I. S. I. S. Strong holds within that country. He is going to say its going to take a long time, months to years of time, and coalition of nations from that region. John. What do you think David Schuster is the most important issue that the president has to deal with it . I think its domestic politics, to the end you have a shot of the state floor. This is the first time this president or any president in 50 years has given a speech from this location. Equidistance between the oval office and the stateroom, not appearing isolated but with the feel of the oval office. All right the president of the United States is preparing to make an address to the American People about the Islamic State. As weve heard a very significant address from the president tonight and here is the president as he walks to the microphone. Lets take a listen. My fellow americans. Tonight i want to speak to you about what the United States will do with our friends and allies to degrade and ultimately destroy the te
Refugees are just trying to stay alive. The girls from nigeria, still missing, why they havent been found. Well meet the woman behind a Fearless Campaign to bring them back. And rising tide. Why Scientists Say Climate Change could have millions of americans packing their bags. And we begin tonight with new air strikes on i. S. I. L. In syria. This time washington and its partners took aim at the Oil Refineries that help fund the group. The u. S. Command said there were a dozen strikes on sites in eastern syria. Those facilities make up to 2 million every day for i. S. I. L. The pentagon said saudi arabia and the United Arab Emirates were part of the strikes. There are more air strikes on iraq today and at the United Nations the primary focus was i. S. I. L, the u. N. Security Council Voted to crack down on the flow of foreign fighters to i. S. I. L, that came after a sweeping and at times blunt address from the president , warning i. S. I. L. Fighters to leave the battlefield while the
Silent. And heri Herbie Herbie hancock w to rock. We begin with the broad expansion of the u. S. Military mission in iraq. The u. S. Authorized an additional 1500 noncombat troops. That would double the number of fighters sent to combat the push against i. S. I. L. Paul beban has the story. Will pay big in the campaign to defeat i. S. I. L. That money would go towards what the president is calling the iraq train and equip fund. The plan doubles the number of troops on the ground there from 1400 to nearly 3,000. But the pentagon stresses this is not a combat mission. It is to advise the iraqi army and kurdish fighters on the front lines of the battle. Theyve reached a point where they need additional help and guidance. Particularly in areas like ann anbar. Providing high level guidance, others would be spread against 12 smaller scamps throughout the country, working with 9 iraqi and three kurdish brigades that number somewhere between 15 and 30,000 troops. The americans would begin depl
Brilliant street photographer finally gets her moment to shine. We begin tonight with the president s choice to replace attorney general eric holder. If confirmed, Loretta Lynch would be the first African American woman to hold that job. Lets go to the white house and senior washington reporter Mike Viqueria for this, mike. Her name leaked out in news records this morning. The president wasnt planning to name a new attorney general nominee, until after he returns from asia, but tomorrow at 11 00 a. M. , the president will appear with lore lorett Loretta Lynch. She has deep experience in corporate fraud prosecutions. Her bu biographical is informat. 55 years old, a greensboro North Carolina native, first nominated as a prosecutor in 1999 by bill clinton. Left the Prosecutors Office for a while and reinstalled by president obama in 2010. Now you talk about the civil rights experience for ms. Lynch. She was involved in the prosecution of new York City Police officers who were involved in
Pulling out of ferguson, missouri as the calm seems to be taking hold, there are new calls for justice. It started with the weekend and the Biggest Bands in the world, hee mormon and he Just Announced hes gay. Well hear from tyler glen of neotrees. Neon trees. After two years of saying the United States military would not get drawn into the civil war in syria the white house indicated today the calculus may be changing. This afternoon president obamas Deputy National security advisor addressed a growing threat from the Islamic State group and said the United States will not be restricted by borders. That comment came just a day after the highest ranking u. S. Military officer the chairman of the joint chiefs said the only way to defeat Islamic State is to fight the group inside syria. The Islamic State is responsible for the gruesome beheading of u. S. Journalist james foley which the white house calls a terrorist attack. More air strikes against the i. S. In iraq, threats the Islamic