And emergency teams get vital aid across south asia. Thousands are still not rescued. The u. S. President has set out his plan for taking on the Islamic State group in iraq and syria. Barack obamas strategy includes airstrikes in both countries. Plus sending more troops to iraq to advise iraqi forces. The Counter Terrorism strategy. Its approached toward either target from yemen to afghanistan and pakistan, obama promised to irradicates is through airstrikes and proxy wars in iraq and syria. We will not allow american combat troops fighting on american soil. This Counter Terrorism campaign will be waged through a steady, relentless effort to take out isil wherever they exist through our air power, and forces on the ground. But its a strategy that analysts say is unclear at best. Eliminating it them a terrorism organize, theres the syrian part of the equation, and the iraqi part of the equation, and its not entirely clear how the u. S. Administration seeks to proceed in syria. Barack ob
Todays battle for control and all of the issues at stake in just a few minutes. But first, we have a round up of the mornings other top stories. Joe talks about it. Oil prices falling sharply, expanding losses for a fourth session. Check this out right now. You thought this was bloody yesterday, down another 2. 6 this morning. 76. 70 for wti at this point. Saudi arabia cutting prices to the United States. The exporters battling for market share here in the Worlds Largest energy consumer, nation, also weighing on prices. Signs that opec is ready to curb outputs. Oil prices are down more than 20 from this years peak in june and, andrew, this is a huge deal because, in saudi arabia, they can produce that oem oil for about 30 a barrel. Here in the United States, if you start looking at fracking and some of these other techniques, its more complicated, its more expensive, and it costs somewhere between 6 0 and 63 on average to get some of that oil on the ground. Weve got the number of stock
Were going to talk about the hot pockets and the not so hot areas around the country and what it means for real estate in 2015. Well also have an update for you on that missing airasia plane and then a closer look at how its possible we dont know what happened to two passenger jetliners now in less than a year. It is hard to believe, isnt it . More than 2 Million People forking over 5. 99 plus tax along with their credit card number to stream the Motion Picture the interview over the weekend n. This era of cyberhacking, does it show many people dont worry about that issue when it comes to their own personal information being stolen . We are looking at that thats an angle to look at coming to Sony Pictures and the interview here. And an hour to go here kicking off the final week of the year and 2014. If you can believe it we have a headline. The dow over 18,000. The close above that level last week and today comfortably above that level and now the dow is green. The s p up by about 3 an
We dont have to be as involved in the game. What do you think is going on . Well, neil good to be with you this evening. Up front, i agree. We have to call isis what it is they are a brutal barbaric, terrorist organization that uses whatever means it feels necessary to include a radical interpretation of islam to validate all of their actions. And they must be destroyed. The latest incident is just the tip of the iceberg on what lengths theyll go through to spread their terror message across the world. Neil do you think you get anywhere, the administration is playing semantics. That it recognizes these terrorists. It recognizes that these are bad guys. Enough said. It doesnt have to Start Playing as to whether theyre islamic extremists, muslim extremists. Its already made clear these are bad, bad guys. What difference would it make, in your eyes, going to the next level in saying, not just bad guys but islamic extremist bad guys . Yeah, i mean, neil, honestly, we continue to play seman
Traffic is expected to be a bear. The bay bridge toll plaza shows the far left lane is stacking up and the rest of the travel, though, interest San Francisco is not too bad. To the south, the san mateo bridge, the drive is moving along across the water it is nine minutes from hayward to foster city. We have a new accident in san jose with details ahead. In the news, flying home for the thanksgiving holidays could be tougher this year with hundreds of flight already canceled because of bad weather in the country. The business of the travel days of the year is today. Nick . We focused on the travelers pulling up at sfo and they said they are watching what is happening and they want to make sure their plans are not interrupted which is what we are seeing, people are trying to get a jump on the business of the travel days. They know weather is coming. According to the flight tracking Service Airlines across the nation have scrapped 226 flights today. All with the expectation of bad weather