We begin in syria with a big boost for Kurdish Forces fighting i. S. I. L. In kobani. Just a few hours ago, iraqi peshmerga fighters crossed into the territory. The arrival of the reenforcements has been delayed for more than a week. We get more from jamalel shalil. Its been a long while as far as the fighters, a long awaited moment for them. The kurdish or the Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga Forces have been in turkey for a while to wait for the safe passage to enter. Moshed pinar. When they were headed towards that crossing fierce fighting occurred, local fighters said they believed it was local coalition fighters, but what they ended up doing is going through another route another way into the ypd controlled forces in kobani. They are armed with managed to forage a way in the middle of the night, obviously there was also some trouble getting there because of the terrain as well as the rain had been pouring down for about 24 hours. However, the vast majorities of them have now entered into s
Your identity. Plus, a new start. Young refugees who escaped with their lives are finding new hope in america. Tonight, there is hope that the three day ceasefire in gaza could last even longer. The current truce runs out on friday. Israel says its ready to extend it but its not clear for how long or whether hamas will go along. Jane ferguson is in jerusalem and jane, as you know, diplomats have been meeting in cairo today. What are you hearing about those talks . Well, those talks are indirect talks, john, between all factions in gaza. The israelis and the egyptians. Now, the talks have really just started and they will go on for several days. As you have said, if the ceasefire can be extended beyond its deadline of friday morning 8 00 a. M. Local time the talks will likely continue. By now, both sides are putting forward their position. Hamas has said they want the blookd to be blockade to be lifted. In and out of the gaza strip. The israelis say however they really want the disarmam
Brilliant street photographer finally gets her moment to shine. We begin tonight with the president s choice to replace attorney general eric holder. If confirmed, Loretta Lynch would be the first African American woman to hold that job. Lets go to the white house and senior washington reporter Mike Viqueria for this, mike. Her name leaked out in news records this morning. The president wasnt planning to name a new attorney general nominee, until after he returns from asia, but tomorrow at 11 00 a. M. , the president will appear with lore lorett Loretta Lynch. She has deep experience in corporate fraud prosecutions. Her bu biographical is informat. 55 years old, a greensboro North Carolina native, first nominated as a prosecutor in 1999 by bill clinton. Left the Prosecutors Office for a while and reinstalled by president obama in 2010. Now you talk about the civil rights experience for ms. Lynch. She was involved in the prosecution of new York City Police officers who were involved in
For months, president obama has promised to go it alone on immigration rornl. Romp. In a prime time speech tomorrow night, millions of undocumented immigrants from deportation. It is a step almost certain to set up a confrontation with republicans. Mike viqueria has more. Mike. Reporter good evening john. At this hour the president is inside the white house, hosing a dinner for congressional democrats, laying out a plan that is sure to ignite a political fire storm. After months of promises, president obama took to facebook to set the stage for action on immigration. What im going to be laying out is the things i can do with my Lawful Authority as president to make the system work better even as i continue to work with congress and encourage them to get a bipartisan comprehensive bill that can solve the entire problem. Reporter but with republicans in congress unwilling to move on reforming immigration mr. Obama will effectively cut them out, going it alone through executive action wit