Critics say its approach is all wrong. He staged one of the most brazen prison brakes of the year. Mexican drug lord el chappo slipped away from police again. In sport, new zealand set up a Rugby World Cup semifinal with south africa. The all blacks big win against france for a late try for the captain who is decisive in a narrow win over wailz. Hello. Israeli Authorities Say another palestinian has been shot dead in an attempted stabbing United States dents. Its the latest attack as the violence continues in israel and the occupied palestinian territories. The palestinian allegedly attackeditsisi forces at the columbian check point in ramallah in the occupied west bank. He hebron has been the scene of violence with a palestinian taken to hospital after an alleged knife attack there. There were two incidents a bit earlier on. Mean while, in occupied east jerusalem, a 16yearold palestinian was shot dead. The old city has been at the heart of the renewed fighting. Lets give coverage with
Im just trying to get to the. Of urgency. In terms of your position, your job, you are the one setting this up. When we are looking through your documents saying there is a potential for a blowout that is why we were there wouldnt it have been prudent to make sure how much water was behind the wall . That is one of the issues, whether we took all the steps that were prudent. Can you understand the frustration, the position frustration, the position you put yourself in as being enforcers, experts in the field, and you are saying this is aa mystery and we are having to look back and see what went wrong . This is my district. I have talked to engineers, minors of work in that area. They would not have proceeded the way that the epa did. Let me save you some time you have zero mining engineers. Our committee has more mining engineers than the epa. Mr. Hardy. Thank you, mr. Chairman. I would like to know how many hydrological engineers you have on your team . I do not know that answer geolo
Im annemarie green. This morning, a major offensive is under way to retake a strategic iraqi town held by isis force. Overnight and into the morning, u. S. War planes pounded isis targets near the Northern City of sinjar. The u. S. Jets are supported by some 7,500 Iraqi Kurdish iraqi fores on the ground. Charlie dagata joins you on the phone from sinjar. Reporter im looking over city of the sinjar, the mountainside, just above it. There is smoke rising from a series of air strikes launched by u. S. Aircraft and Coalition Allies and partners. All night and throughout the morning, suspected isis targets. This morning, at dawn, we watched as thousands of Kurdish Peshmerga forces moving down the mountain and towards the city and the isis front lines. Military Officials Say 7,500 forces in all closing in on they are trying to push isis militants back, using overwhelming force backed by the u. S. Air strikes and artillery that is being fired from peshmerga positions here on the mountain. The
This evening in powersville, iowa, another twister was spotted in the southern iowa town of avoca. An 18 wheeler was blown off the road by 76 mile per hour winds. That same e vere storm system created blizzard conditions across the Rocky Mountains and western plains. The blinding snow made driving dangerous near denver. Eric fisher is chief meteorologist at our station in boston, wbz, eric how bad is it . Charlie, we have been watching storms across iowa this afternoon. Several reported tornados along ththway. There are more damage reports coming in. The Weather Service will survey damage tonight and into the day tomorrow. Some of the pictures showing certainlnlseveral tornados have touched down. We still have tornado watches that extend farther off to the east this evening. This whole line will be tracking its way into illinois and parts of wisconsin. See the timeline here. Thunderstorms moving east as we head into the overnight and into the day tomorrow. Ill many showers but the stor
Three sides. They are trying to p ph isis militants back, using overwhelming force backed by the u. S. Air strikes and artillery that is being fired from peshmerga positions here on the mountain. The key is really to recapture the city and choke off vital supply roots from syria. But it is slow going. The peshmerga soldiers we spoke to said they face sniper fire. They exaxane boobytraps all over the place since its been held by isis for so long. Homemade bombs on the roads and in the buildings. And there is always the risk of suicide, car bombs, and suicide bombers on foot. But they say they are making progress this morning, slow and steady progress, advancing from the east and west of the city where fierce gun battles are under way. Charlie, can you tell me a little bit more abououthe significance of this city . Its significant for two reasons. First of all, it sits essentially on a direct line between two isis strongholds in iraq and syria and mosul in iraq. And its also a major high