Page 8 - John Sutter News Today

On an old problem facing the western United States. Welcome back to our viewers around the u. S. And around the world. Im natalie allen. The u. S. Has launched new attacks in iraq. U. S. Defense Officials Say the dam is the second largest in iraq has been under threat from the islamist militants. The u. S. Defense secretary chuck hagel said the strikes u. S. Technology battling isis and not the escalation of u. S. Involvement. I think the dam is a critically important facility for iraq. It is, i...

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,...

Newsroom. Great to have you with us and well begin with the highly anticipated debate between the republican candidates for u. S. Presidency. It is set for thursday. But voters got a preview with a televised forum in New Hampshire monday night. 14 of the 17 hopefuls took questions on a number of topics. They did not have to compete with the outspoken front runner because donald trump didnt attend. Cnns average of five recent polls show the billionaire is now up 8 points over his closest rival, f...

Israel that left two dead and 11 wounded. A bus station is the location. The migrant was mistaken for an attacker, but it turns out there was just one gunman. He was also killed. This comes as security is weved up across the region including construction of a wall between an arab and a jewish neighborhood in east jerusalem. The recent violence has caused john kerry to meet separately with israeli and palestinian world leaders. He says the u. S. Is engaged in seeking a resolution. We are as deepl...

Center in a tv address set for primetime on sunday evening. It comes in the wake of the massacre in california that left 14 people dead. This will be only his third time that the president addressed the nation from his oval office. His speech is expected to focus on the growing challenge of keeping americans safe and how the u. S. Plans to fight isis. Cnns chris frank has more. Reporter in his speech, president obama will talk about what the government is doing to keep americans safe. The Oval O...

Their super powers for good, both on screen and off. Tonight, meade meet three individuals who are doing truly great things to give back. First up, acting legend, star trek sensation and marvel icon sir patrick stewart. He is a leading man. He is a film, tv, and stage legend whose acting career has spanned decades. He is one of the worlds most respected actors and outspoken advocate for victims of Domestic Violence. A passion he traces to his own turbulent childhood. When my father came home fro...

Good evening, everyone. Welcome to the program. Im christiane in a amanpour live from paris. Grocery sto agree on a plan to significantly lower Global Carbon emissions and slow sliemt change. President obama admitted that pledges so far wont actually hit the mark, but success, he says, could come even quicker than down the line. If you add up all the pledges and they were all met right now, we would be at an estimated 2. 7 centigrade increase in temperature. Thats too high. We wanted to get it t...

Protests have erupted around the world to demand action on Climate Change ahead of the International Summit which begins on monday. In indonesia protesters gathered urging the government to reduce a pen an si on fossil fuel. Protests have been seen in australia, new zealand, switzerland and the philippines. 24 greenpeace activists have been placed under how arrest suspectsed of demonstrations. There will be security for the event. Joining me now is cnn correspondent phil black live from paris. P...

Soon. He is urging Vladimir Putin to focus on fighting isis rather than supporting syrian president bashar al assad. The u. S. Is sending more special Operations Forces to fight isis in iraq. They will join about 50 commanders already authorized to fight isis in syria. The defense secretary Ash Carter Says theyll be able to conduct raids, free hostages, gather intelligence, and capture isis leaders. Carter testified tuesday before the House Arms Services committee where he faced some pointed que...

All right. We start with a powerful typhoon that is slamming coastal areas of the philippines at this moment and its only going to get worse. Typhoon melor should make land fall at the south eastern tip of an island. The winds are equivalent to a category 3 hurricane, 125 miles miles per hour, and those winds could last up to 18 hours. All Emergency Personnel are on stand by at this moment. More than 700,000 people have evacuated, and most of them are in a southern part of an island. We will go ...