they have to pick their way through. making progress towards the goal. a lot being made by the shiite militias have proven to be effective against isis. errol. all right. talking there with cnn s ian lee reporting live from cairo. many thanks. keeping us up to date on what is happening there on the front lines with isis. thank you, ian. to other stories. u.s. surgeon traveling to switzerland to evaluate an injury to u.s. secretary of state john kerry. you see sunday, kerry broke his leg in a cycling accident in france. near the swiss border. he was later air lifted to a geneva hospital. the american fi diphysician e same doctor that performed a previous hip surgery on kerry. the secretary of state plans to return to the states later today. the european union wants answers as to why russia is banning 89 european officials from entering the country. the russian travel ban list includes politicians as well as
accidental escalation. if kien begins to flow vessels, forces aircraft into the art tishl islands they are in close proximity to islands eld by other claimants in the south china sea like vietnam and the philippines. the danger is there could be an accident are where aircraft clash or ships have an accident and conflict escalates from there. both a matter of an accidental interaction as opposed to an active declaration. exactly. at this point certainly both the united states and china and the other claimants involved in the south china sea understand a decision to go to war would be catastrophic. when we come back i want to ask you whether or not we are going to war with china. i want to do it in a way of thinking about our conflict with china. stay with us. we ll have more on the topic in a moment. also reminder that we are following breaking many news about secretary of state john kerry who broke his leg in a cycling accident in france today. lots to cover. we ll be right back.
and you can hear he was known to the hospital via helicopter. nic, i believe we have you back? reporter: yes. john kerry has a leg injury. he sustained that in a cycling accident. as we know when he comes to switzerland, when he is talking amid the iran prime minister about the nuclear issue, when there is a talk, he often makes a cycling ride and seems to be the case this sunday morning. the weather here is a blue skies here in switzerland. he had gone for a cycling rider and 30 miles across the border into france when the accident occurred. i ve seen him on a cycle ride. this was another one of those days. he normally cycles with a couple of companions and there are normally a police motorcycle riders head of him. there were paramedics on the scene and they were able to treat him before he was taken to
beau s bedside. you remember the peck cure. beau talked about that tragic moment at the 2008 democratic national convention while introducing his father. this is a man whose political future seemed as bright as his father s. i will give joe biden the last word on behalf of his family. beau biden was simply the finest manny of us have known. truly sad news. thank you to nbc s kristen welker at the white house. we have breaking news to tell you about this morning. secretary of state john kerry was hospitalized after breaking his right femur in a cycling accident in france. because the jerry is near the site of a previous hip surgery, kerry is cutting short his trip to europe and returning to boston to be treated by the doctor who performed the hip operation. a spokesman says the secretary of state is in good spirits and expected to make a full recovery. stay with msnbc throughout the day more the latest on the
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