Off by three dozen air strikes conducted primarily by u. S. Attack planes but also by American Drones and a b1 bomber. The u. S. Also has special operations commandos on the ground on sinjar mountain, which overlooks the isilheld city below. U. S. And british troops are helping to direct the air attacks, which u. S. Military sources claim killed more than 60 isil fighters in the Opening Hours of the kurdishled ground offensive. The objectives . To free sinjar from more than a year of isil rule and block a key supply line, highway 47, that links mosul in iraq and raqqa in syria, isils two biggest strongholds. The u. S. Said pesh muir ga forces seized part of the road. The highway 47 over sinjar mountain and the ground by the pash merge ya. A force of 8,000 troops led by the kurds is going up against 400 and 600 dug in and determined isil fighters. The battle plan takes two to four days to retake the city and another week or so to clear bombs and booby trapped houses. Unlike the prison r
And after a decade of trying, on the verge of a summer success. We begin tonight with a politicalup ate and impacting the leadership of the house of representatives and the second most powerful republican in house lost to a Tea Party Candidate tonight. Cantor is out. There are a long of long faces here tonight. It is disapointing sure. I believe in this country. I believe there are opportunities around the corner for all of us. I look forward to continuing to fight with all of you for the things that we believe in for the conservative cause. Thank you all very, very much. And this is david brath, hes the man that beat cantor. He was considered a long shot canned kate that lacked a lot of Campaign Funding and taking a conservative position on a number of issues, especially on immigration. We are joined from washington with more on this upset, randall . John, i dont think any political experts would have predicted this outcome, the defeat of the House Majority leader. One leader describe
Decision day. The head of the nba set to decide the fate of embattled clippers owner Donald Sterling, just as the team is about to take the court tonight. We see sterling for the first time, and mark cuban speaks out. Everything is really painful right now. Its hard to breathe. Plus, drama on the dance floor. Paralympian amy purdy rushed to the hospital during the live broadcast moments after injuring herself during the rumba. Did she push herself too far to turn up the heat . And good morning, america. Welcome back to Michael Strahan and we begin with this tornado disaster. Even more now slamming mississippi and alabama. Look at the Storm Chasers up close with their cameras capturing these terrifying scenes and sounds. Look at this twister literally crossing the highway just feet from the car in mississippi. Just so, so terrifying. And heres the latest. There have been 114 reported tornadoes since sunday. The death count now stands at 29 at this hour over these 6 states and the big he
Now authorities are trying to figure out what started that fire. And embarrassed. The father who kicked his young son down a skateboard ramp reveals his side of the story for the first time, today tuesday, april 29th, 2014. From nbc news, this is today, with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to today. The worst Severe Weather outbreak of the year. 118 tornado reports since sunday including more than 80 in the last 24 hours alone. In all 28 people died, 11 of those overnight. Right now tornado watches are posted in georgia and florida. Al and dylan have it covered. Dylan is in hardhit mississippi. Al is in kimberly, alabama. Good morning, guys. You can see what is left of the kimberly first church of god completely destroyed. Across the way the firehouse, town hall has been oblit rated. A lot of folks here are happy to be alive. As you take a look at what happened last night, just last night alone as we put the rad
This morning on the kron 4 morning news. Strong words from the nb hisa in response to the racist remarks from Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling. Well tell you about all the other punishments sterling is now facing. Our top story this morning strong words, and swift action from the nba in response to the racist remarks from the owner of the Los Angeles Clippers. Donald sterling now banned for life from the National Basketball association. But the punishment does not end there. Nba commissioner adam silver called it a painful moment for the nba. He says the clippers owner admitted to making the hateful statements on a recordings posted online. These words captured the reaction of many around the world nba coaches, civil rights activists and all basketball fans in general. This was their reaction to the announcment. There was a protest and a rally outside of the Staples Center during the game last night. Many of the protestors happy with the nba commissioners decision. But the on