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our pentagon correspondent barbara starr. barbara, what has been the reaction on this latest stance in the ukraine? >> well, what you're hearing is what we've been hearing for several weeks, that russia has to de-escalate the position. the u.s. has the position that it's russian agents and provacateurs, that they have to stop that violence and they have to pull back on the 40,000 troops that u.s. says is on that ukraine-russia border. the russian foreign minister sergey lavrov said the big concern now is that all of this will add up to basically the provocation that the u.s. fears russia has been waiting for in
our pentagon correspondent barbara starr. barbara, what has been the reaction on this latest stance in the ukraine? >> well, what you're hearing is what we've been hearing for several weeks, that russia has to de-escalate the position. the u.s. has the position that it's russian agents and provacateurs, that they have to stop that violence and they have to pull back on the 40,000 troops that u.s. says is on that ukraine-russia border. the russian foreign minister sergey lavrov said the...
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we want to get the very latest from pentagon correspondent barbara starr, also justice correspondent pamela brown. barbara, let me start with you. ft. hood is a heej military base between austin, texas and waco, texas. so many people know it because of what happened there in 2009. now strategy strikes again. we are told it's still an active scene. what can you tell us about what's going on right now? >> reporter: good evening, john. at this hour the assessment was this was a soldier-involved shooting, essentially soldier on soldier. that's what sources are telling cnn. as you say, the information still so preliminary. a few moments ago, local hospitals scott and white merely hospital issued a statement saying it has received three wounded patients. so we know there are a number of wounded, the exact number not being given yet at this time. that is still to be determined. this so-called active shooter incident erupt about two hours ago when the first reports came out. sirens were heard all over the basement people were told that they had to stay inside, lock their doors, stay away from
we want to get the very latest from pentagon correspondent barbara starr, also justice correspondent pamela brown. barbara, let me start with you. ft. hood is a heej military base between austin, texas and waco, texas. so many people know it because of what happened there in 2009. now strategy strikes again. we are told it's still an active scene. what can you tell us about what's going on right now? >> reporter: good evening, john. at this hour the assessment was this was a...
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barbara starr is over at the pentagon.hat did you just learn about the suspect and the events leading up to the shooting? >> wolf, we have some clarity now on new details. you'll recall that the army says that ivan lopez reported a traumatic brain injury at some point, but it had never been clear what they were talking about because when he served in iraq he had no contact with enemy forces there. u.s. official, military official familiar with his record says what happened was while he was in iraq he suffered a fall while on patrol and reported hitting his head. that was the traumatic brain injury that he reported that u.s. military officials had been looking into on patrol in iraq. he fell and hit his head. another issue has been that the claim perhaps is he did not get sufficient leave for his mother's funeral when she died. this u.s. military official says he was offered full bereavement leave but declined it and only took a few days at his own choice because he wanted to get to a course he was about to take in truck dr
barbara starr is over at the pentagon.hat did you just learn about the suspect and the events leading up to the shooting? >> wolf, we have some clarity now on new details. you'll recall that the army says that ivan lopez reported a traumatic brain injury at some point, but it had never been clear what they were talking about because when he served in iraq he had no contact with enemy forces there. u.s. official, military official familiar with his record says what happened was while he...
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barbara starr, cnn, the pentagon. >> so there's the u.s. perspective on all of this. while numerous countries are involved in the hunt for flight 370 and its black boxes, officials acknowledging they'll need help finding the black boxes. >> we will be leading the investigation, all right. but of course we don't have the ability to open up the black box and analyze what are the contents of the voice data and the flight data. we have to get experts to do it for us. >> malaysia's police chief also said that his officers are questioning everyone they need to. >>> coming up, the latest on the royal' tour of new zealand. the duke and duchess of cambridge showed no mercy to each other while racing in rival yachts. who ruled the waves after the break. [ thunder crashes ] [ female announcer ] some people like to pretend a flood could never happen to them. and that their homeowners insurance protects them. [ thunder crashes ] it doesn't. stop pretending. only flood insurance covers floods. ♪ visit floodsmart.gov/pretend to learn your risk. >>> welcome back. the leader of the u.
barbara starr, cnn, the pentagon. >> so there's the u.s. perspective on all of this. while numerous countries are involved in the hunt for flight 370 and its black boxes, officials acknowledging they'll need help finding the black boxes. >> we will be leading the investigation, all right. but of course we don't have the ability to open up the black box and analyze what are the contents of the voice data and the flight data. we have to get experts to do it for us. >> malaysia's...
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i want to bring in pentagon correspondent barbara starr. barbara, lopez had previously been station at ft. bliss. were there any clues from his time there? >> well, i have to tell you, jake, this is what the army is looking at now. he had only arrived at ft. hood several weeks ago, they are going back. what was going on in his tour at ft. bliss before he moved to hood? had he had problems there? had he had mental illness challenges? was he getting medication? was he being treated there? one of the key questions is, it has been publicly said by officials he was on multiple prescription drugs. could some of those drugs have been prescribed to him back at bliss? could they have been so strong that maybe he should have been monitored more closely for stability? these are the questions that they are looking at. now, that takes us to part two. he was at bliss, he moved to hood a few weeks ago. by all accounts, he had other challenges when he got to hood. it's a huge base. even soldiers in the best mental frame of mind often find the base potential
i want to bring in pentagon correspondent barbara starr. barbara, lopez had previously been station at ft. bliss. were there any clues from his time there? >> well, i have to tell you, jake, this is what the army is looking at now. he had only arrived at ft. hood several weeks ago, they are going back. what was going on in his tour at ft. bliss before he moved to hood? had he had problems there? had he had mental illness challenges? was he getting medication? was he being treated there?...
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. >>> up next, following a major story, our barbara starr broke it here in "the situation room."the cia's trying to learn from this video of secret al qaeda meeting. >>> later -- frightening stories of escape from a capsized ferry, hundreds of passengers are missing. co: sometimes you don't know you need a hotel room until you're sure you do. bartender: thanks, captain obvious. co: which is why i put the hotels.com mobile app on my mobile phone. anyone need a coupon? i don't. >>> more on the mystery of flight 370 in a little bit. but we're following up now on a very important story we first told you about right here in "the situation room." new questions being asked about a recent gathering of terrorists, including the number two man in al qaeda. did the united states even know the meeting was taking place? our pentagon correspondent barbara starr broke the story, has been working sources to get more answers. what are you learning? >> reporter: wolf, a senior u.s. intelligence official tells me, in the last several months al qaeda in yemen, this very dangerous group, has clangsha
. >>> up next, following a major story, our barbara starr broke it here in "the situation room."the cia's trying to learn from this video of secret al qaeda meeting. >>> later -- frightening stories of escape from a capsized ferry, hundreds of passengers are missing. co: sometimes you don't know you need a hotel room until you're sure you do. bartender: thanks, captain obvious. co: which is why i put the hotels.com mobile app on my mobile phone. anyone need a coupon?...
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>> barbara starr at the pentagon, thank you.r aviation analyst, miles o'brien, peter goelz. those questions have been with us for 35 days. a supply ship is on its way to help out. the search is going to obviously continue. they are not ready to give up hope, by any means, especially now that they've had four or maybe five pings from what they suspect are the two black boxes. >> yeah. if you had to put a number on the hope, the numbers are going up on the hope as the pings come in. that not only provides more confidence in the right place but also narrows the location of a potential search with that underwater autonomous vehicle that can use sonar to more or less paint the surface or the bottom of the ocean and give a picture of what might be there. the wreckage will become very clear. it will take time to do it and that's why you want to get as many of those pings to box off the location where you would ultimately put that unmanned vehicle in. >> you used to do these investigations, peter, at the ntsb. if you were involved in th
>> barbara starr at the pentagon, thank you.r aviation analyst, miles o'brien, peter goelz. those questions have been with us for 35 days. a supply ship is on its way to help out. the search is going to obviously continue. they are not ready to give up hope, by any means, especially now that they've had four or maybe five pings from what they suspect are the two black boxes. >> yeah. if you had to put a number on the hope, the numbers are going up on the hope as the pings come in....
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>> good reporting, barbara starr. important reporting as well. thank you. of the house intelligence community representative mike rogers of michigan is here in "the situation room." what is the answer? did the u.s. intelligence committee know about this extraordinary meeting? >> i'm not at liberty to discuss exactly what they knew but if you recall the leaks of last year that impacted yemen, it has impacted u.s. intelligence collection posture in the region. >> which leaks are you talking about? >> if you recall, there were leaks regarding a yemen enterprise that also involved a foreign intelligence service. i think that individual was arrested here in the united states for those leaks. there was a series of leaks that followed around that event. if you remember, there was an event where there was an individual who got very close to people who were planning and plotting from aqap to do a western-style attack -- excuse me. an attack on a western target. that was disrupted and there was a series of leaks that happened subsequent to that. those series of leaks
>> good reporting, barbara starr. important reporting as well. thank you. of the house intelligence community representative mike rogers of michigan is here in "the situation room." what is the answer? did the u.s. intelligence committee know about this extraordinary meeting? >> i'm not at liberty to discuss exactly what they knew but if you recall the leaks of last year that impacted yemen, it has impacted u.s. intelligence collection posture in the region. >> which...
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joining me now on the phone is our pentagon correspondent barbara starr. barbara, what has been the reaction on this latest stance in the ukraine? >> well, what you're hearing is what we've been hearing for several weeks, that russia has to de-escalate the position. the u.s. has the position that it's russian agents and provacateurs, that they have to stop that violence and they have to pull back on the 40,000 troops that u.s. says is on that ukraine-russia border. the russian foreign minister sergey lavrov said the big concern now is that all of this will add up to basically the provocation that the u.s. fears russia has been waiting for in order to send its troops into ukraine and that's really the effort, the diplomatic effort to stop that and the threat of additional sanctions if that was to be carried out, fred. >> thank you so much, barba barbara starr. the white house said that the strong subpoepport for united democratic ukraine that makes its own choices about its future path. >>> the search area for flight 370 is now getting bigger after days of s
joining me now on the phone is our pentagon correspondent barbara starr. barbara, what has been the reaction on this latest stance in the ukraine? >> well, what you're hearing is what we've been hearing for several weeks, that russia has to de-escalate the position. the u.s. has the position that it's russian agents and provacateurs, that they have to stop that violence and they have to pull back on the 40,000 troops that u.s. says is on that ukraine-russia border. the russian foreign...
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al shabaab is a local uncertainty rather than a terrorist group. >> barbara starr at the pentagon, barbarayou point out accurately they're looking it frame by frame by frame. if faces are in the al shabaab video, what they looking for? >> nobody's face in that video is totally covered. they're looking at things like, believe it or not, the shape of eyes, the shape of noses, the tone of skin to try and determine where some of these fighters come from. in vthis video, they believe a number of them are kenyans, not somalis. why is that important? al shabaab would like to drive kenya out of somalia where it's been trying to work on some of the peace keeping efforts and trying to convince kenyans they should catch their lot with al qaeda. i think both bob and peter obviously are completely correct. the videos aren't tied to each other but one of the underlying themes u.s. officials will te you 13 years after 9/11, what worries them are these al qaeda affiliates. they may be regional, may be trying to attack the united states, but this is vale really al qaeda 13 years later in so many places and
al shabaab is a local uncertainty rather than a terrorist group. >> barbara starr at the pentagon, barbarayou point out accurately they're looking it frame by frame by frame. if faces are in the al shabaab video, what they looking for? >> nobody's face in that video is totally covered. they're looking at things like, believe it or not, the shape of eyes, the shape of noses, the tone of skin to try and determine where some of these fighters come from. in vthis video, they believe a...
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pentagon correspondent barbara starr joining me now on the phone.want to bring into the equation, nick payton walsh in donetsk, ukraine. nick, what are you hearing? >> reporter: on the ground here it is remarkable the pace of change in the 36 hours. i think many people expect pro-russian activists not pay much respect to the deadline for 9:00 tomorrow night local time to quit the government buildings seized and then amnesty and suggested a bit of governmental reform and decentralize power and all seem to be moving towards the referendum and bringing them closer towards russia and violent here and nearly ten town where is the protesters have taken over key facilities. one today which the interior minister said was going to be retaken for an anti-terrorism operation. cross fire there with what would have been pro-russian militants. one a soldier was killed and five injured and inside the town no sign really of any weakening of the pro-russian militants and hold two key buildings and a neighboring town which they took by force yesterday and pro-russian
pentagon correspondent barbara starr joining me now on the phone.want to bring into the equation, nick payton walsh in donetsk, ukraine. nick, what are you hearing? >> reporter: on the ground here it is remarkable the pace of change in the 36 hours. i think many people expect pro-russian activists not pay much respect to the deadline for 9:00 tomorrow night local time to quit the government buildings seized and then amnesty and suggested a bit of governmental reform and decentralize power...
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cnn's barbara starr is at the pentagon with more on this. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, carol. when the ministers meeting was originally scheduled months ago, nobody anticipated that this would be a major topic at this ministerial in hawaii. secretary of defense chuck hagel arriving in hawaii overnight. the malaysian minister also there. he says he will ask the u.s. secretary for more help in deep sea search and recovery. it's unclear what he plans to ask for. on the plane on the way over hagel met with reporters and talked about the neat to take a look at this entire situation. >> like any of these tragedies, we don't yet know what happened. there's always lessons to be learned. what could have been done, maybe what should have been done, what needs to be done better, but coordination is a key part of this. how do we bring all the compliment full assets of nations together to cooperate and connect when you have these disasters? >> reporter: the compliment of all nations assets. and in fact today we know that still more assets arr
cnn's barbara starr is at the pentagon with more on this. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, carol. when the ministers meeting was originally scheduled months ago, nobody anticipated that this would be a major topic at this ministerial in hawaii. secretary of defense chuck hagel arriving in hawaii overnight. the malaysian minister also there. he says he will ask the u.s. secretary for more help in deep sea search and recovery. it's unclear what he plans to ask for. on the plane on...
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barbara starr has been looking into this part of the story. what are you discovering, barbara? >> wolf, malaysia says it is investigating how its commercial aviation and military authorities did or did not work together in the confusing hours when the plane first disappeared. how is it that they didn't know it perhaps was on radar and then fell off of radar? they didn't understand that a traps responder was turned off and that they waited several hours before sending an aircraft to look for it. this would be considered a failure of the authorities in malaysia to work together and that causes a lot of concern. because it's all about the security of air space. what if this really was a terrorist attack. of course, we don't know for sure one way or the other right now. that's the kind of thing that the u.s. is looking at. and what officials are telling me is that in this part of asia, there's been a lot of concern for years that countries like malaysia, its neighbors, thailand and indonesia have very weak structures for their commercial aviation and military authorities to work to
barbara starr has been looking into this part of the story. what are you discovering, barbara? >> wolf, malaysia says it is investigating how its commercial aviation and military authorities did or did not work together in the confusing hours when the plane first disappeared. how is it that they didn't know it perhaps was on radar and then fell off of radar? they didn't understand that a traps responder was turned off and that they waited several hours before sending an aircraft to look...
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pentagon correspondent barbara starr joins us. good morning, barbara. >> good morning, carol. as you saw the admiral say there, this is about 600 troops from a unit called the 173rd airborne brigade. the troops are already in europe. about 150 u.s. troops, paratroopers per country, poland, lithuania, latvia and estonia. they will be in place by monday to exercise with these four countries for about 30 days and then other u.s. troops will rotate in -- it may expand to other countries. they're going to try to get nato countries to offer up troops to do this. it really is a two-pronged effort. it is a message to moscow, get out of ukraine. no question about that. it is a message to reassure these very nervous east european allies. russia sits on their border and they're increasingly concerned about what russia's intentions are, what russia may do next. this is an effort to reassure them and say the u.s. will stand with them. 150 troops per country. not a lot, but it is a clear message. carol? >> barbara starr reporting live from the pentagon. >>> still to come in the "newsroom,"
pentagon correspondent barbara starr joins us. good morning, barbara. >> good morning, carol. as you saw the admiral say there, this is about 600 troops from a unit called the 173rd airborne brigade. the troops are already in europe. about 150 u.s. troops, paratroopers per country, poland, lithuania, latvia and estonia. they will be in place by monday to exercise with these four countries for about 30 days and then other u.s. troops will rotate in -- it may expand to other countries....
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barbara starr has more. >> reporter: barbara, the video is really amazing, the number two al-qaeda leaderut 200 of his followers. >> isn't it extraordinary? this is the area in yemen that they consider the most dangerous stronghold. they promised to attack the united states directly yet again. and yet 100 of them, including this top leader and other leaders are able to openly gather and have a meeting and talk and maybe propaganda. it may be recruiting, but it is also sending a message to the united states we feel strong enough and secure enough that we can be out here in the open and we're not afraid that you're going to attack us. so it is a real message. >> i mean, there obviously have been a number of drone strikes, some effective in yemen, do we have an idea when the video was taken? >> well, actually, the u.s. intelligence community believes it was taken weeks ago. because the top leader, nasir al-wuhayshi, is greeting several men that al-qaeda broke out of prison this past winter. and now, they are free. and he is trying to recruit them into his movement even further. so they belie
barbara starr has more. >> reporter: barbara, the video is really amazing, the number two al-qaeda leaderut 200 of his followers. >> isn't it extraordinary? this is the area in yemen that they consider the most dangerous stronghold. they promised to attack the united states directly yet again. and yet 100 of them, including this top leader and other leaders are able to openly gather and have a meeting and talk and maybe propaganda. it may be recruiting, but it is also sending a...
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barbara starr, cnn, the pentagon. >>> now teenage stowaway who flew in a flaplane's wheel well said heas trying to get to somalia to see his mom. >> investigators say they didn't think the boy -- they think the boy didn't even know where the plane he climbed into was heading. he just went to the nearest aircraft. >> the 15-year-old is in hospital in hawaii. authorities say he survived subzero temperatures and decompleted oxygen levels. i have to say there are not many people who have made it out alive after trying to stowaway in a plane. >> surprisingly people have been trying to get away for decades. >> reporter: being a stowaway and a survivor means beating bone chilling odds. the cuban defector did it in 2002 by identifying in the wheel well of a d.c. 10 that landed on the tarmac in montreal. victor alvarez molina described it as being so cold he couldn't breathe. he eventually was granted the political asylum he risked his life for. he joins a rare group of a couple hundred of people in the history of aviation known have hitched a ride in the underbelly of a plane and lived to tell
barbara starr, cnn, the pentagon. >>> now teenage stowaway who flew in a flaplane's wheel well said heas trying to get to somalia to see his mom. >> investigators say they didn't think the boy -- they think the boy didn't even know where the plane he climbed into was heading. he just went to the nearest aircraft. >> the 15-year-old is in hospital in hawaii. authorities say he survived subzero temperatures and decompleted oxygen levels. i have to say there are not many...
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let's go to barbara starr, our pentagon cropped. they say, barbara, he is looking for a trigger event. lep me out on this. we've been reporting that specialist lopez passed his last psych exam but he was in the system, under treatment. >> well, some pretty stunning words from general milley there because i think what really jumps out is the general said -- and i'm quoting him pretty close here, that there was strong evidence na that this soldier had an unstable and psychiatric condition, strong evidence of mental instability. so the question that -- and he was undergoing psychiatric treatment. so he's in the system but clearly this is someone -- the army now can identify as having very serious mental health issues. far beyond some sort of posttraumatic stress or traumatic brain injury. unstable psychiatric conditions. we know also that he was taking multiple prescription medications, including ambien. so these are all of the medical factors that will be looked at. but what is on the table here, unspoken, is the military regulations a
let's go to barbara starr, our pentagon cropped. they say, barbara, he is looking for a trigger event. lep me out on this. we've been reporting that specialist lopez passed his last psych exam but he was in the system, under treatment. >> well, some pretty stunning words from general milley there because i think what really jumps out is the general said -- and i'm quoting him pretty close here, that there was strong evidence na that this soldier had an unstable and psychiatric condition,...
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. >> we have barbara starr with us. barbara is on the phone.ly, is just a few days ago, we saw a large meeting, a video and now this strike. there were questions about if u.s. officials knew anything about that happening. now, we are getting this news. what have you learned? >> good morning to both of you. the information just coming in now. a lot to check on. u.s. officials here in washington certainly, have not yet commented on this strike. the word is coming out of yemen. now, it is interesting that meeting, that video of about 100 al qaeda people with their leader in yemen, that was made, it is believed, last month, although it just surfaced and we were the first to show it on broadcast news. whether this is tied to that or not, we just simply don't know. what we do know is that the united states and the government of yemen have been working together, combing through all their information and getting drone strikes against them when they can when they agree to do it. it's going to take some time, perhaps, to figure out and get confirmation o
. >> we have barbara starr with us. barbara is on the phone.ly, is just a few days ago, we saw a large meeting, a video and now this strike. there were questions about if u.s. officials knew anything about that happening. now, we are getting this news. what have you learned? >> good morning to both of you. the information just coming in now. a lot to check on. u.s. officials here in washington certainly, have not yet commented on this strike. the word is coming out of yemen. now, it...
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let's go to our pentagon correspondent barbara starr. she's picking up this part of this story. barbara? >> wolf, as miguel just mentioned, lopez joined the puerto rican national guard in 1999 and served there for some years being promoted from a private first class to a specialist. still a very junior enlisted rank in the united states military. it was in 2010 he apparently made the decision to leave the national guard, which essentially is part time and become a full-time member of the active duty u.s. army. still, you know, years later now from '99 to today, 2014, achieving only the rank of a specialist. his record fairly indistinguished. very routine. medals and service recognition, if you will. i think, wolf, what the military may be deciding to focus on quite sniff significantly is his mental record. that statement from general milley that he had an unstable psychiatric condition, that he was being psychiatrically valley waeted that he had multiple prescription drugs including ambien, this is someone who, by all accounts, was in serious mental health treatment and counselin
let's go to our pentagon correspondent barbara starr. she's picking up this part of this story. barbara? >> wolf, as miguel just mentioned, lopez joined the puerto rican national guard in 1999 and served there for some years being promoted from a private first class to a specialist. still a very junior enlisted rank in the united states military. it was in 2010 he apparently made the decision to leave the national guard, which essentially is part time and become a full-time member of the...
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barbara starr, excellent reporting as usual. barbara has broken two major stories for us in the past few days on the new video tapes. >>> crossfire won't be seen tonight so we can bring you more coverage of our developing international stories. >>> just ahead, a pro-russian militia group is having no part of it. why they're adamantly refusing to put down their weapons. >>> investigators are working to find out who are what caused a ferry to crash killing 29 people. how the captain has now been charged. is he responsible? we're going live to south korea, trying to get some answers. what's your function? ♪ ♪ hooking up the country helping business run ♪ ♪ trains! they haul everything, safely and on time. ♪ tracks! they connect the factories built along the lines. and that means jobs, lots of people, making lots and lots of things. let's get your business rolling now, everybody sing. ♪ norfolk southern what's your function? ♪ ♪ helping this big country move ahead as one ♪ ♪ norfolk southern how's that function? ♪ frequent heartburn?
barbara starr, excellent reporting as usual. barbara has broken two major stories for us in the past few days on the new video tapes. >>> crossfire won't be seen tonight so we can bring you more coverage of our developing international stories. >>> just ahead, a pro-russian militia group is having no part of it. why they're adamantly refusing to put down their weapons. >>> investigators are working to find out who are what caused a ferry to crash killing 29 people....
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don. >> barbara starr, thank you, appreciate it. let's talk about the significant new video.ery own christiane amanpour. what does this say about al qaeda? >> you heard our own terror experts speak about the fact that the u.s. didn't know or couldn't do anything about it is pretty significant. and it just shows that they're still very active, not just bold, as that video shows, but very active in the arabian peninsula, as we know, in africa, whether it was in mali before the french and other went in, whether it's in the libya area, whether it's all around that area, and particularly, particularly now, in syria. they have regrouped under a whole new sort of transnational banner. they're in iraq again. we had fallujah not just so long ago fall to these black flag waving militants. again, al qaeda-types. and so what happened shortly after the iraq war, after they were put on the run, during the surge, because of the syrian war, one of the most important new elements over the last several years that has not been confronted, these people have a base of operation and they are opera
don. >> barbara starr, thank you, appreciate it. let's talk about the significant new video.ery own christiane amanpour. what does this say about al qaeda? >> you heard our own terror experts speak about the fact that the u.s. didn't know or couldn't do anything about it is pretty significant. and it just shows that they're still very active, not just bold, as that video shows, but very active in the arabian peninsula, as we know, in africa, whether it was in mali before the french...
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barbara starr, thank you so much for that.n protesters in ukraine have taken over a police building. this is the tenth town in eastern ukraine where they've occupied government buildings. they're ignoring a government deadline to put down their weapons and get out of those buildings or face a major anti-terror operation. while things have been getting rougher on the streets there's been no major confrontation yet. nick paton walsh is in donetsk. people are wondering how long this standoff can continue. >> well, it seems to be getting worse. i should just give you something we've noticed very strangely here in the city center of doan donet donetsk. but of course that just reminds people quite how on edge this entire region is. we saw this morning a deadline pass which the interim president of ukraine said the protesters had to give up their weapons and give up the buildings they've been occupying. no indication they're doing that at all. we heard from kiev that they might consider a referendum on the future of eastern ukraine o
barbara starr, thank you so much for that.n protesters in ukraine have taken over a police building. this is the tenth town in eastern ukraine where they've occupied government buildings. they're ignoring a government deadline to put down their weapons and get out of those buildings or face a major anti-terror operation. while things have been getting rougher on the streets there's been no major confrontation yet. nick paton walsh is in donetsk. people are wondering how long this standoff can...
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barbara starr joins me with the latest. the video is remarkable.in the arabian peninsula and the number two of al qaeda worldwide out in the open talking to about 100 of his followers. >> isn't it extraordinary? this is yemen. this is the area the u.s. considers the most dangerous al qaeda stronghold. they have tried to attack the united states before. they vow to try and attack the united states directly yet again and yet, 100 of them, including this top leader and other leaders are able to openly gather and have a meeting and talk. it may be propaganda, it may be recruiting, but it is also sending a message to the united states, we feel strong enough. we feel secure enough that we can be out here in the open and we're not afraid that you are going to attack us. so it's a real message. >> there obviously have been a number of drone strikes and some effective in yemen. any idea of when the video was taken? >> the intelligence committee believes it was taken several weeks ago because one thing that is happening in the video is the top leader is gree
barbara starr joins me with the latest. the video is remarkable.in the arabian peninsula and the number two of al qaeda worldwide out in the open talking to about 100 of his followers. >> isn't it extraordinary? this is yemen. this is the area the u.s. considers the most dangerous al qaeda stronghold. they have tried to attack the united states before. they vow to try and attack the united states directly yet again and yet, 100 of them, including this top leader and other leaders are able...
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our pentagon correspondent barbara starr is over at the pentagon working the story for us. what's the latest information you're getting about these very dramatic weekend raids? >> wolf, ebrahim al asiri, al qaeda's master bombmaker, was he there? right now u.s. officials are telling us they don't think so. they know dna is being tested and will await the results, but for now they don't think they got him in this raid. what is so interesting, wolf, we have learned yemeni commanders were flown into southern yemen on sunday in russian-made helicopters piloted by americans. they are not saying whether they were cia, u.s. military, special forces, but it was americans that piloted those helicopters, russian-made helicopters, into southern yemen to carry the yemeni commandos in. they wanted to maintain a low profile and didn't want it to look like american helicopters were there, but they needed expert pilots to go after these targets, including a major terrorist training camp. wolf? >> i know the u.s. government has had some time now to digest the videotape. you showed it to our
our pentagon correspondent barbara starr is over at the pentagon working the story for us. what's the latest information you're getting about these very dramatic weekend raids? >> wolf, ebrahim al asiri, al qaeda's master bombmaker, was he there? right now u.s. officials are telling us they don't think so. they know dna is being tested and will await the results, but for now they don't think they got him in this raid. what is so interesting, wolf, we have learned yemeni commanders were...
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cnn's pentagon correspondent barbara starr joins me from the pentagon.t else is the pentagon telling us? it seems so little at this early stage about this man, ivan lopez? >> good morning, ashleigh. a full investigation underway. the army a short time ago offering some additional details underscoring that their current information shows this soldier was undergoing treatment for a variety of behavioral mental health psychiatric disorders including anxiety and depression. the secretary of the army says that he had -- the soldier, lopez, had just undergone a full mental health evaluation and that there had not been any reason to change his treatment. they were going to continue to monitor him, that he had a number of prescription drugs including ambien he'd been gi n given. investigators will be looking at this entire mental health picture to see what part if any it played. we also know that he was being evaluated for post-traumatic stress. he said that he -- he had reported he felt he had a traumatic brain injury, was being evaluated for post-traumatic str
cnn's pentagon correspondent barbara starr joins me from the pentagon.t else is the pentagon telling us? it seems so little at this early stage about this man, ivan lopez? >> good morning, ashleigh. a full investigation underway. the army a short time ago offering some additional details underscoring that their current information shows this soldier was undergoing treatment for a variety of behavioral mental health psychiatric disorders including anxiety and depression. the secretary of...
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let's go to our pentagon correspondent barbara starr. confident is the navy this, in fact, could be pingers coming from those two black boxes? >> well, wolf, as we have been saying, optimistic, encouraged, but nothing definitive yet. crucially, that's what the technology must demonstrate. something definitive. what we are talking about, wolf, and we've shown pictures of it for several days now. this pinger locator device you see in the water, think of it this way. it's like mowing grass. it's going to go back and forth. back and forth. until it can begin to narrow down the area where it is hearing the sound. that is what's going to get it down to that, what matt withdrew w you was talking about, that three mile by three mile box. once they can do that, once they get that pinger sound isolated into a much more narrow area, then the second piece of technology goes to work and that's that underwater submersible device with its side scan sonar. that will go in the water, go down and try and get further information, acoustic signatures, knpho
let's go to our pentagon correspondent barbara starr. confident is the navy this, in fact, could be pingers coming from those two black boxes? >> well, wolf, as we have been saying, optimistic, encouraged, but nothing definitive yet. crucially, that's what the technology must demonstrate. something definitive. what we are talking about, wolf, and we've shown pictures of it for several days now. this pinger locator device you see in the water, think of it this way. it's like mowing grass....
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let's get their reaction from barbara starr at the pentagon. what are you hearing. >> fast moving developments. the russian ruble falling to its low in week. you're beginning to see the impact of this crisis. for the obama administration right now, the policy increase sanctions if the russians do not pull back. that is what they're sticking with. you will not see the administration offer lethal weapons to the ukrainian government. you will not see them offer more intelligence sharing. it's all centered around economic and financial sanctions. on wednesday, nato will be briefed on military options for this crisis. don't expect to see military action. this will involve only increased troop presence in eastern europe. for those allies, poland and the baltics. some perhaps, increased presence of u.s. troops. but that is what it is limited to right now. what the u.s. plan is, what the u.s. policy is to try and de-escalate this crisis. of course, the question is whether vladimir putin is listening. he's got 40,000 troops just on the other side of the
let's get their reaction from barbara starr at the pentagon. what are you hearing. >> fast moving developments. the russian ruble falling to its low in week. you're beginning to see the impact of this crisis. for the obama administration right now, the policy increase sanctions if the russians do not pull back. that is what they're sticking with. you will not see the administration offer lethal weapons to the ukrainian government. you will not see them offer more intelligence sharing....
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let's bring in our pentagon correspondent barbara starr. you're working your sources. e know this is an ongoing event right now, barbara. update viewers who are just tuning in right now what we know. >> wolf, the details are very sketchy at this hour. but ft. hood, texas, now has an active shooter incident under way. we do not know if the shooter has been dealt with yet by security forces. we don't have any status on any wounded or fatalities in this incident, but a short time ago i got off the phone with a source at ft. hood who told me it is an active shooter, it is serious and that sirens are going off everywhere. people at ft. hood on base are being told to shelter in place. first cavalry division, a major unit at ft. hood, told to go into their offices, shut the doors, stay away from windows. these are very typical security precautions, obviously, when a major facility, when any facility is dealing with an active shooter incident. we also have just gotten word that a nearby college, central texas college, has now closed and is ordered all personnel and students to
let's bring in our pentagon correspondent barbara starr. you're working your sources. e know this is an ongoing event right now, barbara. update viewers who are just tuning in right now what we know. >> wolf, the details are very sketchy at this hour. but ft. hood, texas, now has an active shooter incident under way. we do not know if the shooter has been dealt with yet by security forces. we don't have any status on any wounded or fatalities in this incident, but a short time ago i got...
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let's bring in pentagon correspondent barbara starr for the very latest on this. barbara, what can you tell us? >> good morning, pamela, the pentagon now calling this russian military action provocative and unprofessional. this is one of the most significant encounters between the u.s. and russian military in years in the high-tension region of the black sea, pamela. it was on saturday when this russian su-24 fighter basically made 12 passes near the "uss donald cook" in the western black sea. that navy warship in the black sea in international waters for exercises and training with east european allies there who are obviously very nervous about what the russians are up to on that border with ukraine. so the u.s. navy sent the ship there for reassurance. the russians on saturday have two su-24s in the air. one of them passing by "the donald cook" 12 times over a 90-minute period coming as close as 500 feet in altitude as it passed by 1,000 feet off the side. so if you can envision this, the russians were not about to, you know, cause a crash or anything like that a
let's bring in pentagon correspondent barbara starr for the very latest on this. barbara, what can you tell us? >> good morning, pamela, the pentagon now calling this russian military action provocative and unprofessional. this is one of the most significant encounters between the u.s. and russian military in years in the high-tension region of the black sea, pamela. it was on saturday when this russian su-24 fighter basically made 12 passes near the "uss donald cook" in the...
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now let's head to the pentagon and cnn's barbara starr. barbara, what do you make of this? >> reporter: carol, we have seen a number of attacks against civilians, americans. just a couple weeks ago, very sadly, two journalists for the associated press killed in eastern afghanistan when an afghan security officer fired shots at them. actually an afghan journalist working for a french news service, he and his family killed during a taliban attack in a hotel in kabul. so the civilian targets, if you will, are proving to be the ones that are easier perhaps for people to go after, for perpetrators to go after because they perceive they have less security. but for the americans right now, afghanistan at a very critical crossroads. where they have that presidential elections, the results expected to be announced in the next daw fu days. that election saw record turnout by afghan voters. these people want a peaceful, stable country if you go by voter turnout. that's what the majority of afghans are looking for. when a new president is finally announced, the key question will be wil
now let's head to the pentagon and cnn's barbara starr. barbara, what do you make of this? >> reporter: carol, we have seen a number of attacks against civilians, americans. just a couple weeks ago, very sadly, two journalists for the associated press killed in eastern afghanistan when an afghan security officer fired shots at them. actually an afghan journalist working for a french news service, he and his family killed during a taliban attack in a hotel in kabul. so the civilian...
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let's get the very latest from our pentagon correspondent barbara starr and our justice correspondent pamela brown. michelle kosinski our white house correspondent is standing by. first to the pentagon, what do we know? what's the latest information, barbara, we're getting from the military over at the pentagon and elsewhere where you are? >> reporter: wolf, what we know tonight is yes, indeed, multiple fatalities, multiple injured personnel. we have no identities on these people. i want to point out, ft. hood is a base where there are many civilians, family, children who come and go with their families on ft. hood. so we do not know at this hour whether all of the wounded including those who have been received for treatment at local hospitals are in fact military personnel, some of them may in fact be civilians. we are awaiting a press conference from lieutenant general mark milly, commander of third corps, the most senior official on ft. hood tonight. he is expected to come out shortly and talk about all of this. defense secretary chuck hagel has been informed. the joint chiefs have
let's get the very latest from our pentagon correspondent barbara starr and our justice correspondent pamela brown. michelle kosinski our white house correspondent is standing by. first to the pentagon, what do we know? what's the latest information, barbara, we're getting from the military over at the pentagon and elsewhere where you are? >> reporter: wolf, what we know tonight is yes, indeed, multiple fatalities, multiple injured personnel. we have no identities on these people. i want...
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barbara starr, cnn, the pentagon. >> all right. thanks for being with us on cnn. >> indeed.verage of missing malaysia airlines flight 370 continues next hour right here after a very short break. do stay with us. [ chainsaw buzzing ] humans. sometimes, life trips us up. sometimes, we trip ourselves up. and although the mistakes may seem to just keep coming at you, so do the solutions. like multi-policy discounts from liberty mutual insurance. save up to 10% just for combining your auto and home insurance. call liberty mutual insurance at... to speak with an insurance expert and ask about all the personalized savings available for when you get married, move into a new house, or add a car to your policy. personalized coverage and savings -- all the things humans need to make our world a little less imperfect. call... and ask about all the ways you could save. liberty mutual insurance -- responsibility. what's your policy? >>> a warm welcome to our viewers in the u.s. and around the world. i'm errol barnett. >> i'm isha sesay. you're watching breaking news coverage of the search
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let's bring in our pentagon correspondent barbara starr to tell us some more.d the russians want to send to the united states? >> well, you know, provocative and unprofessional might be just the most kind words that the pentagon has to describe publicly what happened on saturday. they think that moscow is sending them a message of harassment, to put it politely. you know, buzzing the "uss donald cook" in international waters, in the black sea, conducting operations well announced publicly, and this russian su-24 fencer fighter jet makes a dozen low passes around the ship over a 90-minute period. it was not armed. it didn't have missiles under the wings, but, still, this is not -- you know, this is so far from standard practice at sea, and there was also a russian frigate, another small russian ship shadowing "the donald cook." so the navy sees it as harassment and a political message from moscow with tensions so high in that region over ukraine, but the fact is, the bottom line is, the navy says the pentagon says, it will continue to conduct the exercises and t
let's bring in our pentagon correspondent barbara starr to tell us some more.d the russians want to send to the united states? >> well, you know, provocative and unprofessional might be just the most kind words that the pentagon has to describe publicly what happened on saturday. they think that moscow is sending them a message of harassment, to put it politely. you know, buzzing the "uss donald cook" in international waters, in the black sea, conducting operations well...
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let's bring in barbara starr. say an argument may have triggered all of this, they are still doing a very incentive investigation right now and it may be very early in that investigation? >> absolutely right, wolf. they are going to have to look at everything. they will look, they are looking at his medical records, his mental health history, what issues he had. he had said that he thought he had a traumatic brain injury. he was in the process of being evaluated for posttraumatic stress. he had a number of prescription medications, as pam said. the argument with fellow soldiers may have been the precipitating factor as the army says but they will look at the underlying causal factors. what else might have been going on with this soldier? one of the things sources are telling me is they believe he may have had some adjustment problems. he's only been at ft. hood a couple of weeks. this is a massive military base. he came here, he had a new job as a truck driver, a new boss, a new chain of command, was looking to ge
let's bring in barbara starr. say an argument may have triggered all of this, they are still doing a very incentive investigation right now and it may be very early in that investigation? >> absolutely right, wolf. they are going to have to look at everything. they will look, they are looking at his medical records, his mental health history, what issues he had. he had said that he thought he had a traumatic brain injury. he was in the process of being evaluated for posttraumatic stress....
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let's get more now from our pentagon correspondent barbara starr. barbara? >> wolf, general milley had some really stunning words about the condition of lopez, the alleged shooter. i want you to have a listen. >> we have very strong evidence that he had a medical history that indicates unstable psychiatric or psychological condition, going through all of the records that that is in fact correct and we believe that to be the fundamental under lying factor. >> a history of instability, mental instability and psychiatric and psychological conditions. we know that he had multiple prescription medications, including ambien. this will be just the beginning of the medical history that they will look at because the question on the table will be, did military mental health care potentially, possibly miss some sign that this man was headed for such trouble? we know that he bought a weapon on march 1st. we don't know the last time that he saw a military health care provider but that health care provider, if they knew he had a weapon, did they miss some signs? did they
let's get more now from our pentagon correspondent barbara starr. barbara? >> wolf, general milley had some really stunning words about the condition of lopez, the alleged shooter. i want you to have a listen. >> we have very strong evidence that he had a medical history that indicates unstable psychiatric or psychological condition, going through all of the records that that is in fact correct and we believe that to be the fundamental under lying factor. >> a history of...
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let's go to our pentagon correspondent, barbara starr. barbara, the u.s. and european union had already cut off some ties with russia. but this seems to be a powerful, much more dramatic step. >> reporter: wolf, this is the 28-member nations of nato, including the united states, taking that step, fundamentally sending a message like you have not seen to moscow, since the fall of the soviet union. ending all practical cooperation with the russians today. there will be some ambassadorial level talks. but that will be it. and they are doing this because of the ukraine situation and nato's belief, along with the u.s., there are still 40,000 russian troops on ukraine's eastern border. what will all of this mean? look, some of it may be symbolic. but it also sends a very clear message. russia and nato, along with the u.s., cooperate in nuclear ballistic missile testing by the russians. that's going to be an issue. that notification, that very precise cooperation, has to continue. russian bombers often fly over northern europe and along the alaska coastline. that
let's go to our pentagon correspondent, barbara starr. barbara, the u.s. and european union had already cut off some ties with russia. but this seems to be a powerful, much more dramatic step. >> reporter: wolf, this is the 28-member nations of nato, including the united states, taking that step, fundamentally sending a message like you have not seen to moscow, since the fall of the soviet union. ending all practical cooperation with the russians today. there will be some ambassadorial...
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joining us now is cnn's barbara starr. barbara, what was this about?hose americans still trying to help in afghanistan in the pry va sect private sector this is a tragic incident. it looks like the three hospital workers were killed. the hospital is in downtown kabul. you saw the aftermath pictures right there. killed by a hospital security guard. this is a major hospital in kabul that is run by a non-profit organization. they have 100 beds and serve about 37,000 patients every year. so you can see the kind of vital services that this hospital provides to the people of kabul and the people of afghanistan who have so little trying to figure out what happened. another incident where someone who workforce afghan security forces apparently is shot and killed. these people, we saw something similar just a few weeks ago in eastern afghanistan when an afghan security official shot and killed two american journalists. just before that, also, a french journalist t shot and killed in a taliban attack. kate? >> when you listen like that it seems to get worse and
joining us now is cnn's barbara starr. barbara, what was this about?hose americans still trying to help in afghanistan in the pry va sect private sector this is a tragic incident. it looks like the three hospital workers were killed. the hospital is in downtown kabul. you saw the aftermath pictures right there. killed by a hospital security guard. this is a major hospital in kabul that is run by a non-profit organization. they have 100 beds and serve about 37,000 patients every year. so you can...
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let's bring in our pentagon correspondent barbara starr. you're learning new details about the al qaeda threat in yemen. what's the latest information that you're picking up? >> wolf, several sources in the u.s. government are telling me that the threat streams have increased in recent weeks. it's one of the reasons, not the only one but one of the key reasons there was a decision to go ahead with these drone strikes and anti-terrorism raids because of these threats from al qaeda in yemen. cnn believes that al qaeda in yemen has a potential target list, if you will, that there is intelligence showing that the u.s. embassy is on their target list. always under a threat from al qaeda in yemen and also western targets, kidnapping of westerners as well as yemeni military and government installations all on al qaeda's list. in fact, one source with access to the latest information tells us that in fact a plot against the u.s. embassy was disrupted earlier this year. and all of this, wolf, adds up to why the u.s. -- why the yemenis have decided t
let's bring in our pentagon correspondent barbara starr. you're learning new details about the al qaeda threat in yemen. what's the latest information that you're picking up? >> wolf, several sources in the u.s. government are telling me that the threat streams have increased in recent weeks. it's one of the reasons, not the only one but one of the key reasons there was a decision to go ahead with these drone strikes and anti-terrorism raids because of these threats from al qaeda in...
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>> barbara starr reporting live from the pentagon this morning. barbara. >>> to discuss the threat from al qaeda i want to bring in paul cruickshank. can you hear me? >> yes. >> that was a scary report. how concerned should we be? >> there's a lot of con serb about this group, al qaeda in the arabian peninsula, the affiliates in yemen. this is a group which has been resurgent over the last year, launched a number of attacks against army installations, security installations across yemen. the leader of this group, nasir al wuhayshi is the number two of al qaeda, appears to be emboldened as well, appearing with 100 fighters. in this video he's greeting people freed from a prison back in february. this is a propaganda video from the group, but also a message for the united states, we're still coming after you, he's telling america. >> this is a big in-your-face thing to the united states. but it could be a whole bunch of nothing, too, right? >> it's a propaganda video first and foremost to show supporters around the world they're still in business, s
>> barbara starr reporting live from the pentagon this morning. barbara. >>> to discuss the threat from al qaeda i want to bring in paul cruickshank. can you hear me? >> yes. >> that was a scary report. how concerned should we be? >> there's a lot of con serb about this group, al qaeda in the arabian peninsula, the affiliates in yemen. this is a group which has been resurgent over the last year, launched a number of attacks against army installations, security...
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let's begin with barbara starr. she has details about the strike in yemen against al qaeda. barbara, what are you hearing? >> wolf, it was a covert and so secret that an official tells me it's like it never happened. cnn has learned u.s. personnel used russian-made helicopters with night vision gear to secretly fly many troops into the remote southern mountains of yemen, a further sign of how much the u.s. would risk to help let me men launch this week's unprecedented raid on the al qaeda strong hold. u.s. officials say the american personnel did not engage on combat on the ground. it was just part of the u.s. assistance in the attacks. >> we continue to work with them on their counterterror capabilities inside their own country. but i'm not going to speak to specific operations. >> reporter: even before the ground assault, the cia used drones to attack al qaeda in the arabian peninsula aqap. fighters, weapon sites, and a training camp near a meeting of 100 fighters last month that was videotaped. u.s. officials were unnerved and saying we must eliminate the cross. the bearer
let's begin with barbara starr. she has details about the strike in yemen against al qaeda. barbara, what are you hearing? >> wolf, it was a covert and so secret that an official tells me it's like it never happened. cnn has learned u.s. personnel used russian-made helicopters with night vision gear to secretly fly many troops into the remote southern mountains of yemen, a further sign of how much the u.s. would risk to help let me men launch this week's unprecedented raid on the al qaeda...
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barbara starr joins us now with details. barbara?tending a long-scheduled defense minister summit, defense ministers from across the asia-pacific region scheduled long before this event happened. now this will be a topic of discussion and some questions about how long everyone can stay out there searching. >> reporter: defense secretary chuck hagel and his malaysian counterpart met on tuesday. today, they'll talk more in depth about the search for flight 370. help with the deep sea search s. and recovery. hagel aides tell cnn the secretary will listen. but it's not clear what more the u.s. can offer. two u.s. navy search planes have been flying for weeks and underwater gear is ready if wreckage is spotted. hagel says international cooperation has got to improve. >> coordination is a key part of this. how do we bring the complement of full assets of nations together to cooperate and connect when you have these disasters? >> reporter: so far the pentagon has spent over $3.3 million out of a $4 million budget. mainly for the cost of fly
barbara starr joins us now with details. barbara?tending a long-scheduled defense minister summit, defense ministers from across the asia-pacific region scheduled long before this event happened. now this will be a topic of discussion and some questions about how long everyone can stay out there searching. >> reporter: defense secretary chuck hagel and his malaysian counterpart met on tuesday. today, they'll talk more in depth about the search for flight 370. help with the deep sea search...
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let's go to barbara starr. wl what are you learning? who was behind these leaflets, which the u.s. is now calling disgusting, whoever was behind them, it's a provocation and it's very unsettling and it destabilizes further the political and military situation in eastern ukraine. that's what the u.s. does not want to see at this point. now, i spoke to a senior rabbi in eastern ukraine just a short time ago, to ask him how things were going directly. he said, it's very peaceful that people there generally get along. they're upset about these flyers, they know that they're not true, nobody's obeying these instructions in the flyer to register, but what he said that was so interesting is that people in the region are worried about war. when what they're worried about is a russian invasion. that's what their top worry is. and many of them are the elderly people in eastern ukraine, who remember the terrible years there of world war ii. so it goes back to the point of russian intimidation, russian provocation. and today the top u.s. general in
let's go to barbara starr. wl what are you learning? who was behind these leaflets, which the u.s. is now calling disgusting, whoever was behind them, it's a provocation and it's very unsettling and it destabilizes further the political and military situation in eastern ukraine. that's what the u.s. does not want to see at this point. now, i spoke to a senior rabbi in eastern ukraine just a short time ago, to ask him how things were going directly. he said, it's very peaceful that people there...
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we did see some videotape come up, videotape first shown by our own barbara starr here on cnn, showing a sort of celebration, al qaeda operatives in yemen. high definition tv images. and now all of a sudden the u.s. with the cooperation of the yemeni government goes in there, drone strikes, and starts killing a bunch of these al qaeda operatives. >> and there's definitely a connection there. my sources telling me because this tape that was released so brazen, such a display from yemeni al qaeda in the arabian peninsula leaders that they are comfortable there in yemen which is their home base that the u.s. and yemeni government had to respond. this was a major embarrassedment for them. you're talking about two countries that have collaborated to try to vanquish aqap, which is the most dangerous wing in the al qaeda network. now you're seeing them thumbing their nose at the americans, the yemeni, showing how at ease they are in yemen. what's more interesting of the fact that just -- not just there's drone strikes but there's yemeni commandos on the ground in parts of yemen looking for hi
we did see some videotape come up, videotape first shown by our own barbara starr here on cnn, showing a sort of celebration, al qaeda operatives in yemen. high definition tv images. and now all of a sudden the u.s. with the cooperation of the yemeni government goes in there, drone strikes, and starts killing a bunch of these al qaeda operatives. >> and there's definitely a connection there. my sources telling me because this tape that was released so brazen, such a display from yemeni al...
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. >> all right, barbara, what a horrible story that is, barbara starr reporting to us from the pentagonng with these so-called insider attacks, the next afghan president will face major challenges such as the expected withdrawal of foreign and u.s. combat troops expected to withdraw by the end of the year unless an agreement can be made to keep some of them there. this man, dr. abdullah abdullah former foreign minister is the front-runner. and no sign of vetting at all and jane harman, director and ceo of the wilson center in washington. why should u.s. troops stay past this year given the hostility still there, longest war in u.s. history and still so many folks over there hate americans. >> that's true, wolf and they shouldn't. by the way, where's the outrage of the killing of the three doctors, two doctors and one of their sons? where's president karzai's apology after a trillion u.s. dollars and thousands of u.s. lives have been lost trying to save his country? i think it is despicable. where is the outrage of our government at a higher level than a spokesperson? i understand the pr
. >> all right, barbara, what a horrible story that is, barbara starr reporting to us from the pentagonng with these so-called insider attacks, the next afghan president will face major challenges such as the expected withdrawal of foreign and u.s. combat troops expected to withdraw by the end of the year unless an agreement can be made to keep some of them there. this man, dr. abdullah abdullah former foreign minister is the front-runner. and no sign of vetting at all and jane harman,...
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in, directly linked to that dramatic video that came out, in fact, right here on cnn, thanks to barbara starrllent reporting, was it linked to the release of that video, which sort of showed 100 of these guys, al qaeda in the arabian peninsula, boasting on pretty dramatic video. >> there's been a little bit of a tug in war in the administration, even those of us in the national security committees in congress about how to get that policy right. there's been a little pullback on some of these air strike operations targeting individuals we know to be dangerous to the united states. so it's not directly related. it has an impact. so when you see that, it is a psychological boost to al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. they've had these meetings before. and you have to remember, the hardest part of this is not the air strike portion of this event, it's all of the intelligence gathering that goes into it. and it is significant. most people don't get to see that and rightly so. but it is very sophisticated, very significant. we have people who have worked on these problems for years and years, become
in, directly linked to that dramatic video that came out, in fact, right here on cnn, thanks to barbara starrllent reporting, was it linked to the release of that video, which sort of showed 100 of these guys, al qaeda in the arabian peninsula, boasting on pretty dramatic video. >> there's been a little bit of a tug in war in the administration, even those of us in the national security committees in congress about how to get that policy right. there's been a little pullback on some of...
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barbara starr is here and major general james "spider" marks.ules were supposed to keep soldiers safe but they obviously failed. what are people saying about that this morning? >> you know, i talked to an army major this morning actually over breakfast. i asked him exactly about, you know, these -- the protocol and i'm sure barbara starr can really add to this from the pentagon. you cannot, as a member of our military, come on to post here at ft. hood, even if you have, you know, rightfully owning your own weapon. in this case, a .45 semiautomatic pistol. you have to register with your commander. you have to keep it at home. you cannot be on base with it. >> brooke, i'm sorry, i have to interrupt you. i want to take people to washington in the senate armed services committee. general mchugh is speaking. let's listen. >> -- happened just yesterday at ft. hood. as you all understand, any time the army loses a soldier, we all mourn when that loss comes at the hands of another soldier. and indeed, when that event occurs, at the very place that suffe
barbara starr is here and major general james "spider" marks.ules were supposed to keep soldiers safe but they obviously failed. what are people saying about that this morning? >> you know, i talked to an army major this morning actually over breakfast. i asked him exactly about, you know, these -- the protocol and i'm sure barbara starr can really add to this from the pentagon. you cannot, as a member of our military, come on to post here at ft. hood, even if you have, you...