Backyard. Ah, very well welcome to you. This is the international with the latest world news update is great to happy with us this hour. And we start with the latest from ukraine where 1200 of key of troops have been killed in a found offensive in the country south. As according to russias defense ministry, moscow say the ukrainians also lost 48 tanks and almost a 100 other Armored Vehicles of the trying to advance on 3 fronts at once. And being beaten back by the russian military. The butch offensive is said to have been ordered by president zalinski and came amid intensified ukrainian shelling of civilian infrastructure in southern regions which are controlled by russia. One of the latest the tags hit a key bridge in the kirsten region. There is the unverified to amateur photo which appears to show the immediate aftermath of the bombing bridge is mainly used by civilians. Local authorities have set up an alternative pontoon bridge to help people best across, but it has also been shou
My colleagues to speak more in depth on the intelligence front. I would say operationally, what you are suggesting, that the program ought to have a heightened scrutiny on iraqis is in fact what happens. This was a chronology and when the United States government announced a largescale resettlement of iraqis in 2007, we immediately looked at what we should be doing in light of this particular population which was different, in nationality we had not been resettling a great deal. We looked at enhancements which could bring on board that would address this new population and thats when we created the partnership with d. O. De. Later was this in 2007 . Will yes, later when we identified a new partnership with the counterterrorism center, that was initially focused on iraqi applicants but we learned by doing and we learned about the heightened level of checks and then we expanded to applicants of all nationalities. We use the Iraqi Program to raise the bar across the board for other nation
The potential to freeze overnight. Black ice a concern. Monday morning temperatures are expected to be the coldest. Napa are expected to get to 21 degrees. This has been a very long cold spell. Now the seventh consecutive day waking up with temperatures below freezing across the bay area. We will have more on the cold snap and when we are expected to warm up. This cold weather has many people bundled upt at home. For those without a home the cold can be deadly. Reporter the workers here at eac are hoping to prevent another death related to the cold weather. This shelter is open 24 hours a day. The regular lottery system is suspended and at this point no one will be turned away. There are lots of people here inside that are grateful. Sleeping on the street is dangerous in this weather. Four homeless men have died during this cold spell. It is a grim reality that has some people going through their closet bringing in warm supplies to donate. Just because of the time of year. I have a war
Hes going to speak directly to the American People about the potential for limited military action in syria. Hes going to do that at 9 00 tonight. As i said last night, its appropriate to allow other conversations to go on. We now have, as a result of some work done by other countries, france, russia, and we understand syria is involved in this, this is aimed at avoiding military action. Well have to see if this works out. Very important to understand that the only way russia is seeking to avoid military, the president obama has made it clear the its will act if we must. Our credible threat of force has made these diplomatic discussions with syria possible. And the United States should withdraw from the direction were taking as a country. If theres a realistic chance and i hope there is to secure syrias chemical weapons to avoid further atrocities of the assad regime, we should not turn our back. But the regime must quickly prove their offer is real, not a ploy to delay military action
Erin burnett. We begin with breaking news. An american dies fighting for isis. Cnn learned today that a home grown terrorist, 33yearold san diego resident, Douglas Macarthur mccain was killed in syria over the weekend fighting for the feared, brutal terrorist group known as isis. Intelligence officials tell cnn they had been watching mccain for some time. More now on how a man born in america could die a jihadi. Hes an american with an allamerican name, Douglas Macarthur mccain, but this 33yearold man from san diego went to fight and die in syria for isis, the terror group u. S. Officials now call the gravest of threats. It was, after all, an isis fighter who beheaded american journalist james foley just last week. Mccains family tells cnn they were notified by the state department maupd that he was killed over the weekend. His uncle kenneth told me, quote, were devastated and were just as surprised as the country is. Mccain was raised christian but converted to islam several years ago