The ebola virus and reappearing. And up close and personal. Chiles talika volcano erupting in a thunderous roar. Good evening this is Al Jazeera America, im antonio mora. We begin tonight with the reported death in iraq of one of i. S. I. L. s most important leaders. Abu ala fri, it is believed afri assumed leadership of the group when its leader al baghdadi was ill. Jamie mcintire has the latest. This video released from the front line, showing a ferocious fire ball. Destroyed more than 1700 buildings in a list it released of more than 6,000 targets hit since the air Campaign Began nine months ago. While the pentagon cannot confirm either the supposed wounding of anu Bakkar Al Baghdadi last march it does admit to killing 10,000 i. S. I. L. Fighters lloyd austin recently told congress has degraded i. S. I. L. s self proclaimed caliphate. Killing top commanders is not as significant as the battle now raging at the strategic Baiji Oil Refinery which the u. S. Central command confirms is
Were following multiple breaking stories. President obama is holding a rare live News Conference from the president ial retreat at camp david, maryland where hes been meeting all day with officials of the gulf states. The arab gulf states to discuss security. The Iran Nuclear Deal and the war on isis. Standing by for a National Transportation safety board News Conference on the amtrak train redetailment in philadelphia. That takes place this hour. The death toll continues to climb, and learning new information about the engineer whos alive. His Attorney Says he doesnt remember the wreck. Our correspondents and experts are all standing by to bring you the latest on all of these stories that are breaking right now. Including a new drone scare over at the white house. And the first message in months from the leader of isis. Lets beginning our coverage this hour with our brian todd new details about the amtrak wreck. He joins us from the scene in philadelphia. Brian . Reporter wolf another
Hours after a victory over isis a major setback. The black flag flying over ramadi as the terror group tightens its group, thousands fleeing the city fearing a bloodbath. Iraqi troops led first in the face of a stunning isis military offensive. Now as the u. S. Led Coalition Targets isis from the air, the Iraqi Government is calling on iranianbacked shiite militias for a push to try to retake ramadi capital of the sunni heartland. Meantime learning new detailance a the special ops raid deep into an isis corner of syria. U. S. Troops fought hand to hand with isis terrorists killed a senior commander. Made off with what Officials Say is valuable intelligence linking him to american hostages. Ill talk live this hour with republican senator landsy graham of the Armed Services committee and our correspondents and guests are standing by for full kov respect coverage. We begin with barbara starr. Whats the latest . What are you hearing about ramadi . Reporter wolf the pentagon and Obama Admin
operative to take control of day-to-day operations. he is said to have been osama bin laden favorite candidate for the top job in isis when baghdadi s predecessor was killed in 2010. the u.s. has a $7 million reward for information on al afri. u.s. officials say they cannot corroborate reports from the iraqi military al afri was kill dmd a coalition strike last week. yore potential leader adnani calling for supporters to launch lone attacks in the we have. america s bounty for him, $5 million. analysts say isis positioned itself to not be dependent on a few people at the top. it s been clear even killing the leader of isis and its president sayser organization al qaeda in iraq including abu al zahr zarqawi has not limited
fighters and the u.s. says its leaders. i think if you look at the extent of isil s reach, about a year ago, and look at where it is now, you see that it has it has been pushed back in many, many places. now the iraqi committee says the second in command was killed whose roots in isis date back more than a decade. he has been a key u.s. target with a $7 million bounty on his head. the pentagon says they have no evidence that al afri is dead. there have been people burned in the past when they ve said they struck and destroyed a target and killed an individual and suddenly that individual pops back up somewhere else. it is not clear, however, how seriously the death of a senior leader would change the equation on the battlefield. when abu masa alkabi was killed