To join Coalition Air strikes in iraq and syria. Activist groups in the city of raqqa report air strikes late into the night. Its not clear who exactly is conducting the air strikes. Two fighter jets hit isis targets about 30 mile west of baghdad. They struck four warehouses believed to be storing military equipment. Max foster is in the United Arab Emirates with details on the latest strikes. He joins us now from abu dhabi. Theyre not trying to destroy these refineries. Theyre more trying to degrade them. Theyre trying to damage them so they cant be used in the short term, but ultimately not destroy these Oil Refineries because once isis loses control of them, they go back to the iraqis, for example, or to future syrian authority, then they are still usable. They just want to stop isis frommic maing money from them effectively. The americans think isis is making 1 million a day from the black market in oil. And the big question, we had these pictures from the pentagon which showed the
Good morning. Im care costello we begin with the u. S. Led air strikes in syria. In about an hour the pentagon will update us on day three of the offensive. We know the latest strikes targeted Oil Facilities operated by isis. They enrich the group by about 2 million every single day. A Human Rights Group in syria says day three of the strikes killed 14 militants and five civilians, but this morning washington could not confirm those numbers. I believe in a matter of years, maybe in a decade, theyll be in europe anyway. When you ask if were going to syria or iraq, i dont believe we need to. I believe the sharia will be in europe. Ly never stand against my muslim brother. The coalition is growing. Belgium and the netherlands say theyll take part in the strikes but only in iraq, not syria. French military leaders are discussing that option, too, today. British lawmakers take up the debate tomorrow. The british media is reporting that a wellknown radical cleric is among nine men arrested i
President trump is going to unveil his latest plan today aimed attack ling the crisis at our southern border regarding immigration. Brian is he going to talk about Immigration Reform. Outlined a proposal in the rose garpsd. He has already called on to fix the problem. We will find out if they listen. If they do they will hear a plan with two pillars, one border security. The other will be overhauling the nationS Immigration system shifting it from a family based to a merit based. Skills, education and employment. It will increase the skills based immigration system which only accounts for 12 now up to 57 . It will reduce existing family based system at 66 down to 33 . And it would favor recruiting people under a build america visa who have extraordinary talent, professional and specialized skills and exceptional students. President trump says he is optimistic it will have congressional support. We are fighting the democrats. The democrats want open border. That means crime. It will go