This has not been a good day for the government of iraq. Al quaida inspired fighters are sweeping through cities in the north, and threatening to invade the capitol city of baghdad. And this afternoon, president obama publicly ruled out sending in any more u. S. Troops. An audio recording says the forces are marching on the capital, but Security Forces now appear to be putting up afight, they launched counter attacks and have launched ire strikes on targets. Further north, the kurdish army says it has secured thousands of refugees though seeking safety are threing to Iraqi Kurdish stan. It has only taken a few days for the ruling government to lose nearly a third of the country, and the i. S. I. L. Is using political means as well as military forces to gain grown. Reportingly handed back to sunni tribesman in an effort to turn the tribes against the shiite government in baghdad. A the latest is coming from the antiterrorism force backed by fighter jets are chasing filters from i. S. I.
I noticed in your statement you said weve set up the joc in baghdad. Im glad we have. I just wonder why it wasnt set up sooner. You said, i think, six weeks ago it was set up. This thing has been going on for a while. Why didnt we work with the iraqis to try to thwart that . Im concerned about our friends in the kurdish region. Im concerned that theyre going to get surrounded. We didnt lose a single American Life in the kurdish region during the iraq war. Not a single american. Because theyre friendly. So i want to ask this about the kurdish region. Whats the administrations position on kurdish oil exports and what actions are we advising American Energy companies that might be operating with the krg to take . Our position on Energy Exports from iraq is very clear. We support getting as much oil out of iraq as possible and on to International Markets from north to south. We also support doing that in a way that reinforces the overall stability of all iraqi regions. We have an obligatio
We are just hours away from president obamas address to the bashan will he will reveal his strategy to dismantle the Islamic State group. He said he has the authority to take action against the is. 61 of americans say acting against the Islamic State group is in the national interest. The president plans to ask law make tours approvlawmakers to approve 500 million in lethal aid to Syrian Rebels. Reporter lets talk about how president obama is spending his day preparing for that speech, and laying the groundwork with members of congress and leaders overseas. He met with his National Security team in the oval offi office. The white house allowing a photo op through the window of the oval office. And talking if the president , as we believe will authorize expanded air campaign into syria against the Islamic State group. We expect the president to announce hell expand those airstrikes in his primetime address from the state floor of the white house just behind me. He will emphasize the nee
Divided country. I have the sport including this. South africa in shock after the captain is shot dead during a robbery. Kurdish fighters in kobani have overnight offensive by i. S. I. L. And some of the heaviest fighting the Syrian Border has seen to date and trying to take this in turkey to the north of the town and i. S. I. L. Cutoff reenforcement and kurdish fighters say they desperately need and helped i. S. I. L. And gain new ground and lets go to our correspondent and we are near ckobani and how is it goin on there . Reporter it has picked up and hearing consistent artillery fire and gunfire and a lull in the last few seconds but its going on pretty intensively and that is after sunday night, last night where kurds in kobani with the heaviest fighting so far and they are determined it seems to try and take a Border Crossing in an area that its in the control of kurds and it could be used as an access point for reenforcements to come and may be iraqi persmerga or reenforcements f
Community are mornin mourning the death of football captain senzo mewiya shot dead during a robbery. We begin with news hour with the news hour with the developing story out of spain where 51 people have been arrested, including senior applications in the biggest corruption crackdown in spanish history. 400 Bank Accounts have been frozen and 250 companies are being investigated. Lets bring in a journalist out of madrid to tell us what these people are accused of. Reporter well, a number of offenses, they were diverting public money for their own pockets. Using their capacity as officials they would divert this money to grand contracts to businessmen, who were part of this scheme. Apart of that there are instances of fraud, Money Laundering and a number of accounts which the police are investigating. And miguel, some of those arrested are, in fact, from the prime ministers party himself. How is this going to affect the government . Reporter well, i think that is perhaps the most crucial