Prisoners in northern iraq, secretary carter promised there would be more raids like that, and todays move is an effort to make good on that promise. In more than three hours of testimony before the Armed Services committee, ashe carter and Joseph Dunford faced predictably sceptical questions. Are we winning, mr. Secretary . We will win. Are we winning now . Were going to win. Reporter have we currently contained isil . We have not contained isil. Both democrats and republicans seemed dissatisfied with the pentagon talking points, but theyre making progress, and gaining momentum. I can climb down from here and say that im making progress, and if i run the next 15 feet, im gaining momentum. Reporter carter unveiled one wrinkle to the plan, something that he called a special Expeditionary Targeting force, u. S. Comandos to be based in irbil, iraq, to conduct raids in both iraq and syria. Sometimes jointly with the iraqi forces and sometimes unilaterally. With a mission to free hostages,
And we begin with breaking news out of chicago. Where authorities have just released video of a Police Officer shooting a black teenager to death last october. Quan mcdonald was shot 16 times, at least twice in the back. Today, officer van dyke was charged with firstdegree murder. And we have more from chicago. Andy. Reporter tony, flurry few reasons why the Police Departments and the mayor do not think that any protests that come out today or tomorrow would be that bad. Here are the reasons. First of all, the videotape which is described as very chilling and graphic, is going to be treated by a lot of media outlets. Ioutlets. It would be covered. And the most graphic parts last name be shown, and there was a firstdegree murder charge today against the man that the Police Officer was accused of shooting. 17yearold mcQuan Mcdonald in 2014. The Police Department says despite all of that, and the murder charge was hand down today, they are of course taking precautions, and heres the super
Infrastructure fixes, but critics say it falls shorts of what is needed for the 21st century we begin with a planned increase in the u. S. Militarys rens in iraq and syria. Defense secretary Ash Carter Says more special Operations Forces will join the battle against i. S. I. L. The Expedition Force will take on a series of Missions Including freeing hostages. As Jamie Mcintyre reports from the pentagon. They attempt to capture i. S. I. L. Leaders. The u. S. Has more than 2500 troops, including commandos that carried out raids in iraq and syria. Back in october. After the u. S. Forces assisted kurdish troops, it was promised there would be more raids. We are at war. In more than three hours of testimony before the House Armed Services committee. The defense secretary and his top military advisor placed scent call questions you indicated that its war. Are we winning, mr secretary . We will win. Are we winning now . We are going to win. Have we currently contained i. S. I. L. We have not
First, was this specific investigation handled properly . And i want to be clear, that that question is being investigated by the United States department of justice and the u. S. Attorneys office and as you know the city has handed every piece of evidence over to the u. S. Attorneys office here in chicago and the fbi within weeks of the incident. This includes evidence related to the shooting itself, but also evidence related to the Police Departments response. They will address these questions when their investigation is complete. I hope you would await the conclusion of their inquiry, which i also am anxious for. The second question is how we present prevent this type of insecond incident from happening again. I have asked five chicagoans to do a top to bottom review of the system of oversight, accountability, training, and transparency that is currently in place for Chicagos Police officers. These five leaders have extensive experiencing experience investigating Police Misconduct o
And puerto rico owes millions of dollars to its creditors today, but it may not be able to pay up. This is Al Jazeera America live from new york city. Im del walters. We are find thatting new details out about that u. S. Effort to defeat isil. Ash carter saying more special operations troops will be headed to iraq. In full coordination with the government of iraq, were deploying a specialized expedestrian a decisionary targeting force. So assist iraqi and Peshmerga Forces to put more pressure on isil. They will overtime be able to conduct raids, free hostages, gather intelligence, and capture isil leaders. This force will also be in a position to conduct unilateral operations in syria. Carter saying that is separate from the special Operations Forces the u. S. Already says it will deploy to syria. Carter saying the u. S. Is making gains against isil thank in part to an increase in Coalition Air strikes. Jamie mcintyre joining us by phone from the pentagon. Are these new numbers or just