Trying to overtakal baghdad ee. Theyre trying to take over the entire area. Not only there, theyre also fighting in the north against kurdish fighters. It is raising questions about efficiency and effectiveness of Coalition Air strikes. Now we are at a point as i mentioned, nbc news confirming the u. S. Will provide equipment and training for moderate Syrian Rebels. What will that mean . The u. S. Hopes to get Syrian Rebels on the ground to fight isis and the syrian government. The u. S. Is not going to put Ground Troops there. There are very few allies the u. S. Has that can fight on the ground, including Iraqi Government and military which is struggling now, Kurdish Forces doing well but need a lot of help from the United States. The u. S. Is trying to create one more front where syrian moderate rebels can fight isis. Why now, ayman. This has been debated for some time. Senators john mccain, Lindsey Graham have been calling for this for awhile. I would also say this is not particular
The u. N. s Nuclear Agency expected to announce in svienna that iran has complied with the deal. Which according to the deal will trigger the lifting of economic sanctions on iran. U. S. Secretary of state john kerry just met with his iranian counterpart to discuss details of the implementation. Nbcs chief Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel joins us now from vienna. Richard, what more can you tell us about whats happening this morning . Well, there are a lot of moving parts right now. It all seems to be coming together here in vienna and in tehran. Today, the reason im here, the reasonp people have gathered in vienna is because we are expecting momentarily really the iaea, the International Atomic Energy Association agency, to come out and declare that iran has abided by the deal, that it has abided by the nuclear agreement, and sanctions should be immediately lifted. Including releasing tens of billions of dollars that have been frozen. That would allow iran to reenter the Internatio
Interrupted several times. Tensions escalated when a member of the crowd punched and kicked a protester escorted out of the event. A man was arrested and charged with misdemeanor assault in the incident. The Trump Campaign is also responding to video that appears to show Trumps Campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski grabbing a protester by the collar. A statement from the Trump Campaign spokesman said video clearly showed the protester reacting to the man who pulled him, not to mr. Lewandowski. The tucson event was the end of a day of protests against trump in zoarizona. Earlier in the day, protesters shut down the main road leading to the rally outside of phoenix preventing hundreds of cars from passing the blockaid for more than two hours. Police arrested two protesters on the highway. I want to go to tucson and jacob rascon who has been following trump in arizona this weekend. Hows the Trump Campaign responding to yesterdays protests . Theyre really not, beyond what you said about the
Like a commanding lead, but only 2 in. We are up live right now, keeping an eye on that republican caucus, a place where cruz could even it up with trump. And the Democratic Caucus in idaho, also too early to call. And Rachel Maddow mentioning overwhelming turnout there. And tolooking to arizona, nbc projecting Hillary Clinton a projected winner there. Donald trump cleaned up arizona early tonight and this was expected, but it is big, 58 delegates in the gop primary, and he gets, yes, all 58. Thats one of those winner take all states that are so important, francis. I want to bring in our panel with live coverage here because we got a lot to get into. Rick tyler, formerly of the ted Cruz Campaign, and Maria Theresa kumar, also with us, raul reyes, an msnbc contributor. Lets talk about the idea that donald trump is still doing very well. And while we at nbc news are not projecting anything yet for your former boss ted cruz in utah, even if you factor that in, by my calculations, at 2 00
The east coast and midnight west coast time. First, the 2016 results continue to pour in. In the last 30 minutes, nbc news projected Bernie Sanders winning the idaho caucus and getting 18 of the 27 delegates up for grabs. A lot of other stories though tonight, including Bernie Sanders in utah picking up 6 of the 37 delegates. Bernie sanders doing well there. Also a big story, projected winner in utah, on the republican side, ted cruz, and we are now able to say that he should be getting 40 delegates there. That is winner take all, if he clears 50 . We are projecting that, and this is at 3 01 in the east coast time, the first time weve projected that. More on that in a moment, and arizona, winner take all, donald trump getting all 58 delegates there. Donald Trump Building on his delegate lead up in the 700s tonight. And putting him really on a path mathematically to be close to clinching if he doesnt clinch altogether. I want to bring back in our panel. We have rick tyler, former ted cr