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pelley: good evening. the crisis in iraq is worsening by the minute, and today, praub, who met with his national security team, ordered the u.s. military it to begininn humanitarian aid. u.s. airstrikes on the islamic militant group known as isis could be next. isis continues to seize territory in iraq and syria with the goal of creating an islamic state. in recent days, its fighters have been sweeping through the north of iraq, driving minority christians and yazidis from their homes. many yazidis are now surrounded on a mountaintop without food and water. today, the white house said the situation is nearing a catastrophe. david martin is at the pentagon tonight with the latest. david. reporter: scott a pentagon official said just a short time ago the effort has begun. transport planes loaded with palettes of food and water have taken off bound for iraq and american warplanes are poised to strike if the president gives the order. the airdrops are designed to rescue ....
hello, everyone. this is what is left above water of a ferry which capsized off the south korean coast. this is the bow. there were 476 passengers and crew onboard. many of them high school students. they were told to jump overboard as it started sinking. it s not yet known what happened to the ship. it was sailing from inchon in the north near seoul to jeju island when it got into difficulties. it capsized here. 295 people are now missing. three bodies have now been recovered. that s according to the coast guard, including one student. the u.s. navy has sent a ship to join the search and rescue operation in this area. this is the rescue center on the island of jindo. that s where survivors have been reunited with family members. nick childs has the latest. reporter: a disaster. the ferry already lifting at a crazy angle, desperate to rescue those aboard. as a flotilla of rescue boats arrive, others are pluckeded to safety off the coast waters of south korea s souther ....
mentality and what i consistently say to them and what i say to president putin is that s the past and we ve got to think about the future and there s no reason why we shouldn t be able to cooperate more effectively than we. do. reporter: putin s return to power has ended cooperation on nuclear arms reduction and reignited hostilities over a u.s.-backed ballistic missile defense system in europe. this has reversed the temporary progress achieved after then secretary of state hillary clinton hit a literal reset button with russia in 2009. putin was out of office. a white house official said the reset died the day putin regained power. nte chill between president obama and his russian counterpart grew coldest over edward snowden. the president personally lobbied putin to expel snowden to the u.s. to face felony charges for leaking classified documents. i was disappointed because, you know, even though we don t an extradition treaty with them, traditionally we have tri ....
o donnell: good evening. scott is on assignment, i m irah o donnell. it s not a return to the cold br, but there is a distinct still tonight in relations between the united states and russia. sesident obama today scrapped plans for a one-on-one meeting gith president putin in moscow mxt month. the white house cited a lack of progress on critical issues. but the last straw was putin s decision to give temporary asylum to edward snowden, the n.s.a. leaker. and it represents the latest failure in mr. obama s long- stated goal of rebooting u.s./russian relations. major garrett is at the white house. major? reporter: norah, before killing the summit, president iama asked the state department and department if anything could be achieved with president putin e, srms control, missile defense, syria or human rights. idross the board the answer came back no. as one top presidential advisor told us nothing added up, and we weren t going to have a summit for the sake of appear ....