s troops will battling the armed group in conjunction with the iraqi government. Defense secretary ash his honour carter says that over time the forces will be able to conduct raids, free hostages, gather intelligence and capture Islamic State leaders. Obama has stressed that the ground troop will be carried alongside diplomatic efforts. Reporter the United States is intensifying the war in iraq and syria in the hope it will lead to talks of peace. Next, were deploying a specialized Expedition Force to put even more pressure on i. S. I. L. These special operators will over time be able to conduct raids, free hostages, gather intelligence and capture i. S. I. L. Leaders. That creates a shall virtuos cycle which targets more targets and mow memorandum tom. Reporter the females will go into syria to get him and get out adding even more special forces will be sent into the region as they find local forces capable of fighting and more military hardware is moving into the syrian conflict and
And we begin in chicago where the superintendent of the Police Department has been fired. For the past week, hundreds of people have been on the streets, calling for Gary Mccarthy to go. And today, the mayor answered those calls. Critics of his leadership are angry that it took more than a year for White Police Officers to be charged with murder of a shooting death of a black teenager. The Community Leaders want it gone as well. Diane eastabrook has more on this now. Reporter tony, this really was a bombshell announcement today, because the mayor had been very supportive of mccarthy, but the calls for his removal had just gotten way too intense. Chicago mayor, rob immanuel held a News Conference that he fired Gary Mccarthy because he had become a distraction. I have a loyalty to what he has done, but a bigger loyalty to the city of chicago. Reporter but hours later, he told a local reporter that he had no plans to leave his job. Im not going to give up on the chicago Police Department
Kidnapped girls. Virgin galactic vow to wish on after a crash of spaceshiptwo in california a top story iraqi peshawar forces entered the syrian town of kobane, joining hundred of Syrian Kurdish fighters to take on the Islamic State of iraq and levant. The peshawar have been waiting on the border on wednesday. Reconnaissance teams are ready to begin the fight. The latest in the moment. First a report from inside kobane. By al jazeeras correspondent. Reporter we are standing in the western neighbourhoods. They represent a springboard from which Kurdish Forces are fending off the i. S. I. L. Attacks. They have a firm grip on areas to the east. To the right are the northern neighbourhoods, where the higher regions can be seen. On the rinls, turkish army and forces positioned. Monitoring and taking place inside the city. The armed Groups Joined the Kurdish Forces are deployed to the front lines, fighting i. S. I. L. Awaiting orders from the joint command, in turn awaiting for the arrival o
Sites in france nik wallenda walks over chicago. We talk to him about his famous walks. He doesnt consider himself a daredevil by this time tomorrow the balance of power may have changed in this country. Millions are expected to turn out for the midterm elections. Some went to the polls for early voting. The races matter, so do issues Like Health Care and jobs. We are told early ballots add up to 18 million. It could determine which party takes control in georgia and north carolina. Democrats are trying to flip georgia and turn it from red to blue. The ballots cast by africanamerican in georgia is 33. 1 . Larger than with the president ial election and 13 point higher than the early viting georgia in the 20 Voting Georgia in 2010 midterms. Promising news for michelle nunn. She and her party counted on a strong get out to vote to get past David Prideaux. It seems to be a similar story in north carolina. Look at the numbered of registered democrats as a whole versus registered republican
For paying for sex with an underaged prostitute. His sevenyear sense for the ruby case thrown out by judges in milan. This is live from paris. Our top story, at least 35 palestinians, including a baby, four children and a 70yearold woman have been killed since israel launched its grand incurlings into gaza yesterday. Brings to over 270 palestinians and two israels killed over the last few days. The u. N. Security council is holding an emergency meeting on the conflict this friday and israel has said it could broaden its assault on gaza. Natia hugh has said to be prepared for a potential widening of the incursion. Lets get all the latest now from our correspondent in jerusalem. The israeli public is being told of military advance this is prilled. Friday. What can you tell us . The israeli public is being told theres an air, sea, and land assault but the land assault, the ground offensive, ask limited. Songs infantry hasnt gone in very far. Theyve gone into an area close to the Israeli B