Hello, there, thank you for joining us. Its been a year since a u. S. Led coalition began airstrikes against isil in iraq and then later in syria, as well. The groups rapid advance prompted iraqs government to ask for International Help to flush them out. The u. S. Coalition includes bahrain, jordan, qatar, the United Arab Emirates and saudi arabia. On the ground, 3,000 u. S. Soldiers are training iraqi troops, as of may, the combined operations have cost the u. S. 2. 44 billion. On average, the u. S. Is spending almost 9 million a day on its fight against isil. Muhammed is in baghdad, where many of doubtful that the anti isil strategy is actually working. With hopes as faded as the pictures that surround them, its a mournful atmosphere for the patrons of the cafe. Here, they sit and smoke what small comforts are provided. Not even these decaying mementos of iraqs glorious past are enough to counter all the reminders of its dangerous present. The majority, they didnt see effects on the
In sport englands cricket ears celebrating a victory thats ushered australian captain Michael Clark into retirement. Its been a year since airstrikes began with a Coalition Air strike against isil in iraq and syria. The groups rapid advance prompted iraqs government to ask for International Help to flush them out. The u. S. Coalition includes bahrain, jordan, qatar the United Arab Emirates and saudi arabia. On the ground, 3,000 u. S. Soldiers training iraqi troops. As of may the combined operations have cost the u. S. 2. 44 billion, so on average the u. S. Is spending nearly 9 million a day on its fight against isil. We are in baghdad where many are doubtful that the anti isil strategy is actually working. With hopes as faded as the pictures that surround them, its a mournful atmosphere for the patrons of the cafe. Here, they sit and smoke what small comforts are provided. Not even these decaying mementos of iraqs glorious past are enough to counter all the reminders of its dangerous p
Welcome to your world this morning im stephanie sy. Im del walters and flags flying half state in washington in honor of scalia. Preparations underway for his funeral and his body is back in virginia after his death in texas and sparked a partisan battle on who may take his place on the Supreme Court and vowing to block the nomination and vibing vikara begins the coverage. Reporter took america and congress by surprise the death of Justice Scalia after being on the bench since 1996 appointed by ronald regan and hot button of the cultural war the battles fought for decades now handled by the Supreme Court that this has already become such a volatile issue and consider the docket for the balance of the Supreme Court term, cases involving affirmative action, involving abortion, involving pos executive actions on immigration and whether or not they are going to be legal. These are vital issues not only to americans in general but in an Election Year to the base of both parties both conserv
The eastern third of the country facing Severe Weather while ice falls on the northeast tornados hit the gulf coast leaving a trail of destruction and welcome to your world this morning im stephanie sy. Im del walters and millions waking up to the storms on mondays to slick commutes in new york to even tornados. Snow, sleet, strong winds and heavy rain and al jazeeras John Henry Smith has more. Reporter 1200 mile long winter storm stretching from the south to the northeast will head off shore today. Right on the heels of a storm that brought record cold to the east coast over the weekend, the winter storm began the workweek with enough snow and wind to cause virginia and North Carolina to declare states of emergency. Some parts of virginia got nearly a foot of snow and the traffic problems that go with it, hundreds of accidents. I hit the inside rail of the bridge and spun around. The posted speed limit through her was 60 and i was doing 55. The roads look good but they are black ice a
Emergency after an oil spill in the waterways of the amazon rain forest did he have states indigenous communities. Macedonian police fired tear gas at hundreds of refugees and migrants trying to burst through a fence from greece. This is how it looked two hours ago. The tear gas was set off after a large crowd of people was seen smashing a section of the fence. The refugees are stuck in a huge bottleneck waiting for macedonian authorities to let them continue through the balkans. A handful are being allowed to pass each day, only those from syria and iraq. We have the latest. The situation has actually calmed down. There are still 100 people, young men sitting there on the Railroad Tracks just in front of that gate where the rioting happened earlier today. They are now chanting open the borders, some Holding White flags. Behind the fence is a heavy presence of Macedonian Police and military who have been deployed there as soon as those riots happened. Earlier, we also saw a helicopter