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[applause] good afternoon welcome and they give you for joining us today on the topic of critical importance. i am president of the united states institute of peace with the critical moment to this serious conflict to threaten not of the regional political will security with the arrival of refugees in europe that there is 60 million people displaced by conflict and 12 million are syrian. and estimates suggest what quarter have been killed in the civil war today. one of the pressing tragedies of our time united states has been the leading donor of humanitarian assistance over the last five years by growing more bloody and complex by the day the global community mr. jett they work together to provide desperately needed civilian production to achieve a meaningful and lasting pay peace with the community and the commitment we read never again turn a blind eye let that systematic violence of human suffering come forward so i am honored to welcome to the u.s. institute of ....
36 american airstrikes, moved to retake the town of sinjar, and they cut a highway that is used by isis to carry supplies from raqqa, its stronghold in syria, to mosul, the largest city that isis holds in iraq with more than a million residents. charlie d agata is with the kurdish peshmerga forces. reporter: the battle to reclaim sinjar began in the air. u.s. air strikes pounded suspected isis targets throughout the day. thick smoke hung over the city as isis fighters lit banks of tires to try to block the bombers visibility. dug in on the mountain side, kurdish peshmerga forces searched for targets, passing the coordinates to u.s. advisers. this is one of the forward fighting position where s they re helping to pick targets for air strikes. soldiers here told us with aircraft overhead all the time, sometimes it s just five minutes from the moment they call it in to the time it s delivered. kurdish fighters are so close to isis militants, they can hear their conversa ....
from maine to maui, thousands of high school students across the country are getting in on the action by volunteering in their communities. chris young: action teams of high school students are joining volunteers of america and major league baseball players to help train and inspire the next generation of volunteers. carlos pea: it s easy to start an action team at your school so you, too, can get in on the action. get in on the action at actionteam.org. cause you ll be in my heart yes, you ll be in my heart from this day on now and forevermore. narrator: if animals are our best friends, shouldn t we be theirs? visit your local shelter, adopt a pet. you ll be in my heart no matter what. if you were a hippie in the 60s, you need to know. it s the dawning of the age of aquarius. yeah, and something else that s cool. what? osteoporosis is preventable. all: osteo s preventable? right on! if you dig your bones, protect them. all: cbs cares! the next democratic debate cbs ....
iraqi kurdish troops, backed by 36 american airstrikes, moved to retake the town of sinjar, and they cut a highwhw that is used by isis to carry supplies from raqqa, its stronghold in syria, to mosul, the largest city that isis holds in iraq with more than a mililon residents. charlie d agata is with the kurdish peshmerga forces. reporter: the battle to reclaim s sjar began in the air. u.s. air strikes pounded suspected isis targets throughout the day. thick smoke hung over the city as isis fighters lit banks of tires to try to block the bombers visibility. dug in on the mountain side, kurdish peshmerga forces searched for targets, passing the coordinates to u.s. advisers. this is one of the forward fighting positioiowhere s they re heheing to pick targets for air strikes. soldiers here told us with aircraft overhead all the time, sometimes it s just five minutes to the time it s delivered. kurdish fighters are so close to isis militants, they can hear their conversa ....
from maine to maui, thousands of high school students across the country are getting in on the action by volunteering in their communities. chris young: action teams of high school students are joining volunteers of america and major league baseball players to help train and inspire the next generation of volunteers. carlos pea: it s easy to start an action team at your school so you, too, can get in on the action. get in on the action at actionteam.org. cause you ll be in my heart yes, you ll be in my heart from this day on now and forevermore. narrator: if animals are our best friends, shouldn t we be theirs? visit your local shelter, adopt a pet. you ll be in my heart cbs cares. if you were a hippie in the 60s, you need to know. it s the dawning of the age of aquarius. yeah, and something else that s cool. what? osteoporosis is preventable. all: osteo s preventable? right on! if you dig your bones, protect them. all: cbs cares! is saturday, and today, a new cbs new ....