And if they really protect you. Plus to the rescue. One of the remarkable efforts to save the earths most endangered species. Theres no mistake tonight that iraq is in the throes of a civil war. The violence brutal and bar ba barbaric, the world is watching. The white house is watching and tonight, president obama is taking steps to safeguard americans at the u. S. Embassy in baghdad. Ordering 750 troops back ting baghdad. And talking with a foe, iran, on how to deal with this quickly unfolding crisis. Mike viqueria reports. The crisis has come to this secretary of state john kerry says the country is willing to work with iran to turn back rebel gains in iraq. I think we are open to any constructive process here that could minimize the violence, hold iraq together, the integrity of the country, and eliminate the presence of outside terrorist forces, that are ripping it apart. For now, that does not include military cooperation with iran. This as the pentagon sends more war ships to the
Is it finally here . We will take a look at the oculus rift. Were kicking off with what everyone is talking about. It looks like someone is not invited to the party. The Big Industrial nations essentially kick russia out of the g8. It is the g7. They wont be attending the g8 meeting in sochi. So the group of seven industrialized nations, the u. S. , canada, france, germany, italy, japan and britain are all coming together. They came together in the netherlands. They said in a statement, they wont go to russias g8 gathering in sochi. Instead, they will throw a party of their own in brussels. They look so happy around the table. We are very much in favor of dialogue with everybody in the world and keeping the dialogue open. There is no sense in discussing these issues in the g8 form. Thats why we are going to brussels. At the same dates that were planned for the original g8 session. A little History Lesson here. After the soviet union collapsed in 1991, russia eagerly sought to join the
With the situation in iraq getting worse, president obama now sending more than 200 u. S. Troops to that country. Diplomats from the u. S. And iran now trying to find a way to diffuse the crisis. It comes as more iraqi cities are now under the control of the sunni rebel group isil. Falling to the group on monday, isil controlling other key cities including tamara and ca crete. Celis there any indication thate will see a con cleat plan. Reporter for several days president obama and his administration have been outlining their primary goal which is to break the mo minimum of the isil insurgency through eye rag and to the outskirts of baghdad. And then the goal to allow there to be time for Prime Minister Nouri Almaliki and his team to work more cooperative to try to come together with cured kurds d sunnies so that they can share power. U. S. Par ships are already in the gulf as president obama considers his options. As rebel forces continue their advance on territory around baghdad, the
Reported in this incredibly thorough portrait of the white houses struggles to contain this virus, if the administrations initial response to the coronavirus was denial, its failure to control the pandemic since then, was driven by dysfunction and resulting in a lost summer, according to the report that emerges from interviews with 41 Senior Administration officials and other people directly involved in or briefed on the response efforts. And dysfunction pretty much sums up where we stand right now with Coronavirus Relief talks stalled on capitol hill. The president s executive actions have sewed confusion among state officials and they might not be constitutional either. The president is claiming his actions have somehow pressured democrats to restart negotiations, and he claims that schumer and pelosi now want a deal. Hes also claiming that democrats called him to restart talks. But so far no one knows what hes talking about. Two senior democratic aides tell nbc news that there has b
Significant delays. That report goes on to blast the postmaster general. More on that in just a moment as well. We start this hour with nbcs kasie hunt. She is following that Senate Health Committee Hearing on capitol hill. Ca kasie, what have we learned so far . Reporter craig, the focus of this hearing has been, as you mentioned, on whats going on with that vaccine trial. Its been one of the most promising that weve been tracking, Oxford University and astrazeneca. We first heard from the director of the nih, dr. Francis collins, who talked about it generally. Why dont we watch a little bit about what he had to say and well talk about what senators were asking him as followups. Watch. I want to address concerns about safety. This is foremost in all our minds. We cannot compromise here. The announcement yesterday about the astrazeneca vaccine is a concrete example of how even a single case of an unexpected illness is sufficient to require a clinical hold for the trial in multiple coun