Terrorists. Reporter in a 14minute address, president obama laid out his fourpart strategy to degrade and destroy isis pledging to be steady and relentless to preserve u. S. Security. If you threaten america, you will find no safe haven. Reporter to that end, the president said he would expand u. S. Airstrikes even into syria, support local forces on the ground, increase humanitarian aid and work with allies to prevent attacks. I welcome congressional support for this effort in order to show the world that americans are united in confronting this danger. Reporter congress will now decide whether to approve the president s request for 500 million to train and equip syrian rebels. I think this should have been done more aggressively from the beginning. Before we begin any kind of sustained air campaign in syria, we need to have a plan to work with. Reporter the full house and senate will get Intelligence Briefings today. The cia director told cbs news the u. S. Would crush isis leaders.
And president obama is asking congress to authorize military training of foreign troops to combat isis, also known as isil. And on the eve of the 9 11 anniversary, the president spoke to the nation about syrias president assad. Now, theres a more urgent threat. Well, its an entirely different story today. 91 see isis as a threat to vital u. S. Interests. And now, overwhelming support for air strikes and iraq and syria. So, hes addressing an audience looking for decisive action. Now, president obama. My fellow americans, tonight i want to speak to you about what we will do to degrade and ultimately destroy the group known as isis. My highest priority is to defend americas interests. We took out al qaida, and their affiliate in yemen. And weve done so while bring more than 140,000 troops home from iraq, and drawing down our forces in afghanistan. Thanks to our military and counterterrorism professionals, america is safer. Still, we face a terrorist threat, and small groups of killers sti
Of some vast pieces of countryside from syria into iraq. Now, u. S. Air assets are in the skies over iraq and syria right now. Were already in this fight which brings us to the address tonight and our political director moderator of meet the press chuck todd. The president just told you he was going to prepare the country tonight but for what . Hes going prepare the country for whats going to be a lengthy style of war that hes been conducting over the last six years. This war against isis. This terrorist group in iraq and syria. Hes going combat them the same way hes gone after al qaeda in places like yemen, afghanistan, ungoverned parts. His hope is over time they can degrade it. Well see. The president approaching the podium. Li heres the president. My fellow americans, tonight i want to speak to you about what the United States will do with our friends and allies to degrade and ultimately destroy the terrorist group known as isil. As commander in chief, my highest priority is the se
Specialneeds stents and their teacher. Police are interviewing the driver, the 50yearold man is also in the hospital. We have had our first fatality associated with last months napa earthquake. 65yearold Laurie Thompson died from injuries when a tv fell on her during the earthquake. Governor brown is signing a bill for three sick days per year p Officials Say most dont receive paid sick leave. That is all for now. The president s address on isis is next. Well be watching the speech and tweeting throughout. You can follow us on twitter. Thank you, george. Thanks for joining us tonight we begin with the Mountain Lion attacking a 6yearold boy in cupertino sunday state fish and wildlife released this picture, you can just make out the cats paw print. Now, we can report its been captureed and killed. Tiffany wilson is live with the story. Tiffany . It was around 9 00 this morning the dog picked up fresh tracks of the Mountain Lion. If you take a look, you can see the dogs as they began trac
It is being cleared, has cleared including some at the Golden Gate Bridge and hey, heres some of that patchy coastal fog that roberta just mentioned in her forecast. Heads up across the span. Bad visibility. There was a stall past treasure island. They are working to clear it now so bridge crews are aware of it. Just some minor delays forming in those far left cash lanes it looks like but the rest of the lanes are still clear into San Francisco. That is kcbs drive to work. Back to you guys. All right. Thank you, elizabeth. This morning, americans are paying tribute to the thousands who died on 9 11 13 years ago today. This is a live look right now at new york city. Observances are planned this morning at the critical moments when the buildings collapsed. Meanwhile, america is going on the offensive against militant group known as isis operating in iraq. And syria. President obama addressing the nation last night saying he is going to go after these terrorists wherever they may be. I kn