This morning al qaedainspired militants are pushing deep into southern iraq headed toward baghdad. In about 48 hours the insurgent blitzkrieg has overrun cities once controlled by u. S. Forces during the nearly nineyear iraq war. First to fall, iraqs second largest city, mozul, then tikrit and this morning militants have reached the outskirts of samara, just 70 miles from baghdad. Iraqs u. S. Trained forces are offering little or no resistance. Many are laying down their arms and hundreds of thousands of iraqi citizens are on the run. Susan mcginnis is in washington where the Obama Administration is plotting its next move. Susan, good morning. Annemarie, good morning. The white house says the situation in iraq has deteriorated over the last 24 hours or so and is quickly becoming a humanitarian issue. Now the white house is considering sending help. Some iraqi troops abandoned their posts and were seen walking in civilian clothes near the city. Of kirkuk. The retreat comes as the Obama
Peace in the middle east. Earlier, both visited the flight 93 memorial site in pennsylvania but in different time several hours apart, we will get analysis from Chris Wallace in a moment, Kristin Fisher reports five but first, we begin this hour on the north lawn and chief white house correspondent, what are we about to see . You are about to see what is probably one of the most moving ceremonies the president could possibly do and that is to bestow the medal of honor upon a Service Member who has shown incredible gallantry and sometimes they say in these citations in the face of death and service the country above and beyond. Sergeant major thomas payne was a Delta Force Operator back in 2015, he led a combined assault team to rescue iraq he hostages who were being held by isis. His team quickly cleared one building rescuing 38 hostages and then responded to a request for assistance in clearing a second building which was rapidly being engulfed in flames. He climbed up onto the roof o
Under enemy fire and used bolt cutters to free dozens of isis prisoners in a roof and left the building briefly and went back in to make sure no one was left behind and he is the first living Delta Force Member to receive the medal of honor. Well take you to that ceremony the second it begins. Today also marks exactly six months since the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus a global pandemic. And yet experts fear it is far from over. A new forecast from the cdc predicts that another 20,000 people could die from the virus in just the next three weeks. And now dr. Fauci is urging people to, quote, hunker down, saying the virus is going to worsen in the coming months while conceding things may not return to normal even with a vaccine until the end of next year. So when asked about President Trumps claim that the u. S. Had turned a corner on covid, dr. Fauci had a different view. Im sorry, but i have to disagree with that. Because if you look at the thing that you just menti
Climate change could greatly disrupt spains Olive Oil Production line. The country provides nearly half of the entire global supply. Agriculture already places, huge demands on limited water resources. Industry leaders here this summers shock could point towards a future not too far away. Doing it unless youve got everything indicates that what used to happen occasionally is becoming something structural. This unfortunately means average temperatures will wise with higher peaks as well and very little rain. And when it does rain, its going to be 21. 00 already along with other vegetable oils prices going up. Although producers say not by enough to compensate for this. He has collapsed harvest a little bit. They bring gold oil vegetables. Everything has gone up because of the inflation and also now with the small production of all the vote, it all has an impact when it comes to rising prices. In the fields, the work goes on, the aim to salvage as much as possible. If this is harvest, th
The latest crew on route to the International Space station. 45 year old nicole man is joined by fellow american, josh casado, the russian cosmonaut, anna kina, and the japanese astro. Quit cheat wakata. They blasted off from the Kennedy Space center in florida on wednesday. The group will now spend 6 months on the i s s. Vehicle. Ah. Okay, lets get a recap of your top stories. At least 36 people, including 22 children, have been killed and a shooting. And ne thailand. It happened at a Daycare Center in known why lampoon the attack fled the scene before going home and killing his family and himself. Local media reporting that he was a former police officer. Tony chang has moved from bangkok. We understand that the Emergency Services were 1st alerted at 1230 local time with a reported disturbance this Day Care Center in a car and no bottom ports of province. In the northeast of thailand, the casualty figures do seem to be rising very quickly though so unfortunate appears. This was a ver