Which may have broken down overnight. There are reports of heavy artillery and machinegunfire near the city of mariopol. These pictures we show you, its still unclear which side was responsible. Ukraines government and the rebels agreed to the ceasefire during talks in belarus but the truce second effect on friday. Reza, good day. Good morning, george. Many thought the ceasefire was falling apart. Thats because in the strategic port city, there was heavy shelling,a i gas station was destroyed. Several people were injured. Remember, for the past week, this is where youve had a standoff with prorussian rebels in the outskirts of the city and Ukrainian Forces who built a defense line essentially protecting the city. Its not clear who did the firing. Both sides are blaming one another. But its important to stress that ever since this incident, its been about ten hours now, weve had pretty much calm. And in another indication these two sides still want to stick to the ceasefire, ukrainian o
A National Address on wednesday to explain what he calls his game plan for the offensive against the terror group. The president has been clear, no boots on the ground or in syria, listen to how he explained it on meet the press. This is not going to be an announcement about u. S. Ground troops. This is not the equivalent of the iraq war. What this is is similar to the counterterrorism campaigns that we have been engaging in consistently over the past six or seven years. Reporter and we expect the president to explain his strategy like whether or not he will seek air strikes in syria, it will be tricky because the u. S. Does not support the syrian government. Now we will wait to see if he seeks approval. Many think he should, like senator ted cruz. It should absolutely take congressional approval. Now president obama said he wants the American People to understand why isis poses a direct threat and that the United States can do something about it. Up until now it has been unclear what
Equivalent of the iraq war. What this is, is similar to the kinds counterterrorism campaigns that weve been engaging in consistently over the last five, six, seven years. Were going talk about that a lot this hour. Erin mcpike first joins us from the white house. Erin, what do we know at this point about the president s plan to combat isis . And also, he did talk in the interview about going to congress, what does he want from congress . Reporter okay, poppy, first, we know the president wants to equip and train iraqi and Kurdish Forces so they can be the ones fighting on the ground there. He also wants the u. S. And other countries find ways to choke off the funding that isis has. What we dont know, what we expect the speech to answers is, will the u. S. Seek to undertake air strikes in syria . It will be trickier if thats the case than it was in iraq because the u. S. Government has been working closely with the Iraqi Government but the u. S. Does not support the government of al ass
Today saying its a good idea. Saying theres no way anybody was going to listen to an informed debate on immigration while House Republicans are scared of Tea Party Members before the election. But this is something the president vowed to do on june 30th before the end of the summer. Well, poppy, you have to be practical. Now, im one that supports total immigration, comprehensive Immigration Reform. Weve passed it in the senate. I voted for it. And, of course, i want to see it come about. Its the right thing to do. But weve only got two months until the election. And i think the president was correct to hold off. If we cant get the Congress Read specifically the house of representatives to move in the lameduck session right after the election, then the president needs to go ahead and use his executive authority to do as much as he can. I want to read you a response that we got from Christina Jimenez of united we dream. She said the president s latest broken promise is another slap to th
To dismantle this network, this force, that has claimed to troll this much territory so that they cant do us harm. And thats going to be our objective. Reporter but achieving that goal in syria with a government the u. S. Doesnt support remains a challenge. Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle including republican frank wolf in the house and Democrat Bill nelson in the Senate Already are preparing legislation ahead of any president ial request to authorize u. S. Air strikes inside syria. So far, mr. Obama pledged no u. S. Ground troops will enter syria, stressing that the u. S. And an International Coalition will prop up partners on the ground there, like the relatively moderate Free Syrian Army to take the fight directly to isis. They have been to some degree outgunned, and outmanned, and thats why its important for us to work with our friends and allies to support them more effectively. Reporter now, president obama also compared the fight guess isis to the fight against al qaeda. Of