according to one pentagon report, it has a price tag of $1.4 trillion. so far the pentagon has bought almost 150 f-35s with more on the assembly line. even though the air force and navy versions are a year or more away from being cleared for combat. eventually the air force is expected to buy more than 1700 f-35s with the navy and marines purchasing nearly 700 more. ones modified for them. why buy so many f-35s? congress and the military believe the plane can be refined as more are being built. >> you can't touch the airplane. >> from its futuristic shape it's a complicated beast. like get into a racing car. >> it is. >> you get in it, you strap it on. >> the f-35 is being tested. benjamin bishop is one of the test units commanders. >> how do you compare the f-35 to the f-15? >> the f-35 is a monumental leap in capability. the f-15 is something our nation needs. >> that might be what you might expect to hear. other reviews have been far less positive. the plane has been so playinged by design flaws rarely a week goes down without a negative headline. the

according to one pentagon report, it has a price tag of $1.4 trillion. so far the pentagon has bought almost 150 f-35s with more on the assembly line. even though the air force and navy versions are a year or more away from being cleared for combat. eventually the air force is expected to buy more than 1700 f-35s with the navy and marines purchasing nearly 700 more. ones modified for them. why buy so many f-35s? congress and the military believe the plane can be refined as more are being built. >> you can't touch the airplane. >> from its futuristic shape it's a complicated beast. like get into a racing car. >> it is. >> you get in it, you strap it on. >> the f-35 is being tested. benjamin bishop is one of the test units commanders. >> how do you compare the f-35 to the f-15? >> the f-35 is a monumental leap in capability. the f-15 is something our nation needs. >> that might be what you might expect to hear. other reviews have been far less positive. the plane has been so playinged by design flaws, rarely a week goes down without a negative headline. th

that was the reality that confronted the pentagon. so what the government did was they used private contractors, brokers, these kids, and companies like them, to go in and basically be the fall guys to do the dirty work, go deal with the sleazy politicians, go pay the bribes. go look the other way at everything about the quality and the way that these people operate. so, the kids had no clue about this, but from the outset they were set up to be the scapegoats if anything went wrong. this story i think really vividly illustrates what went wrong in afghanistan and iraq. how failure happened and how loss happened. and the government did everything it could to hide the story at every level, state, justice, defense, all these elements of government have done everything they can to hide what truly transpired, and so i say this with a little hyperbole, the this is a story that was never meant to come out, and i'm really glad i got the chance to do it. but here's another element to this which another -- what just described as the establishme

the pentagon says the initial deployment of u.s.-trained syrian rebels has become an embarrassing setback. many of the forces a are -- deserting after coming under attack. >> reporter: the pentagon is releasing very few details about the friday attack on troops in northern syria, but it is becoming increasingly clear that this was based on a massive miscalculation by the pentagon that sent some of those troops in an area where they would be attacked by the al-nusra front. what the pentagon is saying is when these initial troops, the first trained and equipped by the united states were co-located with other syrian forces in the region, they came under almost immediate attack from the al-nusra front. they were able to call in u.s. air power to repel the attack, but the pentagon now admits it can't account for many of the new recruits. many deserted saying they hadn't come to fight the al-nusra front, they were coming to fight isil. now the pentagon is trying to regroup, but it is increasingly clear that this initial idea of sending th

more and near try to distance himself from the pentagon or find new leadership in the pentagon. the whole point of the chuck hagel thing, not that he wanted a weak secretary of defense, but we wanted someone and felt like it was year he wanted more influence over it. he feels like the pentagon was always against him. >> host: he is about the have his fourth secretary of defense. each of the previous three had criticism about relationships with the white house and some directly critical of the president himself. does this saytioni something ab the lack of what the president's understanding of this position is? >> i think it is the latter. i think it is are eminder it is hard to manage that building. this guy is cutting keith with clinton and critical of the president's leadership decisions and how he managed the pentagon. he thought the inner circle was too tight and the white house has nothing but praise for ash carter and thinks he knows the building inside and out. i think it is an acknowledgment of president obama and he learned bringing in an outside i thought it would work

pentagon draws up rules of journalistic engagement in the war zone. they are getting flak. the death of a mafia boss in rome. the funeral, coverage and death threats. sri lanka makes arrests and implicates the army over the disappearance of a journalist five years ago. and twitter and the news business, it's a marriage both parties are still trying to figure out >>> journalist or unprivileged belligerent, a distinction the u.s. military wants to make and for war correspondents a category to be avoided. the pentagon believes the war manual, laying out rules for combat, including how to treat reporters covering wars. it tumps on journalistic issues and suggests spying accusations could be avoided if they gain permission to report from authorities, and deems reporters unprivileged belligerent, akin it spies or saboteurs should be be found guilty of working for the enemy. it's got another label, unlawful combantant. plied in iraq and afghanistan. according to the u.s. department of defense. they have been misunderstood by the press. the "new york times" and media groups called

we do not build anything in the pentagon. we count upon private industry and private initiative to create the technologies that, next to the wonderful people in uniform make our military the finest fighting force we have seen. next to them, technology is what made us great. emily: google has been buying some robotic companies. they have a human weight robot, hhm robot -- a cheeta robot. when will we see self driving cars in the field on a mass scale? sec. carter: i think we will see them soon. we already have drones, helicopters, undersea vehicles, true autonomy is another step. i was on a briefing from a set of advisors, and i studied all summer the question of autonomy and autonomous vehicles. you will see them driving underwater in doing all sorts of things like patrolling cyber networks to defend them. all those things will be done at -- done autonomously or in a very creative man-machine combinations. we need to be part of that revolution. much of it occurs right here and that is another reason for my visit. emily: do yo

leadership in the pentagon. what happened with gates, one happen with panetta, and then the chuck hagel -- the while point of that, not that he wanted a weak secretary of defense but he wanted somebody over there that it was clear that he felt like he had more influence over. he feels that the pentagon just was always fighting him. >> host: he is about to have his fourth secretary of defense. each one of the previous three has had criticisms about relationship with the white house, some directly critical of the president himself. does this say something about the president's lack of understanding of what that relationship would be or that the pentagon is such a large entity in and of itself that it is hard for any president to have command of that despite being commander-in-chief? sunny think there is -- i think it's the latter. a reminder it's very hard to manage that building, especially when you are in some active conflicts, and to his credit, he went with somebody who is not known as an obama guy. this is a

. >> the pentagon comes to silicon valley. we'll show you the companies, the talent, and the technology the defense department is looking to recruit. >> i'm matt miller here in new york. "bloomberg west" east coast. coming up secretary ash carter talk to us about building a better relationship with the tech community and building robot soldiers. us is there a cyber security bubble? here from tanium, flexible electronics, all that ahead on "bloomberg west." first, u.s. defense secretary says he has a lot to learn from silicon valley. he's trying to build a stronger relationship with the tech community. emily chang sat down with him. emily joins us from mountain view, california. emily, tell us all about the event. mily: the u.s. defense secretary is meeting with a number of different cyber security c.e.o.s. and the real thing that he is trying to accomplish here is to rebuild the relationship between the pentagon and silicon valley to recruit engineers who want to work for the government to change this perception that silicon v

>> wolf, we are in the middle of a briefing from a top official at the pentagon. that official has now spoken about the situation on the korean peninsula. the pentagon publicly staying they are just monitoring the situation in north korea with the exchange of the artillery fire across the dmz. now in the last few minutes we are getting a very different picture. the pentagon disclosing for the first time earlier this week it suspended the ongoing war games it had with the republic of korea, with south korea so they could sit down and coordinate on this exchange of artillery fire. we have been told these are routine exercises that were under way. it's extraordinary for those exercises to be suspended. we are told the exercises are back on now but u.s. forces that were at an enhanced state of readiness for the exercises will remain in that enhanced state for the exercise which is will wrap up at the end of the month. we don't know if there are orders for u.s. forces to remain on an enhanced status beyond that. but what we are learning from the pentagon for the first

but a pentagon spokesperson down played the idea that u.s. air power was broadly backing rebels fighting the go. >> we are not at war with the regime. this is not something we view as inviting confrontation with assad in any way. >> that's not the way it is seen by russia who called the policy counterproductive. air strikes can be conducted against any forces because it's hard to tell who is fighting who. pentagon officials said while it is possible assad forces could come under air attack it's unlikely. assad is in control of an ever-smaller part of his country. >> we have cautioned syrian forces in the past not to become engaged with aircraft. >>> on capitol hill john mccain had the opposite criticism, that the air strikes limited to supporting only the handful of troops directly trained by the u.s. don't go nearly far enough. in a statement mccain said it is disappointing that the support we provide appears limited only to northern syria, and will not extend to syrian troops righting isil in the south and other parts of the country. pentag

we do not build anything in the pentagon. private industry and private initiative to create the technologies that, next to the wonderful people in uniform make our military the finest fighting force we have seen. we need that technology. emily: google has been buying robotic companies. when will we see self driving cars in the field? >> i think soon. we already have drones, helicopters, other things, undersea vehicles. ine autonomy is another step -- another step. them driving underwater and doing all sorts of things like patrolling cyber networks to defend them. all those things will be done at thomas leora and creative man-machine combinations. we need to be part of that revolution. much of it occurs right here and that is another reason for my visit. i see roberts -- robots in the field. it will be a long time before humans are entirely removed from conflict. also we are always going to want human decision-making and responsibility when it comes to the use of force. have amazon,u facebook, google making their own drones. d

in the pentagon they say we've then before overly optimistic about the battle against isil. we've not overstated the gains. meanwhile, this investigation has gone forward because having political makers have intelligence that is free to any sort of outside political influence is key. we saw it in the 2003 iraq war. what happens when intelligence is give the wrong entertatio interpretation. >> is it possible in this case or maybe it's an area where the investigation will explore, is it possible that in this case higher ups sent orders down that they provide data to support the campaign? >> you know, tony, it's possible. but you know what is more likely is that some of the people lower down in the chain get an idea of what their positives would like to hear. you know how this works in any organization. they don't need to be ordered to say something. if you know the boss wants the data to show, the sales are looking good for the sect quarter. you know what they would like to hear, and sometimes that can influence things. that's one of the things that the inspector general will

vago: the pentagon is admitting wome are considering admitting women to more direct combat jobs. that is been a priority for the administration, a press that is ongoing. there's going to be a report on it later this year, on what job are given to women past ranger training, which was one of the most rigorous jobs out , combat traraining evolutions. talk to us about the data you are collecting and how this is going to work out and how many waiverers will be required or whether or not you feel that some of these jobs, as somebody who has experienced at the top of the serce, the army, would actually eventually be open to women? >> i think you will sethe vast majority of positions open to women if not all positions open up to women. it's the right thing to do. what the military has always been and what we are trying to make sure is ubibiquitous is toe an organization based on standards. we looked at every single mos, every occupational specialty, and said what does it really take to succeed here? what k kind of physical abilitis do you have to have, and cognitive skills must you brin

embarrassment from the pentagon after suffering a major setback. the pro government forces continue to gain ground in the south against houthi rebels. >> get a warrant! get a judge to sign a warrant! >> wait, senator christy, make your point. >> republican leading candidates face off in the first presidential debate. we start in saudi arabia where isil says it is responsible for a suicide bombing inside a mosque used by security forces. 15 people were killed in one of the biggest attacks against the country's security forces in years. it happened in the town of abal which is close to the saudi border with yemen. saudi arabia is part of the u.s. led coalition against the armed group. isil is becoming increasingly active in saudi arabia. >> reporter: this is where the attack took place. a suicide bomber managed to get into this mosque in the southern city, blowing himself up and killing police trainees. the governor visited the injured in a nearby hospital. fighters from the islamic state claim responsibility for the attack. they included the targeti

jamie mcintyre has our details from the pentagon. as u.s. commanders used the drones as a weapon of choice, the demand for drone flights outstripped the supply. the air force says it's capable of putting about 60 drones in the air every day around the world, between 60 and 65, but the pentagon says it would like to increase the number by a third over the next four years. the way they planned to do that is to continue to have the air force provide flights around the world, and 10 or 20 flown by the u.s. army, and an additional 10 from u.s. special forces, and 10 more unmanned drones, unmanned and unarmed drones that would be flown by contractors. this would require, of course, some additional drone pilots and drones to be manufactured, if you link about it. they are a bargain, compared to the cost of manned aircraft. the mq-9, top of the line drone costs about 40 million, if you include the ground station and everything that goes with it. by comparison, the g 35 stealth -- f-35 stealth fighter costs 134 million. it's a big difference, and the

>> pelley: david martin at the pentagon for us tonight. david, thank you. the starting pistol sounds tonight in a 50-week race to the republican presidential nomination. the race begins and ends in cleveland, site of the g.o.p. convention next july. tonight the first debate with the top-ten candidates in the polls. five governors, three senators, a neuro surgeon and a real estate developer. major garrett is in cleveland for thus evening. major? >> reporter: scott, that real estate developer, donald trump, is also the undisputed front-runner in a crowded republican field. trump has promised he won't attack first tonight, but he's already been criticized here for being a celebrity, not a conservative. donald trump arrived here in his own plane for his first debate as a political wild card. the other nine candidates on the stage are trying to halt trump's momentum. his sharp rhetoric has struck a chord with republican voters. nearly 80% think trump says what he believes. earlier seven other republicans met on the same stage for what south carolina senator grah

>>> pentagon attack. u.s. officials have a new theory about who was behind the cyber strike on a military computer system. they're pointing fingers tonight at russia. >>> fresh blood. isis is switching up its strategy to attract new kinds of recruits. will they make the terror group even more brutal and dangerous? >>> and cop on trial. we're getting the first look at dash cam video in the deadly shooting of an unarmed african-american man. what the video doesn't show could be critical. we welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. wolf blitzer is off today, i'm brianna keilar. you're in "the situation room." >> this is cnn breaking news. >> breaking news tonight. round one of the first republican presidential debate is wrapping up right now and donald trump was the elephant in the room even though he wasn't actually there. the second-tier candidates aiming some of their sharpest jabs at trump as well as at president obama and hillary clinton. transfer is gearing up for his turn on the debat

into the pentagon. it was an unclassified e-mail system that got the intrusion two weeks ago. they have been trying to clean it up ever since then. they immediately took it offline. they're trying to rebuild it. why do they say they think it's the russians? a very sophisticated spearfishing attack. very still thee. very difficult to detect. not the kind of thing the chinese typically do. they are more into draining data out of the system. this appeared to be very malicious but so sophisticated that they believe it was the russians. and they went after an e-mail system of about 4,000 users that work for the joint staff. even the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. you know unclassified system. the belief they were targeting the system. message from moscow just maybe the pentagon is pretty unhappy about the whole thing. >> they're saying it is from the russians. do they believe it is the same group that hacked the white house and the state department last year? >> well that is in fact what they are loo

the pentagon acknowledged that five troops were detain and a sixth killed, aattack that the pentagon admits it never saw coming, and which al nusra, a group tied to al qaeda touted as a blow to the u.s.-backed syrian forces. >> this unidentified fighter braggs... >> on this day al nusra front cut a hand to the west and the americans. somewhere >>> the pentagon's decision to imbed the 54 graduates with division 30, was based on a faulty u.s. intelligence assessment that al nusra was unlikely to attack forces in the north. the official line is that the unexpected is always expect in car. we taj that there's challenges but the idea that we were caught flat-footed by the people kenning people into a war zone is not accurate. >> the u.s.-trained fighters were sent to this area with night vision equipment and laser target designators, allowing them to detect missiles. the night vision helped them to repel the attack. the u.s. trained groups started to deport their post saying they signed up to fight i.s.i.l. not al nusra front. questions have been asked about what appears to have been fail

ashton carter revealed a pentagon network was also attacked and accessed earlier in the year. and joining me now is former army vice chief of staff, military analyst general jack keane. it's good to have you with us. this is getting a bit tiresome, is it not to we want china -- some 30 million americans had their data stolen, now the pentagon suffering instances of attack, once we assume the first originating in china and the second now in russia. this administradministr ation says that they are going to respond but they haven't. what do you make of it? >> what is taking place is china and russia, russia criminality, about 50% of the cyberattacks, china is stealing intellectual property to enhance themselves, getting considerably more bull because now they're moving in on the united states government themselves and even the military. and russia has the second-best capability in the world, the united states obviously being number one. they are the only country that has classified military networks and they have done that a number of years ago. >> as you listen to the gop presid

>> pelley: david martin at the pentagon for us tonight. david, thank you. we learned today that the police were looking for vincente montano before he attacked a tennessee movie theater yesterday. his mother had called the police to say that she was worried because her mentally ill son had disappeared. david begnaud has the latest. >> reporter: vincente david montano was carrying a pellet gun when he attacked moviegoers. he was also carrying peppermo spray, a lighter, a propaneat canister and lighter fluid. a metro nashville police spokesman don aaron. >> there is a great possibility that he intended on using this propane canister as some type of an explosive. >> reporter: two minutes after being alerted to the attack,na officer jonathan frith was onnf the scene and confronted montano. >> i got a job to do. i have to save lives. if i have to, i have to go in there and engage the target. >> reporter: the 29-year-old montano fired his pellet gun several times before he waser killed by swat officers as he ran from the theater. montano's mother reported him mis

mike vickers, former of special operations in the pentagon. kathleen hicks, who has held many senior roles in the pentagon. so i want to open on questions that have touched your careers. you have all spent time fighting extremist militants in your different roles. with that experience, looking at al qaeda and other groups, is isis or isil the threat that national security is making it out to be to the u.s. public? and is al qaeda on the back foot for good, or are you just prepping for the next battle? since you are in the private sector now, feel free to share anything with us at all. [laughter] mr. vickers: the threat of a terrorist attack remains our number one national security threat, clear and present danger along with cyber attack. they occupied policymakers' minds every day. isil is a bigger threat because of its ability to inspire radicalization attacks across the world. but al qaeda is more sophisticated. so if an airliner blew up over the u.s., it would far more likely be al qaeda today than isil. al qaeda has suffered losses is stil

>> pelley: david martin at the pentagon for us tonight. david, thank you. the starting pistol sounds tonight in a 50-week race to the republican presidential nomination. the race begins and ends in cleveland, site of the g.o.p. convention next july. tonight the first debate with the top-ten candidates in the polls. five governors, three senators, a neuro surgeon and a real estate developer. major garrett is in cleveland for thus evening. major? >> reporter: scott that real estate developer, donald trump is also the undisputed front-runner in a crowded republican field. trump has promised he won't attack first tonight but he's already been criticized here for being a celebrity, not a conservative. donald trump arrived here in his own plane for his first debate as a political wild card. the other nine candidates on the stage are trying to halt trump's momentum. his sharp rhetoric has struck a chord with republican voters. nearly 80% think trump says what he believes. earlier seven other republicans met on the same stage for what south carolina senator graham

pentagon watch dogs now look into allegations the military may have doctored reports to exaggerate the progress it was make fighting i.s.i.l. >>> walled off. >> i will build a great, great wall on our southern border and i will have mexico pay for that wall. >> donald trump wants a wall bigger and more secure than what's already there. we'll look at what's practical and what's politics. >> and caring for cubs. a panda cub lives for just a few days. >>> good evening i'm antonio mora. this is al jazeera america. the debate over gun violence is gripping the state of virginia tonight after a disgruntled ex television reporter gunned down two reporters today. vester lee flanagan. john terret, i can only imagine how the community has reacted. >> reporter: it really is, the wave of sympathy started early this morning and has now swept around the 50 states, there's no doubt about that. the latest news, vester lee flanagan, the assumed gunman was using a glock 9 millimeter pistol. the police say he bought two weapons legally, quite legally in july and in a manifesto he put out to abc news two h

former of special operations in the pentagon. who has held many senior roles in the pentagon. i will open on questions that have touched your careers. fightingall spent time extremist militants in your roles. .ith that it , looking at al qaeda and other threats thatis the national security is making it out to be to the u.s. public? and is al qaeda on the back burner for good, or are you just prepping for the next battle? since you are in the private sector now, feel free to share anything with us at all. [laughter] michael: the threat of a terrorist attack remains a national security threat, clear and present danger along with cyber attack. policymakers'minds every day. threat -- a bigger isil is a bigger threat because they can inspire radical attacks across the world. but al qaeda is more sophisticated. so if an airliner blew up over the u.s., it would more likely than qaeda today ban -- isial. lossesa has suffered come up and they are still in the game. they can come back in various ways. cap lane -- kathleen: i do think it is a significant threat. i do not think it has bee

jami macintyre reports from the pentagon. >> drones or known at the pentagon, remotely piloted vehicles are becoming the weapon of choice for u.s. commanders around the world. take syria, the u.s. central command routinely releases cockpit votes of strikes against isil in syria but what it doesn't routinely says is those cockpit votes often have no one in the cockpit. drones are the weapons of choice in syria because of syria's active air defenses. the drones don't just attack. they also provide spy functions, what's called in the pentagon i.s.o. or intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance mission and what nato's top commander was here earlier this year, he said the competition among u.s. commanders around the world was fierce for those unblinking eyes in the sky. >> i.s.r. is always short. yes, i could use more, but i understand the calculus by which it has been apportioned at the way it's been apportioned right now. >> the u.s. air force conducts the bulk of drone missions around the world right now. right now it's capable of flying about 60 to 65 drones every day on missions for

all i can tell you is what the pentagon has told us, and the pentagon's statement says they are aware of the report about the train incident, and that they can confirm only, and i'm quoting, that one u.s. military member was injured in the incident. now, the pentagon goes on to say the injury is, in their words, not life threatening. we are well aware that the pentagon is looking into reports and trying to confirm itself that these are marines that were involved in this. that is something i know paul is hearing in europe. the pentagon not yet confirming it, but indeed saying there were non-life threatening injuries to one of those military members involved in the incident on the train. >> you're also getting information about other isis developments as well, right? >> reporter: a lot to report on here tonight, wolf. the u.s. had been looking for one key member of isis for a very long time, and tonight, it looks like they got him. isis' number two was killed this week in a u.s. drone strike near mosul, iraq, a stronghold of the terror group according to u.s. officials. a senior u.s. of

the pentagon's fight over fighting china about some of the political pentagon infighting over the best way to combat china. mark perry is with us on "washington journal." what prompted you to write the article? >> this is kind of a below the radar in washington terms real fight between the services, army, navy, air force. i began my career as a journalist looking at that fight. my first book is called "four stars" on the joint chiefs of staff and budget infighting and strategies. i thought it would be time to return to that. the new doctrine that doctrines how the u.s. will fight in the future was a real fight. an interesting one. >> this air sea doctrine. what does it cover? >> it's a concept developed by the air force and navy to respond to threats from area of denial and weapons that are deployed by countries like china and iran. and it's a concept that's a post war on terrorism concept that really focuses on the strength of the army or rather that the air force and navy have together in a developed and jointness that will probably govern -- that will undoubtedly govern our military

also tonight, the pentagon's inspector general now investigating explosive allegations that military officials doctored intelligence to make it appear that we were winning the war against the islamic state. that allegedly manipulated information, including assessments given to president obama. i will be talking to lieutenant colonel ralph peters about that. wall street finally ending a painful six session losing streak seeing $2 trillion in market cap wiped out, but if the market stability here to stay? i will have a full report. the top story tonight, the senseless double murder in virginia that quickly captured national attention. atv reporter and cameraman shot to death on live television by their former colleague. a journalist who also recorded himself carrying out the killings and then posted the video on social media. correspondent rick leventhal in virginia with the latest. >> we are just across the street from bridgewater plaza where the shooting went down at 6:45 a.m. alison parker and adam ward were filming and interviewing about tourism in the 50 anniversary during the liv

, fox news correspondent jennifer griffin is at the pentagon, what do we know about the attack on the joint chief staff? >> reporter: right, tom, officially defense department is remaining mum about the attack but a senior u.s. defense official tells fox news they suspect that russia is behind a recent cyberattack on pentagon joint starv e-mail system -- joint staff e-mail system, it bore hallmark of a state actor that leaves either china or russia, the attack occurred july 25, the joint staff e-mail system has been off line ever since. nearly 4,000 dod employees were affect by the attack this is not first time this year, russia has been implicated in a pentagon hack. in april, stanford university, defense secretary ash carter blamed russia for a separate department of defense cyber breach. >> let's also, go on to this report have you about a iranian general who broke sanctions traveled to moscow. >> reporter: well, fox news has learned that the shadows iranian force commander, visited moscow to meet with russia defense minister, and president putin, despite a travel ban and u.n. secu

the pentagon says the u.s. and its 17 coalition partners are just one year in to what was projected to be a three-year campaign. it admits that there are seven backs and that the pace is sometimes slow, but it insists that iraqi kurdish and other friendly forces can overtime defeat isil with out the need to put u.s. troops back on the frontlines. morgan. >> jamie macintyre joining us live from the pentagon, jamie thanks so much for being with us. >>> now let's go to ferguson where this weekend will mark one year since the shooting death of michael brown. people took to the streets to protest the killing of michael brown and to also really protest the use of excessive force in casing involving minority communities, but what has really changed in this year? diane estebrook joins us now live from ferguson. diane, i know you have been following this story since the very beginning. and what have you found now a year later? >> reporter: well, morgan, one thing that we see on the ground here right now is there aren't

. >>> the pentagon investigates its own assessment of the fight against isil. >>> stocks open strongly on wall street, but china's economic uncertainty keeps the markets volatile. ♪ >>> this is al jazeera america live from new york city. i'm randall pinkston. we are learning more about a man believed to be behind the shooting deaths of two virginia journalists live on television this morning. police have identified the fan as fester flanagan. he is believed to be a former employee of the station, working under the name bryce williams. he is believed to have shot two former colleagues as they were reporting live on air this morning. reporter allison parker, 24 years old, and cameraman adam ward 27, interviewing a guest when the report was interrupted by gunfire. news room across the country have been shaken by this. what is the latest? >> reporter: it's lurid, it's graphic. it's horrific. it's about five miles southwest of virginia year. rowen oak virginia one of the steps along the way that many journalists have stopped at. allison parker was on the air at 6:45 this morning, intervie

the pentagon says the u.s.-trained fighters were co-located with other syrian rebels known as tuition 30. at least one u.s.-trained fighter was killed and two division 30 commanders were captured by the al-nusra fight. the air strikes made good on a promise to provide defensive fire power if the u.s.-trained forces came under attack on the ground from anyone including forces loyal to bashar al-assad. but a pentagon spokesman down played the idea that the u.s. was now broadly backing rebels fighting the government. >> we're not fighting the assad regime. these people are trained and equipped only to fight isil. >> reporter: that's not the way it is seen by russia who's foreign minister called the policy counterproductive. air strikes can be conducted against any forces pointed out lavrov because it's hard to tell who is fighting who. it's theoretically possible that assad forces could come under attack it's unlikely. assad has fewer troops in the north. >> we have cautioned syria in the past not to engage u.s. a

but a pentagon spokesman down played the idea that u.s. air power was now broadly backing rebels fighting against the government. >> we're not at war with the assad regime the people are pledged to fight isil and only isil. so this is not something we view as inviting confrontation with assad in anyway. >> r foreign minister called the policy counterproductive. air strikes can be conducted against any forces he pointed out, because it's hard to tell who is fighting who. assad has few troops in the north and is is in control of an ever-smaller part of his country. >> we have cautioned syria in the past not to engage u.s. aircraft and the regime would similarly be advised not to interfere with the counter isil mission. >> reporter: on capitol hill armed services committee john mccain had the opposite criticism, that the air strikes limited to supporting only the handful of troops don't go nearly far enough. in a statement mccain said: pentagon sources say so far all of the air strikes conducted in syria have been done by drones because syria

the the pentagon owns a lot of the airwaves. their position is, if we were to reorganize it, to free it up we could get it down to a fraction and then that be it. if we sold it off, they go into the general revenue and we would see us some of the back, a piece of it back. i'm in favor of and said look at the pentagon owns and uses the spectrum, there are tens and maybe hundreds of billions of dollars available. you restructure and it goes into the pentagon budget beyond what the sequester allows. but were not going pass sequester with taxes or spending. you have that money and you don't have to set it. >> .. >> >> we saved tens of millions of dollars. there is half a billion dollars we're spending on property they're not spending in the pentagon and those kind of reforms will only happen if the sequester holds say no to tax increases i spoken to one of those leading congressman who deals with military spending and said i will help you on this so what will congress let you do to save money? i will fight to get that done and every

the pentagon homes of lot of the airways spectrum. they're position is if to make it free they have to reorganize. but i am in favor of of there are tens are made the hands of millions of dollars available. you restructure and it goes into the pentagon budget beyond what sequester allows. >> then all of a sudden deaths and they really need it can lead to sell rather have the shiny new platelets soul that off. based on restructuring that they came up with in the '80s that the pentagon says there are a series of bases we don't need it is bipartisan they pick 30 to save these can be closed the ones that the pentagon does not want any more. then the senate in the house votes to overturn they can be restructu

our pentagon correspondent jim miklaszewski has more. >> reporter: the u.s. has launched more than 6,000 air strikes against isis and iraq in syria. yet the overall war seems to be locked in a stalemate positioning the war planes at the incirilk airbase may provide a boost to the campaign. the f-16s will be within only minutes away from the potential isis targets, providing a much more rapid response to any isis threat. u.s.-armed drones flying out of incirlik launched timely attacks against enemy forces inside syria. this also signals that, for the first time, the turkish military is getting more directly involved in that fight just across its border. u.s. military officials caution at the same time, however, this is not a game changer. air strikes alone cannot defeat isis and this is a long-term fight that could drag on for as long as 20 years. willie? >> jim miklaszewski at the pentagon tonight, thanks so much. >>> police are investigating a horrific crime in houston. man shot and killed eight people inside a home there, including six children yesterday, a

ashton carter revealed a pentagon network was also attacked and accessed earlier in the year. and joining me now is former army vice chief of staff, military analyst general jack keane. it's good to have you with us. this is getting a bit tiresome, is it not to we want china -- some 30 million americans had their data stolen, now the pentagon suffering instances of attack, once we assume the first originating in china and the second now in russia. this administradministr ation says that they are going to respond but they haven't. what do you make of it? >> what is taking place is china and russia, russia criminality, about 50% of the cyberattacks, china is stealing intellectual property to enhance themselves, getting considerably more bull because now they're moving in on the united states government themselves and even the military. and russia has the second-best capability in the world, the united states obviously being number one. they are the only country that has classified military networks and they have done that a number of years ago. >> as you listen to the gop presid

. >>> the pentagon expects to step up use of drones worldwide, increasing by the number of 50% in the next years. would broaden surveillance in ukraine, iraq, syria and the south china sea. pentagon says it will also increase its use of drones for air strikes. >>> meanwhile, reviewing the use of patriot missiles in turkey. the missiles were installed to protect turkey's southern border for any spillover of the syrian civil war. >>> more than 100 people were killed and dozens wounded when bombs were dropped on a marketplace in the southern town of duma on sunday. duma is regularly targeted by the syrian government. u.n. humanitarian affairs leader zeina khodr has more. >> reporter: the plain dropped the bomb in a crowded marketplace. it is an all-too-familiar scene for the people in the rebel stronghold of duma. this scene is regularly targeted by government air strikes but sunday's was the worth yet. civil rights workers and others gathered to help move the wounded when more air raids hit. more than 100 people were killed and dozens of others were wounded. doctors at the field hospita

they believe there is this view that the pentagon is a slow your essay. i think that is why you see ashton carter heading out there. i heard the crest government. you hear them talking about the need to fall for cyber security. you need people that can't do this. people very skeptical of what the government is and what it has become. to help thel is bridge repair simulations and get is come back and help the pentagon advance. mark: when you talk about repairing the damage not from what happened with edward behemoth of seeming the defense department of pentagon. what is the hope to get people to want to go to work for the --artment of defense to mark department of defense? phil: that has always been one of the techniques to work with the private sector. this is where he thinks he is different than some of his predecessors. he believes he is an innovator. he believes he can appeal to people. the bureaucracy will never go away. he is willing to get behind and invest in all who are trying to make out and do things differently and have an impact on what the pe

our pentagon correspondent jim miklaszewski has more. >> reporter: the u.s. has launched more than 6,000 air strikes against isis and iraq in syria. yet the overall war seems to be locked in a stalemate positioning the war planes at the incirilk airbase may provide a boost to the campaign. the f-16s will be within only minutes away from the pot ntial isis targets, providing a much more rapid response to any isis threat. u.s.-armed drones flying out of incirlik launched timely attacks aglaainst enemy forces inside syria. this also signals that, for the first time, the turkish military is getting more directly involved in that fight just across its border. u.s. military officials caution at the same time, however, this is not a game changer. air strikes alone cannot defeat isis and this is a long- rm ght that could drag on for as long as 20 years. willie? >> jim miklaszewski at the pentagon tonight, thanks so much. >>> police are investiga ng a horrific crime in houston. man shot and killed eight people side a home there, including six children yesterday, after

the pentagon at what options. what obligations it may have to try and help move some of the remaining rebels to safety inside syria. >> at the pentagon, thank you, barbara starr. we want to talk about all of these developments with mike rogers, chairman of the house committee. we have cnn terrorism analyst paul crook shank and security analyst, bob bair. first to you. you're very familiar with al asiri. ibrahim al asiri. he is basically a bomb making master mind. the fact that he is alive is a huge development. tell us more aboutiment him. >> this is not the first time he has resurfaced as someone who we thought met his demise. there was no proof. it was lots of dna testing but it was inconclusive. so this tell that you they have some serious change of strategy going on in aqap. the saudis are putting pressure there. you have isis now setting up recruiting camp there, the houthis are there. they're under duress. he is absolutely obsessed with developing a bomb, either body cavity bomb or underwear bomb which he ha

ashton carter revealed a pentagon network was also attacked and accessed earlier in the year. and joining me now is former army vice chief of staff military analyst general jack keane. it's good to have you with us. this is getting a bit tiresome, is it not to we want china -- some 30 million americans had their data stolen now the pentagon suffering instances of attack, once we assume the first originating in china and the second now in russia. this administradministr ation says that they are going to respond but they haven't. what do you make of it? >> what is taking place is china and russia, russia criminality about 50% of the cyberattacks, china is stealing intellectual property to enhance themselves getting considerably more bull because now they're moving in on the united states government themselves and even the military. and russia has the second-best capability in the world the united states obviously being number one. they are the only country that has classified military networks and they have done that a number of years ago. >> as you listen to the gop presidentia

the pentagon acknowledged that five troops were detain and a sixth killed, aattack that the pentagon admits it never saw coming, and which al nusra, a group tied to al qaeda touted as a blow to the u.s.-backed syrian forces. >> this unidentified fighter brags... on this day al nusra front cut a hand to the west and the americans. >>> the pentagon's decision to imbed the 54 graduates with division 30, was based on a faulty u.s. intelligence assessment that al nusra was unlikely to attack forces in the north. the official line is that the unexpected is always expected in war. we acknowledge that there's challenges, but the idea that we were caught flat-footed by the people kenning people into a war zone is not accurate. >> the u.s.-trained fighters were sent to syria with night vision equipment and laser target designators, allowing them to detect missiles. the air strikes inflicted casualties. the u.s. recruits started to leave their boats, saying they signed up to fight i.s.i.l., not al nusra front. questions have been asked about what appears to have been failure. >> reporter: would

he's the one who leaks this to the press. >> i was the lead reporter in the pentagon papers. ellsberg turned against the war, and he copied these papers with the hope that eventually they would be used to embarrass an awful lot of people and which would show that we had made a terrible mistake. fighting this war in vietnam. >> starting with the ellsberg story, front page, big black type. >> that son of a bitch, i know him well. he was a hard-liner. he then flipped, late '67, he suddenly turned into a peace man. >> i think kissinger was obsessed with secrecy and so was nixon. my first three articles were published. and the nixon administration then wanted to stop the whole thing. >> neil sheehan is a vicious anti-war type. sure, we're all against it, but if they're gonna go the length, we're gonna fight. >> my argument inside was, if you want to make the case against the pentagon papers, get up and charge "the new york times" with publishing national security secrets, gross irresponsibility, and sabotaging the war in vietnam. >> the justice department went to court in new york