This morning u. S. Air strikes are pounding the iraqi town of sinjar. They are there helping Kurdish Forces in their battle to retake the key northern iraqi city from i. S. I. L. Good morning, welcome to your world, im del walters. Im stephanie sy. More than 7,000 peshmerga fighters are closing in on sinjar on three fronts. Sinjar is important. Sitting on highway 47. A key resupply route for i. S. I. S. Force. By seizing sinjar, we believe it will restrict the supply route. We go to jamie mcintyre, National Security correspondent. What are you hearing from kurdish fighters. We are hearing from Kurdish Forces that the offensive will take days. What they are doing at the moment is moving towards towns and villages on the outskirts of sinjar, they are taking those and are going to use it so go into sinjar. Some suggest theyll be within sinjar, and there may be a penalty of a week of strikes. They have been planning this operation for a long title. I. S. I. L. Knew they were coming and met
This is Al Jazeera America live in new york city. Im del walters. One of the heros of the war in afghanistan receiving the nations highest military honors. It happened just a short while ago at the white house. President obama honoring captain Florent Groberg at the white house. He spotted and tackled a suicide bomber. As you can see, then the tears began to flow. Al jazeeras Jamie Mcintyre is live at the pentagon. Good morning, jamie, tell us more about flo groberg. Reporter an interesting story. Is flo groberg was born in paris. He lived there until he was 11 years old. He moved to the United States with his family. He attended high school here outside of washington where he ran track and was a track star at the university of maryland. I had a chance to talk to him a little bit yesterday and along with his mother, and his mother told me that he called her after the september 11th attacks, and said he wanted to serve his country. He finished college. Enlisted in the army and in order
Ll, good morning, reena. John. Emwazi. He was unmasked finally in a series of leaked news reports early in the winter of this year after presiding over the video beheading of a number of u. S. , british, japanese aid workers and journalists. Theyve been track him for quite a long time. And thentelligence agencies of the u. U. Finally zeroed in on hiss location. And gotthe green light to attack him with a drone strike in raqqah, syria. As he was exiting the vehicle, a drone missile hit the vehicle he was in. And as one official said to me, evaporated. And on the impact, leaving his car in flames. Okay, so james, were getting that from one official. But will the u. S. Ever have 100 confirmation that he is dead . And how will they possibly try to confirm this . Well, they may not ever 1010, but they can come close, because ey will be looking theyll be l ltening to the chatterf isis operatives, as well as social media and other chatter, cell phones of people in the vicinity of the strike w
Line of fire through dry grassland dangerously close to isaac hamms house. Pulling into my driveway. This has bad idea written all over it. R porter and from fire to ice. In colorado drivers are getting a cold wakeup to winter. Frozen roads sent cars careening like hockey pucks. He saved it. Reporter one after another. Heres one. Reporter the storm brought the first major snow to denver this seseon, up to eight inches in some places, and in the mountains nearby nearly a foot. Clayton sandell, abc news, in douglas county, colorado. Our thanks to clayton. Some impressive pictures there. And that massive system drenching a dozen states right now. Take a look at this radar. Heavy rain falling across the Great Lakes Region. All the way down into the deep south. So exactly where is it headed today . Lets check with accuweathers cam tran. Good morning. Howling winds across the Great Lakes Region where we could see wind gusts of Miles Per Hour near the lalas. Further out well see wind gusts of
You couldnt actually see it across the street, it moved quickly but it was a wild ride. Elizabeth strong wind caused widespread damage across a lot of the state. This was the scene on southwest 26th in des moines. Where more than the second floor of nearby jefferson elementary. A powerful nearby was snapped at its base, leaving that area pitch black after sunset. My heart just stopped, i couldnt believe how much damage happened in such a short amount of time. Unbelievable. Elizabeth the National Weather service will be surveying that area along southwest 26th to determine if the damage was caused by wind or an actual tornado. Eric in knoxville, extensive damage on the east side of town there. Downed trees and power lines and debris all over the road. Some homes were damaged but Jennifer Mcgrath was home alone when the storm slammed into her home. Petrifying, your house shakes and you think it will come up. You hear glass breaking and things being thrown. Eric the police chief says is t