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Achieving those goals. America is back in iraq. We have full coverage from erbil, washington, and Marthas Vineyard, where president obama has just started his vacation. Also, new rocket fire between israel and hamas, this after talks to extend a threeday truce failed. So is israel prepares for another ground war, or another round of peace talks . Also, an International Public health emergency. Thats what the World Health Organization calls the ebola especial epidemic. Good afternoon to you all. Im t. J. Holmes in today for mr. Craig melvin. The new mission in iraq is continuing today. Earlier, American Forces dropped more humanitarian aid to civilians who have been caught in constant crossfire. So far, the military has not engaged in more air str ....
People who are there, but the next step, which is going to be complicated logistically, is how do we give safe passage for people down from the mountain and where can we ultimately relocate them so that they are safe. Nbcs Jim Miklaszewski is at the pentagon for us. And Kristen Welker is at the white house. Is the president saying anything about a time line in iraq . I think that was one of the headlines out of president obamas remarks. He essentially laid the groundwork for what could be an openended military engagement, albeit a limited engagement in iraq. He said this could be a longterm project. Take a listen at a little bit most a more of what he had to say. I dont think we can solve this problem in weeks, if thats what you mean. The Iraqi Security forces, in order to mount an offensive and be able to operate effe ....
Om rations on a guided missile cruiser called the u. S. S. Philippine c. And it shows the crew in sharp relief as they fire off those missiles. I should also say if you watch these things closely, it also shows these amazing little details. If you see the red arrow there, it turns out while theyre shooting these missiles, theyre drinking blue gaitorade. You can put your Water Bottles and your binoculars right against the window while the missiles are going off on the other side of the window. And no, gatorade, you are not allowed to get a sponsorship out of this. In this case, the camera is outside on deck of the ship looking up at the part of the ship from which the missiles are being launched. Watch. That was released by the navy today. But, wait, theres more. From the same ship, those same tomahawks, they also shot from two other camera angles. From the first one, youll see from a little bit further away. And then because of tha ....
Them. When two u. S. F18 fighter jets bombed a piece of isis artillery as well as the vehicle that was pulling it. According to the pentagon, isis has been using that artillery to shell Kurdish Forces fighting to save irbil, capital of kurdistan, which has found itself under siege by isis forces. U. S. Has also dropped a second round of aid packages into the mountains. Its where thousands of yezidis, religious minority in iraq, are trapped without food and without water. Isis cut the roads off trying to starve the fleeing civilians to death and threatening to kill anybody who came out of the mountains. Nbc news has not been able to independently confirm this, but the Associated Press is also reporting now that hundreds of yezidi women in mosul, the second largest city of iraq, that hundreds of yezidi women there have been taken captive by isis. Last night, the president sai ....
Shows these amazing little details. If you see the red arrow there, it turns out while theyre shooting these missiles, theyre drinking blue gaitorade. You can put your Water Bottles and your binoculars right against the window while the missiles are going off on the other side of the window. And no, gatorade, you are not allowed to get a sponsorship out of this. In this case, the camera is outside on deck of the ship looking up at the part of the ship from which the missiles are being launched. Watch. That was released by the navy today. But, wait, theres more. From the same ship, those same tomahawks, they also shot from two other camera angles. From the first one, youll see from a little bit further away. And then because of that, you can see the tra jekt ri of the missile when it takes off into the sky. From the second shot, from the second camera angle, youll see the way the trajectory of that missile as it flies off toward syr ....