Trouble down the road . Street fight to defeat isis. Lost in the daily back and forth of politics, the United States is at war. The battle against isis rages today. Our soldiers are fighting today. Now we know more are headed to the theater. Breaking today, the u. S. Sending more troops to the last major Islamic State strong hold in iraq as iraqi forces fight housetohouse in one of the bloodiest fights yesterday. The army is deploying 200 soldiers in mosul, the capitol of is Islamic State in iraq. The battle has been dragging on for months. The u. S. Forces will be assists and advising iraqi forces as they fight to liberate the city. We have a map here. The black areas are the places that isis still controls. In the red areas that you see all around, those are areas where isis still attacking. The fight is on in those red areas. In the yellow areas, isis still getting help from supporters. So thats a vast stretch. Theyre not in control. But theyre getting a lot of help. Mosul is in nor
The purpose of our action tonight is to establish a strong deterrent against the production, spread and use of chemical weapons. Establishing this deterrent is a Vital National security interest of the United States. Combined american, british, and french response to these atrocities will integrate all instruments of our military, economic, and diplomatic, we are prepared to sustain this response until the Syrian Regime stops its use of prohibited chemical agents. Kelly a were carried out by british tomato fighter jets and b1 bombers. Joseph dunford discussed the three targets that were selected. This evening we conducted strikes with two allies on multiple sites that will result in longterm degradation in syrias capability to research, and deploy chemical and biological weapons. This will result in inexcusable inflicted maximum damage without unnecessary risk to innocent civilians. Kelly lets go to Connor Powell who joined us from the jerusalem bureau. Reporter we are getting more inf