the white house considering sending special forces back into baghdad. good morning, i m bill hemmer. martha: big, big story. good morning. i m martha maccallum. just days after saying the united states would not send combat troops to iraq the president is mulling over his options. the pentagon sending 300 marines and soldiers to protect our embassy in baghdad as isis moves closer. hundreds of iraqis willing to join the fight to protect their country. bill: it reaches from baghdad down to the iran ran border. martha: peter, what can you tell us about the mission for these troops? reporter: the 275 troops deploying to iraq will be in baghdad until the is is militants make their way through the country no longer threaten american lives. the president says they are there to protect u.s. property and is equipped for combat. they will remain in the country until the situations become such that they are no longer needed. the man in charge or of iraqi volunteers says reinforceme
bill: a new image capturing michael angelo s hand of god. nasa captured this after a star released massive material. martha: avalanches out west have killed five experiences skiers and snowmobilers in just the past couple weeks. alicia cuna is live from the mountaintop in colorado where we understand it s 70-mile-an-hour winds. reporter: that s right.
and it all started with a peculiar smell. it s kind of a sweet smell. it smells almost like candy. we are concerned that people we have had complaints about eyes burning and things of that nature. it s best to stay inside until we get this taken care of. it concerns me a lot. i have children and animals. we swim and tube in the river. we are in the water. martha: the shelves are bare of water, juice, ice. police are standing by to keep order. officials say a foaming agent leaked from a plant in charleston, west virginia and ended up in the elk river. it happened at freedom industry which special eyes in producing chemicals for the mining and cement industry. the governor issued a state of emergency after his office received a notice that water supply had been contaminate. the governor issued a statement saying our priorities are our hospitals, nursing homes and schools. i have been working with the national guard and office of emergency services to supply water and
or downtown d.c. this is suburban, bethesda and makes you realize that this can happen anywhere and i think the police were on top of it and it s nice to know they take it seriously. i got back from dropping off my husband and son at school and work, and all of a sudden, i come here and there were a bump of cop cars and cops with guns and shotguns. this is not good. reporter: a few hours after the incident, police towed a car from the garage. investigators say that it belongs to the ex-girlfriend and the damage, they say, came from a prior incident. the signs on the garage where the shooting took place say the area is under surveillance. police say that prince s ex- girlfriend broke up with him last week and over the weekend was so frightened had with him, she went to court to get the stayaway order and they were scheduled to be in court to answer tomorrow. laura? and tell us the condition of the girlfriend, the ex- girlfriend? we understand she s in a safe place and