i m anne-marie green. this morning, a major offensive is under way to retake a strategic iraqi town held by isis force. overnight and into the morning, u.s. war planes pounded isis targets near the northern city of sinjar. the u.s. jets are supported by some 7,500 iraqi kurdish iraqi fores on the ground. charlie d agata joins you on the phone from sinjar. reporter: i m looking over city of the sinjar, the mountainside, just above it. there is smoke rising from a series of air strikes launched by u.s. aircraft and coalition allies and partners. all night and throughout the morning, suspected isis targets. this morning, at dawn, we watched as thousands of kurdish peshmerga forces moving down the mountain and towards the city and the isis front lines. military officials say 7,500 forces in all closing in on they are trying to push isis militants back, using overwhelming force backed by the u.s. air strikes and artillery that is being fired from peshmerga positions here on th
this evening in powersville, iowa, another twister was spotted in the southern iowa town of avoca. an 18 wheeler was blown off the road by 76 mile per hour winds. that same e vere storm system created blizzard conditions across the rocky mountains and western plains. the blinding snow made driving dangerous near denver. eric fisher is chief meteorologist at our station in boston, wbz, eric how bad is it? charlie, we have been watching storms across iowa this afternoon. several reported tornados along ththway. there are more damage reports coming in. the weather service will survey damage tonight and into the day tomorrow. some of the pictures showing certainlnlseveral tornados have touched down. we still have tornado watches that extend farther off to the east this evening. this whole line will be tracking its way into illinois and parts of wisconsin. see the timeline here. thunderstorms moving east as we head into the overnight and into the day tomorrow. ill many showers
three sides. they are trying to p ph isis militants back, using overwhelming force backed by the u.s. air strikes and artillery that is being fired from peshmerga positions here on the mountain. the key is really to recapture the city and choke off vital supply roots from syria. but it is slow going. the peshmerga soldiers we spoke to said they face sniper fire. they exaxane boobytraps all over the place since it s been held by isis for so long. homemade bombs on the roads and in the buildings. and there is always the risk of suicide, car bombs, and suicide bombers on foot. but they say they are making progress this morning, slow and steady progress, advancing from the east and west of the city where fierce gun battles are under way. charlie, can you tell me a little bit more abououthe significance of this city? it s significant for two reasons. first of all, it sits essentially on a direct line between two isis strongholds in iraq and syria and mosul in iraq. and it s al
good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york. good to be with you. i m anne-marie green. this morning, a major offensive is under way to retake a strategic iraqi town held by isis force. overnight and into the morning, u.s. war planes pounded isis targets near the northern city of sinjar. the u.s. jets are supported by some 7,500 iraqi kurdish iraqi fores on the ground. charlie d agata joins you on the phone from sinjar. reporter: i m looking over city of the sinjar, the mountainside, just above it. there is smoke rising from a series of air strikes launched by u.s. aircraft and coalition allies and partners. all night and throughout the morning, suspected isis targets. this morning, at dawn, we watched as thousands of kurdish peshmerga forces moving down the mountain and towards the city and the isis front lines. military officials say 7,500 forces in all closing in on three sides. they are trying to push isis militants back, using o
57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york. good to be with you. i m anne-marie green. this morning, a major offensive is under way to retake a strategic iraqi town held by isis force. overnight and into the morning, u.s. war planes pounded isis targets near the northern city of sinjar. the u.s. jets are supported by some 7,500 iraqi kurdish forces on the ground. charlie d agata joins you on the phone from sinjar. reporter: i m looking over the mountainside above sinjar and smoke is rising from a series of air strikes launched by u.s. aircraft and coalition allies and partners. all night and throughout the morning, suspected isis targets. this morning, at dawn, we watched thousands of kurdish peshmerga forces moving down the mountain and towards the city and the isis front lines. military officials say 7,500 forces in all closing in on three sides. they are trying to push isis militants back using overwhelming force backed by the u.s. air strikes and artillery