Good morning. I am Erik Schatzker. This is Market Makers. I am alix steel, in for stephanie ruhle. Happy friday, but it will be a busy weekend. Not a happy friday for many around the world. U. S. Has carried out its first airstrike in iraq. It is where a team of american diplomats is based. This is after president obama said he was authorizing potential strikes and a humanitarian mission to save thousands of iraqis stuck on top of a mountain. White house correspondent Phil Mattingly has the latest from washington. The distinction between offensive and defensive strategy from the white house. This is offensive, it really is, alix. What you saw last night, what the president authorized, the humanitarian aid to those stranded on the mountain. This is an escalation. We note here leo fighters dropped 500 pound bombs on an artillery piece. In a sense, basically, alix, it was defensive, defending the kurdish fighters on the ground, but it is the u. S. Clearly going on offense to stem the tide
Community. Only about 680 People Living there. Just to give you an idea, the general store being used as a Police Command post a cording to Law Enforcement, cheney, the suspect was dressed in cameo gear and found with two assault rifles and a Double Barrel shotgun. Officials telling residents to shelter in place. Students being held at schools that part of highway one closed to traffic for a while. Sonoma county sent 2530 deputies in armored vehicles. The deputy was with the Sheriffs Department since 2000 and said just two weeks ago he told the deputy i wish there were 30 like you, and he responded the world is not ready for that. Well have more information as we get it ourselves. Abc news is learning about what led investigators to a massive seizure of explosives last week. We obtained this video of a powerful blast in a strip vic . Aside if the security video, there are under cover lines and arrest of the two men police say were the master minds of the operation. Police began the ope
Deputy killed after he drove up on a man suspected of kidnapping in oregon. The fatal confrontation happened in the town miles north of fort bragg in Mendocino County on the north coast. The sheriff deputy killed apparently confronted the gunman on highway one. At that point the suspect got out and riddled the car, the deputy found dead. The suspect was later shot by a fort bragg officer, shot in the leg, abandoned his car ask escaped a cording to the investigation, he later turned the gun on himself. Now, this all started early this morning in eugene, oregon. Were learning the suspect kidnapped two people, took their car, a black bmw, put them in the trunk on, of their own car and headed south on highway 101. Law enforcement were looking for this car in Mendocino County. At some point, people signed of the trunk got out were told theyre safe. Now, this is a very small community. Only about 680 People Living there. Just to give you an idea, the general store being used as a Police Comm