Of our actions. It appears this is a more than a serious threat and its not just the issue of iraq that were dealing with here. We also have daily reports from around the globe. Congress has been off for more than six weeks, some have said, and i cant disagree that were awol. We ought to be back meeting as a committee as a whole, debating and defining the issue clearly. The president , more than a year ago, asked for congress to give back and give him a polts with respect to syria. And to date, the congress has yet to respond. There are calls within the Armed Services committee. I know, by joe courtney and others calling for the committee to be meeting specifically and talking about the potential threat identifying that especially as the use of military force and commitment of troops on the ground by the United States. The clarity and redefining needs to happen immediately and cannot wait until next week. What about the other questions you want answered specifically . We cannot wait un
Outskirts of this city of mosul presumably with the intent of allowing Ground Troops to be able to then move in and push the militants out of mosul, which is where theyve really been based since june. In other news this week starting on saturday iraqi troops, Kurdish Forces and also shia militia managed to retake the city that had been undunder siey three months without power, water and very limited supplies. That was very important that they liberated that city on sunday. And then moved forward on monday to the city of which has been a stronghold for the militants, again also since june. So weve been seeing some important victories for the iraqi forces. Whats very interesting is to see that they are fighting the iraqi army, the Kurdish Peshmerga forces and the shia militia are all cooperating and fighting together against the militants. In other parts of the country were also seeing the kurdish Guerilla Group cooperating with peshmerga forces. So the situation is bringing together in
Of the allman brothers rock ban was 69 years old. Eric hello, im eric sean, this is a brand new hour of americas news headquarters. Arthel very sad news about greg allman. President trump wrapping up trip after spending time with our troops in sicily this memorial weekend. Eric we are live on the ground with the very latest in that investigation. Arthel train ride if oregon taking a deadly turn. Two passengers sacrificed their lives to stop an apparent hate crime. Americas news headquarters right now. Eric President Trump to the white house later today wrapping up twoday summit. The president capping off that trip with speech to u. S. Troops that are stationed in sicily and vowed to to defeat islamic. Amy, how did the day finish up . Well, it was a busy day, of course, as all these days were for the president , eric. The host Prime Minister says that the differences between President Trump and other members of the g7 did emerge very quickly and added that he felt the u. S. President re
You can see a second batch carefully cross the bridge. They are waiting here to get further instruction on where to go. Of course, no one is being allowed to go to a certain place on the other side of the bridge. People are being advised for accommodation. So if any of these people are terrorists or locals the police will want to advise them on where they should go tonight. I was here about an hour ago, an hour and half ago and i told from people who have been in the restaurants and bars on the other side of the bridge that i spoke to a man we interviewed earlier they were drinking at a pub and they describe how police ran in and told them to run and they ran across the bridge. They got into a random persons car to get over here. They saw two people lying on the ground another people covered in blood. A lot of people were very agitated. They made their way away, and they seem to be stranded on the other side of the ridge. To show you how many people are caught up in this incident on th