. a convoy of british fighters from iraq armed with heavy weapons are poised to enter kobani from turkey and dozens of syrian rebels have arrived bringing mortars and machine guns, but in iraq, isis is committing more atrocities and the terrorists are boasting of the slaughter of 45 iraqis after a u.s. air drop to their tribe. the state department deputy spokesperson marie hart is standing by with our analyst. let s begin with our pentagon correspondent, barbara starr. what s going on? wolf, it just becomes more and more unspeakable day after day. the latest, a couple of days ago the u.s. air dropped supplies about 7,000 meals to members of a tribe in western iraq that were beginning to turn against isis and take up arms against them. we learned today no direct connection of the u.s. air drop and 45 men from that tribe were brutally murdere
north korea. is kim jong-un s regime taking revenge online? i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we re following the breaking news. president obama discussing the ferguson fallout right now over at the white house. he s meeting today with officials and activists among a wave of new protests across the country. at least 60 separate walkouts today protesting the grand jury decision not to charge the police officer who shot and killed michael brown. officer darren wilson has now resigned from the ferguson police department. we re covering all angles of the story this hour with our correspondents, our guests across the nation, including the lawyer for michael brown s family, benjamin crump. he s standing by live. but we begin in ferguson right now. cnn s george howell is there for us. george, what s the latest on these walkouts? reporter: we know that protesters here in ferguson called for a day of walkouts and around the country, we have seen that play out. here
the attorney general of the united states, eric holder, with an historic address on race in america. this of course, well, it all has to do with ferguson. he is about to speak at the ebenezer bamt church in atlanta. that s the chux where dr. martin luthootuther king preached. and across the united states there were walkouts in the wake of the ferguson grand jury decision. from new york to washington to chicago and san francisco. workers walked off the job. walked out of school, lying down on the ground as michael brown did when he lay for four hours. demonstrators often repeating the hands up symbol that five players from the st. louis rams did as they were introduced at sunday s game. this as the president of the united states held a series of meetings with civil rights leaders, students in law enforcement. he admitted, there have been commissions and panels before on these issues but he said, this will be different. he said those changed and nothing ham. part of the reaso
grand jury decision not to indict a white police officer in the death of an unarmed black man. their struggle is all caught on video. right now i want to show you live pictures of the protests. they are large and growing in response to the decision not to indict. the story comes down to this. cell phone video captured in july. what it shows is a 43-year-old man, eric garner, who he was suspected of selling cigarettes on a street in staten island when police moved to arrest him. garner raised his hands in the air but told officers not to touch him and they tried to subdue him, including one, officer daniel pantaleo. you see him grabbing garner in what looks like a chokehold, a tactic prohibited by the new york police department. garner weighs 350 pounds, he was athletic and had a heart condition and you can hear him saying there, i can t blereathei can t breathe. he had a heart attack on the way to the hospital and died there. the medical examiner ruled it a homicide but the g
taking some concrete steps to strengthen the relationship between law enforcement and communities of color and i intend to take more steps with leaders like him in the months ahead. we ll take a closer look at those protests and at the new apology from the police officer who wasn t indicted in just a couple of minutes. and some disturbing news we re following overseas. an al qaeda affiliate threatening to kill an american hostage within three days if their demands aren t met by the u.s. government. the video released on youtube shows luke somers a british born but american photo journalist captured in yemen last year. just last month the operation mission to free yemen failed. over in abu dhabi the suspect of an american schoolteacher. the woman covered in black there is a national in her late 30s. she is now in custody. no name has been released. she is seen fleeing the maul bathroom. ryan was a kindergarten teacher. she moved to abu dhabi with her twin sons late last