Housepassed government funding bill. Now, live Senate Coverage here on cspan2. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Black, will open the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Almighty god, help us. Turn us back to the paths of integrity and faith. Be for our lawmakers a protecting rock of safety, rescuing them from the powers of evil. Help them to fix their hearts on you, trusting your guidance and wisdom. May love for you be reflected in the ordering of their priorities, as they seek to give you first place in every important decision. Lord, make them servants of your purpose, as they seek to increase the treasures of your kingdom. Satisfy the deepest longings of their hearts. And, lord, in these toxic times, bless america. We pray in your loving name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, o
Korea in celebration. The absence of leader kim jongun. First to the battle against fighters from the he is lambic state of iraq and lavevant. In the past couple of hours there has been intense fighting between Kurdish Forces andouillettes. The group has opened a new front in the southwest of the counsel. Although the u. S. And allies have launched airstrikes, it has not stopped the groups advances. Anbar could fall to isil in the next few days. One person has been killed and 11 others have been injured in the city of fallujah, that is also in anbar. Well have more on the situation. But first this report from Stephanie Decker on the latest from kobane. There is an intense battle going on we spoke to ypg source inside the city. Those are the kurdish fighters who have confirmed that. They say this is perhaps the new front, they also told us that they managed to push isil back for a little bit in the eastern side of the town. This is a position that isil has been holding. I think to put i
Absence being brushed off as no big deal. Ill tell you why schools are empty, and why teachers are not turning up to work. Well, we begin this news hour with breaking news out of baghdad, where there has been a car bomb, the third to hit the capitol in the past few hours. Lets go to baghdad. Imran. Whats going on. Reporter we saw two car bombs in the shia neighborhood west of the city. And the car bomb happened within minutes of each other in a very busy marketplace. The total death toll there is 38 people, and 68 people who have been injured as a result of that. And then a few hours earlier in the south of the pacific again in a busy marketplace there was another car bomb. 12 people were killed there, and there have been total death toll 50 people who have died as a result of violence. And at least 100 have been hospitalized. In looking at the bigger picture, is this linked to what is going on in the western Anbar Province . It is all linked to each other. What we normally see is when