South asia. The secretary had had previously indicated he would be back to discuss the approach to the region once it is decided and thats the topic for today. I understand there are many issues facing the department and this committee but in the interest of time and focus i want to encourage members to confine their questions to todays subject. The United States officially launched Operation Enduring freedom on october 7th, 2001, just about exactly 16 years ago. Approximately 2,400 American Service members have lost their lives in the conflict. Another 20,000 or so have been wounded. As this administration formulates its policies, the American People and members of congress have basic questions such as does American National security still warrant our military presence in afghanistan . Do we have a strategy to succeed or one to avoid failure . How is this administrations approach different from previous approaches . And can we ever be successful in the face of afghan corruption and af
Well again im peter w. Watching aljazeera live from the also coming up a truck bomb rocks the somali capital mogadishu security and gunman a fighting it out as a major hotel. A government minister in myanmar suggests ranger refugees fleeing to bangladesh are doing so on purpose to make it look like ethnic cleansing. And what Goes Around Comes Around why these concrete buildings and just what people want. To begin in syria where u. S. Bank forces and the government are reporting advances against syrian state t. V. Says Government Troops and allies have retaken the town of maya deen one of the remaining pockets of i saw territory in. In syria and you can see it here on our map shaded in the black area with dean right in the middle of that mini region the u. S. Bank forces say theyve begun the final battle to defeat the group in iraq or its formally self proclaimed capital there pretty much up in the north of the country and the n. T. I. Still coalitions victories pushed eisel to the regi
In parliament, our look at the day at westminster. The headlines. The Northern Ireland secretary says hes still focused on a return to Power Sharing his Labour Shadow Calls for the Prime Minister to be at the forefront of negotiations. He could tell her to get more involved, get on a Plane To Belfast, i am sure Arlene Foster would not mind. Pressure from all sides of the House Of Commons for action on energy bills. There are 17 million families being ripped off. Ofgem proposals will deal with at most 3 million, a a0 million are still being preyed on by the big six. And have we told the big fish about brexit . Fish shoals cannot be maintained unilaterally. Our own fishermen often fish up to russia and down south to portugal. The Northern Ireland secretary, james brokenshire, has said he believes a deal between the parties in Northern Ireland remains achievable, but has warned that time is short. He said that long term funding decisions could not be put off much longer. Because of the sn
You can tell from this live picture as we give a quick sweep of the area, a lot of low lying fog. It rare it finds me but it did this morning. Friday january 13th, good morning. Lets go to steve. The cold and fog is affecting us. At least its not raining. Theres a lot of areas of fog. Some of it is very thick. 0 were getting a break until tuesday night. 42 of california now is free from the drought. Well talk it. Woel put a serious dent in that in central california. Theyre getting a lot of rain in california and a lot more on the way for the end of next week. Fog is for us. Otherwise its cold and plenty of 30s and the fog looks like its thick. Also watch out for ice now. 29 in kelsey. 32 in northwest napa. Some of the rural areas you can get ice formations. Colder air mass settling in. Stanford at 36. Graek look at the lull but most of it is energy in san diego and palm springs and las vegas. Theyre dealing with rain and were dealing with cold and mostly sunny skies. 50s on the temps.
Thanked the secret service. Were following several new and breaking stories, tonight. Including the final weekend of campaigning in vote 2016. Good evening im dejuan hoggard. Heather waliga has the night off. Developing right now in spring lake. Police investigating a homicide after a mans body was found behind a vacant apartment. Officers discovered the body around 230 this afternoon on king street. They say it appears the victim was shot in a different location and his body dumped behind the police are still working to identify the victim. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Spring Lake Police department. Also developing right now the white house on lockdown this afternoon after the secret service saw a man armed with a gun walking on pennsylvania avenue. Agents arrested a man after a brief struggle. Hes facing several charges including carrying a firearm without a license. President obama was not at the white house at the time. Now to vote 2016 with just three candidates