russia ally doesn t do the us so you know i was taught early on that you judge someone by their actions and. those allowed by you know it s a good point you have to go if you re going to talk the talk you have to walk the walk as well fred bowman in washington tonight brad is always we appreciate your insights thank you and. we know tonight that an attack today on a crowded synagogue here in germany could have ended in a bloodbath 2 people were shot and killed by a gunman as he tried to force his way into a synagogue in the town of hala it happened during services mock marking yom kapoor the holiest day of the year in judaism security prevented the gunman from entering and police were able to arrest the suspect tonight the government says the anti-semitic attack was carried out by a german man with a neo nazi backward. the midday attack filmed by
air strikes on isis targets in iran and syria. the united states obviously very focused on an eventual offensive to drive isis out of mosul. the second largest city in iraq. a place where its expected there will be a lot of resistance from isis when that operation eventually happens. at the moment all eyes in iraq are on the battle in tikrit. it has been going on for a week. what we have seen is the iraqi army appears to be playing a supporting role for a variety of predominately shi a militias. yesterday, we were up at the front. we saw within three days they advanced 50 miles just to the edge of tikrit. we saw rocket launchers, mortars and heavy artillery lined up and ready to go. we watched as they went in for a midday attack on a town just to the east of tikrit.