That the troops were being reduced in light of the growing capabilities of Iraqi Security forces to address terrorism in the country. And of course, eisel was officially declare defeat in 2017. But the coalition has still been engaged in fighting an insurgency and trying to contain sleeper cells that remain operational in that country. But of course, its much more complicated than that. If we go back to earlier this year, there was this Parliament Vote to oust all foreign troops. And that vote came in response to the u. S. Killing of iranian general custom, some in money and other iraqi officials here in baghdad. And weve also seen a surge in rocket attacks on u. S. Interests, and it was in that context that the 2 sides renegotiated u. S. Military presence, beginning the drawdown from 1st 5000. 00 troops earlier this year to 3000. 00 troops as of september. So this additional drawdown is not that significant in light of the reductions that have already taken place. But what remains to
Police were out investigating shooting. I woke up and started working. My desk faces the howard l, hospita and the next thing you know i hear a couple of pops. Reporter brett porter was inside his home when d. C. Police say two suspects started chasing and shootint a a man who was running away on fifth street right near the entrance to Howard University hospital. One of the blets struck a window and a nurse who worked in the obgyn office at the hospital sent us these pictures. She sa the bullet went through the wall of her department, just missing this woman o was sitting down with her newborn babe waiting for an appointment. I spoke with the new mother who saysthe bullet nearly missed her head. She was too shaken up to go on camera but described the ordeal as terriing. Witnesses say Campus Police responded quickly. Oh, its fast. Hey were throwing on bulletproof vests and running outside. Reporter jason is nrnlg chast Dialysis Department a the hospital and says he saw the suspects taki
and if you are south korean, you are now officially a year younger than you were yesterday. we ll tell you how a new law has changed the way koreans think about age. but we start with the situation in ukraine and the horrifying details of a russian missile attack on a restaurant in kramatorsk. 11 people were killed and rescue workers have spent most of the day going through the rubble, looking for any survivors. kramatorsk is in ukraine s eastern donetsk region. it s under ukrainian control but close to parts of the country occupied by russia. this was the scene after the attack. it was a popular, busy restaurant, with many families eating out before the nightly curfew. dozens of people were injured, the missile also damaged nearby apartment buildings and shops. among the dead were two 14 year old twins, yulia and anna aksenchenko. president zelensky said the attack showed russia deserved defeat. our correspondent andrew harding has the latest from the scene in kramatorsk. i
Im katty kay in washington and Christian Fraser is in london. 17,000 people desperately need shelter in the caribbean. Its estimated that 37 people on the islands lost their lives in hurricane irma. The World Health Organisation says the relief operation is being sorely hampered by the damage to the hospitals and clinics. The cost of Hurricane Harvey and irma together is put at 200 billion in the United States, but in florida, perhaps a collective sigh of relief that it wasnt much worse, especially when they reflect on the destruction we are seeing in the caribbean. Nick bryant reports from the turks and caicos. This church was supposed to protect people from irma a sanctuary through the storm butjust hours before the hurricane hit, the plan changed. People went elsewhere, and just as well. Like many buildings here, it was destroyed. In the turks and caicos islands, low lying coastal communities were worst hit, beach side homes now unlivable. Basically, my family, we lost everything, e
Hollywood. Overnight, trump becomes a target of the amas. Im going to funk this country up bigly. As the stars take the stage on musics big night. Bruno mars making magic. Selena gomez and selena gomez with a powerful return to the spotlight. If you are broken, you do not have to stay broken. Ariana grande walking away a big winner. Ariana grande oh weve got what you didnt see from musics biggest night. And we do say good morning, america, on this monday morning. It was an exciting night at the American Music awards. A lot of amazing performances. Bruno mars firing up fans. And as you can imagine, the show got political. Some stars taking on the president elect. Not holding back at all. No tweets from the president elect on that yet. He did take on hamilton and saturday night live. You see mitt romney, his former rival right there. Talk about him for secretary of state as the president elect fills out his cabinet. Well have more on that coming up. First, the winter blast. Cold temps fr