Tripoli. The price tag is breaking records. We begin with the developments in Northern Iraq where u. S. And iranian war planes teamed up today to attack Islamic State fighters and break a crucial siege. But iraqs military suffered a setback when a suicide bomber drove into a community in ramadi. Shia militias have now entered the small town of amerlie. The pentagon is not talking about the is coordination with iranian war planes. Still the break through today was significant. Amerlie is in a province controlled by Islamic State and the l capito capitol baghdad. Sue turton reports. For 80 days and nights they have faced the threat of Islamic State fighters taking their town. A threat that had led some of the shiites turkmen community to consider taking their own lives. Their plight provoked an unlikely alliance. With peshmerga, Shiite Militia and Iraqi Army Soldiers banned together in a fight that began at 4 00 in the morning. We began the fight under Muqtada Al Sadrs forces. We came to
Wall fells, germany sell brace in the east and west n. A. S. A. Test a craft that could send a crew deeper into space than ever before. Good to have you with us. We start in asia, where president Barack Obama Joins the apec summit. He starts in china, a country the president has not visited in five years. Analysts say that repairing u. S. Relations with the secondlargest economy is pivotalle Patty Culhane has more from washington d. C. President obama heads off to asia, with stops in china, myanmar and asia. Pivot by the United States back to asia. Our desire to pivot and focus on the asia pacific region. It was part of a reelection campaign, is it a reality. Experts say except for rotating a few thousand troops into australia, the presence has not increased by much. The numbers may are looked higher, and the potential greater. Since the budget cuts have gone through, theyve healed asia level. While other areas faced skiers cuts. Fis not been as dramatic as the if you look at trade. It
Unusual view of the sun. Experts said it could happen, and now it has. A Dallas Health care workers has become the first person to be infected with the ebola virus in the u. S. The Health Care Worker was part of a team that cared for Thomas Eric Duncan. Her doctors say so far she has shown mild symptoms. Ebola. Health officials warned of the possibility of more cases in the u. S. Tom freedom said that the news out of dallas doesnt mean it is untreatedable. Our thoughts are with the Health Care Worker that appears to have become infected in the process of that care f confirmed. That doesnt change the bottom line, which is we know how to break the transition. Three west africans have not been able to break that transition. The ebola killed over 4,000 in liberia, sierra leone, and guinea. In the rest of the world nine people have been claim. We begin request heidi zhoucastro, live from dallas, and joins us with the latest detail in this ever evolving situation. Heidi zhoucastro. We did he
Astonishing step forward for space exploration, as we learn more about a deadly set back for space flight there are now revelations about a chinese cyber attack on the u. S. , and a possible cover up. Officials say the hackers broke into u. S. Systems, forcing satellite information and the websites to be shut down. Data critical too aviation, planning may have been compromised. It happened in august, but acknowledged in public today. Clifford newman is at the center for Computer Systems security at the university of southern california. Welcome. Do you think this is a criminal enterprise or a state sponsored infiltration. We cant tell. One needs to understand what the motives might be. When one looks at the breaches for noah, one has to wonder what is criminal enterprise might want. What might happen is that this may be a precursor for another kind of attack. For example, the noah systems are implicated and used in a lot of infrastructure, and by attacking some of those systems it migh
Tonight an in our week ahead segment, Senate Approved bill to keep the government running. Well examine how that will radically change the bank reform law in the walk of the financial crisis. We begin with our breaking news. The hostage situation started before 10 00 a. M. , 6 00 eastern. Hostages were taken in a lindt coffee shop. A black and whiel white flag wib writing is flying. To give you a better understanding, the Lindt Chocolate shop is located in the center of sydney in martin place. This is a very active place for business. During the height of the monday morning rush hour. Tony abbott said he didnt know if the incident was politically motivated but appeared to be. This is a very disturbing incident. I can understand the concerns and the anxieties of the australian people, but our thoughts must go out to the individuals who are caught up in this. I can think of almost nothing more distressing more terrifying than to be caught up in such a situation and our hearts go out to t