From the moment they call it in to the time its delivered. Kurdish fighters are so close to isis militants, they can hear their conversations on simple twoway radios. Theres an airplane in the air the voice said. Stop, hide. Sniper mazan maraq is watching. Theyre inside houses, he told us. They move from house to house. Theyre behind the rubble. Maraq and his family fled sinjar when isis militants overran the city 15 months ago. Tens of thousands were uprooted in the terror that followed as isis murdered, raped, and enslaved members of the yazidi sect. Today, the 22mile stretch of highway that Kurdish Forces took control of breaks a key isis supply route from syria. But the fight is only starting. As the day wore on, kurdish militants on the move and scrambled into position. Maraq says he hopes isis will be defeated and his family can return home. And when do you think youill liberate sinjar . Hopefully tonight, he said. This fight is going to go house to house, scott. And peshmerga so
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Child be taken from the lesbian couple carrying for her. Rex ryan gets revenge on the team who fired him. He beats the new york jets but group of fans is angered over both teams choice of uniforms. Good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. This morning, the pentagon is trying to determine if a u. S. Air strike killed the infamous executioner known as jihadi john. Thursdays air strike was carried out bay drone that targeted a vehicle in the syrian city of raqqa, an Islamic State stronghold. Johnathan vigliotti is in london with the details on this this morning. Reporter jihadi john was the International Symbol of the brutality that is isis. He first appeared on an Islamic State video last year wearing a mask, dressed in black, and holding a large knife. He spoke with a british accent. Before executing american journalist james foley. The beheading video provoked outrage. It was the first of several brutal
I think you can oppose the president on some issue that you fundamentally disagree with, but also work with the other party on issues you do agree with. Thats what ive been doing. Look, if we can find common ground, we can on highways, we will on funding the government. Hopefully we can on tax policy. Those are three things that will produce certainty in this country in the next few months. Lets go do that. There was a time on capitol hill when the other guy had a bad idea. And now on capitol hill, the other guys a bad guy. Yeah, i think thats right. How do you heel that animosity . Its your job now . Leadership by example is the way i look at it. I have friends on the other side of the aisle. I have shown we can negotiate and compromise without compromising principle, that people with different ideas arent bad people. They just have different ideas. Somewhere in this we got into impugning peoples character and motives if we didnt like their ideas. Weve got to get back to just debating
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