to absorb people to action, it certainly is a concern. and law enforcement officials tell us they re concerned about keeping track of other americans, people like simpson who might be falling jenay on social media and might be in touch with him. cnn, brian todd, washington. the first of 400 military troops are in syria. the u.s. will train the rebels in small arms and battlefield tactics as well as how to use radio and medical equipment. the u.s. plans to train about 5,000 models each year. but the president of a coalition opposition group says that s just not enough. it s too small and too small. we need to include much more fighters. we have the capability and the ability to fight against the terrorism and against the terror led by this regime. but we need to include much more
officials there also issued a flash flood warning for the first time in the city s history. the first of 400 u.s. military trainers are now in turkey and jordan. preparing to give limited military training to syrian rebels so they can return to their homes and defend against isis. the u.s. will train the rebels in small arms and battlefield tactics as well as on radio and medical gear. iran has announced its release, the maersk tigris ship and crew. last week they diverted the ship in the strait of hormuz. iranian media cite sources, the maersk paid a fine to gain the ship s release. maersk officials could not confirm the story. we have this breaking news out of france.
candidate natalie bennett casting her ballot here in the general election. we can show her as she head into a polling station in kings cross. polls have now been open all across the u.k. for roughly 1:18. if you are keeping track, we have seen natalie bennett of the green party, ed miliband of labor, and nigel forage of the ukip, heading into the polls to cast their vote. we ll bring you video when we see u.k. prime minister david cam round of teron of the conse. surely hasn t slept in this morning. when we get it we ll bring it to you. the first of 400 u.s. military trainers are now in turkey and jr. dan. they re preparing to give limited military training to syrian rebels so they can return to their homes and defend against isis. the u.s. will train the rebels in small arms and battlefield tactics as well as on raidio an
and battlefield tactics and raidy and medical gear. so far the u.s. plans to train about 5,000 moderate rebels per year. but the co-legislation of opposition groups says, that s not enough. we need to include much more fighters, we have the capability. ability to fight against the terrorism and and against the terror led by the syrian regime. but we need to include much more fighters from the fsa in this program. and we, we need to have it much more faster. and we need to protection from the from the from the air attacks of the regime. some other stories we are following for you now. the pentagon says isis militants breached the perimeter of the oil refinery in iraq. it is not operational, still a crucial battleground location
opposition in right now? reporter: it s as usual, in disarray, eliot. we saw this evening they re trying to regroup on the edges, theout skirts of ajdabiya to try to launch some sort of counterattack but it s the same thing we ve seen over and over again, lots of enthusiasm, lots of brandishing of weapons and vows to go all the way to tripoli but it seems that despite all the talk, they re going in the opposite direction. what we know is that today there was an ambush by gadhafi forces of the rebels just outside of brega apparently by a fairly small number of libyan army troops, but that was enough to send the rebels running in panic back to ajdabiya. they re still suffering from this basic lack of training, of discipline, of any basic idea of battlefield tactics. eliot. you know, ben, in the context