Good evening, in for diane. Its great to have you with us here on a thursday night. Tonight abc news has learned the u. S. Military is poised and ready to strike against militants in iraq. Already in the air at this hour, a u. S. Humanitarian aid mission is under way. The u. S. Working to get supplies to families and children on the ground in iraq. We have seen these images in recent days, families trapped with no food and water in the mountains of northern iraq. U. S. Planes flying low, heavy military protection at the ready. All of this unfolding right now. Today the president and his National Security team weighing the real dangers, the risk involved flying over a very hostile region. Our team on the breaking news. Jon karl is at the white house, but lets start with our chief Global Affairs correspondent Martha Raddatz live in our Washington Bureau tonight. Martha, good evening. Reporter good evening, david. If the president decides americans are under threat in iraq, the u. S. Mili
If it were to pass the senate, i would veto. They know it. Theyre not actually trying to solve the problem. This is a message bill they couldnt quite pull off yesterday so they made it a little more extreme so maybe they can pass it today, just so they can check a box before theyre leaving town for a month. On the border supplemental . Im going to have to act alone because we dont have enough resources. Weve already been very clear. Weve run out of money. Hes going to act alone because the gop is leaving him no choice. Republican leaders have surrendered control of the party to tea party extremists. Tonights vote comes a day after right wingers handed Speaker Boehner a humiliating defeat, forcing him to pull his border bill because it wasnt harsh enough. Since then Speaker Boehner has spent a frenzied day throwing red meat to the far right, trying to satisfy their hunger for attacking the president , and today they finally sound satisfied. This house is going to make a resounding State
And watched their progression. I dont think they ever said, kent, i think youre about to die. But i felt like i was about to die. Start this morning with nbc gabe goout year residence. What do we know about the third american aid worker who has been diagnosed with ebola . Hi. Good morning. We know the latest american missionary to be diagnosed with ebola is in an Isolation Unit in lee beer ya. We understand he was treating pregnant women in a separate facility. Hes said to be doing well and is in good spirits. But we expect to learn more in the next few minutes as representatives from sim, the organization he works for are expected to speak to reporters in charlotte in the next few minutes. Amy, this new patient, a doctor not treating ebola patients was in fact treating pregnant women in a separate facility. What did tuesday tell you about how the virus is spreading now. Its a little too early to know. While he wasnt treating any known ebola patient, it is possible maybe he was treatin
Office says a deal was reached with Vladimir Putin but a minute later a senior putin spokesman rejected that claim and there was doubt expressed any ceasefire would hold. President obama made clear any hope of peace lies with the russians. If, in fact, russia is prepared to stop financing, arming, training and in many cases joining with Russian Troops activities in ukraine and is serious about a political settlement, that is something we all hope for. Because we have breaking news, lets unpack one crisis at a time. You can see we have a full field of coverage here. Let us introduce them to you, john avlon, the cnn political analyst and editorinchief of daily beast. Major general james spider sparks, cnn analyst and u. S. Army retired and new executive dean of the university of phoenix, mr. Bobby ghosh and an anna coren and reza sayah. U. S. Troops, more of them, headed into iraq. The president has authorized the deployment of 350 additional sets of boots on the ground. The white house