jim acosta, thank you so much, at the white house for us today. here's just a little bit more information, as we're talking about these different religious minorities caught in the middle of this. let's talk about -- let's focus on the uzidis. for generations, they have lived in the northern iraqi town of sinjar. this weekend, these terrorists, isis militants, pushed through their town, forcing these uzidis to flee to nearby mountains where they are now essentially stuck, living in these makeshift camps, their plight part of what is drawing international attention. let's go to ivan watson, in the northern iraqi city of irbil. let's begin with these 40,000 -- latest number i heard, men, women, children, stuck on the top of the mountain, and isis is right there, at the base. >> reporter: yeah. i've gotten all of this information from kurdish officials. the numbers of people stranded there vary. but it seems to be in the thousands. kurdish authorities here telling us that people have been dying as a result of exposure to the elements, the temperature

jim acosta, you're there, let me begin with you. risen lessistening to the presit a while ago, day five since the shooting, what led to today's public comments? >> reporter: well, brooke, i think that they realized over at the white house and the traveling white house that is with the president right now this was becoming an untenable situation. the violence, the tensions mounting over the last several days really reached a boiling point last night where you saw police in ferguson, missouri, starting to arrest journalists from the "washington post" and "huffington post" trying to cover the story. and that is when officials in the white house decided this was just getting to be too much. and so the president was briefed on this situation last night by the attorney general, eric holder. once again, earlier this morning, eric holder, we should mention, is also coincidentally vacationing here on martha's vineyard. but he's been called into duty because of what's happening there in ferguson. and i think what you heard the president say t

all right, dana, jim acosta, jim sciutto, stand by. i want to go back to alisyn in new york. >> thanks, wolf. we'll be back to you in a minute. for now we're going to ivan watson. he is in irbil, iraq. ivan, we've been talking about these u.s. advisers and personnel who are in the same town as you this. do we know what the plan is for them tonight? >> well, actually, the sun is starting to rise over irbil. i believe the kurds as they wake up will be very encouraged to hear that president obama has effectively threatened to use air power if this city is threatened further, and recall that the isis militants have advanced to within 35 miles of the city where i'm stand right now, and also to help relieve the pressure, perhaps break the siege around sinjar mountain, where these tens of thousands of yazidis are reportedly stranded. people will be likely encouraged. it will boost morale for a region that has been shaken by the recent advances of the isis militants. and it is basically answering a call that the senior kurdish leadership publi

jim acosta at the white house has new information for us. tell us, jim. >> carol, we caught up with ben rhodes, deputy national security adviser to the president, just talking to reporters on the north lawn of the white house. not something you see every day. the president did not make an additional decision to launch the strikes, the decision was implicit in his authorization to use the air strikes last night but what ben rhodes said that was very interesting is that isis shelling according to ben rhodes on kurdish positions around irbil trying to defend that city in northern iraq triggered these air strikes from the u.s. military and according to ben rhodes the military has been given "a green light" from president obama to launch air strikes on isis if they threaten irbil and the u.s. military advisers, diplomatic personnel with the u.s. consulate in irbil, or to break the siege at mt. sinjar, so it is possible that while we have already seen air strikes against isis positions around irbil, with he may see in addition to that, if you're h

jim acosta reports. >> reporter: after multiple rounds of u.s. air strikes on isis targets in iraq, this was all we could see of the president. the commander in chief on the phone with king abdullah of jordan discussing what's next. the mission in iraq will be limited, protect u.s. military advisers and diplomats in erbil and end the siege on iraqi minorities driven into the mountains by isis fighters. but the white house concedes there's no firm timeline. >> president has not laid out a specific end date. >> reporter: that prospect of an open-ended engagement is a far cry from the president's initial reluctance to deal with isis two months ago. as well as his preference for diplomatic solutions in ukraine and syria. after ending the war in iraq nearly three years ago. >> america's war in iraq will be over. >> reporter: mr. obama is now the fourth u.s. president in a row to launch military action in iraq. >> was he reluctant to make this decision? >> i think the president was determined to use military action to protect american personnel who are

jim acosta is joining from us the white house now with the administration's response to this growingreat. good morning, jim. >> reporter: victor and christi, president obama is receiving regular updates on the damage done by the strikes on isis. in the meantime, aides to the president are hinting there could be more air strikes in the coming days. after multiple rounds of u.s. air strikes on isis targets in iraq this is all we could see of the president, commander in chief on the phone with king abdullah of jordan discussing what's next. agents will be limited. protect military advisers and diplomats in erbil and end the seeing of minorities driven in the mountains by fighters. >> the president has not laid out a specific end date. >> reporter: that prospect of open-ended engagement is a far cry from the president's initial reluctance to deal with isis two months ago. as well as his preference for diplomatic solutions in ukraine and syria. after ending the war in iraq nearly three years ago. >> america's war in iraq will be over. >> reporter: mr. obama is now the fourth u.s. presiden

jim acosta looks at the tough choices facing this president. >> reporter: after multiple rounds of usair strikes on isis targets in iraq, this was all we could see of the president, commander in chief on the phone with king abdullah of jordan discussing what's next. aides stay mission in iraq will be limited, protect u.s. advisers in erbil and end the siege. but the white house concede there's no firm time line. >> the president has not laid out a specific end date. >> reporter: that prospect of an open-ended engainment is a far cry from the president's initial reluctance to deal with isis two months ago. as well as his preference for diplomatic solutions in ukraine and syria after ending the war in iraq nearly three years ago. >> america's war in iraq will be over. >> reporter: mr. obama is now the fourth u.s. president in a row to launch military action in iraq. >> was he reluctant to make this decision? >>> i think the president was determined to use military action to protect american personnel who are in harm's way in iraq. he was determined to use american military assets to try to

we saw the president's meeting and saw an animated discussion, jim acosta pointed out.you know, anderson, because of the reach and the capability of isis and isil, the president talked about isil related group, very capable, we've talked about foreign fighters on this program before. you can be sure the national security considerations also incorporate the potential for a threat against american targets around the world or here in the united states and so the department of homeland security will have been brought in. the fbi will have been brought in to look at the potential for retaliation attacks against u.s. targets. and that will be a real concern and so while you see the president's attention and the foreign policy team focused on what is going on inside iraq and the humanitarian crisis, there will be homeland security and counterterrorism considerations taken into account at this hour. >> we got to take a quick break. more when we come back including late word from the middle east. rockets apparently fired, seize fire broken. we'll have full details on that when w

let's go to the state department, jim acosta is standing by.pposed to start about an hour ago. he's running late. the african leaders obviously running late as well. >> that's right. we may be getting a little closer. we saw an aid put a a new notebook on the podium. that may be an indication that remarks were revised and the notebook came back out again just a few moments ago, so we may be getting closer. you were talking about the ebola scare. that's had an exact on this summit. a couple leaders who were supposed to attend this summit were not able to attend because of that. the president was asked about this last week whether or not this was going to cause a health scare here in washington. the president said, no, those leaders were going to be screened at the airports as they arrived here for this summit. and i talked to some officials here. they feel pretty good about the fact that did not develop during the course of this summit. at the same time, the president has had a challenging time trying to get the good news out of the summit. the

jim acosta joins us now. so the president wanted to tamp down reports that air strikes in syria were imminent and his critics quickly jumped on what he said about not having a strategy and the white house has tried to basically do damage control. >> that's right. he was trying to end that speculation that he was on the verge of ordering air strikes on isis targets in syria. you know, one white house official told me after the president's comments that they thought the speculation was getting out of control so the president wanted to go out there and put an end tobl that. but it was in that context when he was asked about whether or not he would go to congress to authorize military action in syria that the president used those words "we don't have a strategy yet" and that of course just went aban bananas on twitt use a technical term. you and i know what that is like with a poorly phrased sound bite. this can take off and that's what happened. instantly the white house jumped into damage control mode. josh ear

>> not as good as they think. >> acosta pressed his department to change investigation beginning with procedures that started kirk bloodsworth down the road to prison. in late april of this year, prince georges county p.d. became one of the very first in the country to do away with the traditional six-pack photo array. the kind that was used in kirk bloodsworth's case. in favor of a sequential photo lineup in which the witness considers each possible suspect one at a time. >> now we give it to them as six individual photos and we ask them to flip through them, look at all of them. and make a decision about each one as they go through the photographs. and to take their time. >> homicide detective bernie nelson says that helps insure people pick the right suspect. not just the one who looks right compared to the others. acosta says officers can unintentionally influence a witness. >> even if they are honest and describe plus, they know what the right answer is. they may give off some sort of unconscious cue, they may get excited when you are about to pick the right person, they may be d

we'll bring in jim acosta. the president announcing he had given authorization to the military to do the strikes for each new strike, does the military have to go back to the president or is this just an open-ended authorization? >> at this point, it's very open ended, anderson. i heard from one deputy national security advisor, ben rods, who described this as a green light to conduct air strikes on one of two different targets if the case deems to be necessary, one target around irbil threatening american advisors and diplomats located in the capitol. it was isis shelling of the kur kurtish that prompted the air strikes. i should mention, anderson, you talk the about the yezidis. ben rhodes met to hear their concerns. the president is not authorizing each individual strike. he's making phone calls, talked with the king of jordan earlier today and members of the staff are reaching out to member the of the yezidi community -- go ahead? >> is there a longer term strategy? i mean, i know i'm talking years but week

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let's go to jim acosta.ls there, i know there have been several background briefings with senior officials, what do they say the u.s. end game is right now? >> reporter: that's very good question, wolf, and i'll get to that. i want to tell you we do have some breaking developments right here in the white house. when you might imagine, when the president takes this sort of military action he's going to be consulting with allies and other world leaders in the region, in the middle east, he's done that this morning. and just the several minutes, photographers were taken back to outside the oval office to capture these images of the president on the phone. he is in this video you are seeing here on the phone with king abdullah of jordan consulting with the jordanian leader about what is happening in iraq rhine, also in the oval office with the president was deputy national security adviser tony blinken. there were other officials in the room. i wanted to make sure that you were able to see that. as to your quest

jim acosta at the white house. thank you. perspective on the isis threat now and president obama's response to it. we're joined now by the former u.s. ambassador to syria and iraq. thanks for being was. >> thank you, brianna. >> you advocated in a recent article in the "the new york times" for air strikes. but i wonder, you actually said in this article, you said degradation of isis could allow the secular opposition to gain some momentum. how is that possible to have air strikes that help the rebels fighting ba har al a sad without relieving the pressure that isis is putting on him? >> brianna, the first thing is to get our priorities right. i do believe we should launch air strikes. they should be heavy and immediate. but this is not the take side in a syrian civil war. this is to protect our own national security. i think prime cameron said it pretty well and speak for conditions in the country as well as in the uk. there can be secondary effects. isis has probably done more damage to other elements of the syrian-sunni opp

jim acosta at the white house. what does today's attack tell us about the conditions in afghanistan? right now, nathan hodge is joining us, a reporter for "the wall street journal." he's in kabul right now. nathan what do you know about what exactly happened today? you're closer to the scene than we are. >> this attack occurred at a facility that could probably be best described as sort of the afghan west point. what's happening right now is the transition where u.s. and coalition forces are in the process of basically exiting the country by the end of the year. at least combat troops. slated to exit by the end of the year. this training has taken place so that afghan -- future afghan officers will be able to capably run and provide security forces to fend off the taliban threat that continues to be quite persistent and opposing the government here. this shooting took place in what's usually considered to be a relatively secure facility where afghan officers are trained under international supervision. but what we

let's go to our white house correspondent jim acosta. jim, this is so dramatic. the president has authorized u.s. air drops of humanitarian supplies to these stranded people. we know the u.s. -- the president has authorized limited air strikes against various isis targets. artillery. as far as we know, the u.s. has not authorized what the iraqi military is now doing in very, very basic, crude, limited fashion, going in there and trying to actually rescue people and get them out, right? >> that's right, wolf, that is not part of the mission at this point. it's not what the president has authorized. but i think ivan watson's reporting that brave effort that those iraqis undertook to rescue those people. i think it demonstrates what the administration has been saying, what the president has been saying over the last several days, that the key catalyst for the u.s. to take this action in northern iraq was this very big humanitarian crisis in the sinjar mountains with respect to those yazidis. you've heard various administration officials saying that humanitarian, nea

cnn senior white house correspondent jim acosta joins me now. good morning, jim. >> good morning, carol. that's right, the president is having attorney general eric holder head to ferguson tomorrow to get a better handle on the situation on the ground, in that troubled community. of course, this is all happening in the midst of what is becoming more and more of a federal civil rights investigation into the killing of michael brown, but at the same time, i just wanted to pass along, carol, some details we've picked up in the last several minutes in terms of why the president is not traveling to ferguson for the time being. they are not taking that off the table, but a senior white house official did tell me that one reason why the president is not going is they don't want to attack or tax the resources, those law enforcement resources that are on the ground that would be necessary for his protection. they think those resources are better being sent in to deal with the situation that's on the ground there that's unfolding. at the same time, in add

we join jim acosta. he is at the white house. >> reporter: still spreading terror, another conquest, this time an air base in northern syria. but the white house now appears to be down playing expectations for military action in syria right away. >> chairman dempsey talked about it over the weekend. he indicated according to intelligence assessments, there is no evidence of an active plot right now. that said, we are well aware of the threat posed by isil. >> white house press secretary josh earnest pointing to a comment made by martin demty who says white house and syria does not pose a threat against the u.s. homeland. can i tell you with great clarity and scertainty dempsey said, that if there was danger within syria my recommendation would be to deal with it. that's different than what was said last woke after the beheading of american journalist james foley. >> this is beyond anything we've seen. we must prepare for anything. >> can they be defeated without addressing that part of the organization w

cnn senior white house correspondent jim acosta asked about the seeming disconnect of opinion at today's briefing. here he was. >> is the president on the same page as his cabinet when it comes to dealing with isis? >> i think the more important observation, jim, is that the cabinet is on the same page as the commander in chief, and i am fully confident that's the case. >> let me bring him in, jim acosta joins me and gloria borger as well. jim, to you, i want to talk further about that exchange. it went on for a little longer. the president just talking to david gergen, former adviser, senior political analyst, said listen, the president is being prudent, cautious, and to your point though it is certainly david gergen's observation as well that the opinions, whether it is joint chiefs chairman martin dempsey or secretary of defense chuck hagel and the president, they all seem to be in different places. and he said that it seems the president is leading from behind, though i imagine the white house would disagree. >> well, remember, brooke, and i've said this before many times, i think on

. >> i want to get to jim acosta who was at the news conference. what more did the president say? that was very direct at the heart of the matter here, hamas using human shields. >> absolutely that's right. he started off by talking about he was asked about israel and whether its activities in gaza have been proportionate and justified, and he basically went right after hamas and accused the militant group of being what he called extraordinarily irresponsible in launching rocket attacks from certain areas, suggested that was the reason for many of the casualties that have been suffered by the palestinian people during this conflict with israel. and then he went on to say twice in his remarks there at the end of this news conference, i have no sympathy for hamas. that was something that stood out to me. it's interesting to juxtapose that with what the state department said last sunday. you'll recall when those palestinian deaths were coming in near that u.n. school in rafah that the state department came out with a statement that really blasted israel and said that the unite was ap

joining me now is the senior white house correspondent, jim acosta. a difficult situation for the president, a decision to make when he put these advisers in he was adamant they were advisors, there would not be boots on the ground in any situation. is this going to for the administration's hand on that issue of boots on the ground? >> reporter: no, erin i don't think so. josh earnest was very careful to say earlier today during the press briefing there will be no boots on the ground in any kind of military operation in iraq but make no mistake the white house is deeply concerned about this unfolding humanitarian crisis that's under way in northern iraq. while administration officials are not taking air strikes off the table, the question at the hour is how far the president is willing to go. the killing and mayhem unleashed by the iraqi militant group isis may have reached a tipping point. after seizing cities and key assets the terror group have chased millions into the mountains of northern iraq where they are cut off from food and water. a situati

jim acosta, we thank you so much for your reporting there.o what exactly are we talking about when it comes to military options in iraq? how far can and will the u.s. military go? colonel peter monday sewer knows firsthand the kinds of things that are happening right now. welcome. >> thank you, brooke. >> okay. so let me ask you a question i've asked within just this past hour. i'd love to hear your response when we talk about possible air strikes and isis has really come in and taken control of a chunk of iraq. how effective would that be? >> well, they would be more effective if blunting an isis offensive than they would be in retaking ground lost. the loss of sinjar, the yezidi homeland, border crossing, not unexpected, since it's removed from the kurdish homeland and really a stretch for the kurdish peshmerga to hold on to that city. as you noted, there is more than 100,000 refugees now out of their homes in mosul and sinjar and other places, yezidis and christians who are now in dire straits. and i think what we could see with the obama

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and the reason for that is simply that the pentagon is still developing that plan. >> jim acosta is joins us now live from the white house. jim, you gave the white house a chance to try and unring that bell about saying that they lack a strategy. they didn't take it. >> that's right, jake. no apologies from the white house for what the president had say yesterday. when i asked josh earnest about that, that comment from the president, when it comes to launching air strikes in syria, josh said it was the media's fault, that members of the media misinterpreted what the president said. that's the reason why the press secretary went out and did all the interviews with a variety of cable outlets including cnn. he was first on cnn trying to explain that about an hour after the rez wrapped up his remarks. josh went on to say and you heard in that clip you just played, that the reason why the president said there is not a strategy for hitting isisle? syria is because the military hasn't developed any plans for that. over at the pentagon today, the pentagon press secretary was asked about pentagon

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jim acosta reports. >> reporter: still spreading terror, isis fighters can boast of another conquest, this time an air base in northern syria. but the white house now appears to be downplaying expectations for military action in syria right away. >> chairman dempsey talked about it and he indicated there's no evidence of an active plot right now. that said, we are well aware of the threat that is posed by isil. >> reporter: josh earnest was pointing to a comment made a dempsey who said isis and syria do not pose a threat against the u.s. homeland. i can tell you with great clarity about that threat existed up side syria it would be my strong recommendation we would deal wit. that's different than what dempsey and other administration officials said last week after the beheading of american journalist james foley. >> this is beyond anything that we have seen so we must prepare for everything. >> can they be defeated without addressing that part of the organization that resides in syria, the answer is no. >> reporter: earnest acknowledged semantics matter. >> that seems to be a differen

jason is in minneapolis and jim acosta is at the white house for us. i'll start you, jim. president obama gave a news conference and said something that stunned a lot of people. listen. >> as our strategy develops, we will continue to consult with congress. and i do think that it will be important for congress to weigh in and -- or that our consultations with congress continue to develop so that the american people are part of the debate. but i don't want to put the cart before the horse. we don't have a strategy yet. >> no strategy yet, jim? >> well, don, in golfing terms, i think they'd like a mulligan on that one, to be frank. the president was trying to end speculation that he was on the verge of ordering air strikes in syria. and white house official told me they thought the speculation getting out of control. it was in that context. he was asked whether the congress would be asked to vote on this, that the president used those words, we don't have a strategy yet. as we all know in this age of social media, a poorly phrased sound bite can go viral instantly. that's wh

let's star first with jim acosta.se gathering intelligence about isis fighters in syria. do we know when he'll make a decision about air strikes? >> reporter: anderson, president obama has been meting with his top officials all week and more of that is expected, but josh earnest said he did not have a time frame for a decision. and when i pressed earnest earlier today on whether the president wanted to defeat isis, he said, of course, and the president's top advisers said that isis really can't be beaten without dealing with the group in syria, so that's a good indication of what's to come. still, the president has pulled back from the edge of taking military action before it's not out of the question here, anderson. >> he also didn't seek congressional authorization for air strikes in iraq. is there any new information about what he plans to do regarding congressional approval if there are air strikes in syria? >> reporter: yeah, a little bit new guidance from the administration tonight, anderson. that is an open que

but interestingly, jim acosta mentioned ambassador samantha powers' comments on ukraine. she has in the last several weeks often been just a step ahead of the administration on the level of her criticism of russia and calling a spade a said if you will about russian military activity as has nato. comments coming out of nato have been highlighting russian military steps forward there as a real escalation. so the question is, when will the administration take action when it comes to ukraine, but also was isis? is it just going to be further consideration of military strikes or will much of this wait till next week when the president is together with his nato allies. >> indeed, jim, it was august 8th when samantha powers said if russia sent in that convoy that supposedly will humanitarian aid for the pro-russian rebels, if that crossed the line, that would be considered an invasion by the united states. that happened friday. we know according to samantha power the invasion took place long before today. gloria borger, this is a very war weary american public. they are not ent

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senior white house correspondent jim acosta joins me now.ly the president was looking to tamp down, you know, reporting that air strikes in syria were imminent but he inadvertently created more of a controversy. >> that's right, anderson. the president was indeed trying to end the speculation that he was on the verge of ordering air strikes on isis targets in syria. one white house official told me they thought the speculation was getting out of control, and it was in that context that the president used those words "we don't have a strategy yet." as we all know in this age of social media, a poorly phrased sound bite can go viral instantly and that's exactly what happened. so the white house jumped into damage control mode instantly and josh earnest, the press secretary, went on wolf blitzer later basically within an hour after the president wrapped up his remarks in the briefing room and said the president was referring to his strategy on isis in sear yachlt the white house argues the president has an overall strategy for isis but they are

more importantly, jim acosta, thank you so much. senior international correspondent nic robertson as well as peter bergen. are you surprise bid this, peter? >> not really. >> why? >> there have been so many americans taken by isis. they are not open to negotiation by the conventional kind. we saw one conducted as prisoner of war level. but this is a different ne -- negotiating with al qaeda. i can't think of an example offhand where as official matter, where u.s. officials said we would do a negotiation. maybe they turn a blind eye but it is policy not to negotiate, particularly with a group like al qaeda. >> does it speak to the brutality of isis here? >> it speaks to their strategic view. james isn't the only one. two british and one new zealand, not just american. we don't know why the french journalist were released. we do know that the american government and the british government don't negotiate and don't pay ransom. we don't know what is going on behind the scenes about you this speaks to isis using these people as bargainin

palestinian conflict there are many other issues which will need resolving too far away from gaza marina acosta reporting from london forty. and over at our website i did the protests over gaza reach supermarkets a new so called by caught now lets shoppers as if the products they want to buy has any evenings with israel. also learned why one a u.s. police officer has decided he no longer needs to worry about the law of the labs as laid down in the constitution. some other global headlines now starting with the spreading a ball or break it's now been declared a thread of international importance by the world health organization so far over nine hundred people have died in west africa from the largest recorded our break of the ball up began in guinea in march and has spread to sierra leone in liberia with some cases in nigeria there is no license treatment. and the fatality rate has been about sixty percent. at least one person was killed and three others are missing after flash floods hit central and northern parts of bosnia authorities declared a state of emergency evacuating hundreds of people

the stage of what's going to be the world's largest computer security convention security research acosta knoll believes the n.s.a. can see to work out its main objectives. the appearance of peace alexander conference last year was very well remembered as their only talent to have. bridged the gap between what they are doing in computer security and what everybody publicly sings day should be doing and that attempt was a complete failure we stand for freedom. not then. no. one was why you're not right i haven't lied to congress and he seems to have a conflict being attended to in on the one hand collecting information and stealing secrets elsewhere and on the eyes and protecting american companies and dominican government from oz's doing it to them and that second pot is what everybody wants to see more action and ironically he's alexander who started up out of the n.s.a. and the mole is put out for trying to help companies protect themselves. we'll do some brief and i will go back to iraq for a first story car bombs going off in a busy commercial street in baghdad that killed six people

have now arrived in other washing capital but many more remain stranded under fire as artie's medina acostareports nine severely injured children have arrived this morning to moscow from dying as you know a number of ambulances were waiting for them here at the city real we station we do know that two of those children were injury during the bombing of the city there was one four year old boy on board of this train and a young girl who was injured during the firefight all these children are in need of urgent medical help doctors who accompanied them see that they only take those who can stay in the refugee camp and clean that only in that area there are over forty children in such condition they see they need a humanitarian corridor but sure for the situation in that area remains too challenging to make that a possibility. the ukrainian capital kiev has witnessed a turbulent twenty four hours people on the central square for us clashed with police and burned tires later then started to pull up the pavement trouble started when the city authorities tried to ted down tents and barricades that

which is made in acosta has the details for us. these reports have come from his lawyer. who says that having received a residence permits which is valid for three years mr snowden may now move freely across the country as well as travel abroad but what's more important is that according to another you. may actually get a russian citizenship a leader in the future. edward snowden is allowed to move freely across russia and travel to other countries with a limited steen abroad for no more than three months according to russian legislation he also has a right to receive russian citizenship after five years of living in the country. now after of the former n.s.a. contractor leaked sounds to us intelligence washington. with the government property and an authorized communication of national defense information and in june twentieth thirteen mr snowden learned in moscow airport he landed in a transit zone coming from hong kong and his final destination was aqua door however the u.s. authorities counseled passport that allowed to the leaker getting stranded in the transit zone

ation industry workers are pulling the plug leaving parts of the country in the dark dark is mine acosta reports from the crisis stricken country. marches strikes and power cuts this is how in the tricity workers are responding to government crime scene liberalize the greek energy sector so i understand their concerns with travel to one of the largest mining areas in the country the plants here and tell them i.e. that the surrounding areas used to produce seventy percent of greece's electricity while the economic crisis line. all demand and the national output dropped to roughly fifty two percent having said that the public how corporation remains the main employer here and people living in these areas fear that with this product i say ssion the government is not only slowly selling the public well but it is also jeopardizing their livelihood which has already been dealt a blow. to the us when they already expropriated our land for public interest without even asking us we're talking about one bigger than the size of up until now locals were given preferential treatment because of that w

turned heated the destiny of the country's future will be decided in mid september parties marion acosta was watching how the latest ed. it was very loud in the very fiery debates in which both men gave it their all but it appears the victory is in alex salmond's hands in favor of independence according to a snap poll some seventy one percent of voters thought he came out on top which is a dramatic turnaround for scotland so first minister let's not forget that last time he was challenge over issues such as the future of scotland's economy and the future of the pound and this time he came prepared to give his currency options offer in free plan b.'s in fact something which he kept repeating but saying that sick into the pound would be best the economy going to probably the most important regulation. now they had all the better together campaign alistair darling head back saying that that would leave scotland at the mercy of a foreign country telling them how to spend its money just like eurozone countries which have to get their budgets signed in brussels. and videos you see you don't ha

let's begin with senior white house correspondent jim acosta. he's got the latest. jim? >> wolf, you heard the president just a few minutes ago wrap up a fairly lengthy news conference here at the white house about these pressing issues of the day, whether or not he'll take military action against isis targets in syria and, of course, russia's military operation that appears to be under way in ukraine. but getting to the situation with isis and syria, i just want to talk about something that the president just said in the briefing room within the last hour. he said i don't want to put the cart before horse. we don't have a strategy yet. he was talking about the situation with respect to thisquette of whether or not he will strike i was targets in syria. i've been told by a white house official in just the last couple of minutes and i literally got on the phone with the senior white house official as soon as the president finished his remarks because when he used those words, it caught meet by surprise, as well. and according to a senior white house official in just the l

acosta remembers him as generous, shy and fun loving man. >> shy, cute, handsome, sexy, he was just a delightful guy. pretty blue eyes. rest in peace mork, robin. she keeps a box of momentums when she worked as an audience coordinator on the show. and tonight at 10:30. more on the contribution of robin williams including fans and people who knew him for his comedy at bay area clubs. >>> lauren bacall died tonight of the she went peacefully following a massive stroke. she was a star with her first film with humphry bogart. >> you know how the whistle don't you steve, you just put your lips together and blow. >> that was 1944. she was 19. bacall and bogart merried -- married. she won two tony awarding and it was her glamour and voice that will be remembered. bacall and bogart were visitorred to johns grill. the two of them came in when they were in town in the 40s and 50s. their picture is on the wall. >> she was happy, she was a good democrat. very, very good democrat. she was happy she was next to hillary clinton. >> johns grill was the setting in the novel the maltese falcon which wa

he's go to jim acosta. he filed this report. >> reporter: after multiple rounds of u.s.this is all we could see of the president, commander in kmeen on the phone discussing what's next. the mission in iraq will be limited to protect u.s. military advisers and diplomats in erbil and end the siege of the minorities driven into the mountains. but the white house concedes there's no firm time line. that prospect of an open-ended engagement is a far cry from the president's initial reluctance to deal with isis two months ago, as well as his preference for diplomat tick solutions in ukraine and syria. >> americans war in iraq will be over. >> mr. obama is now the fourth u.s. president in a row to launch military action in iraq. >> was he reluctant to make this decision? >> i think the president was determined to use military action to protect american personnel who are in harm's way in iraq. he was determined to use american military assets to try to address an rth humanitarian situation. >> isis is just as determined as one of its fighters told the news, we will raise the fla

jim acosta is with the president on martha's vineyard. >> even as president obama pedalled off with thest family and teed off on the golf courses of martha's vineyard. it's the kind of vacation that could use a mulligan. the clashes in ferguson, the crisis in iraq. >> yeah, we're looking forward to it. >> even an attack from hillary clinic to be within cnn legal analyst jeffrey toobin summed it up. >> the president of the united states seems to be on the vacation from hell. >> has it been the vacation from hell? >> i don't think i would use that label. but i think the president has been juggling the idea of getting a respite, some breaks, taking a time down and resting with staying engaged. >> that means staying connected with susan rice and attorney general. >> we broke the isil siege of mount sinjar. >> it's not surprising that the president has to keep putting on a sport coat or a suit and go out in front of the public. >> mr. obama's defenders say consider his predecessor. the president has taken 125 partial or complete days off. still well behind george w. bush's 407. according to

our senior white house correspondent jim acosta is at the white house, barbara starr is at the pentagonjim, let me start with you, the president authorized u.s. air strikes. today the air strikes against these isis targets in iraq began. tell us what we know. >> that's right. and i can tell you from talking to deputy national security adviser ben rhodes whn the last hour that the president did not make an additional decision when these air strikes were carried out, wolf. that was implicit when he announced toes air strikes in the state dining room here in the white house. i did hear from been rhodes that what the president has given the u.s. military is what is called a green light. a green light to take out isis targets that threaten the city of irbil. those u.s. military advisers are stationed there. they have been working with the iraqis to look at the isis threat. basically, what happened according to ben rhodes that isis fighters were starting to shell kurdish fighters. if they feel like irbil is being threatened, those air strikes are going to take place. another very interesting

let's go straight to our senior white house koerpt jim acosta. what the latest?las mcarthur mccain who died fighting for isis it appears, in syria. the white house is saying, and i've been talking to sourcers earlier, wolf, who have been saying they were aware of this man's travel overseas. i'll just read you a quote. from the nse spokesperson here at the white house. she says, we're aware of u.s. citizen douglas mcarthur mccain's presence in syria and confirm his death. we continue to use every tool we possess to disrust and dissuede those from traveling to jihad and engage in violence in return. the problem identified by white house officials of people with western passports who go back and forth between the united states and the west and these isis battlefields and have the potential to come back and cause damage on the home front and that's why senior beneficial administration says the battle against isis will not be limited to geographic borders. it was a speech designed to deal with two threats. one abroad, the other closer to home. >> rooting out a cancer

wolf. >> jim acosta at the white house.the executioner. he spoke in a british accent on the gruesome video of the killing. brian todd has more on the investigation. brian, where does it stand right now? >> wolf, we've been speaking with government sources in the united states and in britain and the sense we're getting is that the naming of james foley's killer is imminent. intelligence have picked apart this video. analysts have narrowed down where this militant could be from and other clues are emerging. intelligence officials are on the cusp of identifying the man who may have killed james foley. >> we're close. forgive me if i can't get much closer than that. >> is it the man seen in this video. we're told they're picking apart the video, looking at the background, the terrain and his voice. >> any 'tempt by you, obama, to deny them their results will result. >> some believe because of the way he speaks generally about muslims he could be a convert to islam, possibly from south london or that city's east end. >> he's ver