nbc news over 20,000 iraqi federal police soldiers have been called into action with an additional 15,000 troops expected. on twitter, iraqi prime minister says he announced the offensive posting zero hour for the liberation of fallujah has arrived. a moment of victory has drawn near and daesh has no choice but to flee. taliban leader has been killed. the pentagon confirmed it launched an air strike in pakistan targeting the taliban s top commander. with the death, the taliban is thrown into its second leadership crisis within a year. the white house said the attack marked an important milestone in our long standing effort to bring peace and prosperity to afghanistan. it was carried out saturday by multiple unmanned military drones as mansour and another taliban fighter drove in a afghanistan/pakistan border. it s believed to be the first american drone strike in the taliban headquarters. breaking news overnight, president obama announces that the u.s. is lifting the long
since the occupy movement rocked oakland. $1.3million being paid to protestors who claimed they were illegally detained for days after a nighttime confrontation with police in front of the y. they did not give the people they arrested an opportunity to leave. and they were kept at santa rita for as long as 3 1/2 days. reporter: it s not even the biggest settlement. in july 2013 police paid 1.7 million to protestors hit by beanbags fired by police. last year the city paid out $4.5 million to iraqi war vet scott olsen when he was hit knit head by a police canister. and now this latest one. add in the estimated $2.5 million that the city paid on police overtime and that s 9.4 million and counting! it boggles the mind. yes. we have a lot of other things i d prefer we spend money on. it s here. that s a lot of money. it was a wasteful expense for the city of oakland. i m so committed to never having to go through that again. reporter: now, since then the police h
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