The spokesperson said the operations are ongoing. He said the decision to launch the strikes was made earlier in the day by the u. S. Central command. But explained the pentagon is not in a position to provide additional details. Last month the military carried out 190 airstrikes against Islamic State targets in iraq. Militants with the group have increased their control over territory there, and in neighboring syria. President barack obama said earlier this month that he was ready to expand the airstrikes from iraq to syria. Members of an Algerian Group claiming to have links to Islamic States say theyve kidnapped a french national. They posted a video on the internet to prove it. And they warned frances leaders to stop attacking id lambic state militants in iraq. The video shows a man who says hes from southern france. He says he was kidnapped on sunday. A masked man next to him says france must cease hostilities against Islamic State otherwise the french captain will be slaughtered.
Woo all that holy the first lady waving beside him, waving right at my position. Wyatt i believe the president just blew you a kiss. Has it changed your mind about what you want to do with your life . Yeah i sort of want to be president. As were walking out he was as he said savoring the moment so folks, i raise my glass to a man, im toasting you, michelle. There once was a name barack whose reelection came as a shock, he raised taxes i pay and then turned marriage gay and now hes coming after your glock. Captioning funded by cbs welcome to cbs morning news. Im charlie rose in new york. Norah odonnell is in washington. On the morning after a very long inauguration day. Thats right, d. C. Police say more than 800,000 people came to the National Mall to see president obamas swearing in. Thousands of them stayed around to join the president for the inaugural parties last night, bill plante is at the white house. Bill good morning. Reporter good morning, and good morning out west. The firs
Theyre trying to determine the fate of 10 japanese employees of Engineering Firm jgc corporation. The company confirmed friday that seven other japanese employees are alive. During the standoff, an algerian tv station aired audio recordings of communications between the countrys Security Forces and the militants. The algerian government is under fire for failing to release updates on the hostages since confirming the deaths of 23 on saturday. Officials say Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal will disclose more details at a News Conference later on monday. Dozens of hostages are still missing. Japanese and u. S. Regulators are investigating the company that makes batteries for the boeing 787. They are trying to figure out why the battery produced smoke that forced a pilot to make an Emergency Landing. Officials with japan transport safety board and the u. S. Federal Aviation Administration visited gs yuasa firm the pilot of an ana flight made an Emergency Landing in western japan after a s
Hello. Welcome to newsline. Japanese exporters have hit a record but not one they were hoping for. Exports plungeded in 2020 leadi to a record high trade deficit. Imports rose as japan brought in more and more Energy Resources to fill a gap at home. Finance Ministry Officials issued a preliminary report. They say the trade deficit came to about 6. 29 trillion yen, more than 78 trillion. Exports fell 2. 7 in yen terms. The strong yen hurt exporters. They saw demand from europe drop off. Exports from china dropped too. Consumers there steered clear of japanese goods. Imports rose 3. 8 to 798 billion. The rise mainly due to higher demand for liquefied natural gas. Investors are trading on the latest data. What is you been seeing this morning . Right after that announcement investors sold the yen but the yen against the dollar has recovered to the mid 88 yen level now. The dollar yen currently trading at 88. 55. Analysts say thats been yen selling pressure is not as strong as its been befo
Hello. Welcome to newsline. Japanese exporters have hit a record but not one they were hoping for. Exports plungeded in 2020 leadi impos rose a japan brought int. More and more Energy Resources to fill a gap at home. Finance Ministry Officials issued a preliminary report. They say the trade deficit came to about 6. 29 trillion yen, more than 78 trillion. Exports fell 2. 7 in yen terms. The strong yen hurt exporters. They saw demand from europe drop off. Exports from china dropped too. Consumers there steered clear of japanese goods. Imports rose 3. 8 to 798 billion. The rise mainly due to higher demand for liquefied natural gas. Investors are trading on the latest data. What is you been seeing this morning . Right after that announcement investors sold the yen but the yen against the dollar has recovered to the mid 88 yen level now. The dollar yen currently trading at 88. 55. Analysts say thats been yen selling pressure is not as strong as its been before the bank of japan policy earli