Silent. And heri Herbie Herbie hancock w to rock. We begin with the broad expansion of the u. S. Military mission in iraq. The u. S. Authorized an additional 1500 noncombat troops. That would double the number of fighters sent to combat the push against i. S. I. L. Paul beban has the story. Will pay big in the campaign to defeat i. S. I. L. That money would go towards what the president is calling the iraq train and equip fund. The plan doubles the number of troops on the ground there from 1400 to nearly 3,000. But the pentagon stresses this is not a combat mission. It is to advise the iraqi army and kurdish fighters on the front lines of the battle. Theyve reached a point where they need additional help and guidance. Particularly in areas like ann anbar. Providing high level guidance, others would be spread against 12 smaller scamps throughout the country, working with 9 iraqi and three kurdish brigades that number somewhere between 15 and 30,000 troops. The americans would begin depl
Brilliant street photographer finally gets her moment to shine. We begin tonight with the president s choice to replace attorney general eric holder. If confirmed, Loretta Lynch would be the first African American woman to hold that job. Lets go to the white house and senior washington reporter Mike Viqueria for this, mike. Her name leaked out in news records this morning. The president wasnt planning to name a new attorney general nominee, until after he returns from asia, but tomorrow at 11 00 a. M. , the president will appear with lore lorett Loretta Lynch. She has deep experience in corporate fraud prosecutions. Her bu biographical is informat. 55 years old, a greensboro North Carolina native, first nominated as a prosecutor in 1999 by bill clinton. Left the Prosecutors Office for a while and reinstalled by president obama in 2010. Now you talk about the civil rights experience for ms. Lynch. She was involved in the prosecution of new York City Police officers who were involved in
On top of hollywoods world nominations are in. Birdman leading the pack. Reese witherspoon, Bradley Cooper, Michael Keaton all in the running. And good morning, america. They are up early in hollywood this morning. Everyone ready for those Oscar Nominations coming up in just a little bit. You know how we feel about the oscars. Were not the only ones. Take a look at our studio crew. And also our studio. We are ready. They are ready, as well. Look, dressed to the nines. Oh, yeah. Because the countdown is on to hollywoods biggest night. Elegant. Indeed, they are. And then host Neil Patrick Harris getting geared up already, tweeting last night, i really need to finish counting all those ballots. So we have so much to discuss. Thats ahead. But first, were going to get started with the news and that homegrown terrorist. A young man in ohio inspired by isis and planning a major attack on our nations capital. Arrested by the fbi. Abcs Pierre Thomas is in washington with the latest on all that.
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Hollywoods world. Were about to find out who is in the running for oscar, the big battle for it. Will Jennifer Aniston, Julianne Moore be golden girls. Is this Michael Keatons and good morning, america. They are up early in hollywood this morning. Everyone ready for those Oscar Nominations coming up in just a little bit. You know how we feel about the oscars. Were not the only ones. Take a look at our studio crew. We are ready. They are ready, as well. Look dressed to the nines. Oh yeah. Because the countdown is on to hollywoods biggest night. Elegant. Indeed they are. Then host Neil Patrick Harris getting geared up tweeting last night, i really need to finish counting all those ballots. So we have so much to discuss. Thats ahead. First we get started with the news and that homegrown terrorist. A young man in ohio inspired by isis and planning a major attack on our nations capital. Arrested by the fbi. Abcs Pierre Thomas is in washington with the latest on all that. Good morning, pierr