[applause] wed take you to right now, president obama will give an update on the situation in missouri. Erguson, ive been following closely. Our Ongoing Operations in iraq, and the situation in ferguson, missouri. With respect to iraq, we continue to see important progress across different parts of our strategy to support Iraqi Government and combat a threat from the terrorist group isil. First, our military operations are effectively protecting our personnel in iraq. They have successfully pushed back the terrorists. Meanwhile, we have provided arms and assistance to iraqi forces, it including the kurdish fighters on the front lines. Today, with our support to my the iraqi and Kurdish Forces took a major step forward by recapturing the largest dam in iraq near the city of mosul. It fell under terrorist control earlier month and is vital to our objective of protecting americans in iraq. If that dam was breached to make could have proven catastrophic with floods that wouldve threatened
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Up next, the public broadcasting act and we will talk with the current president and ceo patricia de stacy harrison. Later, medicare and medicaid. First, a news update from cspan radio. Heres a story from the Associated Press on the situation in missouri. They write when racial tensions erupted midway through his first president ial campaign, barack obama came to philadelphia to decry the racial stalemate weve been stuck in for years. Over time, he said such wounds rooted in americas painful history on race can be healed. Six years later, the still may summon seems more entrenched than ever as president obama calm andr understanding of ferguson, missouri, struggling to determine what role, if any, the nations first black president can play diffusing a crisis that has laid bare the profound sense of justice is felt by africanamericans across the country. From the Associated Press. Theres International View on the situation also this morning. The Washington Post tweeted earlier that egyp
There was a massive house fire that ravaged homes overlooking lake ontario. The house fire spread as firefighters tried to dodge gunfire. The firefighters apparently walked into a trap just as they were responding to this. At last word, two firefighters are dead, three other First Responders are wounded, and alleged gunman is dead. Authorities cant say whether other bodies might be found in the eight homes destroyed or damaged by the fire in the town of webster. Shocking, bizarre, tragic today. Cnns poppy harlow is in new york, trying to piece together this horrible chain of events here on Christmas Eve. So what happened, because authorities are saying potentially this was a trap laid out for the firefighters. Thats what the police chief Gerald Pickering said in the last press conference, were awaiting right now another press conference that should start any minute. But he did say that it appears that possibly these four First Responders were lured into what was a trap. It started at 5
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