Disheartening to see that it can spread so easily. Woodruff all that and more on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by life isnt a straight line, and sometimes you can find yourself heading in a new direction. Fidelity is here to help you work through the unexpected, with Financial Planning and advice for today, and tomorrow. The william and flora hewlett foundation. For more than 50 years, advancing ideas and supporting institutions to promote a better world. At www. Hewlett. Org. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and individuals. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff as our nation honored those who gave their lives in service to the country today, the u. S. Death toll from the covid19 pandemic rose to some 98,000 americans. More areas loosened their coronavirus restrictions over the holiday weekend, and Pres
Spread so easily. Woodruff all that and more on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by life isnt a straight line, and sometimes you can find yourself heading in a new direction. Fidelity is here to help you work through the unexpected, with Financial Planning and advice for today, and tomorrow. The william and flora hewlett foundation. For more than 50 years, advancing ideas and supporting institutions to promote a better world. At www. Hewlett. Org. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and individuals. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff as our nation honored those who gave their lives in service to the country today, the u. S. Death toll from the covid19 pandemic rose to some 98,000 americans. More areas loosened their coronavirus restrictions over the holiday weekend, and President Trump ramped up his push to
Im annemarie green. This morning, a major offensive is under way to retake a strategic iraqi town held by isis force. Overnight and into the morning, u. S. War planes pounded isis targets near the Northern City of sinjar. The u. S. Jets are supported by some 7,500 Iraqi Kurdish iraqi fores on the ground. Charlie dagata joins you on the phone from sinjar. Reporter im looking over city of the sinjar, the mountainside, just above it. There is smoke rising from a series of air strikes launched by u. S. Aircraft and Coalition Allies and partners. All night and throughout the morning, suspected isis targets. This morning, at dawn, we watched as thousands of Kurdish Peshmerga forces moving down the mountain and towards the city and the isis front lines. Military Officials Say 7,500 forces in all closing in on they are trying to push isis militants back, using overwhelming force backed by the u. S. Air strikes and artillery that is being fired from peshmerga positions here on the mountain. The
Forces to retake a iraqi town held by isis forces. Donald trump under praise for portraying president eisenhowers plan. We would do it in a very humane way. In new york a news chopper blinded by a laser. We have lasers. They show an officer tasing a man over and over. A protest in missouri may be spreading. College students are calling on their president to resign in ithaca. Police confront a man with a rifle on top after building in San Francisco shooting him to death after he fired the weapon at the evasive hospital. Deadly explosion in new jersey. At least one person killed and firefighters killed 15 people from the rubble. All that. Man is recovering this morning from being attacked by an alligator. What im talking about. George w. Bush stopped by to surprise veterans visiting his president ial library. Got to know him well because we were both on 60 minutes. We were stable mates. Trump and putin did appear on the same episode of 60 minutes in unrelated segments on Different Countr
This evening in powersville, iowa, another twister was spotted in the southern iowa town of avoca. An 18 wheeler was blown off the road by 76 mile per hour winds. That same e vere storm system created blizzard conditions across the Rocky Mountains and western plains. The blinding snow made driving dangerous near denver. Eric fisher is chief meteorologist at our station in boston, wbz, eric how bad is it . Charlie, we have been watching storms across iowa this afternoon. Several reported tornados along ththway. There are more damage reports coming in. The Weather Service will survey damage tonight and into the day tomorrow. Some of the pictures showing certainlnlseveral tornados have touched down. We still have tornado watches that extend farther off to the east this evening. This whole line will be tracking its way into illinois and parts of wisconsin. See the timeline here. Thunderstorms moving east as we head into the overnight and into the day tomorrow. Ill many showers but the stor