carter was joined by joint chiefs of staff general joseph dunford, junior -- earlier today. both agree the fight now turns for control of mosul -- in northern iraq. ash carter, sec. of defense 1:03 at the same time we're bombing isil's banks as well as oil wells they've taken over... or coerced others into operating on their behalf. we're also using cyber tools to disrupt isil's ability to operate and communicate over the virtual battlefield." 1:17 when it comes to the war in syria -- general dunford said ultimately a political solution is what's needed for any "lasting peace" to take hold. ten at five- thirty - developing news out of ohio -- an eighth grader opens fire on his classmates. the serious charges he's now facing. plus -- he's accused of taking part in the murders of thousands of people. why the trial of a former nazi medic -- may not the suspect accused of shooting and killing a police officer in prince william county - had his first court appearance today. 32 year old ronald hamilton will remain behind bars without bond. investigators say he also killed his wife

and national security issues being held, featuring secretary of defense ashton carter command joseph dunford, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. that set to take place momentarily. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2016] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] him and him and >> we are lightbank at the pentagon this morning awaiting a briefing by defense secretary ashton carter and joint chiefs of staff chair joseph dunford. live coverage on c-span. is poised to become the 11th living service member to received the medal of honor. he rescued an american hostage in afghanistan in december 2012. heat took part in the rescue of a man affected along with his driver and an afghan interpreter. we will have live coverage of the ceremony at 11:30 eastern today. secretary carter: good morning. all righty. listen, thank you. can everybody hear me? thanks for being here. the chairman and i appreciate your being here, look forward to talking to you this morning. i will start. i just had

today's strike comes three weeks after general joseph dunford, chair of the u.s. joint chiefs of staff, said he wants to begin taking "decisive military action" against isil in libya. in news from the campaign trail this weekend marks the south , carolina primary for republicans and the nevada primary for democrats. on thursday, pope francis criticized republican front-running donald trump, suggesting the real estate mogul's plan to build a wall across the u.s.-mexico border means he is "not christian." pope francis spoke to reporters aboard the papal airliner. >> a person who thinks only about building walls, wherever they may be, not building bridges, is not a christian. amy: donald trump file back sing his comets were disgraceful and unbelievable. become it commented on the use of birth control in areas where zika verse has led to public health emergencies. scientists say the zika virus may be linked to microcephaly, which causes infants to be born with unusually small heads. the pope appeared to make an exception for the use of birth control in such cases, say

joint chiefs of staff, general joseph dunford, says he wants to begin taking decisive military action against the self-proclaimed islamic state in libya. ahead of the republican south carolina primary saturday, ted cruz and donald trump are feuding over a cruz campaign tv ad that accuses trump of having been pro-choice in the late -- in the past. the ad, airing in south carolina, features a clip from a 1999 trump interview on nbc's "meet the press." in the interview, trump says he is "pro-choice in every respect." in response, the trump campaign sent a cease and desist letter to the cruz campaign. trump has also threatened to sue cruz for defamation if the campaign continues to air the ad. a recent bloomberg poll shows donald trump with a 19-point lead over cruz in south carolina. in more news from the campaign trail, the biggest labor federation in the united states, the afl-cio, says it is withholding an endorsement for an individual candidate, a move that's being seen as a victory for democratic presidential candidate bernie sanders. the afl-cio was expected to announce its endorse

holding a joint news conference with the chairman of the joint chiefs staff, marine corps general joseph dunfordhey're talking this morning about our progress against isis. leland vittert live at the pentagon. leland, secretary carter with some interesting comments about isis. what do you think the headline here is so far? reporter: the headline is how skeptical the press corps, for that matter everybody is on the pentagon's spin on the fight against isis. past 24, 48 hours, isis shown ability to strike inside of iraq. three coordinated attacks inside of baghdad killing scores of people. yet when you listen to the pentagon talk, hey, the fight against isis, especially in iraq is going really well. take a listen. >> because of our strategy and our determination to accelerate our campaign, momentum is now on our side and not on isil's. our partners on the ground in iraq have retaken ramadi and making begins in anbar while at the same time we're making operationally significant strides in our campaign to dismantle isil in syria. reporter: obviously when it comes to the numbers on the ground, be it

. >> reporter: general joseph dunford, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, has said military actiontart by sending in drones to locate isis targets. >> you can then map out where they are and how they conduct business. once you do that, you can figure out what amounts to a pattern of life analysis and when you know their pattern of life, then you can target them much more easily than if you didn't have that intelligence. >> reporter: for now, many isis fighters tend to be around the central coastline. they can expand and control the coastline from tripoli to benghazi, giving them unfettered access to shipping in the mediterranean. what about those 6,000 isis fighters in libya? some in the u.s. government don't think the number yet is quite that high. tonight, libya appears to be a third isis front after syria and iraq. wolf? >> after gaddafi, there was so much hope. barbara, what about concerns that isis fighters in libya may be able to get relatively easily italy, spain, and france? >> they believe now there is a, quote, major risk that isis will, in fact, try to do it. think about

2016] ♪ >> defense secretary ashton carter and joint chiefs of staff chair marine corps general joseph dunfordriefed reporters earlier today on the latest strategy to defeat isis, including a new capability in cyberwarfare. secretary carter and chairman dunford say it's an important use of cybercommand, to disrupt isil command and control over the internet. this is 45 minutes. >> thank you. can everybody hear me? thanks for being here. chairman, i really appreciate your being here, look forward to alking to you. i'll start, i just had the honor of laying a breathe at -- a wreath at the african-american civil war memorial here in washington, honoring the 200,000 african-americans soldiers and sailors who served in the u.s. army and navy during the civil war. mr. carter: their service helped to end the civil war and free over four million slaves and their legacy stands as a remind over the true price of freedom for us all and this was an important signify case of the end today -- signify case of the end today of black history month. this also marks the 21st anniversary of our victory in the gulf