Are numbered, possibly in the single digits. Reporter employing a floating plank like this, they began to close in on the busy center where they face house house combat against dugin i. S. I. L. Fighters. Back in may i. S. I. L. Took ramadi with shocking ease, routing a force with just over 1000 attackers. Months of Coalition Bombing and lowlevel ground attacks have whittled the i. S. I. L. Attackers down to 350 or fewer, while the iraqi numbers over 10,000. It is backed by u. S. Air pour which was killed hundreds of i. S. I. L. Fighters in baghdad. I think the end is coming. That said, it is going to be a tough fight. Reporter for months iraqi forces skewed a plan drafted by the u. S. Have been slowly surrounding ramadi, culting off supply lines. For u. S. Commanders, the pace of the campaign has been slow, especially since the Prime Minister has refused to accept help in the form of u. S. Attack helicopters that could provide air cover in tight area. It is tough to support somebody,
Let me make a brief comment. And by the way its not only mine but when you look at the brutality, the slaughter and what i. S. I. L. Has been doing, killing, slaughtering, murdering women and children sunni, shia, kurd, minorities of any kind completely indiscriminate and when you add it up represents a pretty clear and different kind of threat. How does that relate to your question about syria . Define a stable government, leaders in syria to be able to bring some stability to that country is part of it. But isil is right now, and isil is threatening the country of iraq, and the government of iraq. And so thats why we are dealing with that component first, because we must. They are a threat to our allies, they are a threat to us. Thank you. Mr. Larson. Thank you mr. Chairman. Secretary hagel, you have my first two minutes and general dempsey will get the next two. For secretary hagel there has been no discussion of the request for 15, which is 5. 6 billion. What do you know about the
Jerusalem after a palestinian bus driver was found hang. Israeli police say he committed suicide. Demonstrators claim foul play. And a federal investigation has now govern in to the National Football league over the distribution of painkillers. We begin in missouri where governor jay nixon signed an executive order today declaring a state of emergency and the state National Guard has now been activated. The moves come as a grants jury is expected to decide any day now if Police Officer Darren Wilson should be inning date evn connection with the shooting death of 18yearold Michael Brown. And what is the state of emergency and the National Guard being called up entail, reporter Governor Nixon issuing this executive order a couple of moments ago, many consider it could be coming sooner than later. The guard cass pwha pbs activated but it also means the county and state Police Department and the Highway Patrol will act as a unified group. Thats what this executive order entails, its in pla
Nuclear talks stall again. Tonight the grand jury in the Michael Brown case has made a decision on whether to charge the Police Officer who killed brown. We expect to hear what it is at 9 00 pm eastern time, and well bring that to you live. But we begin with the shakeup at the white house. Chuck hagel unexpectedly submitted his resignation. Jamie macintyre has more. Reporter the sense you get from talking to senior officials is that president obama felt it was necessary to shake up his National Security team, and that defense secretary, chuck hagel was the cabinet member most out of step with the president. He performed the duty of welcoming the new Zealand Defense minister just hours after stepping down. I have submitted by resignation as secretary of defense. President obama who turned to the former enlisted soldier to manage the war portrayed the decision as mutual. We determined that having guided the department through this transition, it was now an appropriate time for him to con
ObamaS Immigration plan. Well bring you that hearing as soon as it begins. But first we want to check in with libby casey who is live in washington. Libby you know the drill when they Start Talking we stop. This is the first time we hear from jay johnson, what do we expect to hear from him . Thats right, del, and this is the first time the Obama Administration is going headtohead against republicans who you can expect to ask some fierce and tough questions to jeh johnson. But he is actually one of the creators of the president s plan. He went to the president with some of these suggestions, and you can expect to hear him talk about this morning how he vetted them, how he has been working with his own departments within Homeland Security, that deal with customs, immigration, Border Security, all of those issues to come up with these items, the action items that the president has followed through on. He will defend it. Talk about the prior advertise of Homeland Security, and how they wan