But Congress Wants to block any soil. Closing Guantanamo Bay its inside story. Welcome to inside story. Im ray suarez. It may be fair to say no one, neither the people who want to close the military Detention Center at Guantanamo Bay, or the people that keep it open, are happy with the way things have gone since the place was open 13 years ago. The military tribunals have been carried out, and many of the detainees were found not to have important roles with al qaeda or the taliban. Many were detained in error and cleared to go home. But couldnt because the home countries didnt want them. Seven years after president obama promised to close the place down, its open. And a thorn in the administrations side. Jamie mcintyre has more. Last week the pentagon visited the system. This week they are visiting the naval shipyard. They are looking to gather information about what it would take to pull prisoners to guantanamo. One of the options under consideration is supposed to go into a proposal
The moon is about to go dancing with the star in an incredible display of celestial choreography, the moon will step gently in front of the sun and completely block it from view. Day will turn to night in the first total eclipse of the sun in the continental u. S. In 38 years. You will not want to miss it. There will be another one until 2024, the zone of totality. Youll be hearing that word a lot stretches coast to coast across 14 states from oregon to South Carolina. Within that 70mile wide band the eclipse will be total. Total anywhere from two to two and a half minutes. Other parts of the country will see a partial eclipse, the moon will block anywhere from 5090 of the sun. Well be following the total eclipse in realtime as it progress across the country, west to east. Oregon will see it first in just a few minutes. At 16 past the hour we have correspondents there and in other kilo occasion across the zone of totality they are totally into it. Were on the campus of the university o
Northwest whats causing it. And the dangerous fallout for residents. Plus men at work. A 1980s hit maker from down under. Land down under explains what put him back on top. We begin with the fight against i. S. I. L. Seven months after the u. S. Led air strikes began the fight is intensifying. Right now, the most critical battles are in tikrit. Thats where iraqi forces have surrounded i. S. I. L. Fighters, the largest operation to date. The Iraqi Government says it has control of half of the city. Iraqi forces are debting help from the 60country getting help from the 60 Country Coalition civilians continue to leave the region in droves. I. S. I. L. Has many enemies but one ally boko haram. Twisted faith. Untold numbers of lives have been taken. Now in the battle against boko haram a new figure has emerged. That figure is the hired soldier. Nigeria has reportedly recruited hundreds of mercenaries. Nick schifrin is in northeastern nigeria. So nick, what are these nears these these mercen
Chinese and how they are going to cash in on the biggest ipo ever. Real money. This is real money. You are the most important part of the show, to tell me what on your mind. A decade of war is now ending. The speaker of those words was president obama in january 2013 on the day of his inauguration for the second term in office. They were words that resinated with many americans, tired of the wars in iraq and afghanistan. Wars that cost the country the lives of thousands of american soldiers and more than 1. 5 trillion. The president s plan spelled out in his state of the Union Address was to spending some of the peace dividend to pursue, quote, nation building at home, while sha shrinking the u. S. Military budget. But 20 minutes later, president obama faces a world where russias annexation of crimea has forced nato to confront the worst crisis since the end of the world war. A world that is china flexing his muscle in the sea, this comes as baobama tries to pivoto asia. But the pivot
To cash in on the biggest ipo ever. Real money. This is real money. You are the most important part of the show, to tell me what on your mind. A decade of war is now ending. The speaker of those words was president obama in january 2013 on the day of his inauguration for the second term in office. They were words that resinated with many americans, tired of the wars in iraq and afghanistan. Wars that cost the country the lives of thousands of american soldiers and more than 1. 5 trillion. The president s plan spelled out in his state of the Union Address was to spending some of the peace dividend to pursue, quote, nation building at home, while sha shrinking the u. S. Military budget. But 20 minutes later, president obama faces a world where russias annexation of crimea has forced nato to confront the worst crisis since the end of the world war. A world that is china flexing his muscle in the sea, this comes as baobama tries to pivoto asia. But the pivot will become increasingly diffic