But as jane arraf reports, with changes at the top the Government Faces huge challenges. After weeks of insisting he would in the step aside, this announcement . Translation in order to enable political process to go forward im withdrawing my nomination from the post of Prime Minister in favour of Haider Alabadi, for the sake of the best doctors of the country. Its a country at war with itself, as well as against the Islamic State group. Kurds and sunnis sniffeded that maliki be replaced. He had lost report from his own shia allies. The shia leadership urged him to step down, convinced he could no longer hold the country or the shias together. Translation i faced a ferocious attack. Reporter Nouri Almaliki became Prime Minister eight years ago, residing over iraq regaining sovereignty after u. S. Occupation. In 2011 oversaw the exit of u. S. Troops. He alienated political allies, until recently he retained popular support. In a bold move in 2008, he sent the iraqsy army to basra to ret
It is friday, august 15th im pam cook. Good morning, im dave clark. Lets check weather and traffic. Steve is off today but there is rosemary. Some of us waking up with plenty of as we get into the second half of your morning we will be terror 61 for you oakland. 62 redwood city. If you are stepping outside you are checking in for as you get from the low 80s in antioch. 88 for concord. 77 hayward. Mid 70s for oakland. 80 degrees san rafael. 69 San Francisco. Remaining partly cloudy and cool at the coast. 64 expected this afternoon. Temperatures will continue to trend upward as we get into the first half of your weekend and then we will see a cooling trend. Ill have a look at that extended forecast coming up. Good morning, sal. Rosemary, good morning to you. We are looking at a nice flow. If you are driving to the bay bridge and trying to choose which way to approach, i would say 880 is the best way. Also looking at the commute on the san mateo bridge a little bit of mist on the camera l
Mississippi primary, Chris Mcdaniel is formally challenging the results. Plus, its an election day in hawaii again. Well keep an eye on that. Good morning from washington. Its friday, august 15th, 2014. This is the daily rundown. Im luke russert in for the great chuck todd. New developments in ferguson, missouri, where were expecting any minute now for the police to release the name of the officer who shot and killed 18yearold Michael Brown on saturday. Youre looking live here at where that announcement will happen. And for the First Time Since the shooting, protests have come. Governor nixon handed control of security in ferguson over to the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The scene on the streets yesterday was nothing like what we saw two nights ago. Crowds and protesters were out into Early Morning hours, but police say they didnt make one single arrest overnight. Police have been withholding the name of the officer who shot and killed brown, but now they say theyll release that name