The consulate in erbil. Dropping food and water to thousands of those trapped on the mountains near the syrian border. Oh, my god. Tropical storm iselle battling hawaii this morning packing 70mileanhour winds. Hurricane julio promising to be even bigger. Lets be safe. The full brunt of the storm is still coming. Rockets were fired into israel. The explosion has rocked gaza city. A 10yearold is reported to be the first casualty. The final day of the Oscar Pistorius murder trial is under way. The defense team is presenting closing arguments. The World Health Organization has declared the Ebola Outbreak to be an emergency. It will be a lock hard fight but we can stop ebola. The woman has apparently become some kind of serial stowaway. Arrested at l. A. X. One day after the judge ordered her to stay away. Shutting down the white house, a tiny toddler managed to squeeze through the front gate sending security running. All that check this out. 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They control key parts of iraq. Its goal is to make it an islamic state. Major garrett at the white house. Good morning to you, major. Reporter good morning. The u. S. Military is back in iraq. For how long, no one in the white house is prepared to say. Some say it could last for days, possibly weeks. Air strikes against well armed sunni militants have not commenced but appear inevitable. The president ordered u. S. Air drops of food and water for tens of thousands in a religious sect known as the ya see dees. Sur rounded by militants known as isil. Theyre without food, theyre without water. People are starving and children are dying of thirst. Meanwhile isil forces below have called for the systematic destruction of the entire s yezidi people. When we have the unique capabilities to help avert a massacre, then i believe the United States cannot turn a blind eye. Reporter the president also ordered air strikes if they converge on the city of erbil. Dozens of military are there too. Ive demanded our military to take attacks against the convoys should they move toward the city. Reporter the pentagon considers erbil crucial to the fight against isil. Aerial surveillance of isil will be constant. Fighter jets are poised to strike. But no u. S. Combat forces are heading back to iraq. I will not allow the United States to be dragged into fighting another war in iraq. The only lasting solution is reconciliation among iraqi communities and stronger Iraqi Security forces. Reporter senior advisers describe it swift ande be no ma them. Now from the air the u. S. Will join the fight. Top advisers predict a long, very long military campaign. Norah . All right. Major, thank you. The top u. S. Commander in iraq, Army Lieutenant general mick says we must neutralize this ta army to defeat an army. David martin is at the pentagon and he has more on the mission to drop food and water. Good morning. How long were the planes over iraq . This could foreshadow a much larger military campaign. Five were dropped over the sinjar mountain late yesterday. The pentagon says the 72 bundles of supplies were dropped to the 15,000 stranded members of a sect known as the yezidis contained 8,000 prepackaged meals and 5,300 gallons of fresh drinking water. Thaw were dropped from an aircraft. Two f18 fighter jets escorted the transports. They will make more drops of food and water as needed but sooner or later air strikes may be needed if isis fighters dont retreat from both sinjar mountain where they have the yesidis surrounded and halt their advance toward the northeast and city of erbil. Thats where some 150 u. S. Military advisers and an unknown number of diplomats have been operating in a city that was once thought safe from attack. The president has promised he will not allow american troops to be dragged back into combat, but he has issued orders that commit the u. S. To the defense of erbil as well as baghdad, the two cities where the remaining americans in iraq are based and as well to the relief of the 15,000 iraqis stranded on sinjar mountain. David martin at the pentagon. Thank you. Holly williams is in istanbul, turkey, where officials are watching isis very closely this morning. Holly, good morning to you. Reporter good morning. Iraqs top muslim cleric called on all iraqis to unite today to defeat isis and he blamed corrupt iraqi politicians for this crisis. Those islamic militants became within 30 minutes of erbil and thats a city that has a stronghold opposed to isis. Isis is on the move again, taking on kurdish fighters and extending the borders of what they call their islamic state. Yesterday after the fierce clashes they seize 15d towns, an army base, and iraqs biggest dam. Soldiers from the Iraqi Military fled the area two months ago when isis first surged into mosul. Now the kurdish fighters in the autonomous region in the east are the only group doing bat well isis on the ground in northern iraq, but isis has won a string of victories over the kurdish soldiers. Several of the towns captured by isis yesterday were christian including bartela, which we visited in june. The captain and his 600 militiamen vowed to protect isis which were 10,000 miles away. Tens of thousands have now fled the area fearful that isis will give them the same stock choice theyve offered other religious authorities. Convert to islam, leave, or face death. Iraqs biggest. There are fears that isis could use the dam as a weapon inundated hundreds of square miles of land. Norah . Holly, thanks. Now to this mornings other big stories. Tropical storm iselle is battling hawaii. Its downgraded from a hurricane overnight as top winds topped 70 miles an hour. Iselle will cross oislands later today. In the eastern Pacific Julio has strengthened to a category 3. Its expected to brush by hawaii later. Bigad shaban is in hawaii. A storm this big has never hit hawaii. Good morning. Reporter good morning. Once the storm clears the National Guard will help assess damage but iselle is expected to drop a foot of rain only some of o the areas before moving to the roa rest of the islands. The storm made landfall as the high tide rolled in. Flash floodwaters raced down the streets of ka powe hoe as wind gusts of 85 miles an hour pummeled hawaiis largest island. The nation hall guard is already moving planes to the mainland that could bring car kboe. Reporter hawaiis governor Neil Abercrombie is prepared theyre prepared for backtoback storms. Were ready. I can assure you were ready and able to respond if necessary. Reporter despite waves, some still ventured out to ride the surf. Others went to temporary red cross shelters including Hilo High School where more than 100 spent the night. They have their backpacks on. Reporter jessica and Leanne Andrews came with their 2yearold daughter chloe after wind gusts shook their home. We didnt want to feel frightened overnight. Better to be safe than sorry. Reporter and the islands is expected to move just to the north on sunday. Bigad, thank you. This massive picture from space shows how big these two storms are compared to hawaii. Meteorologist and hurricane expert craig setzer of wfor is tracking these unusual systems. Craig, good morning. Good morning. Iselle continues to bear down on the big island of hawaii. It took a turn to the southwest overnight, also slowed its speed but has resumed more of a North Carolina coast here. The winds are down to 60 miles an hour. Slower speed means torrential rainfall for the big island. Anywhere between 1 to 2 feet is possible. That means possibly widespread flash floods. After that, iselle moves to the west. It should stay south of the other islands and its out into the pacific. Of course the other system were watching, its a category 3. Certainly its something well have to watch. Norah . Craig, thank you so much. One minute. Thats how long the sky remained free of rockets after the temporary truce between israel and hamas came to an end this morning. And a child is among the victims in the latest outbreak of violence. Clarissa ward is in gaza city. Clarissa, good morning. Reporter good morning. That ceasefire expired at 8 00 a. M. And by 8 01, we heard a barrage of rockets being fired from here to gaza and theres been a steady stream ever since. Israel has responded with air strikes. One hit near a mosque and kill add 10yearold boy and israel has now pulled its delegation from cairo saying there can be no negotiations and no talks while hamas continues to fire these rockets. But hamas did warn last night that theyre willing to drag israel into a long and bloody war unless they get some real concessions. Theres a sense hamas cannot walk away from this without a here in gaza have paid over the last four weeks. So the situation here not looking good at all. Talks have stalled and the cycle of violence is starting again. For cbs this morning, clarissa ward, gaza. Now, to the deadly Ebola Outbreak and the concerns around the globe. The World Health Organization this morning declared an International Health emergency. It says the country simply cannot control the spread. Now theres backlash against the United States from those who thing were not doing enough to help. Jeff pegues is in washington with the american governments response. Jeff, good morning. Good morning. The cdc is now at its highest state of alert and launching a team of 50 u. S. Health professionals into the region of africa affected the most. The cdc director warn thad contained the deadly disease will be a long hard fight. West africans are waiting for the potentially lifesaving drug american patients Nancy Writebol and dr. Kent brantly have been given, leaving some African Leaders to criticize the american outbreak. But dr. Tom frieden, the director of the cdc says there are no dose of zmapp available and they dont know if it works. What we dont know is whether its helpful, harmless, or has no impact r hes confident there will not be a large outbreak in the u. S. If its contained in africa. The single most important thing we can do is stop the outbreaks, stop it at the source. Reporter increasingly thats difficult to do. The outbreak has spread across four countries in west africa, but according to the World Health Organization, 60 of the neil 1,000 people who have died in in march have been in liberia, sierra leone. I believe this is a very nasty, bloody disease. I could give you descriptions of people dieing that you cannot even belief. Reporter in atlanta american patient Nancy Writebol isovemen her husband david is optimistic. Im grateful and happy that shes in a place where shes able to receive the best care possible and that will give her every opportunity to get better and to recover. A drug company now says that the fda lifted its hold on a drug that could treat people with ebola. That company had its trial on the drugs tkn ebola stopped earlier this summer. Norah . Jeff, thank you. This morning defense lawyers said primal instincts caused the double amputee to shoot and kill his girlfriend. Debora patta is at the courthouse in south africa where the judge will soon decide the case. Debora, good morning. Reporter good morning. Its interesting that he spent his entire life downplaying his responsibility but now is escaping it to prevent a murder charge. His attorneys are trying to portray him as a desperate hero. You were a little boy without legs. You experienced daily that disability and the effect of this. You experienced daily that you cannot run away. Reporter whats happened now is that the defense maintains that Oscar Pistorius has an exaggerated response to danger and that is why he shot and killed Reeva Steenkamp by accident thinking she was an intruder. The prosecution argued that it was a coldblooded murder and the story is a lie. Maurice. Debora, thank you. A michigan man faces life in prison this morning for the shooting of a 19yearold woman on his porch. 55yearold thee dough wafer claims selfdefense when he shot Renisha Mcbride last year in defense. He said he feared for his life when she banged on his door early one morning after she crashed her car. The case initially raised questions about race but that was never the focus of the trial. Mcbrides parents say they have finally found justice. We know as parents how we raised her. She was not violent. She was a regular teenager. And she was well raised and brought up with a loving family and her life mattered, and we show that. Wafer heads back to court for sentencing later this month. Did you hear about this story . A small boy caused a big security scare at the white house. Secret Service Agents scrambled after the toddler squeezed through the iron bars of the gate in front of the white house yesterday. Well, they issued a lockdown and the little boy was quickly caught as you can see. But even the secret service had a sense of humor about it. Heres the statement. Quote, we were going to waits until he learned to talk to question him but in lieu of that he got a timeout and was sent on his way with his parents. Those bars are quite narrow, but he was a little kid and he managed to get in between them. Thats going to be a long timeout. A long timeout. Hell need one. Yes, indeed. Its 7 19. Ahead on cbs this morning well have much more announcer this National Weather report sponsored by the buy power card from capital one. Your card is the key. Cheerleaders are supposed to show their pride. 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