But these troops are in for the long haul. The white house says their advisers, not combat troops, but they will be in harms way. David martin is at the pentagon. Reporter a pentagon official said American Special forces will spend up to 60 days at a time in the headquarters of u. S. Backed fighters in syria. They will north, for the foreseeable future, go out on operations against isis. Their mission to coordinate a drive by various bands of arab and kurdish fighters on the isis capital of raqqa with the help of american airstrikes. The number of jets flying strikes out of a nearby base in turkey will quadruple from just six to 24. We want to be prosecuting as many isis targets as possible in syria, the pentagon official said. American and allied jets have been bombing raqqa for months. Earlier this year, a jordanian pilot had to bail out over raqqa. He was captured by isis and burned alive. We are near iraq every day. Reporter but as Lieutenant Colonel mike jones told 60 minutes earl
Look at this, we are back in the 70s. 65 degrees by this evening. Sunrise this morning quarter to seven. And we start to bring out sunshine. Warmer temperatures in the 8 day forecast. Alyx thanks frank. First in your commitment 2016 news. Saturday was one of the last chances for iowans to see republican president ial candidates speak at a large event togeer before the caucuses. 10 president ial hopefuls spent the day in des moines as part of the growth and Opportunity Party. The candidates spoke in front of a crowd of about 1,500 inside the varied Industries Building on the state fairgrounds. Each had 15 minutes on stage, which was surrounded by several booths handing out food and info on the candidates. The candidates talked about tax plans, National Debt, and immigration. Rand paul why do we keep that is wasted . Well, the reason we do is because people in washington lack the courage to stop it. Chris christie this government now thinks it should be in everything, including your fant
Not as cold as it was yesterday at this time, especially when you mix in a little precipitation. Were going to start to break the clouds up after the noontime hour, partly sunny at 4 00 and 58. We have a great warmup by the end of the week. Alyx breaking news at 5 01, we have learned that a russian passenger airliner crashed early this morning in sinai, egypt. Right now, the Prime Minister is meeting with ministers and Security Officials regarding the crash. Egyptian air Traffic Control said it had vanished from the radar. It was en route from the egyptian resort of Sharm Elsheikh to st. Petersburg, russia. Flight 9268, an airbus 321, was carrying 224 passengers and crew members. You can count on kcci and kcci. Com to bring you the latest in this developing story. Story county Sheriffs Office is investigating a deadly crash near gilbert last night. They say it happened at the intersection of 170th and George Washington carver around 8 00 p. M. A vehicle went through a stop sign and cra
There this morning. 47 is what it feels like in the temperatures are in the 50s. In the low 40s for algona and fort dodge. Once the sun starts to come out, we are going to raise the temperature by mid50s. It is going to be a nice afternoon to be outside. Alyx thanks, frank. Breaking news to update you on. An Early Morning fire broke out at copart auto auctions. Several cars were engulfed. The cause of the blaze is unknown. Today is a big day for politics in des moines. 7000 democrats are expected to gather in des moines tonight for political rallies and the Jefferson Jackson dinner. Our chief political preview from hyvee hall. Cynthia their speeches will be delivered in the round, in the center of the audience. The tables are set for 2000 chicken dinners, the teleprompters tested, the ballroom lit with stars and stripes but the fun will start hours before the main event. Hillary clinton will hold a 3 00 rally with husband bill but katie perry may steal the show. Its not unusual to brin
From there, at 35th street northeast and first avenue. This happened just before 2 pm saturday. Investigaaors say the sedan the suspect vehicle was following another vehicle east on 1st avenue, when someone in the sedan fired a shot into the other vehicle. A bullet hit a male passenger in the shoulder. Fifistresponderssook him tooa cedar rapids hospital and he is expected to be okay. Police arrested a West Des Moines man after they say he lit a woman on fire duri an argument at their home. 58 yearold john moore faces a charge of willful iijury causing bodily harm. Police say they went to the home friday morning, but that a 54 yearold woman was burned on her upper torso around 10 pm the niiht before. Shes now recovering at the burn unit at ihc. I always wondered what was going on over there i figured someone was fighting over there but i didnt know he went that far to set her on fire. 1 23 28someone intentionally fire. According to police records, officers have been called toothat home