Good friday morning. The chaotic situation in iraq shows no signs of letting up, as mill trants claim more territory. And president obama is weighing his options, as the insurgents creep closer to baghdad. Will u. S. Strikes be next . Abcs Christian Fisher live from the white house. Good morning, kristen. Reporter the u. S. Military is going to do something. But after nearly nine years of war and sacrifice in iraq, one option not on the able is putting more u. S. Troops back on the ground. This cell phone video shot yesterday, appears to show islamic extremists, through mosul, and vehicles seized from iraqi soldiers. The soldiers have been trying to stop the militants as they storm through city aftercy towards baghdad. As this Youtube Video shows, iraqi troops are losing. Thousands of iraqi soldiers are seen here surrendering to the militants, with links to al qaeda. Iraqs government is begging the u. S. To step in. Yesterday, a caution president obama said help is on the way. My team
Homeland security secretary jeh johnson discusses the federal governments response to the unaccompanied children at the u. S. mexico bordzer. Joining him, craig fugate and Customs Enforcement and health and Human Services department. This is about 30 minutes. Good afternoon. Im joined by fema administrator craig fugate, cbp administrator gill correspond cowski, i. C. E. Removal operations associate director tom holman and health and Human Services acting assistant secretary mark greenberging. Were here to update you on the steps we are taking to address the surge in unaccompanied children along our nations southwest border, focused in the Rio Grande Valley sector. Last year cbp encountered over 24,000 unaccompanied children crossing the border. By may of this year the number has already doubled to just over 47,000. This correlates with an overall rise in illegal migration into the Rio Grande Valley sector principally by what we refer to as third country nationals, those from guatemala,
The department of defense has loaned Us Lackland Air Force base in texas for hhs to house kids before hhs operably determines a legal guardian. Releasing fort sill in oklahoma for the same purpose. Hhs is also using that dod facility in ventura california to do with the processing of influx of people into south texas. We are also sending on Company Children to arizona for processing and then to hhs. Gsa is also assisting in the efforts to identify additional space. Number four, we brought on more transportation assets. The coast guard at my direction is loaning their assets to assisting in transporting the children from dhs to other shelters. I. C. E. Is also leading to additional charter aircraft. Number five, we are doing a prisoner screening for Health Reasons for all of those who come into our facilities in south texas. The office of Health Affairs and the coast guard are lending resources to this effort. Every child is provided a Health Screening on site. Number six, we call upon
Unincorporated area of hayward. How neighbors tried to help the victim. Monday was hot, really hot inland but thursday was cool. So the weekend will warm up. Well show you how much. A young man is dead after being shot in a neighborhood near a popular san jose amusement park. What happened moments before he was killed. Also, trouble brewing at one east bay coof fee shop coffee shop. The vandalism caught on camera. Mornings on 2 starts right now. Complete bay area News Coverage starts right now. This is ktvu mornings on 2. Youre looking live at whats left of a mobile home in unincorporated hayward this morning. Weve learned one person did not survive the fire. Alex savidge arrived on scene early this morning. Coming up in 2 minutes, hell tell us what the Mobile Home Park manager says he tried to do when he realized someone was caught in the fire that was raging out of control. Good morning. Welcome to mornings on 2. Im tori campbell. And good morning, im dave clark. Lets talk about weat
The chaotic situation in iraq shows no signs of letting up, as mill trants claim more territory. And president obama is weighing his options, as the insurgents creep closer to baghdad. Will u. S. Strikes be next . Abcs Christian Fisher live from the white house. Good morning, kristen. Reporter the u. S. Military is going to do something. But after nearly nine years of war and sacrifice in iraq, one option not on the able is putting more u. S. Troops back on the ground. This cell phone video shot yesterday, appears to show islamic extremists, through mosul, and vehicles seized from iraqi soldiers. The soldiers have been trying to stop the militants as they storm through city aftercy towards baghdad. As this Youtube Video shows, iraqi troops are losing. Thousands of iraqi soldiers are seen here surrendering to the militants, with links to al qaeda. Iraqs government is begging the u. S. To step in. Yesterday, a caution president obama said help is on the way. My team is working around the