Now, more than a year into the campaigns rollback and destroy isis, it is impossible to assert that isis is losing or that we are winning. To be sure, sure, there has been some tactical progress in putting a recent rick capture of romani. This is a testament to our leaders, but serious challenges remain. Isis has lost some territory but has consolidated power in its core territories in both iraq and syria. It maintains control of key iraq cities and art military commanders estimate that this key terrain will not be retaken this year. The un reports that since isis invasion of iraq in 2014, nearly 20000 iraq civilians have been killed, nearly 3500 people, predominantly women and children are estimated to be isis slaves in iraq. The secretary division in iraq is no surprise that the training of Iraq Security forces has been slow and the building of support for sunni tribal forces is even slower. In syria, there is no plausible strategy to achieve the timeline that wont result in the trag
It would be easy to mistake the seagulls floating past the showboat for vultures circling Atlantic Citys latest victim of gaming competition. Its sad when anything closes up and people lose their jobs. Reporter youve got your own memories here. Absolutely, yeah, our wedding was here many we love it. Reporter showboats within a key indicator of Business Success is down a whopping 45 since 2009. And so the more than 2,000 workers who will lose their jobs were saddened but not shocked by its closing. Today i think everybody is a little numb. But tomorrow, you know, after you get a chance to think about it, everybody will be all right. Its terrible, man. Everybody worked here very hard. Its a sad thing. But they got to do what they got to do. Reporter back in january the Atlantic Club closed its doors. Sending 1600 workers out on the street. And if a buyer cant be found for the revel cass zone know it too will close. Come september. Costing 3200 workers their employment. Atlantic citys may
80 year old man traveling behind him was unable to stop and slammed into the undercarriage of the tractor trailer. Both men were wearing their seat belts and will be okay. Although bates was trapped inside the ups truck for an hour and had to be rescued. A spokesperson for ups issued this statement we care deeply about the safety of our people and the public we serve. The cause of the accident on i95 is currently under investigation by our own safety team. It may be several days before we know what cough the crash. I spoke with a truck driver who talks about what he does to stay safe on the roadway. Working to 10 hours a day. Not 14 to 20. Reporter you think that could be a problem here. Big problem. Its everywhere. People try to drive they cut everybodys wages they try to drive too much. So i dont know. Quit driving so much youll be all right. Reporter now i attempted to ask ups spokesperson how long bates had been on the road and when the last time he was able to get some sleep. He w
Fox 29 news in hd brought to you by xfinity the future of aweso awesome. We begin tonight with breaking news. Skyfox over the scene of a deadly shooting in north philadelphia. This is along the 2800 block of north fifth street. Police say a 32 year old man was shot in the head and the chest. So far there have been no arrests. Also breaking to night sky fox over the scene of an accident in atlantic county, new jersey. Traffic is closed in both directions along bears and estelle avenue in hamilton township. This happened around 8 30. Officials say there are some injuries and you are of course asked to avoid the area. And developing to night in south jersey, a food deliveryman is lured to an abandoned house and attacked. The victim says he was jumped and robbed by at least six people. And it happened in vineland Cumberland County where we find fox 29s shawnette wilson. Shes live there tonight. Shawnette . Reporter well the victim i can tell is you a young man. Hes a fulltime College Stude
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