Theyre goal is to seize baghdad. The crisis unfolding right now is threatening to undo the eightyear attempt by the United States military to stabilize the country. The al qaedainspired group has taken mosul and tikrit. Abcs Alex Marquardt is in the region and just filed this report. Reporter al qaeda on the move. The roads of Northern Iraq littered with the burned out carcasses of iraqi army vehicles. Soon after taking iraqs secondbiggest city, mosul, the al qaeda offshoot, known as i. S. I. S. , went to take tikrit, the home of saddam hussein. Were dealing with this situation. Were not going to allow this to carry on, said iraqs Prime Minister. Theres little evidence that i. S. I. S. , short of the Islamic State of iraq and syria, is facing little resistance. The Prime Minister has asked citizens to take up arms, as iraqi forces are fleeing. So, too, are normal iraqis. Around 500,000 people are believed to have left mosul. Fleeing not i. S. I. S. , but out of fear that iran will resp
Troops back in combat in iraq. We cant do it for them. President obama insists iraq must defend itself against advancing jihadists. The highest shia fax has called for them to take on the islamic insurgents. This is an emergency. You get them now. You bomb them. Whats wrong with Bowe Bergdahl is back. They score the lord stanley cup is back in l. A. The longest game. The home on the edge of a cliff in texas set on fire before it fell into the water. Talk about a bear in a strange place, this bear walked right into a wisconsin store. Vary lance video captured the action. Look. The black bear strolled. Maybe there was a picnic basket. A commuter shot this video on her drive to the work. Not something you see every day. The steer came from the slaughter house. Its iowa. Today was the field of dreams 25th anniversary. All that its complete. And all that matters. Making it one. The mexicans with doing crazy. On cbs this morning saturday. Saturday. This is true. 800, just 800 rebels scared o
As the flying dutchman makes world cup history by using his head. And becomes the new darling of social media. And good morning, everybody. Sara and bianna are off today. Great to have Rebecca Jarvis and rachel smith on the set with us this morning. Ron and i will be arranging lots of elaborate hazing rituals. We have a lot of news this morning, including Sergeant Bowe bergdahl waking up on american soil for the first time in five years. And this question why has he not reached out to his parents, especially after his father famously grew that beard in solidarity . Well talking about that coming up. Two weeks since bowe was released. Well be talking about that. We start with a health alert. The tiny mosquito causing big concerns. New cases of a virus with no known cure being reported this morning in six states, now. And worries that it could become as prevalent here in the u. S. , as west nile. Abcs Michelle Franzen is here with more. Reporter the littleknown virus is just Getting Star
Made me smile when ida responded back, mom, im fine. Reporter the search began friday. Idas parents last saw her shortly after noon friday. Throughout the evening, rescuers continued scouring the thick redwood forest worried ida was not fine. More than 200 people including volunteers searched samuel p. Taylor state park. This is the largest by size and scale search effort that i have ever been involved with in marin county. Reporter in the end two cyclists who lived just a few miles from the state park found ida saturday morning shortly before 9 00. They were aware of the search taking place here and they intentionally close to come out and ride here in samuel p. Taylor with the slight hope they might find ida and to all our benefit they did. Reporter the rothschilds spent the afternoon recovering in this home inside the park. Recovering from a long night. Rescuers say the family is grateful for the successful searchandrescue effort. Rightfully show, their attention is to ida. Rightful
Just like that. Whole house wept up in glimpse. I warm front gotten backdrafted. Risk his life to save his neighbor. Brave bay area boy being called a hero tonight after pulling disabled machine and his dog from a burning building. Good evening. We with all like to think we were respond in a craze like this young man did of as alan explained he ignored the danger and fairfield man is alive tonight because he did. At the and his friend tayloren jig the first weekend of Summer Vacation when isaiah mom came running. I said get here theres a fire its a fire. Get it now its a fire. Reporter the a 14yearold student at fairfield Golden Hills High School grabbed the fire extinguisher and ran to the apartment of his disabled neighbor. I seen the guy kind of stumble. He was breathing in the smoke. Reporter he crawled unthe smoke to reach 62yearold Richard Smith are. The dog is a dog and run back in the second time to get the dog. As i went in and got the dog flames start come out the room from t