Russia and syria are meeting this morning one day after syria pledged cooperation and france president Francois Hollande says they plan to focus efforts on syria on i. S. I. L. Fighters and says moscow strikes have been hitting other rebel forces the same one the u. S. Backs in the fight against Bashar Alassads government and rory challenge is live in moscow this morning and give us an update of what putins stance is in the fight and what has changed. If you listen to what he said on thursday you can say his stance has stayed pretty much consistent and he is still loyal to president Bashar Alassad and said it was up to the Syrian People to decide whether assad was the man forcier for syria and should be an ally of anyone who is interested in combatting terrorism inside syria and said to combat i. S. I. L. Properly you have to have Ground Forces and the only Ground Forces that are legitimate inside syria according to Vladimir Putin are the Ground Forces of the syrian president namely th
Are stepping up offenses against boko haram. The child refugee who has become a music prodigy in the u. S. Hello, Iraqi Government and powerful shia malitia declaring victory over isil in the province, the fight has been led by the group held a victory rally on monday and now says it is ready to move north into isil strongholds. And we were at the rally and joins me now from baghdad to tell us more and jane it appears this was not the Iraqi Government celebrating, what was the significance of this celebration . Reporter well that is part of the interesting thing. This obviously is supposed to be iraqi show and had to rely on unexpected partners. This one, a key one is one of the man shia malitia and like to be called part of the mobilezation forces and a quarter of iraqis who answered a call by a leading religious figure and this one in particular the batter core is headed by hadi a former transport minister and now basically almost a shadow interior minister. He holds considerable pow
The 50s anniversary of the march on washington brought out some of the biggest names in politics and the civil righting movement. Tengz of thousands gathered at the Lincoln Memorial, congressman john lewis, the only living person who spoke 50 years ago was there. Keynote speaker president obama. March 50 years ago was not merely how many blacks could join the ranks of millionaires, it was whether this country would admit all people who were willing to work hard regardless of race into the ranks of a middle class life. Mike viquera joins us. There was forrest whittaker, Oprah Winfrey was there, im curious who the crowd responded to most. You know tony it was an extraordinary day, it was renewal, celebration and commemoration. A lot of people who were talented public speakers really moved the crowd. And i gt to mention there was music that was extraordinary. It was a rainy day, drizzled off and own. Partnered the cliche it didnt dampen the spirits of the crowd. President obama talked abo