a fatal heart attack. bronson battersby was found in the home of his father kenneth who was 60. it s thought he died in the days after christmas and the child was then left alone. there were attempts to check on bronson s welfare, but by the time the property was entered it was too late. jo black has our report from skegness i must warn you the details are distressing. bronson! come on, then. bronson battersby was known to social services, but his death and that of his father appear to have happened in the most tragic of circumstances. the bodies of bronson and his 60 year old father, kenneth battersby, were discovered on january the 9th. children s services say kenneth, who was on his own with his son, passed away at home, and that meant nobody was there to give his little boy care. and as a result, he also died. it is a tragedy. ijust happened to look out my window and i noticed suddenly this huge police presence. and then i spoke to a couple of residents across the road an
for south korea. dana: i know based on your expertise, you probably have other fires on your mind. what could they be? one of the ones that i m watching for is what happens in the post battlefield phase of the campaign against the so-called islamic state. we re watching the iraqis and the kurds and american allies on the ground in general with special operators roll back the islamic state. there s a challenge around the corner of what happens after they have been defeated as a military force? the kurds want an independent state. the government of baghdad doesn t want that to happen. our nato allies in turkey really don t want that to happen. what happens to assad? this is a complicated political puzzle. while the administration hasn t focused on this, it s not clear how they handle it. when the kurds say we want a referendum on independence in september, i realize this is
the sunnis in iraq have to feel like they are part of iraq, like the baghdad government is supportive of them. that s what caused isis to rise when almal aky took hold, they shut out the sunnis and they threw them in prison. that s what drove the sunnis into the arms of isis and if baghdad doesn t change they ll continue to have those struggles and frankly there is nothing we can do or should do about it. that s a fair point. congressman, i want you to listen to what the white house press secretary sean spicer said today about safe havens for syrian civilians in syrian civilians. that s one of the president s top foreign policy priorities. we don t have the clip. but i want your reaction. this is what the trump administration wants the so-called safe havens in syria
this list of seven predominantly muslim countries. they will insist to you, when given the opportunity, that iraq is not a terrorist nation. it s not a nation that exports terror. it s a nation that has been, for many years, the victim of terrorism. so i think people are just going to wait and see what happens. keep in mind there s significant expense to getting an american visa, to buying a ticket to the united states. most people probably aren t willing to risk it on the basis of this news that people have woken up to here. they re probably going to wait and see what happens next. robyn. you do mention, though, even though baghdad doesn t have a direct flight to the u.s., a number of iraqis, a number of people were stuck in airports around the world on their way, en route. they re sort of in between the u.s. and their home.
have a commitment from our government, not just for troops on the ground, but to do whatever we can to help our allies on the ground right now. the kurds are fighting. we don t give them the equipment, training and the support they need because our government insists that all aid go through baghdad. baghdad doesn t want a strong independent kurdish army. there are right now sunni sheikhs and tribes in anbar province taking on isis. they are in the process of reclaiming ramadi this week. they are on our side and they are sunni. we are not arming, supporting, training and helping them as much as we can because all support goes through baghdad. they don t want a strong autonomous sunni area. we have to put our interest first. we have to support those on the ground fighting on our side, give them every bit of help they want. to the extent it s necessary for