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overseas. good evening, the islamic state in iraq and the levant or isil is on the verge of a major victory in syria. isil fighters could capture key town of kobane. [ explosion ] as you can see in that video there has been fierce fighting between isil fighters and kurdish forces defending the town and the u.s. and coalition partners carried out more airstrikes today. kobane is on the border between syria and turkey and is an isil-controlled territory. while turkey is keeping a close eye, turkey has yet to intervene. it s clear that the battle for kobanes is more intense than it s ever been. fighters from the islamic state in iraq and the levant breached defenses to the east and south of the town late on monday. since then kurdish fighters have been taking on isil street by street, building by building. the kurds are motivated and determined. isil is more accustomed to sweeping through areas defended by soldiers with little appetite to fight. kobane is different. ....
owners all feeling the pinch for profits, sweeping san francisco property and probably coming soon to a neighborhood near you. brian webb, kpix 5. one bay area city is making an evident to create affordable housing. san mateo celebrated the grand opening of delaware pacific. rents are $520 for one bedroom to $1,200 for a three-bedroom unit. san mateo has the most expensive housing in the united states. [ [ inaudible ] concentrated in one area. [ inaudible ] 20 to 25% there s no excuse for that. so we have to [ indiscernible ] you have remember that. [ inaudible ] the wait lists for these units is now closed. more than 2300 people have already applied for the 60 available units. president obama came to the bay area. he left behind some hard feelings in some cases. especially among those who normally back him the most. in mountain view mr. obama became the first sitting president to visit a walmart store. our len ramirez reports, that triggered a backlash am ....
in new york, and massachusetts and connecticut and rhode island and new hampshire and across the region, 650,000 homes and businesses are without power this morning. new york mayor michael bloomberg urged people to stay off of the roads, but the long island expredzway is littered with cars that became stuck overnight. new england is getting the brunt of the snow with two feet of snow in boston. and massachusetts governor deval patrick has banned every vehicle on every road in the state. and the snow is creating a travel nightmare for passengers with more than 5 sthou flights cancelled already. we will have updates throughout the show this morning, but now we are turning to a threat that is more manmade than nature-mad nature-made, and that is the threat of war. this mile an houring, i wa inii morning i want to direct your attention to a little skirmish in the china sea and the bbc it is calling it a little skirmish that could have big, big consequences, think world war ....
and arise captain sir tom moore the world war two veteran who s raised more than £30 million for the nhs is awarded a knighthood. hello and welcome to viewers on bbc one, as we build up today s coronavirus briefing from the government, today led by culture secretary, 0liver dowden. we start today with comments from the prime minister, who said that there is a growing confidence that the uk will have a test, track and trace operation in place by next month. borisjohnson said during prime minister s questions that the system would be world beating and there will be 25,000 trackers. he said this will help stop the disease from spreading and added that 2a,000 tracers had already been recruited. let s look at the government s approach to testing and tracing so far. 0n the 12th march, the government moved away from community tests and contact tracing because of capacity problems, as ministers focused testing on patients with suspected coronavirus in hospitals. the health ....
and critically wounded but police say it wasn t then. mike tobin is live on the ground in ferguson, with what it looks like the morning after, good morning, mike. and lee land, i can tell you the search continues for facts out here and facts specifically about what prompted the shooting of mike browne and while that happened, the attorney for dorian johnson who was with mike brown, spoke to judge piro last night. he said that officer darrin wilson had mike brown by the shirt and the throat. an officer then according to michigan client. all of a sudden he says power and he shot. reporter: arnnd the first nit of the curfew was not without the heavy tactics were not directly related to curfew enforcement. police moved in because shots were fired. i man had been shot. beyond that police had information that looters had broken into red s barbecue and they were up on the roof. they came in with smoke grenades and one tear gas canister. and it happens at a time when th ....