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Southwest of baghdad moving beyond humanitarian aid into a battle mode. The secretary of defense enjoyed chief chairman general Martin Dempsey facing questions from the Senate Armed Services and frequent interruptions from antiwar protesters. While the administration claimed there will be no american boots on the ground, ploeg up on twitter, general dempsey said that depends what happened on the battlefield. With the on the ground, the forces that are syrian and iraqi rather than western forces,...

How big a problem is Domestic Violence in this country . What everyone in washington knows but is afraid to say. Im chuck todd. Joining me to provide insight and analysis are mike murphy, helene cooper, niamalika henderson and jim vandehei. And Bryant Gumbel of real sports. Welcome to sunday. Its meet the pressment good sunday morning. Isis response to president obama was savage and depressingly predictable. Yesterday they released a video showing the killing of british aid worker david haines. ...

The big question now is can negotiators figure out a lasting Peace Agreement before this truce expires . Anderson cooper is along the israelgaza border this morning with the very latest. Anderson, what are you seeing . What are you hearing . Well, good morning, kate. Not hearing much, and thats certainly good news for people here in ashkalan. Weve not heard rockets five hours into the ceasefire, and it does appear to be holding. Its been a quiet day here thus far. What makes this ceasefire diffe...

Midterm elections fast approaching can congress likely to get anything done . First, the pentagon now considering air strikes on isis targets in syria after the murder of james foley at the hands of the terror group. So far u. S. Strikes with drones and fighter jets had been limited to iraq. But the heart of the terrorist group lies next door in syria. Top military leaders are making it clear this week they will do whatever is necessary to protect americans. National security correspondent Jenni...

And mosul in reports going back to last january. Then ten days ago the world watched in horror as this group beheaded american journalist james foley. And threatened to decapitate another american hostage in its custody. Here is defense secretary chuck hagel just 48 hours later. Isil is a sophisticated and wellfunded as any group that we have seen. Theyre beyond just a terrorist group. They marry ideology, a sophistication of strategic and tactical military prowess, they are tremendously wellfun...

Jon also this morning president obama to hold a News Conference moments from now in wales. Good morning, welcome to this friday edition of happening now, im jon scott. Heather and im heather in for jenna lee today where the president is wrapping up this weeks nato summit in wales. Western leaders now agreeing to a new Rapid Response military team. The goal with that is to try to counter russias recent aggressions, plus to strike a coalition of allies to strike back against isis. Our chief white ...

Lingers. If this were not a Police Person we would expect the indictment to be a forthcoming. A lot of eyes on that local community. This community has no confidence in that individual. Calls for it to be handed to a special prosecutor. Someone disconnected from the facts of the case. Governor nixon saying he is not going to do that. He has experience, he has office that the people heave have elected them. Its the wrong person at the wrong time. Justice for Michael Brown jr. The parents and rela...

Erbil, hours after 18 fighter jets dropped 500pound bombs against another isis position. U. S. Aircraft dropped food and water whereas many as 40,000 yazidi iraqs remain trapped with no sustenance. The leader of isis released an audio statement warning america that soon enough youll find yourself in a direct confrontation with the sons of islam who have prepared themselves well for the day we fight you. This afternoon White House Press secretary josh earnest repeatedly said the mission would not...

These would be a number of deployed a vicars who will assess the openings with iraq to determine how to get humanitarian evident to those in need. Bill the number of advisers between 750 and 1,000 in total. What will they be doing . They will be assessing. Secretary hagel called them assessors. I guess they will be looking to see what they can do to get help to the yazidis. I dont know why it took so long to send people to assess this situation. Many of the iraqis are trapped and many are dying ...

Been murdered execution style by his isis captors in another videotape beheading. The video surfaced on the internet late today showing what appears to be 44yearold aid worker david haines leading a statement before being brutally killed. The tape has not been publicly authenticated by british or american authorities. It appeared on the internet just a day after his family issued a public plea to his captors. Nbcs Kristen Welker is monitoring this new development and joins us from the white hous...