A tweet from the president to ban transgender people from the military. A huge crowd gathered in the castro for an emergency protest in response to the president s announceme announcement. Their intens was to show that to San Francisco stands with the transgender community. It was a stunning about face from candidate trump who vowed to defend the community more strongly than his opponent would. Reporter 69 years to the day president harry truman deseg reigated the military, President Trump is making his own changes but ignored questions about his tweets making headlines. A tweet announcing a major change to military policy, tweeting that u. S. Government will not allow transgender individuals to serve in any capacity in the u. S. Military, siting tremendous medical cost and disruptions. Its not a simple one but the president feels its the best one for the military. And doing it on the 69th anniversary of president trumans integration of the military is a particular slap in the face. We
Heats up. Heats up. U. N. Has released figures showing a sharp rise in the number of iraqis killed in violence in march. More than 1500 died. Thats almost double the figure for february. Half of them were civilians. That figure doesnt take into account deaths linked to the secondary effect of violence, such as people who fled their homes and died to exposure to elements or lack of food and health care. The u. N. Blame i. S. I. L. For increasing attacks on civilians and the armed group loses ground on the battle field. The iraqi army is massing around mosul and has taken a number of areas around the city. In Anbar Province it is preparing to take the small town of heet. There is also heavy fighting around ram adi itself and fallujah. Last year i. S. I. L. Was said to have lost territory in iraq. Our correspondent has the latest from baghdad. Reporter there are many reasons behind the increasing of the death toll that was mentioned by the united nations. First of all because the clashes