They describe some grueling conditions on their threeday flight from hawaii. Well have more on that and the rest of our top stories on this monday, april 25th. Announcer from abc news, this is world news now. We begin this half hour with a major development. More u. S. Military personnel are heading to syria to fight isis. President obama is expected to announce the increase later this morning in germany. Battling isis has been a main focus as the president wraps up a week long trip overseas. Abcs Arlette Saenz joins us from germany. Good morning, arlet. Reporter good morning, diane and ryan. President obama today is expected to announce hes expanding the u. S. Military presence in syria. All in an effort to accelerate the campaign against isis. President obama is ramping up pressure on isis in syria. Obama will announce hes sending up to 250 additional military personnel to syria to help local forces combat isis. The new deployment brings the total of u. S. Forces in the country to 30
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Could have happened to the little kids. Reporter a hero is how a family and extended family members tell us that they are remembering the 61yearold john yates who was killed last night right inside his la plata home. Police say it was after 8 00 last night when the father of john john yates went inside the home looking for his daughter. There was a confrontation. Then the childs fire of waldorf, de anglo hemsley forced his daughter by knife point into a vehicle. The child managed to escape. Police catching hemsley who was trying to get away. Its a hurting thing, it really is. Reporter brothers Francis Dorothy and fellow yates says that they were protective. He would never hurt anybody knowing him. His him. The suspect now faces first degree murder and kidnapping charges. That 12yearold girl was not harmed. A death investigation. Police were called to the 100 block of gresham lane this afternoon. And they are not revealing his name or how he died. In northern wisconsin a High School Pro