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these things take time because we work with indigenous forces. we are using iraqi security forces to conduct the ground operations. as you pointed out, we have also said that you cannot do this with just power alone, and has to be a complement of fires and maneuver forces on the ground. our approach is to generate those forces by training and equipping iraqi security forces. we are as we have halted isil s advance into iraq we started the business of training and equipping new iraqi security forces so that they will have the ability to train and take back their borders and secure their sovereign spaces. roger wicker: is there any prospect of saudi forces being there in numbers that will be significant? uae, jordanian forces, to have a police force and not much else. general austin: they all have some capability. not all of them have volunteered to come forward and put boots on the ground in iraq. iraq needs to want to be able to take that on and take those forces in, ....
new video surfacing this morning showing iraqi troops getting taunted by islamic militants. fifth and ferry commuters in the north bay waiting to see if they ll have service this morning because two large ferries are out of commission. to the kron4 morning of the time 609 as we continue to track an accident on highway 101. northbound. this accident at peninsula ave still blocking the two left hand lanes. it pickup truck on its side and they re waiting for a second to a truck to get there in cleared the left-hand lane. the traffic backed up to third avenue. : in san jose firefighters are keeping a close eye on a brush fire that broke out near kelly park yesterday it was about 50 firefighters battling this blaze yesterday morning. no homes were threatened but crews kept a close watch on hot spots with sparks blowing down wind and area full of dry grass so crews worked to get that grass out of nearby coyote creek making sure every last ember was out. the helicopter ....
politicians who only stoke the anger when they should be finding answers to a very real crisis. you re just lucky. none of you are better! instead, this is what they re countering. they blocked the bus of a few dozen kids to a ranch for troubled youth until hearings on whether they can stay in the country. the reason why lady justice was well, in the crowd making a speech, this guy republican state legislator and congressional candidate adam kwasman. when he saw a bus, he tweeted this is not compassion, it is abrogation of the rule. he tweeted this out, ran to confront the bus, later telling a local reporter about the encounter. i was able to actually see some of the children in the buses. and the fear on their faces, this is not compassion. it s unclear whose compassion he is talking about there, and whether what that has to do with the fear on the faces of children as their bus encounters an angry mob of screaming grownups. the kids might just as well ha ....
years and had three master s degree, one ph.d. primarily in engineering. he was mostly a logistics guy. it was not unusual that he should be sent to afghanistan at this time because, as the military draws down, and the training continues for the afghans, part of which general green was responsible. there s also a lot of logistics involved in just how do we assist the afghan military, the afghan government in sort of rebuilding and billing up their government infrastructure at the same time? and, of course within in the middle of that in the first combat tour he arrived in january. he was tragically shot dead yesterday. and his wife and son, correct me on the details here, if i m wrong. his wife served as well at one point in time and his son is currently in the military? that s right. as a matter of fact, general green met his wife while they were both serving on active duty in the army. she s now a retired army colonel. his son is an active duty army officer at for ....
hamas must be held accountable for the tragic loss of life. again, this is a temporary cease-fire. at least for now. the truce formally ends this friday morning. and the big story today, out of the mid east, are the talks now beginning in egypt. to try to cement this. to extend the cease-fire. hamas is there. the plo is there, islamic jihad is there. those are the three big factions out of gaza. of course, the israelis, they re there, as well. egypt playing the role of mediator. now, officials in gaza say the month of israeli air attacks, not just from the air, which we ll point out from land, by sea, that all caused $5 billion worth of damage. all estimates here run in the billions. and it is unclear now whether restoring gaza is up for discussion there in cairo. throughout this conflict, we have shown you not only the death and destruction out of gaza, we have shown you how hamas was firing rockets from gaza at israel. in fact, we showed you this very picture. these ....