Angolan deal and freed from prison. We begin with the expanding fight against isil. U. S. Warplanes bomb an suspected Training Camp in libya. 40 people were killed Al Jazeera National Security Force Jamie Mcintyre is at the pentagon with more. Tony, pentagon Officials Say that the overnight strike does not represent an expansion of the full scale war against isil in iraq and syria, into libya as well. This was a chance to take out a major isil player and many recruits in a single blow. This is all that was left of a farmhouse and other structures in a rural area of libya after a pair of u. S. Air force f15s flown out of a british air base in london, along with unmanned drones in the region attacked what is described as an isil Training Camp the in the early hours on friday morning. It was targeted based on intelligence suggesting the fighters there were planting external attacks on u. S. And other western interests in the region. I think its fair to say that this group and Training Fac
Battle the latest outbreak of ebola. This is going to take some time. President obama saying he doesnt know when the u. S. Military intervention inside iraq will have to come to an end. Well, this morning the president said the operation will go on as long as iraqs religious minorities are still threatened with genocide. He said no american Ground Troops will be deployed and only iraq leaders can resolve this conflict. Were joined live from washington with more on what the president said. Lisa, good afternoon to you. What was the minnesota that obama was trying to make that he didnt make on thursday. I think what the president is trying to do is set expectations for the american public. He didnt want the public to think this was going to be a quick operation, and he was trying to lay this out so people were not surprised if it drags on. He talked about the fact that u. S. Airstrikes have been successful in taking out arms and equipment that the Islamic State fighters have been using an
A girl swept away in the tsunami swept away 10 years later. Thank you for joining us. I am morgan radford. This morning, we are getting a glimpse of the u. S. Military operations happening right now inside of iraq. Just last night, the government released new video of those airstrikes. Now, this is a view from those fighter jets as they destroyed rebel artillery units in Northern Iraq. We are learning more about why the add miles per hourstration decided to move against isil. The white house was reportedly worried about having another benghazi attack. Speaking to reporters in indiana today chuck hagle says the Islamic State is a threat to the world. The fundamentalist ideology we are seeing play out through isil is as dangerous as anything we have probably ever seen, connected with a very Strong Military capability. The brutality of what that group and Groups Associated with it represent. Hagel added that the United States cant fundamentally change the dynamics of the middle east, but
We will have more commencement addresses in a moment, but first a look at a picture tweeted by a cnbc correspondent showing president obama in afghanistan today. He is hanging a surprise visit to u. S. Troops on this memorial day weekend. As the u. S. Withdraws troops ahead of the deadline at the end of the year, he flew to bog room air base overnight to spend a few hours there. This is his fourth visit to afghanistan as president. Here in washington, d. C. , the annual Rolling Thunder motorcycle rally passing by. This is the 27th annual freedom ride to raise awareness for Veterans Issues and prisoners of war on memorial day. They lobby for approval of veterans benefits. Take a look at the riders making their way into d. C. Watchinge watch bowling thunder pass over arlington memorial day bridge. Theeard from mary barra, first woman to lead a major auto company. She delivered a commencement address at the university of michigan. She spoke for about 15 minutes. [applause] thank you, pres
Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu says israel will not go back to the negotiating table in cairo as long as attacks from the grip continue. Earlier palestinians threatened to leave the talks, mediators by egypt unless israel returns without conditions. 64 Israeli Soldiers and three fillans including a Thai National have been killed. Air strikes and artillery attacks killed 1,911 palestinianions. The United Nations says 73 of those are civilians. 449 of them are children. Add to that 10,000 palestinians have been injured, and more than 220,000 who are living in u. N. Shelters. Here is some of what the latest victims had to say. This is not my house, its my familys house. When i heard the explosion, i heard my brother. There are more than 40 in the same place. I called them. The israeli army told us to leave the houses. In less than five minutes the missile landed. Thank goodness the family alived. We escaped. Translation im 50 years old with nine daughters. We have nothing, we a