The grip of isis. And the spying trial begins for an american reporter in iran. The u. S. And washington calling the case absurd but for jason raison his future hangs in the balance. Lets talk live in the cnn newsroom. Good morning. Im carol costello. Thank you for joining me. In houston, a river runs through it. Believe it or not this used to be a freeway and not a waterway and it flows right through the nations fourth largest city this morning. Houston is virtually cutoff. Floodwaters swallow interstates and major roads. Schools are closed. Public transportation is shut down and the worst may be yet to come. Six people are dead in texas and in oklahoma. 12 people still missing. Thats just from one small area west of houston. Just outside austin in hays county as many as 400 homes swept off their foundations and washed away. Many of them with the people still inside. So lets begin our coverage in hays county with cnn meteorologist jennifer gray. Good morning. Reporter good morning to
Well have a full report for you coming right up here on cnn tonight. First, to the thrilling u. S. World cup victory tonight. Vice President Joe Biden just a little while ago celebrating the teams win in the locker room. Captain Clint Dempsey helped the u. S. Launch their world cup run in recordbreaking style, scoring 32 seconds into the game. In the second half, ghana ties the game and then the u. S. Substitute john brooks heads into the win we are just five minutes to go. So joining me now is the host of world sports on Cnn International who was at the game in brazil and richard roth, cnns Senior International correspondent a few miles south of us hanging out in nevada smiths, which is down in greenwich village. Well get to the richard in just a second. I was on the air with you earlier, you were predicting ghana would win. What do you have to say for yourself . [ laughter ] hi, don, yeah, thank you very much for cutting right to the chase there and rubbing that one in. I got the sco
Murderous rampage across iraq. And tonight president obama orders 275 american troops to support and secure the u. S. Embassy in baghdad. Well have a full report for you coming right up here on cnn tonight. First, to the thrilling u. S. World cup victory tonight. Vice President Joe Biden just a little while ago celebrating the teams win in the locker room. Captain Clint Dempsey helped the u. S. Launch their world cup run in recordbreaking style, scoring 32 seconds into the game. In the second half, ghana ties the game and then the u. S. Substitute john brooks heads into the win we are just five minutes to go. So joining me now is the host of world sports on Cnn International who was at the game in brazil and richard roth, cnns Senior International correspondent a few miles south of us hanging out in nevada smiths, which is down in greenwich village. Well get to the richard in just a second. I was on the air with you earlier, you were predicting ghana would win. What do you have to say
Suspicious because theyve been to places that they ought not to have been. But i would say its a very onerous and burdensome and unnecessary response to isis at this stage. Juliette, thank you for your expertise. Top of the hour, im ana cabrera in for brooke today. After deadly air strikes and nearly constant attacks from gaza, at this hour, peace is holding between israel and hamas militants. In fact, we are just three hours into that latest ceasefire agreement. This one is openended. So no Expiration Date at this point. Mahmoud abbas announced it earlier today. [ gunfire ] so there was gunfire in gaza but this was part of the celebration. Leaders there are calling the ceasefire a victory. Peter is here with me in new york. As a contributing editor for the atlantic journal, what exactly is in this deal in. The remarkable thing is how similar this was to the ceasefire deal hatched in 2012. Its very similar. There is some moderate easing of the blockade of gaza and hamas and most palest
Isis fighters taking shots at syrian kurds positioned over that ridge. The battle has been raging for several hours now. Just a short time ago a resident there told cnn the kurds are short on weapons, running out of ammo and people of the town are nervous that the people of isis will break that line of defense. No air strikes there yet. Isis killed several hundred iraqi troops earlier this week. With us now is jake tapper. Hes joining us from columbus, ohio, and also colonel peter mansour, cnn analyst as well. I want to talk about the battle weve been watching in northern syria. Jim just asked about it over at the pentagon. Heres what happened. Youre aware of the threat faced by syrian kurds in northwestern syria near the Turkish Border, near kobani, and there was a firefight playing out just on cnn a short time ago. They appear to be facing the same genocidal threat. The u. S. Came to others aids, why have they not come to the aid of the syrian kurds from the air . Is that a step your