Over out west of that location thats where the u. S. Has a humanitarian campaign. They have delivered at this point about 8,000 meals and 5,000 gallons of water. That is to the iraqi refugees, mostly christians that are on top of a mountain. They are surrounded by these isis militants. This extreme islamic group. Its not clear when these refugees would be able to come down from the mountain or what is going to happen from here but we do know that fighter jets are escorting those aircraft making the drops out to that mountain region. Well be watching this all from the live desk. Back to you. Those bombs fell less than 12 hours after the president warned the u. S. Would not hesitate to bomb iraq. When the lives of american citizens are at risk, we will take action. Thats my responsibility as commander in chief. And when many thousands of innocent civilians are faced with the danger of being wiped out, and we have the capacity to do something about it, we will take action. The president w
Money. It was a year ago this month that attorney general eric holder announced a 13 billion settlement with Jpmorgan Chase. Americas biggest bank. Jpmorgan admitted to misleading investors about the quality of mortgages bundled into securities between 2005 and 2008. In other words, the bank knew that some of the loans were highly likely to default burning investors, this was a civil settlement and no individuals at jpmorgan or any other bank have been charged with crimes. That, itself, is a crime in the minds of Many Americans whose Financial Lives were destroyed as the economy created along with the stock and Housing Markets. Rolling stones established a story, raising questions about the deal the men struck. The article by investigative journalist is titled the 9 billion witness meet the woman Jpmorgan Chase paid one of the largest fines in American History to keep from talking. The woman at the center of the article is whistle belower elaine, working at jpmorgan, reviewing the mort
Hello. Welcome to the program. In Northern Iraq Kurdish Peshmerga forces are battling fighters from the Islamic State around the village of Sultan Abdullah close to the isil stronghold of mosul, an important defensive position for isil fighters heavy fighting in Sultan Abdullah for days now. Peshmerga forces are gaining ground. There are still pockets of resistance from isil. The village is a source of water for the surrounding area. Mohammed joins peshmerga fighters as they battled for control. This is a front line for Kurdish Peshmerga fighters one of many dotting the countryside of Northern Iraq. A few hundred meters away is the village of Sultan Abdullah. Two days ago it was the sea of heavy fighting between the Islamic State in iraq and Kurdish Peshmerga forces. Peshmerga now control the village, but its still within the range of isil fire. We were advised against going in to the village. Its the front line. The mortars almost daily. Every day, there is a mortar between us and the
At all. Exploring close and beyond intergalactic missions for the year. Lets start forces are battling to retake more villages from i. S. I. L. The Islamic State of iraq and levant. We go to sal tan abdullah a village which Peshmerga Forces managed to retake. There has been a lot of fighting. How was it for the peshmerga to drive i. S. I. L. Out of Sultan Abdullah. Not quite easy we are on the edge of Sultan Abdullah. Its a few hundred kilometres down here. We are in peshmerga. The village is within site of i. S. I. L. They are firing on peshmerga inside, but on the outside, where we have seen mart areas that have not ex mortars that have not exploded. They have told us the peshmerga have told us that the fire is coming in mortars killing some of the peshmerga fighters inside. This village, Sultan Abdullah is where we saw the extent of fighters two days ago, facing off with the fighters. We are seeing some of the fighting going on between the i. S. I. L. Peshmerga, and they cannot it s
[ technical difficulties ] have differences were in a time of crisis that well sit down and at least have a conversation. Really, mr. President , its time to have that conversation before our economy is put further at risk. The speaker was referring to jean specirling, and what he wa saying is exactly what the president has said, that they are not going to respond to this hostage taking. A pew pole say four and ten americans say the federal government can go out that deadline without Major Economic problems, but 64 of conservatives that identify themselves as in the tea party agree the debt ceiling really doesnt matter. So, mike, we see that obviously congress is back to work. A number of furloughed employees might be wondering if congress will get to work on the idea of back pay. Is that something that we can expect some action on . That is an interesting question, tony, because all along when the house has passed these piecemeal bills, nih, any number of sensitive issues that are nea