just a couple of hours ago, john kirby said, we are in no position right now to rule anything in or out. >> because somebody came out and said they thought it could have been an explosive device -- >> not somebody, the british government is on record. >> everybody just wants to jump to that conclusion and i'm not going to do it. but the investigators are still at it. we got to give them the time and space to do their job. that's the responsible thing to do here. in the meantime, it's also the responsible thing for the united states government to tell its workers, don't go to the sinai right now. >> within minutes of john kirby making that statement, jim miklaszewski, you are reporting from the pentagon what you learned from a u.s. intelligence source. so explain what you learned and how definitive was this source that it was definitely a bomb? >> a u.s. official we talked to said that what he was talking about was based on intelligence. now, he wouldn't describe the intelligence exactly what it was. but he was careful to caveat any conclusions here. that it's likely that it was a bomb t

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the state department spokesman john kirby. first of all, the upz government's reaction, since you speak for the state department, to this latest isis video saying they're going after targets here in washington, d.c. as well as in new york, but specifically the white house, they want to go after the white house, what do you make of this? >> well, we're still examining the video itself to determine the veracity of it. obviously, we're paying attention to this. this is not a surprise to us that this group has desires and aspirations to attack western targets whether it's here, at home, the united states or across europe. it's a threat that we have taken seriously since more than a year now of operations against this group. it's not a surprise that they would use videos and social media to try to propagate these threats. obviously, everybody here in the united states government are taking these threats seriously. i would say the same thing that officials in europe are saying to their citizens. you know, we have to continue with ou

the state department spokesman john kirby said it's possible that isis and al qaeda will infiltrate theefugee community. back in february, assistant director for the fbi michael steinbeck said the same thing. back in april, homeland committee chairman mike mccall said the same thing. will the president gamble with the lives of americans and defy what his own intelligence people are saying? >> sean, this has been a very difficult weekend for me because it brings back september 11th, all the terrible memories i have of it and the thought then, when president bush, you know, acted so desisively and so quickly, that maybe something like this wouldn't happen again. and the reality is this did not have to happen, if our policies were different. if president obama had listened to senator mccain and senator graham and a whole group of other people and had set up a no-fly zone in syria five years ago, if we had gone in and we had worked with the syrian legitimate rebels, if we had not taken our troops out of iraq and afghanistan, isis never would have emerged. isis is filling a vacuum created by

at the state department, spokesman john kirby said the fight over classification is ongoing. >> we don't believe that they should be classified at that level. and that we again made our case pretty strongly about both of them. but as far as we know here at the state department, there's been no final decision made by the intel community on that. >> still, congressional sources say that document would be evidence a government official was familiar with the legal and regulatory requirements to protect classified information and potentially face repercussions if there was a failure to do so. brett? >> mike, thanks. >>> the u.s. supreme court will hear another case challenging part of the president's health care law. the justices have agreed to listen to arguments from faith-based groups against the measure's mandatory contraception coverage. the list of challengers includes the little sisters of the poor, nun who is run more than two dozen nursing homes for impoverished seniors. this will be the fourth obamacare related case for the high court. >>> after being on political life support for m

at the state department spokesman john kirby suggested the fight within the government over classification is not over. >> as far as i know we have received no final decisions by the intelligence community with respect to these e-mails. what hasn't changed in our view and i have said this before. >> congressional sources say the new and cover paperwork is a legal binding document in the person signing it has accepted the obligation to protect our national secrets. meanwhile the fbi continues its investigation into potential negligent handling of classified information. litt mike, the story goes on and it seems each revelation is more damning of the former secretaries conduct. using a private e-mail server. the state department spokesman seemed to be putting forward a political argument rather than representing the state department. give us your sense of what is happening there is one covering that department in that city. >> we been hearing from the beginning from the state department that they didn't really think that these e-mails were as sensitive as the inspector general of the intelli

james clapper and spokesperson for the state department john kirby both states it is likely that isis and al-qaeda will infiltrate the refugee population. that to me is too big a risk. that while we're trying to do the right thing -- >> we can't be assured by people like clapper that we don't have the process to properly screen so then we can't do it, so, the issue is they got to present a program to us that says yes, we can determine who these people are. why am i saying this because sean, i don't want to go alone on nefrg this world. the europeans are being flooded. if we look the other way, i mean, frank ly, i think we're nt going to be able to rebuild these relationships. >> new jersey governor chris christie launched his presidential campaign with a theme, tell it like it is and here's our best interview moments with governor christie. >> my opinion having been on the border a dozen time, trump is right and i think republicans are afraid to say it. >> yeah. >> since obama's been president, 642,000 texas have been victims of crime by illegal immigrants, nearly 3,000 murders. how c

>> reporter: well, state department spokesman john kirby just confirmed the contractor killed and wounded worked for a defense contractor based in mcclain, virginia. the americans who were injured were air lifted to the king hussein hospital in ammann. the gunman was wearing a jordanian military uniform. president obama dressed the attack while meeting with the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, at the white house. >> a full investigation is taking place. we take this very seriously and will be working closely with the jordanians to determine exactly what happened. >> , my president, first let me express the condolences of the people of israel for the loss of american lives. we're with you. >> reporter: the police training facility was established in 2003 and used by the state department to train iraqi and palestinian police. >> are you hearing anything on a motive? >> reporter: the state department said it could not confirm the gunman was jordannan so initial reports suggested he was a police captain who worked at the facility and may have been fired. married with two children.

our correspondent elise labbot has been grilling the spokesperson there, john kirby.e. >> reporter: so you said that this is a very routine procedure that would prevent employees traveling into an area where there was a plane crash. but you're cautioning everybody not to jump to conclusions. i mean, i think that, as justin said, we have some reporting that says that there is reason to believe that regardless of who was responsible there was some -- and the british have said -- type of explosive device on the plane. so can you say that that is why you instructed personnel not to travel to the sinai? >> i think there were several reasons why. again, it's not uncommon for us -- >> pretty uncommon. >> no, it's not. >> it's pretty uncommon just because there is a plane crash to suggest to personnel not to travel to that area unless you have reason to believe that there was some type of ma neve licen owe lens involved. >> there has been over time and you know elise there have been extremist concerns in the sinai. it's not new that there have been concerns about extremist ac

at the state department, spokesman john kirby said the fight over classification is ongoing. >> we don't believe that they should be classified at that level. and that we again made our case pretty strongly about both of them. but as far as we know here at the state department, there's been no final decision made by the intel community on that. >> still, congressional sources say that document would be evidence a government official was familiar with the legal and regulatory requirements to protect classified information and potentially face repercussions if there was a failure to do so. brett? >> mike, thanks. we'll follow it. >>> the u.s. supreme court will hear another case challenging part of the president's health care law. the justices have agreed to listen to arguments from faith-based groups against the measure's mandatory contraception coverage. the list of challengers includes the little sisters of the poor, nun who is run more than two dozen nursing homes for impoverished seniors. this will be the fourth obamacare related case for the high court. >>> after being on political l

>> john kirby had not heard of those reports out of honduras. what we're getting is from honduran authorities and the media outlets in central america that have put this information out. it's now of course spreading to others around the globe. it says that honduran authorities detained five syrian nationals as they tried to go through honduras using stolen greek passports. there's no sign of a link to the attacks in paris but that's part of the investigation. we do know that united states has law enforcement officials throughout central america and worked with them in the past in that area. they were held late tuesday in the honduran capital where they were found. they also had been on arrival from coasta rica planning to hed through mexico. they received information from fellow police services that they passed through turkey, brazil, argentina, san jose and costa rica before reaching the capital city in honduras. i will tell you this, earlier today my contacts had said that the international community meaning united states and others are fighti

john kirby. >> thank you. >> from the state department.time, we have been seeing a lot more of these anticapitalism protests. you remember the ones in chicago of these ones in london blew them away. it has a lot of folks concerned they could get worse because this stuff is going viral. befor burning, pins-and-needles of diabetic nerve pain, these feet grew up in a family of boys... married my high school sweetheart... and pursued a degree in education. but i couldn't bear my diabetic nerve pain any longer. so i talked to my doctor and she prescribed lyrica. nerve damage from diabetes causes diabetic nerve pain. lyrica is fda-approved to treat this pain. lyrica may cause serious allergic reactions or suicidal thoughts or actions. tell your doctor right away if you have these, new, or worsening depression, or unusual changes in mood or behavior. or swelling, trouble breathing, rash, hives, blisters, muscle pain with fever, tired feeling, or blurry vision. common side effects are dizziness, sleepiness, test. test. test. test. test. test. test

john kirby has said as much, the assistant fbi director, the fbi director james comey, michael steinbeck, mike mccall said. and here's more people warning that isis will infiltrate the syrian population. here's what they said. >> the concern is in syria, the lack of our footprint on the ground in syria that the databases won't have the information we need. it's not that we won't have a lack of process, but a lack of information. >> that raises great concern as to being able to do a proper background check on individuals coming into the country. >> yes. >> we don't, obviously, put it past the likes of isil to infiltrate operatives among these refugees. >> we can only query against that which we have collected. and so if someone has never made a ripple in the pond in syria in a way that would get their identity or their interest reflected in our database, we can query our database till the cows come home, but nothing will show up because we have no record on that person. >> there's some fear, some fear that some of these refugees may actually be posing as refugees but they might actually b

>> john kirby had not heard of those reports out of honduras.we're getting is from honduran authorities and the media outlets in central america that have put this information out. it's now of course spreading to others around the globe.

. >> that's a state department spokes john kirby.ng anything in or out. >>> turning the politics now, the topic of drug abuse gaining a great deal of momentum on campaign trails with candidates on both sides fielding questions on the issue and sharing personal connections to the epidemic. in a recent poll, 25% of new hampshire adults said that drug abuse is the most important problem facing the state with jobs and economy coming in past that at 21% and 9%. in a video that's gone viral, receiving close to 4 million views on facebook now, new jersey governor chris christie opens up about a close friend of his from law school addicted to prescription painkillers after a back injury. >> by every measure that we define success in this country, this guy had it. great looking guy. well educated. great career. plenty of money. beautiful, loving wife. beautiful children. great house. he had everything. he's a drug addict. and he couldn't get help and he's dead. it can happen to anyone. and so we need to start treating people in this country n

we also heard from spokes -- state department john kirby who spoke about today's deadly hotel attacks in mali. he also talked about syria and the palestinian conflict. this is just over an hour. likes good afternoon. happy friday. full house, this is great. brett mccurk will give you an update on operations against isil in iraq and syria. he will stick around to take a few questions, not many, and then i will get appear, and we -- will get up here, and we will go through the regular daily briefing. i know there are a lot of questions about what happened in mali today. i will be prepared on the back briefingd of brett's to deal with that, to take those questions, and whatever else is on your mind. with that, i will turn it over to mr. mccurk. mr. mccurk: thanks for allowing me to take a few minutes here to update you on what we are doing against isil. i was with a lots of you in vienna and paris. i spent an extra day in paris. a real team coming out of those trips is not only our solidarity with the french, but our commitment across the entire globe to accelerate our efforts against th

we also heard from john kirby who gave an update on the situation in mali after today's deadly hotelttack. he also talked about syria and the israeli-palestinian conflict. this is just over one hour. >> happy friday to you. we have a full house. i think you know we have a special guest for you today. i'm not going to take too much time until we give him the podium. the president's special envoy for the global coalition to mccurk isil brett will give you an update on operations against isil in iraqe doing to counter the isis threat. we also heard from john and syria. he will stick around to take questions, not many, and then i will get up here, and we will go through the regular daily briefing. i know there are a lot of questions about what happened in mali today. i will be prepared on the back end of the briefing, to deal with that, and take those questions, and whatever else is on your mind. with that, i will turn it over to mr. mccurk. mr. mccurk: thanks for allowing me to take a few minutes here to update you on what we are doing against isil. i was with a lot of you in the paris