And coming up, chuck robins talking earnings. Thats moments away. Our top story in s. An egyptair flight. This appeared from radar over the mediterranean. They had 66 passengers and crew onboard. Weve been watching this story and she joins thus morning. Good morning. We just heard from the minister of Civil Aviation in egypt. He said he is launching a joint investigation with french authorities trying to find out what happened to egyptair flight 804. The big question Going Forward is what exactly happened once this plane left the radar. What we understand is that happened around 2 30 a. M. They were 20 minutes from landing. This was in the southern mediterranean. The Greek Defense minister saying that the plane was making sharp swerving moves before it was lost from the radar. Now what we heard a few moments ago from the egyptian authorities is the reports coming out of greece were as yet unconfirmed and they said theyre going to refuse to provide this plane anything but missing until
Levels are damaging malaysias coastline. Hello, the Islamic State of iraq and the lef hand released some of the men it kidnapped. 50 were released. It was thought they were taken, because their relatives had been fighting against i. S. I. L. The armed group holds 66 men and 10 boys, belonging to one of the largest tribes in iraq. We are hearing that yili. S. I. L. Fighters are tried to protect a bridge. Jane arraf joins us to explain that. We have word in the last hour and a half there has been an attack after i. S. I. L. Took the brim which is between the town of baghdadi and haditha, along the euphrates valley. After taking the bridge and killing 20 soldiers they moved on, seized an Iraqi Military touch and launched a suicide bombing on an air base. The one where u. S. Military trainers, as well as other Coalition Members are. According to security sources they reached a checkpoint 5km from the base. There was fighting there. They continued, and then a couple of kilometres interest t
One of new yorks major air parts. Why conditions at laguardia could have been a cause. A case against exxonmobile is settled for a small i am not. Accusations nigh im antonio mora, in is al jazeera. Its day four in a large offensive against i. S. I. L. Tens of thousands of troops working in tikrit. The advance is hindered by suicide bombers, booby traps and fire. The rebels set fire to oil wells to shield themselves from attacks of helicopters. The rule of the militias have some worrying that iran is funding the fighters. Theres fear tehran may use the offensive to solidify its foothold in iraq. Yes ceded most of the governance of iraq to iranians. Reporter no sooner had Ashton Carter finished his statement did the chairman launch into a grilling of a newspaper head line touting irans prominent role in the tikrit offensive. They have trained equipment motivated thousands of people. Theres a strong lily hood on tikrit and mosul, that you can have a disintegration of the country. Absolut
Isis is starting to take shape . Nbcs keir simmons joins me now from amman, jordan. Keir, thats my question starting with the jordanians. How strong an attack are they mounting . How long will they sustain it . Reporter theyre definitely mounting a strong attack chris. This has been a sustained air offensive over many many days. They describe themselves frank list, as pounding isis positions, hitting their fuel depots hitting their ammunition depots, and they say they are deflating isis forces. Theyre also very proud that they believe that the uae could get substantially involved. We saw the uae f16s and uae f16 pilots alongside jordanian f16 pilots just today. So they do think that they are making a real difference deplete depleting isis by 20 , they claim, but as you rightly suggest, the question then who will lead that ground offensive and how effect it can really be chris . Keir one jordanian general told you i hear, the leader of isis is frightened. Lets listen to that conversatio
Boris sanchez joins me from the white house where President Trump will remain until the new year. Boris, the president just tweeted on the whole shutdown. What did he say . Reporter thats right, martin, we were waiting for it, anticipating the tweets that come when he is here at the white house alone. As you know, the president deciding to spend the holiday here not with his family, the first lady melania is in palm beach for new years eve. The president tweeted a few moments ago about the shutdown. He writes, quote, i am in the white house waiting for the democrats to come on over and make a deal on Border Security. From what i hear, theyre spending so much time on president ial harassment that they have little time left for things like stopping crime and our military. Two quick points there. The incoming acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney spoke with reporters at the white house, he was asked if there was a plan for democrats to visit the white house, he said they were not invited. H