Grip of isis fighters right now. Our Senior International correspondent initial peyton walsh is joining us live. Hes in baghdad. What do we know about this Iraqi Military offensive . Who exactly is taking part . At this stage, wolf ill explain the scene around me. We know the last hours or so have been fraught by a sandstorm. Were in the back end of this here in baghdad. Which explains the mist youre seeing behind me. That will have substantially slowed progress on the ground militarily. Who is involved in this . Well for the most part people in fact who will not benefit too much from the cover the sandstorm provides. On the progovernment side the shia militia, also we are aware that the police and military are involved in this too. Isis have had a week or so now to dig in. This flurry of activity began with announcements this morning, state television inhad thing at a big operation to take anbar but it was the shia militia surprised many i think, by stamping their mark on this operati
It is 9 00 a. M. And it is good to have you in on this fourth. Millions of americans are preparing for barbecues and fireworks. And Law Enforcement officials are asking you to be vigilant. If you see something, say something. An fbi bulletin warning of a possible terror attack sparked states from michigan to new york to new jersey to bring in extra Law Enforcement. New york even using spotters and snipers. There are no specific threats, thats important to say, but intelligence Officials Say there has been an increase in chatter in the days leading up to this holiday. Were covering this story from every angle this morning from Law Enforcement tracking the threat to the extra security on the streets of new york and d. C. Well begin with our coverage live at the National Mall. Reporter good morning, alison. Hundreds of thousands will come out here to the National Mall later to gather for the Fireworks Show. And why this sort of major security presence is nothing new for washington during
Should have beening maul attempt two weeks ago. The seals treat, not sure if their target is dead. U. S. Changedos have been conducting under surveillance for weeks on their target. In the war on terror, u. S. Officials say expect to see more of these secret lightning raids. Kate. Barbara, thank you so much for starting us off this morning. First, a special Interrogation Group will talk with al libi, ultimately, hes, pected to face a federal trial in new york. For more, lets go to joe johns in washington this morning. What are you learn income. Abu al libi is expected to be interrogated from several days to several weeks from something called the high value detainee Interrogation Group. This is a group made up of fbi acts, Intelligence Community officials. It is actually led out of the white house by the National Security council, this is a situation where the target does not get reed read his rights. Basically, he is pressed for any information about plans for future attack, names and
Passengers were allowed to leave and to go through customs. In the meantime in dallas, Texas Health Presbyterian hospital says that ebel la patient come mass eric duncan his condition has worsened, hes now listed in critical condition. Lets go straight to our Martin Savidge who is outside the hospital and has been following this. I think theres two important things to talk about here, martin, his condition and then also the good news that weve gotten about people who they have been monitoring that could potentially been infected. Lets begin with mr. Duncans condition. Reporter correct. That was updated to us just a short time ago and it was stated that he had been in serious but now hes listed in serious condition. Medical authorities did not give us an explanation for that change. They didnt characterize what kind of treatment or what had brought about this decline other than, of course, the obvious fact that he is fighting a very deadly virus, so hes gone from serious now down to cri
Surveillance. All important. But actually attacking isis targets alongside u. S. Warplanes. Thats an extremely significant event. And that shows that the Obama Administration reached one of their goals with this campaign. Some more details about tonights strikes for our viewers who are just joining us. They began with tomahawk missiles launched from sea. They continued with fighters and bombers and drones as well. Striking targets that are meant to be key to command and control im told of isis as well as resupplying and training. So were talking about training camps, barracks, places wlaerdship might have been hiding as well as weapons depots, ammunition depots. The strikes so far in iraq have been relatively small bore. A convoy here and there. Some fighters grouped in other places. These meant to be more fixed targets. And im told the wave of strikes tonight while certainly not the end of this air campaign, just the beginning, the wave of strikes tonight intended to be a very decisiv