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Significantly increase our airstrikes against isil to the highest level since the start our operations in august 2014. moreover, because of improved intelligence and understanding of isils operations, we intensified the air campaign against the oil enterprise, a critical pillar of the infrastructure. in addition to destroying fixed facility, we destroyed nearly 400 of isils oil force reducing a source of it daily revenues. we are also improving our capability to eliminate isils

Isis, an enemy america and its allies are desperate to destroy. but fighting isis operatives means finding them first. how does that work in laymans terms? >> its much more harder now than five years ago because we dont have a presence physically in syria. >> with no country, capital or clear leadership, targets can be hard to come by. late august, 2014, this man became the face of isis. >> our knife will continue to strike the necks of your people. >> in a terrifying series of videos, he graphi...

>> front and center as three more candidates make it official in new hampshire. lets talk live in the cnn "newsroom." and good morning. im carol costello. thank you so much for joining me. were following breaking news this morning on whats being called a major offensive in the war on isis. backed by a u.s. coalition air support, kurdish forces are battling to retake the key city of sinjar in iraq. a city where residents have fled from isis. cnn capturing that moment in august 2014. dozens of civ...

To be with palestinian president mahmoud abbas and expressed cautious optimism about easing tensions here. brett? >> thank you. health investigators in texas certained subpoenas at four planned parenthood clinics across the state yesterday. theyre seeking patient and billing records. planned parenthood calls it a political attack. tonight how officials in another state are going in the other direction, when it comes to abortion law. chief legal correspondent shannon bream has the story. >> fed...

To be with palestinian president mahmoud abbas and expressed cautious optimism about easing tensions here. brett? >> thank you. health investigators in texas certained subpoenas at four planned parenthood clinics across the state yesterday. theyre seeking patient and billing records. planned parenthood calls it a political attack. tonight how officials in another state are going in the other direction, when it comes to abortion law. chief legal correspondent shannon bream has the story. >> fed...

>> fascinating. i want to throw a graphic up on the air as we wrap this, so everybody knows where we are in this battle. its been nine months since the fight against isis began officially with the coalition august 2014. 18 countries in the coalition. more than 3,900 air strikes and if youre looking at the investment, $2.11 billion spent so far. lets hope general hertling that we do come back and talk about reversals in the coming days, weeks or perhaps more. thank you, general, michael. good to ...

The current national outrage over police use of force began in ernest late last summer with the shooting of michael brown. in ferguson missouri. michael brown 18 years old and unarmed when he died in the street in ferguson in august 2014. after michael browns death, ferguson saw weeks of protests. some of them very intense. local officials asked people to let the process play out. the justice process. wait for a grand jury to decide whether the officer who shot michael brown should be charged fo...

If you have been watching, especially not just this story about what happened to freddie gray and the police officers who have been charged in his death. if you have been watching with the nation and the world, as weve seen so many cases of police-involved killings you didnt expect this day to come. nobody really did. the current national outrage over police use of force began in ernest late last summer with the shooting of michael brown. 18 years old and unarmed when he died on the street in fe...

Listen to it, and another officer right after the shooting. >> have to wait a couple days, official interview, sit down and see what happens. whether you get home, probably a good idea to kind of jot down your thoughts of what happened, once the adrenaline stops pumping. >> meantime, a lawsuit has been filed against slager for allegedly excessive force for another taser incident captured on dash cam video. this was back in august 2014. >> taser! >> slager reportedly did not pull over the man in ...

Possible." the move comes amid chris simple that the former secretary of state used a private e-mail account during her time in the post rather than a government e-mail. you now lets get you the latest out of the u.s. state of missouri. the justice department has formally closed its investigation of the former ferguson police officer who shot and killed an unarmed black teen. >> a report released wednesday says no charges will be filed against darren wilson in the august, 2014 death of michael...