We are just a few hours away from the israeli Prime Ministers controversial speech in front of the u. S. Congress. Benjamin netanyahus expected to blast Ongoing Nuclear talks with iran weeks before the deadline for a deal. On monday, mr. In the the in the prefaced his congressional speech while speaking to a proisrael lobby. The Prime Minister downplayed the tensions with the white house. Israel and the United States will continue to stand together because america and israel are more than friends. Were like a family. Disagreements in the family are always uncomfortable. We must always remember this we are family. Now plenty of movers and shakers in d. C. Want to be at the speech on tuesday, but dozens of Congressional Democrats are skipping mr. Netanyahus speech. Senator warren was on the list of those boycotting the meeting. Lawmakers refused to hear mr. Netanyahu criticize u. S. Foreign policy in such a highprofile forum. The Prime Ministers visit comes amid ongoing talks if switzerl
was gathering information for police. now the six-minute video has subtitles in english arabic and french. right now iraqi forces are fighting to retake the isis stronghold of tikrit. an iraqi victory could pave the way for more attacks against isis positions particularly in the country s second largest city mosul. cnn s ian lee joins me from cairo. explain to viewers what the significance of recapturing tikrit would be. reporter: zell tikrit is on the road to mosul, one of the largest cities. so the province on the way toward mosul, this is quite a test for the iraqi mary. they ve been training with the u.s. military personnel. they re going to go into tikrit trying to take it to get isis fighters out of there.