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Iraqi forces. And today, eight isis suicide bombers attacked that base breaching the outer security limits. In the ukraine, the defense minister says eight soldiers died and almost three dozen injured in the past 24 hours and no letup in the fighting so far today. Reports even of tank battles under way. A cease fire is scheduled to take effect at midnight saturday local time. We begin with isis on the move in iraq. Militants taking control of the town of al baghdadi after attacking it from three...

If this judge does not grant the request to order this probate judge in Mobile County to grant the marriage licenses. Its the same judge who just recently a couple of weeks ago said the federal constitution bars the state of alabama from denying marriage licenses to these couples. She did say that she couldnt find judges in contempt of court because they werent under her order. Thats the whole point of today. The defendant is now the one one of the defendants in the case is this county court jud...

Reporter bill, this is the draft the president sent up to capitol hill. We got our hands on it in last 15 minutes. It brings up important questions in the debate over capitol hill, the authorization will put the president s isis strategy under a microscope. It has quote, called, enduring Ground Combat important for the words the president is using here, enduring and Ground Combat. Those will be heavily debated. Many republican lawmakers say the president though isnt doing enough to take the figh...

We start tonight at the political warfront, capitol hill, where the president charges like the light brigade with cannons on the right and on the left of him. Senator angus king is an independent from maine. Senator, can you support the president s call for an authorization of military force to fight isis . Can you support it . Yes, i want to see the final language, chris, there are a lot of issue that is havent gone before the Foreign Relations committee, but i think its entirely appropriate th...

Limited combat troops in the fight against isis. Now hes said to make his case to all of us. The president is scheduled to make his statement from the white house at 3 30 eastern time this afternoon but he may be a little late. Were expecting him to outline these requests to congress for official authorization to fight the Islamic State. The United States and it is allies have been bombing isis targets for months now. But president obama called for lawmakers to approve the use of force to show t...

Deal but that folks here are very skeptical about whether it can work and that i have been here before. You noted the result of marathon talks between russian president putin, ukrainian president poroshenko, leaders of france and germany and the results a couple pieces of paper which may or not mean a year of bloodshed. Peace fire was supposed to go into effect midnight local time saturday night and 5 00 p. M. Eastern time. The withdraw of heavy weapons like tanks and rockets. Theyve been doing ...

Language that rules out, quote, enduring offensive combat operations . Will hawks say this overly ties the president s hands . The president says he hopes to have strong bipartisan support but can the combination of the doves and hawks alike deny him that support and how is that going to look to americas enemies . The draft language says the president is authorized to use the armed force rs of the United States as the president determines to be necessary and inappropriate against isil or its ass...

We begin with this breaking news. Troubling developments out of yemen. Rebels have seized u. S. Vehicles and military weapons that were left behind by American Embassy personnel at the airport just hours after the u. S. And u. K. Suspended Embassy Operations and evacuated staffers out of the capital city of sanaa. Yemen has been batting chaos since rebels seized control of key government facilities and forced the countrys leader to resign. There are major fears that rebels will enter the u. S. E...

His the daily show. And a statement a moment ago, we have decided to suspend Brian Williams the anchorman and editing manager for six months without pay. We will have more on that shortly. And it is really just six months or will it lead to him being terminated . But we begin with more news on the breaking news of Kayla Mueller and the courage and the serenity she displayed many in the year of isis captivity. President obama spoke to buzz feeds penn smith. She was confirmed dead today and i wond...

Look at the ovals. Of progressive folly. All in starts right now. Good evening from houston. Im chris hayes. Six months after beginning combat operations against isis, president obama formally requested war powers from Congress Today, sending a draft authorization for the use of military force, or aumf, to capitol hill for a vote. The president laid out its goal in an address this afternoon. This resolution reflects our core objective to destroy isil. It supports the comprehensive strategy that ...