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Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news. Glor good even, everyone, i am jeff glor, since early july they have been trapped, 15,000 men, women and children surrounded by isis. The Iraqi Government believed the town of amerli just two hours north of baghdad was about to become a scene of genocide, residents had no power ands3 barely any food or water. Somehow they were able to fend off isis until now, and today they got help, it is a second time this month the u. S. Military has intervened in iraq to prevent a humanitarian disaster. But are those missions enough to defeat isis overall . We begin with juliana goldman. Iraqi forces say they liberated the town of amerli where roughly 15,000 people had been trapped by isis militants since june. U. S. Humanitarian aid and air strikes were key to breaking the sixweek siege. But law make in other words washington are concerned that the limited scope of the u. S. Action against the militant Islamist Group wont be enough to defea
Its 5 30 on this sunday. Meteorologist ted florendo is tracking the changes in the forecast. Humidity is going up outside. Going to feel a dramatic increase for sunday. That and possibility of showers and thunderstorms for the day today. Not the case right now though though. Were rather tranquil across the region. This is a live look at boat house row. Winds are calm, dry, and looking at overcast skies this hour. A warm morning too. Not long ago we started off mornings in the lehigh valueley 40s and 50s. Allen town 73 degrees, 73 philadelphia, trenton 71, wildwood 75, wilmington 74 degrees. Temperatures will warm up today for sure. Were going to add the humidity on top of that. Dew points up to 71 degrees. Thats going to make it feel muggy. With the upper 90s, its going to feel hotter. It should be dry and mostly cloudy. By the afternoon, we have the threat of showers and isolated thunderstorms too after the 2 00 hour. 88 our high going to feel like 90s. 84 by 7 00 p. M. Chance of scat
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