Routedded in syria in its First Contact with the enemy. Both the cost and the stakes are high. The Obama Administration is depending on u. S. Trained syrians and iraqis to roll back the Islamic Extremist Group isis, which has dismembered both countries despite daily u. S. Air strikes. One pentagon official described the defeat as the u. S. Trained troops as a friggin mess. Heres david martin. Reporter this video purporting to show u. S. Trained fighters captured in syria could not be independently verified, but theres no doubt the pentagons first attempt to insert fighters into syria met with what one official called abject failure. Nearly half the force was either killed, captured or missing. And they never even came in contact with isis. Officially called the new syrian force, first contingent of 54 fighters was trained by the u. S. Military at a base in turkey and sent across the border into northern syria. [explosion] but instead of fighting isis, they unexpectedly came under attac
Synergy of candidates. A bit of good news with donald trump with the latest nbc news poll. More acceptance by republicans. 74 said they could not support him as the nominee, now just 49 . Along with scott walker, political pros will be watching jeb bush. He has to stand out, says gop campaign veteran steve schmidt. If the Bush Campaign is waiting for donald trump to collapse and jeb bush to rise, i think its a mistake. Hell have to go out and earn this. And, of course, they all want the buzz on social media. And theres been a lot of debate today, what should the strategy be . Well see. While it is a big night for the gop, democrats arent seeding the spotlight totally. The first of six debates will be held october 13th in nevada. The democrats are already fighting. Bernie sanders and Martin Omally says it doesnt give them time to make a case before Hillary Clinton before voting starts in iowa, by the way, in february 2016. Chuck . Not quite enough time. Okay. And count on news 4 to brin
The beginning of next week. But meanwhile, 60s with clear skies at rockaway beach. 60s, 70s at the rim of the bay. Good morning to you redwood city at 81 degrees through burlingame and then meanwhile across the bay, fremont, union city, we are talking about mid 70s, 80s and 90s east bay, 91 santa rosa. Weekend forecast at 18 after the hour. Good morning. Happy friday. Things are looking good for drivers heading out of tracy into livermore the Altamont Pass its seeing its usual crowds but nothing to write home about. We are in the green 25 minutes between 205 and 680. As you travel further along westbound 580 into castro valley, you may experience some caltrains shut down in both directions for paving operations. It looks like they just reopened that we are seeing just minor delays making your way over towards 880 there. Other than that, pretty quiet got a little bit of a backup though. Back to you. Thank you. This year marks the 40th running of the San Francisco marathon. But due to re
Start of our weekend. So, what to expect. The hot and the humidity, that continues. Thunderstorms bubble up as we get into tomorrow afternoon. The main complex moves in as we get into the evening and into tonight with damaging wind gusts. More details alicia with the full and exclusive accuweather forecast. Melissa thank you. If youre not careful the heat is just uncomfortable, it can be dangerous. Action News Reporter bob brooks continues our live coverage now for us this afternoon in olde city and bob, we saw a lot of people trying their best to find relief. Reporter alicia, it is scorching out and we went all over the city today and guess what . Its hot all over the city. Really to beat the heat, you got to have a game plan. You got to be smart. You have to be careful. Its the wrong day for a line like this at the liberty bell. For couple christie and ray barner from Southern California this isnt what they had in mind. Are you looking for a day of sight seeing then. We were until we
Nomination of tom price to be the secretary of the department of health and Human Services. You know, the decisions made at h. H. S. Touch the lives of every family in america. The secretary who runs this agency makes decisions about everything from the safety of the food we eat to the drugs we take to the Health Insurance we buy and the quality of the Nursing Homes that we live in. This is an extremely important job, and we should not hand over the keys to this agency unless we are certain that the person will put the American People first every minute of every day. President trump has nominated congressman tom price to serve in this job. Unlike many of the president s other nominees who are stunningly inexperienced in areas whether they will be where they will be setting policy, congressman price has a lot of experience in health care policy. Yes, he has experience, but it is the kind of experience that should horrify you if you care about medicare, if you care about medicaid, or if