On this reen region and the threat posed by the terror group isis. A threat called the greatest since 9 11. Weve been faced with several stark reminders of isis brutality this week, beginning with the death of american kayla mueller, who died while being held hostage by isis. Friday, a brazen attack by the Jihadist Group on an iraqi air base with u. S. Marines inside. Just this weekend, isis releasing another haunting video tape that we wont air. This one purporting to show captured kurdish fighters being paraded through the streets in cages. Back home, the president now asking congress to authorize more military action to defeat the group. But why is this threat so hard to contain . We have been reporting from around the region from iran, to borders of iraq and syria all week searching for answers. But first, breaking news on the terror front. A suspected gunman is dead in copenhagen. Police say the man is the prime suspect behind two attacks that left two people dead and five Police
Begins now. Good morning. Were tracking two developing stories. Including a major new response from the white house to the humanitarian crisis on the southern border. And a new Terror Threat from the Al Qaeda Group gaining more control of syria and iraq. Their advances raising Security Fears here at home. Pierre thomas starts us out with the latest. Reporter right now, at this moment in syria, al qaeda bombmakers are trying to design a new generation of explosives, including nonmetallic bombs. The u. S. Government is wrestling with how to respond. Abc news has learned the government is considering a number of new measures. Including asking overseas airport authorities to increase security. There is a new terror warning. Reporter er this threat was initially discovered at the beginning of the sochi olympics. Prompting warnings of toothpaste bombs able to be smuggled on planes. Sources tell us evidence continues to come in indicating the bombmakers in syria are still at work. This is exa
Right to the breaking news. After days of rocket fire and air strikes, israeli commandos engage in their first combat in gaza. Is this leading to an allout ground war . Or can a ceasefire take hold before more rockets are fired . More civilians are killed . Martha raddatz starts us off. From the border of israel and gaza. Good morning, martha. Reporter good morning, george. Im standing near what is essentially the front line in the conflict. Im in israel. Just behind me a few miles is gaza. There has been a Constant Exchange of fire. Hamas rockets, and israeli air strikes. For the very first time last night, israel sent in a small number of ground troops, the first time they have done so since 2009. It was in the dead of night when several dozen navy commandos, israels equivalent of the navy s. E. A. L. S, approached the shore from the Mediterranean Sea in small boats. Surveillance planes and attack helicopters providing cover. They destroyed a number of hamas longrange rockets and lau
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