Orders to try to capture this man. But apparently a firefight broke out. Handtohand combat he resisted. He was killed in the firefight along with other isis fighters there. His wife captured and taken back to iraq. The big question why this guy, why was it worth risking so much u. S. Military lives to go after him . What we are being told is he was an isis leader if you will in their oil and gas operations. So thats very key. Because of the Financial Impact the financial benefit to isis. But perhaps more serious even there had been a sense by the u. S. That he was increasingly involved in isis command and control. And isis operations. And u. S. Officials are beginning to indicate there may have been a reason to believe he might have been in contact at some point with abu bakr albaghdadi, the very reclusive leader of isis. The guy the u. S. Of course wants to get. All right. Lets talk more about this Senior International correspondent Nick Paton Walsh is with us from beirut. Nick you ha
Murdered officers is saying now. And some are calling it a royal snub. The saudi king not meeting with president obama this week. But whats really behind his decision to skip a summit of arab leaders in the United States . Lets talk, live in the cnn newsroom newsroom. Good morning im Carol Costello thank you so much for joining me. We begin with the Severe Weather thats devastating towns across the midwest. Violent storms ripping through texas, oklahoma arkansas, and iowa. First time dont tell me [ bleep ] just been hit. There goes the school. There goes the school. Thats the [ bleep ] school. A tornado blowing the roof off this central iowa school while at least 100 people were inside, incredibly no one was injured. In arkansas possible tornado ripping through a Mobile Home Park killing two people and injuring two others. In texas, a rural town just east of dallas has been left devastated. A possible tornado cutting a path of destruction. Leveling homes, knocking down power lines, and
Good evening. And its great to have you with us here on a monday night. 50 million americans bracing for Severe Weather tonight, but first, the storm hitting the new England Patriots tonight. Word just moments ago that Quarterback Tom Brady has been suspended without pay by the nfl for the first four games of the new season. And the patriots facing that 1 million fine now. It comes just days after the investigation into the deflating of the footballs determined that, quote, it was more probable than not that tom brady was at least generally aware of what was going on. Abcs ryan smith leading us off. Reporter tonight, tom brady sacked, suspended for four games without pay. The nfl telling the fourtime super bowl winner, your actions clearly constitute conduct detrimental to the integrity of and Public Confidence in the game of professional football. Adding the footballs were intentionally deflated in an effort to provide a competitive advantage to tom brady. Tonight, his agent firing ba
Happening in van. 54 Million People in line for Severe Weather. 30 Million People dealing with Severe Weather. The same line of active weather will migrate off to the east. Take a look. 24 reports of tornadoes on sunday. I want to zoom in areas south of dallas. You talked about van with the 26 injuries. A gas leak across the area. The line of storms moved through at 9 45 local time. From turnersville to abbott and van. We have severe thunderstorms. The storm now clearing the area. Now the next area of interest is shreveport and little rock. A tornado watch has been issued. In fact incredible to think we had 800 to 1,000 lightning strikes in a onehour period. Some rotation is possible. This will continue until 5 00 a. M. Local time. Up to little rock. This has had a cold side to it. We will touch on shortly. Look at the tremendous rainfall that has come down over dallas and north in the last couple days. Gainesville has 10 inches of rainfall. We have south of dallas as well picking up i
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