The dow and the s p 500 are in positive territory. Lets go to the markets desk where julie hyman has the latest. Julie there was a report this morning talking to a bunch of strategists on tuesday. The brexitinduced selling could be over in the united states, which would be fascinating indeed. Still a lot to unfold commodities they come in the. K. We got the next of them pending home sales, down more than anticipated. Does not look like that will put a chink in the rally we are seeing today. Other kind of 3. 7 in may. We are watching housing stocks today. Overall we are still seeing a rally well intact today. As funny mention, the dow and the vonnie mentioned, the dow. Nd nasdaq and the green last thursday, the rally happened in anticipation of a emain vote in the u. K. Of course, that didnt happen and we have this decline. We are not back to the levels we during the close on thursday but pretty close to the levels on friday with the selloff in the wake of the vote. We are continuing to
A fox urge sxent breaking details. The pentagon confirming four more air strikes today in iraq. I am Julie Bandaras and good evening. This is the fox report. Growing military involvement in a increasingly unable iraq. Innocent iraqi fleeing for their lives from the dangerous isis terrorist. There were two of several air strikes. One shoes a hornet taking out isis artillery and a fighter plane taking out an isis truck. President obama made it clear at no point will there be any u. S. Combats on the grouvenltd he couldnt give a time table saying it comes down to how well the iraqis stand up to the terror attack. Once a government is in place i am confident they will get support from the friends and alloys. Ultimately only the iraqis can insure the stability. The United States cant do it for them. But well be partners in that effort. Separate from air strikes is a second humanitarian mission. The u. S. Continuing air drops of supplies of food and water to thousands of refugees on the run
Everyone. Im jeff glor with a western edition of the broadcast. And president obama warned today americas latest incursion into iraq will not be brief. Airstrikes on isis and airdrops for the people they have trapped began yesterday. They will likely continue now for months. Tonight, late word of four u. S. Airstrikes, this time targeting isis armored personnel carriers. The isis militant are members of the sunni branch of islam, at war not just with iraqs shiite majority but also with other ethnic and religious minorities including kurds, christians and yazidis. Their ultimate goal is an Islamic State in the heart of the middle east. Holly williams is inside erbil tonight. Reporter american f a18 fighter jets are flying over iraq once again, this time targeting isis militants. The aim is to help kurdish soldiers, the only force on the ground in Northern Iraq still doing battle with the islamic extremists. The kurdish fighters retreated this week after isis seized more towns and captur
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