Syrian rebels, mr. Obama is order, in about 50 special operations troops to step up the war against isis. U. S. Forces have struck inside syria before in lightning raids, but these troops are in for the long haul. The white house says their advisers, not combat troops, but they will be in harms way. David martin is at the pentagon. Reporter a pentagon official said American Special forces will spend up to 60 days at a time in the headquarters of u. S. Backed fighters in syria. They will north, for the foreseeable future, go out on operations against isis. Their mission to coordinate a drive by various bands of arab and kurdish fighters on the isis capital of raqqa with the help of american airstrikes. The number of jets flying strikes out of a nearby base in turkey will quadruple from just six to 24. We want to be prosecuting as many isis targets as possible in syria, the pentagon official said. American and allied jets have been bombing raqqa for months. Earlier this year, a jordanian
Thank you joining us. Im ken rosato. Mom bill evans with the weekend meteorologist bill evans with the weekend accuweather forecast. Today is going to feel like october. Were going to be looking at temperature around 60 degrees. It will be windy and cooler. Well be dropping into the 50s. Then were going to be looking at that weekend forecast for you this morning. Right now our temperatures right at 58. It will warm up today to about 60. Cool air is pouring in, whitestone, Cambria Heights about 59 degrees. Happy friday to you. Its weather then heather every 7 hows it going out there . Lets talk about our subway status. Our subways are on or close to schedule. If youre using metro north, new haven line, ongoing track work. Jersey transit on or close to schedule. It will lead you into the covered roadway, thats closed both ways until 5 a. M. You want to stick with the new jersey turnpike approached in. That will be a good alternate. The construction has been cleared at the lincoln tunnel.
Had vowed not to do. But after a year of american airstrikes and the failure of a u. S. Program to build an army of syrian rebels, mr. Obama is order, in about 50 special operations troops to step up the war against isis. U. S. Forces have struck inside syria before in lightning raids, but these troops are in for the long haul. The white house says their advisers, not combat troops, but they will be in harms way. David martin is at the pentagon. Reporter a pentagon official said American Special forces will spend up to 60 days at a time in the headquarters of u. S. Backed fighters in syria. They will north, for the foreseeable future, go out on operations against isis. Their mission to coordinate a drive by various bands of arab and kurdish fighters on the isis capital of raqqa with the help of american airstrikes. Strikes out of a nearby base in turkey will quadruple from just six to 24. We want to be prosecuting as many isis targets as possible in syria, the pentagon official said. A
With a bunch of emus. Hey, good friday morning. Hillary clintons long awaited appearance before the House Benghazi Committee giving us new insights into her decisionmaking as secretary of state. It was a long day of often testy confrontations, but the fiery exchanges didnt come from clinton. They mostly came from the panel aimed at each other. Clinton spent more than eight hours before the committee, the word email mentioned nearly 300 times. And the committee has its interviewed 54 witnesses. The committees investigation has cost taxpayers just under 5 million. Karen travers live in washington with more. What a day, good morning to you. Reporter what a day, good morning, reena and phillip. This was a long time coming. Hillary clinton is certainly the most highprofile person to be questioned by this select select committee and faced a grilling but there was also very significant scrutiny on the questions and tone from the republicans who were warned to not overreach and to not look too
Syrian rebels, mr. Obama is order, in about 50 special operations troops to step up the war against isis. U. S. Forces have struck inside syria before in lightning raids, but these troops are in for the long haul. The white house says their advisers, not combat troops, but they will be in harms way. David martin is at the pentagon. Reporter a pentagon official said American Special forces will spend up to 60 days at a time in the headquarters of u. S. Backed fighters in syria. They will north, for the foreseeable future, go out on operations against isis. Their mission to coordinate a drive by various bands of arab and kurdish fighters on the isis capital of raqqa with the help of american airstrikes. The number of jets flying strikes out of a nearby base in turkey will quadruple from just six to 24. Many isis targets as possible in syria, the pentagon official said. American and allied jets have been bombing raqqa for months. Earlier this year, a jordanian pilot had to bail out over r