Were going to start with the Breaking News. House intelligence chair adam schiff acc obstruction. Its the latest in the ongoing impeachment saga after a key witness today acting on orders from the white house refused to be deposed. Also President Trump is about to speak in chicago this hour after teasing the potential release of footage of the takedown of the most wanted terrorist ps. But hes under fire this morning for are revealing classified details about the raid that killed isis leader baghdabu bak baghdadi and the other major story were watching is california in flames right now. Mandatory Evacuation Orders are in place. 200,000 people have been told to get out so far including hospital patients, jail inmate, College Students as well. Well go to california in a bit. We start with that Breaking News on capitol hill right now. A key witness has refused to show up to a scheduled deposition this morning and democrats are now preparing to hold it in contempt of congress. We move forwa
government if they want you to stay or leave the country? yeah, so you know, we are in iraq at the invitation of the government of iraq, and as you highlight, we remain singularly focused on the defeat isis mission. we do remain in close consultation with the iraqi government when it comes to u.s. force presence in particular the safety and security of those forces, and so we are engaged in a coordinated and deliberate process of the government of iraq to discuss the evolution of that mission in a manner that preserves these gains against isis and helps to ensure that they can never come back. so i m not going to speculate or get into internal iraqi government discussions but certainly we ll continue to consult with our iraqi partners. [inaudible] we are there at the invitation of the government of iraq. two questions, japan, can you give us update on the u.s. as it
then, how long will you stay? are you going to stay as long as the isis threats or the iraqi government? we are in iraq at the invitation of the government of iraq. as you highlight we remain focused on the defeat isis mission. we do remain in close consultation with the iraqi government when it comes to the u.s. presence in particular the safety and security of the forces. we are engaged in a coordinated and deliberate process with the government of iraq to discuss the evolution of that in a manner that preserves these gains and helps to ensure that isis never comes back. i am not going to get into internal iraqi government discussions, we will continue to consult closely with our iraqi partners. you have a deadline in iraq? we are there at the invitation of the government of iraq.
the isis tletd threats remain or is it up to the iraqi government? yeah, so we are in iraq at the invitation of the government of iraq and we remain focused on the defeat isis mission. we remain in close consultation with the iraqi government. in particular the safety and security of those forces. we are engaged in a coordinated and deliberate process with the government of iraq to discuss the evolution of that mission in a manner that preserves these gains against isis and helps to insure they can never come back. i m not going to speculate or get into internal iraqi government discussions. again, we are there at the invitation of the government of iraq. two questions. the first on japan.
The Pentagon asserts any strike response by U.S. would be directly tied to the attacks on the troops, and not connected to Israel and Hamas’ conflict.