Good Morning. Missouri Governor Jay Nixon has called in the National Guard to control the violence in Ferguson. Protesters again looted stores and fired guns, ignoring a curfew put into place by police. Tensions are likely to rise again today as details of Michael Browns autopsy get widespread attention. Dr. Michael Baden, hired by the Brown family, found the teenager had been shot six times -- all from the front. Four times in the arm, twice in the head. Dr. Baden, by the way, is an experienced medical examiner. He reviewed the autopsies of Dr. Martin Luther King and JFK. He also hosted the HBO show, Autopsy. President Obama has returned to Washington, DC from his vacation in Cape Cod, arriving back in DC early Monday morning. According to the WH schedule, the President and VP Biden are meeting with members of the National Security Council to receive an update on Iraq. Mr. Obama will also meet with Attorney General Eric Holder to receive an update on the situation in Ferguson, MO. A word on Iraq: Kurdish forces are pushing against ISIS but are not yet fully in control of the Mosul Dam. As you may know President Obama has informed Congress American warplanes will conduct airstrikes against ISIS to re-take the Mosul Dam. If ISIS forces unleash the water from the dam it will flood Mosul and possibly endanger Americans in the area. Undeterred by indictment, Texas Gov. Rick Perry intends to travel to three major 2016 primary states – NH, SC, IA - during the next two weeks even as he faces the prospects of a highly unpresidential booking on felony charges. And Wikileaks founder Julian Assange says he is leaving the Ecuador embassy soon during a press briefing at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London Monday. Blaming “obstructions” created by the UK, Assange says he is suffering health problems. He has not stepped foot outside the embassy since being granted diplomatic asylum at the embassy two years ago. See you at 9 and 10 AM ES.
Posted on: Mon, 18 Aug 2014 10:32:17 +0000
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