They have rapidly gained control of key areas. Those thats where isis is in control in the red area. And iraqs neighbors, the Iraqi Government says thousands of volunteers have stepped up to defend their homeland. Even irans president said it will consider helping if iraq requests it. A u. S. Official sells a top iranian general has been in iraq this week. Were covering this story from multiple angles. And cnns arwa damon is in the Northern Iraqi city of erbil. And cnns jones in the white house. Arwa, tell us how far isis has advanced. The question is, will they make it to baghdad . Will they take over the city . Where are they now . Right now in diyala province just to the north of baghdad, theyre about 60 kilometers away from the capital, battling with Iraqi Security forces, who in one town in that area made a gruesome discovery, saying they found the bodies of 12 Police Officers who had been shot and then burned. Those bodies were found in an orchard. They suspect that isis was behi
Taliban forces, as the militant group sees a resurgence across the region. Our National Security analyst peter bergen is here and joins us by phone from washington, and in beirut, cnn Nick Paton Walsh who has reported extensively from afghanistan. Welcome to both of you. Good morning. First i want to start with you, Nick Paton Walsh and talk about the resurgence of taliban in afghanistan. The reason this tragic event happened is because Coalition Forces it trying to drive away taliban forces. How strong are they in afghanistan today . Reporter well, certainly if you leave what people call kind of the city of kabul, the walled area where many people used to say the president of afghanistan was only president of that particular area, theyre increasingly strong. They were on their back foot when the u. S. Flooded in troops as part of their surge. Now theyre pulling them out. We just heard barack obama pulling them out extraordinary fast, almost down to zero in 2016. The taliban are gainin
Be heard. But on the streets of this st. Louis suburb tonight, there appears to be very little appetite for listening to both sides. This was the scene as two, count them two people showed up in ferguson this evening appearing to defend the Police Officers rights in this case, an appearance that led to this. Thi. Go home go home [ yelling ] go home f this, i think, is a supporter of the officer. Obviously not. Get back. Get back. And they are not the only ones who appear to be somewhat intolerant of the notion that justice here might not lead to an indictment of this Police Officer. Listen to the missouri governor last night. A vigorous prosecution must now be pursued. Hmm. The attorney for Michael Browns family joined me yesterday. Of course he wants charges brought and we understand that. I asked him what will happen if this grand jury which convened today does not indict this Police Officer. The only possible outcome is an indictment. If they dont, what happens next . They need to c
Now. This is new day with chris cuomo, kate baldwin, and michaela pereira. Good morning. Welcome to new day. Tuesday, june 10th. 6 00 in the east, miss Brooke Baldwin is here. I came back. In for kate baldwin. We didnt scare her away. We are following two breaking stories overseas. The deadliest day in months for the troops in afghanistan. Five americans killed along with one afghan soldier and kals of friend case of friendly fire. The Pakistani Taliban now claiming responsibility. We are going to track developments on both of these stores. First, to Cnns Barbara Starr at the pentagon. What do we know, barbara . Reporter good morning, chris. We are just getting confirmation from a u. S. Military official that five u. S. Forces were killed in southern afghanistan in a place called the argendone, a very violent area. Apparently they came into contact somehow with enemy forces but what the u. S. Believes happened is that when they called in support, somehow a helicopter, a friendly helico
The police are out enforce tonight. Not as many on the streets. We will bring in former homicide detective and fox contributor, rob wheeler. Were in the small hours of the evening here and id like to get your perspective from someone who has served what these officers are experiencesing. These are not by and large the bad actors are not local citizens at least the past couple of days. Youre exactly right, robert. I can give you a better perspective. I was there in ferguson over the weekend up until sunday. Those same people we are describing as bad actor, i talked to these people. A lot of them are from outside the area. Its important to understand some of them are from the city of ferguson. The thing is this, robert, i talked to these people, they are very bitter. People say why wont they stop . I can tell you why they wont stop, they told me. They are very bitter with Law Enforcement and government. The only way they feel they can have their voices heard is by revolting. Thats why we