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diplomacy to solve the preliminary situation in syria don't show much signs of happening at all. >> jamie mcintire in washington, d.c. jamie, thank you very much, our national security correspondent. again president addressing reporters from the pentagon just a short time ago to say, they need to cut the heart to the blood of i.s.i.l, and how it will be received in washington is a different story. we're going to take a break. we'll be right back. >> we continue to following breaking news on several fronts. the defense wrapping up its arguments closing arguments in baltimore. it is the first of six trials in connection with the death of freddy gray. he is that 25-year-old who died from the injuries he suffered in the back of a police van. william porter was on trial, one of six officers charged the that case. our john terret is live in baltimore. john what do we expect will happen next? >> a very good lunch time to you del, it is a pretty warm day here and in the courtroom they are taking a break after listening to the final arguments from the prosecution first of all. and then defense. the defense
diplomacy to solve the preliminary situation in syria don't show much signs of happening at all. >> jamie mcintire in washington, d.c. jamie, thank you very much, our national security correspondent. again president addressing reporters from the pentagon just a short time ago to say, they need to cut the heart to the blood of i.s.i.l, and how it will be received in washington is a different story. we're going to take a break. we'll be right back. >> we continue to following breaking...
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antonio. >> jamie mcintire at the pentagon. you u.s. embassy in turkey says it may be threatened with an attack. telling all americans in the area to maintain a high level of vigilance. officials urge people to avoid the embassy until at least wednesday. they did not elaborate calling it simply a security situation. turkey has pulled some of its troops out of a base, in mosul. an increase in turkish troops had have led to tension. the iraqi government calls their presence a hostile act. now the troops are on the move but turkey says they're not leaving the country. al jazeera's osama ben javad reports from err boo erbil. >> from the peshmerga sources we know that more than a thousand troops according to these kurdish sources are on their way out. turkey says there was only 150 that wesh certaint were sent he. tanks and heavy military equipment back to turkey. the movement of these large number of troops caused a row among the two governments. the turkish intor called ambassd washington for help. trying to take on the i.s.i.l. strong hol
antonio. >> jamie mcintire at the pentagon. you u.s. embassy in turkey says it may be threatened with an attack. telling all americans in the area to maintain a high level of vigilance. officials urge people to avoid the embassy until at least wednesday. they did not elaborate calling it simply a security situation. turkey has pulled some of its troops out of a base, in mosul. an increase in turkish troops had have led to tension. the iraqi government calls their presence a hostile act....
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top-of-the-line. >> jamie mcintire, reporting from washington. >>> the u.s. led coalition fighting i.s.i.l. and iraq are offering condolence he for killing iraqi soldiers in a friendly fire incident. officials at cent com, one of the strikes resulted in the death of iraqi soldiers who were on the fronts license of the fight against i.s.i.l. officials promised a thorough investigation. >>> nato is sending more aircraft and ships to turkey to strengthen the country's defenses along the syrian border, in an effort to make sure there's no repeat of a november 24th incident where turkey shot down a russian war plane. israel has agreed to extend its patriot missile defense system. today russian officials in moscow opened the black box of that jet during a live television broadcast. diplomats and journalists watched, russia wants to prove that the jet did not stray into turkish territory. the black box was opened in public after president putin ordered it be done in front of specialists from foreign countries. a russian service member was also killed during the resc
top-of-the-line. >> jamie mcintire, reporting from washington. >>> the u.s. led coalition fighting i.s.i.l. and iraq are offering condolence he for killing iraqi soldiers in a friendly fire incident. officials at cent com, one of the strikes resulted in the death of iraqi soldiers who were on the fronts license of the fight against i.s.i.l. officials promised a thorough investigation. >>> nato is sending more aircraft and ships to turkey to strengthen the country's...
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jamie mcintire is in the pentagon with the story. >> after search months the iraqi flag flies again over the government center in ramadi. celebrating what one general called an epic victory over a determined and dug in foe. we hav have defended our vicityd our land. ramadi is not technically liberated yet, given it's riddled with booby traps. but a spokesman says it's just a matter of time. >> on our way to victory. we believe while they still have work to do to finalize the clearance process of ramadi, we believe they will be able to achieve that in relative short period of time. >> the u.s. says months of american and coalition air strikes were the key to enabling iraqi fighters to recapture a city they couldn't hold back in may despite at the time going a 10 to 1 numerical advantage over the i.s.i.l. attackers. >> the devastating air power that this coalition has been able to bring to bear recently has really helped crush this enemy. in the last six months really since july, there have been more than 2,000 kinetic strikes in and around ramadi. why estimate we have killed hundreds if n
jamie mcintire is in the pentagon with the story. >> after search months the iraqi flag flies again over the government center in ramadi. celebrating what one general called an epic victory over a determined and dug in foe. we hav have defended our vicityd our land. ramadi is not technically liberated yet, given it's riddled with booby traps. but a spokesman says it's just a matter of time. >> on our way to victory. we believe while they still have work to do to finalize the...
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adam. >> jamie mcintire at the pentagon. turning to southern afghanistan where the fight against the taliban is proving overwhelming. one official took to facebook to beg the central government for help. imoku moli reports. >> afghan soldiers and police are outgunned. >> translator: we are fighting to remove the taliban from this area. therefore we need support from one army to help us. right now the area is controlled by taliban. >> reporter: this is helmand province. once controlled by the taliban. it is also the place where most of the world's opium is produced. on sunday the province's deputy mayor used facebook to plead with the afghan president, posting, your excellency, helmand is standing on the brink and there is a serious 92 need for you to come. since last night sangen district center is almost completely under taliban control. >> although billions of dollars or hundreds of millions of dollars have been spent to develop an afghan national army, that army seemed to lack strategic leadership and this is why you see
adam. >> jamie mcintire at the pentagon. turning to southern afghanistan where the fight against the taliban is proving overwhelming. one official took to facebook to beg the central government for help. imoku moli reports. >> afghan soldiers and police are outgunned. >> translator: we are fighting to remove the taliban from this area. therefore we need support from one army to help us. right now the area is controlled by taliban. >> reporter: this is helmand province....
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s de facto capital in northern iraq. >> al jazeera's jamie mcintire at the pentagon. mark kimmit joins us. >> i think jamie was spot on with his analysis. it is going to be a significant victory not just for the iraqi army but for the police forces, and in many ways the tribal forces that are participating in the operation. more importantly it will be a success for prime minister abadi's campaign which has come under criticism for quite some time. >> it is difficult getting in because of all the ieds. >> the air support mortar support that all goes away. are whether iwhether in staling. it's a block to block operation. >> given so inept the iraqi forces have see seem to be overe last several years. >> how important getting back on their feet, they're about to lose their country to i.s.i.l. and we've seen what happened in syria. but it is also credit to the great coalition support that's been provided by 60 some odd nations. some of that is close air support and logistical support. >> are given this is one part of iraq, what is left to be done in terms of not only push
s de facto capital in northern iraq. >> al jazeera's jamie mcintire at the pentagon. mark kimmit joins us. >> i think jamie was spot on with his analysis. it is going to be a significant victory not just for the iraqi army but for the police forces, and in many ways the tribal forces that are participating in the operation. more importantly it will be a success for prime minister abadi's campaign which has come under criticism for quite some time. >> it is difficult getting in...
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democrats had a aggressive push, also as al jazeera's jamie mcintire reports, homeland security is about to unveil a new terror alert system. >> a new color system was introduced by tom ridge with great fanfare in 2002. >> currently, the nation stands in the yellow condition an elevated risk. >> it featured five alert levels, low guarded valley it high and severe. the problem was no one knew what to do when the risk road from elevated to high. >> janet napolitano replaced it with the national threat advisory system which turns out has never been used because it is triggered by only a credible threat of a specific plot. jeh johnson says the bar is too high. >> we need a system that adequately informs the public at large not through news leaks of joint intelligence bulletins, not through leaks from anonymous government officials. >> effort to raise awareness while avoiding panic. mike mckohl called for tougher screening to shut down what he called the jihadist superhighway that he said allows i.s.i.l. followers to easily enter the u.s. >> i can reveal today that the united states governmen
democrats had a aggressive push, also as al jazeera's jamie mcintire reports, homeland security is about to unveil a new terror alert system. >> a new color system was introduced by tom ridge with great fanfare in 2002. >> currently, the nation stands in the yellow condition an elevated risk. >> it featured five alert levels, low guarded valley it high and severe. the problem was no one knew what to do when the risk road from elevated to high. >> janet napolitano...
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jamie mcintire explains exactly what they are doing in syria. >> at his year end news conference, said it's the tough combat to deal i.s.i.l. a lasting defeat. >> the forces on the ground sometimes are spotty, sometimes need capacity building, need our assistance need our training. >> defense secretary ash carter regularly explains the search for reliable partners especially in syria is frustratingly slow. >> such forces are hard to find but they do exist. >> when the white house announced president obama was ordering a few dozen special operations forces to syria back in october it provided virtually no details of their mission. >> the less than 50 number is accurate. i cannot be more specific than that primary reasons related to operational security. >> leads many to ask what can a small number accomplish? namely that the troops in syria would not advise and assist in the same way u.s. troops do in iraq. instead the officials said the point is to get some guys on the ground. get eyes on, see what more is possible. adding we need to get on the ground, meet them, you know there's nothi
jamie mcintire explains exactly what they are doing in syria. >> at his year end news conference, said it's the tough combat to deal i.s.i.l. a lasting defeat. >> the forces on the ground sometimes are spotty, sometimes need capacity building, need our assistance need our training. >> defense secretary ash carter regularly explains the search for reliable partners especially in syria is frustratingly slow. >> such forces are hard to find but they do exist. >> when...
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for more on the administration's approach al jazeera america's national security correspondent jamie mcintireoins me from washington. jamie, good to see you. let's begin with the president's plan, coalition air power. a small number of special operations forces and help for local forces. give us a report card if you will on the u.s. fight against i.s.i.l. for 2015. how would you grade it and why? >> reporter: well, i guess so far as giving a grade, would i give it for satisfaction a c minus d plus. for effectiveness, maybe a higher grade maybe a b plus it's not perfect and i say that because this is a very oven satisfying strategy. i don't know how many times i saw members of congress go up to the hill and basically urge very frustrated members of congress to be patient, that this strategy is going to work in the end. but i have to say a year into this now it's just beginning to get the sense of maybe we're turning the corner, maybe the strategy of squeezing i.s.i.l. on the ground, gradually denying them territory, enabling those local forces especially now that we're seeing that the iraqi fo
for more on the administration's approach al jazeera america's national security correspondent jamie mcintireoins me from washington. jamie, good to see you. let's begin with the president's plan, coalition air power. a small number of special operations forces and help for local forces. give us a report card if you will on the u.s. fight against i.s.i.l. for 2015. how would you grade it and why? >> reporter: well, i guess so far as giving a grade, would i give it for satisfaction a c...
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jamie mcintire is here. jamie. >> reporter: jonathan, the fbi director spoke briefly about this. he made a couple of points, one is that this is very early in the investigation, the second is that the investigation has so far turned up what he called indications that the two shooters may have been radicalized or inspired by what he called foreign terrorist groups. and the third point he made is that it appears at this point that they operated independently. that is, they weren't part of a larger organization. >> our investigation to date and again it's only two days old, so far we have no indication that these killers are part of an organized larger group or form part of a cell. there's no indication that they are part of a network. again, i quickly add, it is early. we're still work very hard to understand but i wanted you to know that so far we don't see such indications. >> reporter: director comey also cautioned people not to read too much into the reports that one of the shooters may have had contact with people that were under fbi investigation. he said that was never anyth
jamie mcintire is here. jamie. >> reporter: jonathan, the fbi director spoke briefly about this. he made a couple of points, one is that this is very early in the investigation, the second is that the investigation has so far turned up what he called indications that the two shooters may have been radicalized or inspired by what he called foreign terrorist groups. and the third point he made is that it appears at this point that they operated independently. that is, they weren't part of a...
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but as jamie mcintire reports. >> we want to accelerate the pace of operation he but with iraq's permission. carter was saying we want to do more to help and baghdad's response was essentially we'll get back to you. ash carter's helicopter had to skirt some bad weather around baghdad but when he eventually met with his iraqi counterpart, carter launched into the pitch that u.s. wants to see faster pace on the ground. >> the united states ask eager to do more to accelerate the move to mosul and victory over daesh in iraq. that is your -- will be your victory and it is your advance, but we look forward to opportunities, increased opportunities at your request with your permission to assist you. >> carter has been pressuring iraq for more help from above, u.s. apache helicopters to complement iraqi ground troops. secretary carter described his meeting with haider al-abadi as very productive but carter admitthat right now abadi is rebuffing the u.s. offer. >> in connection with ramadi, however we did discuss the possibility that circumstances in the future might cause our commanders to advise a
but as jamie mcintire reports. >> we want to accelerate the pace of operation he but with iraq's permission. carter was saying we want to do more to help and baghdad's response was essentially we'll get back to you. ash carter's helicopter had to skirt some bad weather around baghdad but when he eventually met with his iraqi counterpart, carter launched into the pitch that u.s. wants to see faster pace on the ground. >> the united states ask eager to do more to accelerate the move...
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jamie mcintire, the pentagon. >>> eastward dropped on israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. the wall street journal first broke this story. unless there is a specific and validated national security purpose. al jazeera's rosiland jordan has more from washington. >> the israeli government is suggest that it may file a formal complaint with the obama administration because of allegations published in the wall street journal that the white house has continued to spy on the prime minister, bssments anbenjaminnetanyahu and on othep israeli officials. continuing to spy ton israeli government because of concerns that israel was going to try find a way to derail the-e glos between the p-5 plus one and iran over that country's nuclear program. even though the white house has not condemned or rejected the story officials unnamed in the wall street journal piece suggested they had to continue to do things like at a this for national security purposes. something that one israeli noicial said, friends don't to do to one another. >> puerto rico will default on its debt, for the second tim
jamie mcintire, the pentagon. >>> eastward dropped on israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. the wall street journal first broke this story. unless there is a specific and validated national security purpose. al jazeera's rosiland jordan has more from washington. >> the israeli government is suggest that it may file a formal complaint with the obama administration because of allegations published in the wall street journal that the white house has continued to spy on the...
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jamie mcintire has more from washington. >> reporter: the old color-coded system was announced by the first homeland security secretary tom ridge with great fan fare in 2002. >> the nation stands in the yellow condition, an elevated risk. >> it featured five alert levels, low, guarded, elevated, high and ceph over. the problem is no one knew what to do when the alert level was raised from, say, elevated to high. >> the major problem with the color coded communication, it didn't communicate information. janet napolitano replaced it with the threat advisory system. it's triggered only by a credible threat of a specific plot. current homeland secured jeh johnson says the bar is simply too high. >> we need a system that adequately informs the public at large, not through news leaks of joint intelligence bulltins, from leaks jobson says some intermediate alert would allow law enforcement to share threats to avoid awareness. texas iran michael mccall called for tougher screening to shut down what he called a jihadist super thierp that he says allows isil followers to easily enter the u.s. >
jamie mcintire has more from washington. >> reporter: the old color-coded system was announced by the first homeland security secretary tom ridge with great fan fare in 2002. >> the nation stands in the yellow condition, an elevated risk. >> it featured five alert levels, low, guarded, elevated, high and ceph over. the problem is no one knew what to do when the alert level was raised from, say, elevated to high. >> the major problem with the color coded communication, it...
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national security correspondent jamie mcintire is with us now. jamie what did we learn from today's hearing? >> reporter: adam, there were two separate hearings, specifically what law enforcement and the military are doing in response. at the senate judiciary committee, fbi director james comey singled out i.s.i.l. as the single greatest threat against the united states. >> people planning increases their ability to mount a sophisticated attack against the home land. >> over at the armed services committee, senators wanted to know, if i.s.i.l. was the biggest threat, what are the forces to wipe it out? >> we need to know how you're going to wipe it out, that is not clear. >> neither could ash carter nor vice chairman james silva could say. >> they do not have operational freedom of movement or tactical freedom of movement. >> they were able to orchestrate an attack in san bernardino, california. >> there is no indication that i.s.i.l. ordered the attack, only that it inspired it. again senators were frustrated that defense secretary carter stubbor
national security correspondent jamie mcintire is with us now. jamie what did we learn from today's hearing? >> reporter: adam, there were two separate hearings, specifically what law enforcement and the military are doing in response. at the senate judiciary committee, fbi director james comey singled out i.s.i.l. as the single greatest threat against the united states. >> people planning increases their ability to mount a sophisticated attack against the home land. >> over...
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jamie mcintire is at the pentagon with more. >> reporter: antonio, here is a phrase that kept coming up during the visit to iraq. we want to accelerate the pace of operations but with iraq answer permission. carter was saying, we want to do more to help and baghdad's response was, essential, we'll get back to you. when he eventually met with his iraqi counterpart, the u.s. defense secretary quickly launched into his pitch that the u.s. wants to see faster progress on the ground. >> the united states is eager to do more to accelerate the move to mosul and victory over daesh in iraq. that is -- that will be your victory and it is your advance. but we look forward to opportunities, increased opportunities at your request with your permission so assist you. >> carter last been pressing iraq to accept more help from above in the form of u.s. apache attack helicopters to complement iraqi ground troops, especially as they begin to close in on the dug in i.s.i.l. defenders in ramadi. he described his talk with haider al-abadi as very productive but for now abadi is rebuffing the offer of fir
jamie mcintire is at the pentagon with more. >> reporter: antonio, here is a phrase that kept coming up during the visit to iraq. we want to accelerate the pace of operations but with iraq answer permission. carter was saying, we want to do more to help and baghdad's response was, essential, we'll get back to you. when he eventually met with his iraqi counterpart, the u.s. defense secretary quickly launched into his pitch that the u.s. wants to see faster progress on the ground. >>...
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jamie mcintire has more. >> war planes have begun bombing i.s.i.l. nargts iraq and syria. but four days ago as the carrier and its escort ships were moving through straight of hormuz they were greeted by what could have been seen as a small gesture of defiance. the small boats fired several unguided rockets in close proximity about 1500 yards to the u.s. carrier truman, american destroyer buckley and the french frigate problems. province. even though rockets held little threat against the carrier, highly provocative. it said, firing weapons so close to passing coalition ships and commercial traffic within an internationally recognized maritime traffic lane is unsafe, unprofessional, and inconsistent with international maritime law. the u.s. navy says there have been two similar incidents in the past, one more than a year ago and the other back in april. but in those cases the rockets were fired miles away from the shipping lanes. senate armed services committee senator john mccain was quick to portray the incident as another instance of unchallenged iranian aggression. he
jamie mcintire has more. >> war planes have begun bombing i.s.i.l. nargts iraq and syria. but four days ago as the carrier and its escort ships were moving through straight of hormuz they were greeted by what could have been seen as a small gesture of defiance. the small boats fired several unguided rockets in close proximity about 1500 yards to the u.s. carrier truman, american destroyer buckley and the french frigate problems. province. even though rockets held little threat against the...
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jamie mcintire has more from the pentagon. >> the u.s. aircraft carrier hearse larry s. truman is on location in the persian gulf. they were greet heed by a gesture of defiance from some small iranian fast attack boats. according to the u.s. navy, the boats fired several unguided rockets in close proximity about 1500 yards to the u.s. carrier truman and the french frigate pro convenience. province. even though the rockets pose little threats to the massive carrier and were aimed away from the shipping traffic the u.s. navy's fifth fleet issued a statement calling the actions by the iranian islamic revolutionary guard core navy highly provocative. it said, firing rockets so close to ships within an international recognizes maritime traffic slean unsafe unprofessional and inconsistent with international maritime law. the u.s. navy says there have been two similar incidents in the past, one more than a year ago, another back in april. but in those cases the rockets were fired miles away from the shipping lanes. senate armed services committee chairman john mccain was quick
jamie mcintire has more from the pentagon. >> the u.s. aircraft carrier hearse larry s. truman is on location in the persian gulf. they were greet heed by a gesture of defiance from some small iranian fast attack boats. according to the u.s. navy, the boats fired several unguided rockets in close proximity about 1500 yards to the u.s. carrier truman and the french frigate pro convenience. province. even though the rockets pose little threats to the massive carrier and were aimed away from...
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jamie mcintire has more from the pentagon. >> john here is a phrase that kept coming up during carter's visit to iraq. we want to accelerate but with iraq's permission. we want to do more to help but iraq's response was basically, we'll get back to you. ash carter's helicopter had to skirt some bad weather around baghdad. but when he met with his iraqi counterpart, he launched into his pitch that the united states wants to see more progress on the ground. >> united states is eager to accelerate victory over daesh in iraq. it will be your victory and your advance, to look at opportunities increased opportunities at your request with your permission to assist you. >> carter has been pressing iraq to accept more help from above, more apache attack helicopters, to accommodate ground troops. secretary carter described his meeting with hardy hard haider s basically fm positive. >> the prime minister did not make any specific requests in connection with helicopters which you mentioned in connection with ramadi. however we did discuss the possibility that circumstances in the future might cause
jamie mcintire has more from the pentagon. >> john here is a phrase that kept coming up during carter's visit to iraq. we want to accelerate but with iraq's permission. we want to do more to help but iraq's response was basically, we'll get back to you. ash carter's helicopter had to skirt some bad weather around baghdad. but when he met with his iraqi counterpart, he launched into his pitch that the united states wants to see more progress on the ground. >> united states is eager...
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al jazeera am jamie mcintire has the latest. >> iit appears the offensive to retake ramadi is underways are getting closer to the heart of the city they are dealing with more boopie traps and i.s.i.l. forces who are holding hostages. so there's still lots of tough fighting ahead. it would appear that some of the forces have melted away but
al jazeera am jamie mcintire has the latest. >> iit appears the offensive to retake ramadi is underways are getting closer to the heart of the city they are dealing with more boopie traps and i.s.i.l. forces who are holding hostages. so there's still lots of tough fighting ahead. it would appear that some of the forces have melted away but