And at some point on that front line, the town is 500 meters apart. Reporter the kurds control the oil fields but they may not be able to protect them for much longer. The threat is from the islamic Islamic State in iraq. Kurdish troops replace Government Forces here when isil pushed them out of many cities in june. Since then, its been a struggle to hold this territory. Thats why the governor of this city is asking the u. S. Led coalition to launch an extended assault against the group. They say isil wants kirkuts oil fields. Thats why its so important for the United States and for the air strikes to focus on kirkut. Thousands of iraqis cross this check point daily. Despite that, isil are able to infiltrate the city where they already have some support. Suicide bombers. This check point has already been targeted twice by suicide bombers in the past four months. But what they fear the most is that if the armed group decides to push through this defensive line and storm the city. Across
The world of fashion loadses a true original. Oscar dela rensa dead at 82 the white house is speaking out about a report, an investigation by the Associated Press says former nazi guards have been getting Social Security benefits for decades. An Obama Administration Spokesman Says it should not be happening. Morgan radford has more. Caroline maloney calls for an investigation saying the use of american money to pay off war criminals is a misuse of taxpayer dollars. 69 years after world war ii ended we are learning that dozens of nazi war criminals and nazi guards may have collected billions in Social Security money. The United Nations of america, the country that was one of the two principal leaders in leading the fight against the nazis is rewarding the perpetrators by paying them money and pension. Reporter an investigation by the Associated Press says they collected the benefits after leave the United States, and some are still getting the money, the report pointing to a local looph
Canada to geneva. French oil company has been killed in a plane crash on a moscow runway. We begin in iraq and the governor of kirkook told al jazeera he needs help from the u. S. Led coalition to stoep stop isil from taking the city and the oilrich area lies on the main road between baghdad and arbil and goes from the town of dibs to south of the city to the town of kirkuk and the towns are 500 meters from each other and we have a report from kirkuk. Reporter the kurds own the oil fields but maybe not much longer. There is a 64 kilometer defensive perimeter around this city in northern iraq, kurdish troops replace Government Forces here when isil pushed them out of many cities in june and since then there has been a struggle to hold the ster territory and the governor is asking the coalition to launch intense and sustained assault from the group and isil wants kirkuk oil fields. That is what i said when i talked to them here and that is why its so important for the United States and f
Dow transports finishing at fresh alltime highs. The reason . Federal reserve policy makers decided today to keep Interest Rates right where they are near zero for what they call a quote, considerable time. Now, that is the phrase some fed watchers thought would be dropped from its postmeeting communication. And the thinking was it would have opened the door to higher Interest Rates sooner. Well, not so fast, said the fed chair janet yellin, the rate is not ready, and the lower inflation means the rates can stay low for now, on wall street, major averages shot higher, dow up about 25 points with the high, nasdaq up nine, s p edging back from an historic intraday high this afternoon finishing just two points higher on the day. Prices on tenyear treasuries fell as bond yields jumped to a session peak above 2. 6 , moving up in the past couple of weeks. And the u. S. Dollar gained some ground as well. Hampton pierson has more. Reporter Federal Reserve chair janet yellin delivered a shot to
Fdrs first new deal the nra was unconstitutional because it delegated in the case of carter cole to a consortium of private entities, the coal miners Coal Company Officials and private citizens the power to set terms of competition and set wages and set working conditions, et cetera, essentially a delegated governmental functions to a private entity and that violated the constitution. That was one of the real major flash points of the new deal controversial between fdr and the Supreme Court back in the 1930s and since then there hadnt been another case holding that delegation was constitutional, but we have one now and its on the docket and, you know, ive given you a feel, i think, for what the challengers have said and will say in the Supreme Court. Ill give you a little bit of a feel for how were defending that statute. Were trying to defend this by narrowing the scope of the issue really in saying, look, the reality here is that it isnt right to think about this statute as a delegat