The world cup is weeks away but well tell you why everyone isnt celebrating. President obama slipped into Bagram Airfield under the dark of night for a surprise visit to troops in afghanistan. He will spend the memorial day weekend visiting troops and Wounded Servicemen. There are 32,000 americans currently serving in afghanistan. The war there is one of the countrys longest lasting and will wind down by the end of the year. Joining us live is kimberley hawkin in washington right now. This visit comes as obama deals with criticism at home over the treatment of veterans seeking care at v. A. Hospitals. Is there a chance this surprise visit will counter the negative press . Reporter it will help. Theres the feeling from 32,000 soldiers in afghanistan that theyd like to be home with their families this memorial day weekend, here in person to be honoured for their service. The fact that the president made the surprise visit on the memorial day weekend had a lot of mileage. You could tell b
Indepth look in the week ahead. Total devastation thats how the governor of washington describes the scope of a mud slide. The death toll has risen to four. 18 are missing. The frantic search to find the victims is in full force. Conditions were too dangerous for rescuers to rescue. Firefighters have gone into the debris and found someone dead. It hit North Western washington. Allen schauffler is there. What is the latest . Its not unusual in this part of the country, at this time of year to have massive mudslides like this, especially in the foothills of the north cascades. What is unusual is the human cost east of i5, in oso in washington. Four dead. 18 more missing. Take a look at the latest video. News crews were allowed in. It was complete devastation. Half a mile of a state highway alongside the river, north fork, inundated. And in the mud and the trees mixed in you see the remains of houses. Theres reports of as many as 30 different structures wipeded out. A dramatic scope, deva
Good to have you with us. A war against boko haram. Thats what nations who attended a Security Summit on the group have called the strategy to end attacks. Nigerian president Goodluck Jonathan along with west african heads of state and western leaders met in paris for the summit. Jonathan said the group isnt just a nigerian problem but rather, an alqaeda operation, all across west africa. Our tim friend has the details. Reporter a hasteily called summit at the request of the nigerian president grappling with an apparently insurmou insurmountable problem as the leaders gathered in paris to declare what they called total war on boko haram, there was news of another attack across the border in cameroon. Translator what we have decided today, coordination of intelligence, exchange of information, centralization of resource allocations, military prince, especially in lake chad. Lots of talk of solidarity but these leaders still have a long way to go in combatting boko haram. The president a
Colleagues held behind bars in egypt just for doing their jobs. And restoring a picture palace to glory. Todays friday arts. We begin tonight with a search for answers in another school shooting. It happened this afternoon in washington state. Police say a freshman opened fire in front of the marysville pillchuck high school. Allen schauffler is live. What do we know about the victims . They are being treated at two local hospitals. A student shot in the jaw is in the hospital, they say his injuries are serious but we understand he should be okay. The other 30 are in Critical Condition the other three are in Critical Condition, in fact very Critical Condition, two young women one young man all of them with gunshot wounds to the head. This happened they cafeteria at marysville pillchuck high. When a young man by the name of Jaylen Fryberg pulled out a gun and started shooting. The room cleared, someone hit a fire alarm. Someone called 911 there was a Massive Police response and that cam
Four years since the arab spring, we look at successes, failures and their dem okay rahsies democracies we begin with a fight against i. S. I. L. U. S. Coalition forces carried out 23 air strikes on i. S. I. L. Targets in iraq and syria op friday and saturday. 22 were in iraq alone. At the same time iraqs Security Forces achieved some large territorial gains. In syria, the fight for kobane remains drawn out. Neither Kurdish Forces nor i. S. I. L. Fighters made moves. Dominic kane has the latest on both fronts. Iraqi soldiers enter an area held by fighters for months. An important town 50km south of baghdad. Translation the last few days we carried out preemptive strikes and started to clear the area before pushing forwards. Reporter its a victory in the face of i. S. I. L. Domination of much of iraq and syria. Another main battle area is the town of kobane, on the syrian turkish border. Fought bev oi i. S. I. L. And over by i. S. I. L. And Kurdish Forces for weeks. A key issue is what