Energy. Confrontation between turkey and greece in the Eastern Mediterranean. And antigovernment protesters in appealedusian capital to the eu to support a peaceful revolution. It is a disease that once paralyzed 75,000 children per year across africa. After decades of effort, the World Health Organization has declared the continent free of the naturally occurring poliovirus. The final push focused on northern nigeria, where Health Workers put their lives at risk to vaccinate children in a region filled with insecurity and violence. The virus is highly infectious and mainly infects children under the age of five. Fever, pain, and vomiting are the initial symptoms, but it can lead to irreversible paralysis. There has been a 99 fall in the number of infections since 1988. Only two countries have yet to eradicate the disease. Afghanistan and pakistan. Hascoronavirus Pandemic Disrupted International vaccination campaigns so there are fears of a resurgence. 16 african countries are currentl
[applause] wed take you to right now, president obama will give an update on the situation in missouri. Erguson, ive been following closely. Our Ongoing Operations in iraq, and the situation in ferguson, missouri. With respect to iraq, we continue to see important progress across different parts of our strategy to support Iraqi Government and combat a threat from the terrorist group isil. First, our military operations are effectively protecting our personnel in iraq. They have successfully pushed back the terrorists. Meanwhile, we have provided arms and assistance to iraqi forces, it including the kurdish fighters on the front lines. Today, with our support to my the iraqi and Kurdish Forces took a major step forward by recapturing the largest dam in iraq near the city of mosul. It fell under terrorist control earlier month and is vital to our objective of protecting americans in iraq. If that dam was breached to make could have proven catastrophic with floods that wouldve threatened
News from washington this morning from both ends of pennsylvania avenue. President obama will return to work at the white house today returning from a weeklong vacation to hear updates on the violence in ferguson, missouri with attorney general holder. Operationg military in iraq. The Washington Post reporting he plans to meet with Vice President biden and members of the National Security team to receive updates. The gathering comes a day after the president officially notified lawmakers on capitol hill that he expanded the military operation to include airstrikes targeting islamic militants. At the u. S. Capitol Congressional Quarterly notes that as of today one of the most powerful men on capitol hill is no longer a congressman. The resignation of eric cantor is now official. Two months after the rear Virginia Republicans so unexpectedly lost his primary race. Cantor a man announced resignation fans earlier this month. Allowing him to quickly transition to work in the private sector.
Fillings. They are in fish, certain large if youry fish, ahi tuna, are eating it. They are dismissed as not being a problem. But if you are in a genetically susceptible subpopulation, which is about 20 of boys, you can have delayed development in attention and memory and learning of about two to five years. So this is something serious. There are some real things associated with the environment that are a real problem. This is organic chemicals that are used. In bottles, all sorts of things. There is the production of them from 1940 to the present, and just exploding, there is no testing of them. You can bet that a lot of them are either carcinogens or there are problems associated with them. So its not as though there was not a cost by focusing on something that is really a third an absurd issue, because we have limited resources. When we are testing and focused on one thing, we are taking our energy away from other things that are more real and more present in our lives. The world he
[announcer] healthful. Flavorful. Beneful. From purina. When youre up on the stage so unbelievable oh, unforgettable i dont think we are going to solve this problem in weeks if that is what you mean. I think this is going to take some time. The Iraqi Security forces, in order to mount an offensive and be able to operate effectively
with the support of populations in sunni areas are going to have to revamp, get resupplied, have a clear strategy. But this is going to be a longterm project. Good morning. Welcome to morning joe. Take a live look at times square. Boy, does it need another reminder six years into into the presidency, barack obama is learning again this weekend and getting a view of just how lonely it is at the top. Especially when youre running the military of the last remaining benevolent super power in the world. With europe still seemingingly to be sleep, barack obama just became the fourng straight u. S. President to launch a war in iraq. America has ordered hostile mili