Bad luck rather than other risk factors, according to a new u. S. Study. Kurdish peshmerga troops have been engaged inhouse to house battles with isil. The peshmerga just recaptured a strategically important village around 80kilometers south wests city of erbil. Three peshmerga fighters have been killed so far. As they hunt isil fighters who may be hold up in homes. Sultan abdullah is on the banks of the tie agrees river and the road to mo sus the largest iraqi city controlled by mosul mohamed adow has the latest seven the fighting we have witnessed in the village is a clear example of what the peshmerga have to go through house to house fighting. They had captured the village 48 hours earlier and some ice ill fighters snuck in to the village again and gave them a fight. One peshmerga commander who is commanding the on the front lines about 60kilometers from here told us that they are only fighting with ak47 rivals the newest of witch is 25yearold old. And some of the other weapons hes
Is and we arent addressing it. So you take revenue up and discretionary and mandatory spending are falling as a percent of the economy over the longterm . It is yes. As you know. I think we are finding places on the mandatory side where we are reducing spending and i think i wanted to respond to your earlier point where we are stopping spending, with 4 4 million of reduction in medicare and medicaid and prop insurance and programs. [ overlapping speakers ] and on those entitlement and Social Security and debt you take it from increasing 105 , to increasing 99 over the next ten years. I mean obviously that is the issue. So Discretionary Spending goes down, on both sides, they say this is great. It doesnt have more Discretionary Spending. It has less. It has less. For both defense and nondefense. Health care entitlements do go from 105 to 99 . But it is 7. 8 of gdp now and rises to 8 and it is scary because it is unsustainable so were heading toward record high tax revenues and they go t
Voting is under way in so many parts of the country. We have latebreaking news right now. The Trump Campaign is launching an attack on the nonpartisan president ial debates commission, warning mr. Trump doesnt want any changes that are expected to be announced within the next 48 hours aimed at bringing order to his upcoming two debates with joe biden. All of this, as more than half of the country now seeing a rise in new coronavirus cases. The pan dem you can death toll topping 207,000, and the cdc is now forecasting another 25,000 deaths in a little over three weeks. In a moment, ill speak to Cnns Kaitlan Collins who pressed the White House Press secretary to denounce White Supremacy. First, lets go to cnns ryan nobles. It appears the president s disturbing comments about White Supremacy still stand. Reporter thats right, wolf. With each passing american election, voters of color are playing a more important role. But despite that fact with voters across the country already casting ba
Applications from foreigners to live and work. Here in the United States, the times reports that workers who have received visas for specialized jobs would also be barred entry, although some deemed critical would be allowed in. A source telling nbc news, the order could be signed as early as this week is unclear how long the executive order will actually be in place. Also here in new york state, the single day coronavirus death toll fell below 500, marking the Third Straight day of a notable decline. In new york city, the epicenter of the outbreak, lockdown measures are showing no signs of easing. All major events in the city are now canceled through the month of june. Meanwhile, several city leaders are urging Governor Cuomo to temporarily shut down the citys subways, to help slam the brakes on the pandemic. But while the path to recovery could be long, the governor remains optimistic as he works to reopen the states economy. Watch this. We have a lot of work to do to keep the beast
Are defending Law Enforcement saying the actions of a few bad people should not broadly brush the whole Law Enforcement of our country. Matt finn is live in minneapolis right now with the latest there. Hi, matt. Reporter hey, eric. Thousands of protesters marching through downtown minneapolis. They began at the City Government center which is where the former Police Officer Derek Chauvin just appeared a few days ago on the murder charges from the george floyd case. Now, the demonstrators are heading towards a police precinct. This demonstration and march has been very peaceful. Its been very organized. There is a black lives matter protest or presence. They are chanting no justice, no police, no racist cops. A lot of the chants we hear throughout black lives matters demonstrations. In minneapolis, the City Council Unanimously passed a resolution yesterday laying the ground work to dismantle the Police Department and of move forward with what Council Members call a transformative Public