Hit today. Plus, goodbye to a latenight icon. No. No. No. No. No. Youre not going anywhere david letterman. What are you gonna do . Newsroom starts now. Hello again, thanks for joining me im fredricka whitfield. This is cnn breaking news. This breaking news out of iraq. A Major Development in the war against isis. Another iraqi city has fallen now to isis. The city of ramadi. The mayer and a highranking security official the last Iraqi Security forces have pulled out from a key military base on the west side of that city. When asked about isis being in control of the city, a spokesperson for the governor of anbar says basically yes, but its a big city. There are still pockets of resistance. Ramadi ramadis mayor says isis militants had arrived by the hundreds. This morning they began debt top nating a series of car bombs, forcing the iraqi fighters to retreat. The Iraqi Federal police and iraqs Prime Minister both vowed to send in reenforcements now. Joining me now is the former navy s.
And i am so proud of everything that he has done and accomplished. Captain Dustin Lukasiewicz is another pilot on board from nebraska. The omaha world herald reports his wife is pregnant with their second child. Captain lukasiewicz was just featured in this Defense Department video. My name is captain lukasiewic. And we stand with nepal. We were able to deliver some rice potatoes and tarps out to smaller villages just east of kathmandu, areas that are more difficult to get to via any sort of ground transportation. That very video shot by Lance Corporal jacob hug, a combat videographer from arizona. He was also killed in this crash. Another marine featured in the Defense Department video was sergeant ward johnson, iv the helicopter crew chief from florida. Been over a week hmla 469 has flown over 54 flight hours, delivered over 68,000 pounds of needed supplies to the outer villages and we also plan to deliver another 140,000 pounds before we leave. Corporal sara medina was a combat phot
Killed a top money man of isis. This was the one who creates the revenue so they could conduct these operations. How big a blow is this to isis . And amtrak still not running five days after that deadly derailment. Engineers spending the weekend installing new speed controls as investigators try to figure out whether the train was hit by an unknown object. Plus more than two dozen twisters hit the heartland. Its not looking too good out here right now. And more Severe Weather could hit today. Plus goodbye to a late night icon. No no no no no youre not going anywhere David Letterman. What are you going to do . Newsroom starts now. Hello again, everyone and thank you so much for joining me. Im fredricka whitfield. The u. S. Military has identified the six marines killed when their helicopter went down during a Mission Relief trip tuesday. Captain dustin lukasavoch a pilot based pilot was from nebraska. Sergeant ward johnson was a helicopter crew chief out of Camp Pendleton who was from f
Im brooke baldwin. Were beginning with this biker brawl and a gunfight that was so chaotic investigators say theyre trying to figure out if the nine bikers killed were shot by other bikers or by Law Enforcement, and it wasnt just guns used here. Reportedly knives bats, and chains were all used. More than 100 weapons were confiscated, and 170 people were arrested after police say at least five biker gangs went at each other and at police. This was sunday in waco texas. As we pulled up on scene, the shooting at individual bikers from bikers turned towards us. Our officers took fire and responded appropriately, returning fire. Caught in the midst of all of this customers just inside the businesses at the market place where this whole fight happened. Some peered through windows to see what was happening outside this parking lots. This cell phone clip was just posted online. Someones been shot. Where . Over there by the got everybody on the ground. Were hearing this whole thing started in t
Right now. And more Severe Weather could hit today. Plus goodbye to a late night icon. Nope nope nope. No. No. Youre not going anywhere david letterman. What are you going to do . Newsroom starts now. Hello, everyone and thanks so much for joining me. Im frederickricka whitfield. Right now a top man of isis was killed in a violent raid in syria. U. S. Intel is now poring over a treasure trove of evidence such as cell phones and documents and other materials. All of this is providing reams of data as to how isis operates and earns its money. Were getting new details from the military on how it all went down. Here now is cnns victor blackwell. Reporter the ground operation was led by the armys delta force who entered the target area on black hawk helicopters and a rotator offspring. After landing, they scrambled off the aircraft which then took off but hovered overhead. Isis manned the twostory building from outside and inside positions. But federal forces were able to get close to the b