Well go live to Lower Manhattan in just a moment but first we begin with president obama and his strongest words yet issuing a direct warning to isis terrorists and a call to action for the rest of the world. After enduring two weeks of criticism of his lack of strategy, to deal with isis last night, the president addressed the nation pulling no punches. Abcs Tahman Bradley joins us live with all the details. Good morning. Reporter reena and dan, good morning. With this expansion of the u. S. Effort against isis the president is admitting the wars in iraq and afghanistan did not stop the Terror Threat coming from the middle east so he wants the u. S. Back on offense. In a primetime speech from the white house, president obama announced a new offensive to eliminate islamic extreatmentists in the middle east. Our objective is clear. We will degrade and ultimately destroy isil. Reporter it will be inside syria and the president decided to launch air strikes against targets there. No word
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walked section 60, what is frequently called the saddest acre in america. where troops killed in afghanistan, and other conflicts are laid to rest. the afghan leaders spent extra time at the graves of two of the almost 1,000 american troops who died in his country. 28-year-old lance corporal timothy pull jr. was killed alongside two other marines january 24 in a bomb blast. his father says his son wanted to be a marine since he was four years old, and told his father if he died, it would be serving his country and doing what he wanted to do. but for his family, the pain endures. you don t know what it s like to stand on the dover air force base and wait for your son to fly home and watch them offload your son to the plane, knowing you would never see your son again, know you will never hold him again and never hear the son say, i love you. reporter: 21-year-old jacob emmett was shot in the head last month when he rushed to help two wounded
venice, louisiana, with the latest. hi, david. reporter: hi, shannon. at this hour, the oil continues to gush into the gulf. b.p. estimates as many as 210,000 gallons a day is leaking into the gulf. some scientists say that rate is considerably higher, as much as 12 times higher. the bottom line is no one really knows for sure. b.p. is trying to contain the leak and the chief executive says he hopes the leak can be halted in ten days but he points in out a worst case scenario it could take longer. how much longer he says is impossible to predict. and b.p. has not commented now on the latest effort to stop the leak that is inserting a six-inch tube in 21-inch pipe leaking and siphon the oil to surface and awaiting tanker. to the clean-up operation in the gulf, the government has given the green light for b.p. to use the chemicals under the water. disbursements have been used on the surface, but this is unprecedent and a number of people here are very concerned that the chemi