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Happened last night. there was multiple attacks, devastating air attacks into raqqah yesterday. these are instant targets taken up by a country who had no interest in hitting them five days ago. we have a coordinated effort with france who has hit 20 separate targets. we were supposed to be hitting them for 18 months. what the heck have we been doing snoo. >> weve been containing isis only we havent been. isis has been spreading throughout asia and the north african coast. while the president ta...

California, this to free up experienced crews so they can better attack larger blazes. so far this year nearly 100 fires have torched nearly 1 million acres across seven states destroying hundreds of homes. >> when we declared and had declared that category five fire emergency, that means all 80% or more of all the professional firefighters and all the of the tankers and aircraft are being used right now, we knew it was a matter of time that additional resources would have to be brought in to at...

Breathe out there theres so much smoke in the air. portland today gets to 99 degrees. more clouds, more smoke and more wind. and wind is truly, truly is the battling here of the fire. once you get a fire that begins to move and begins to grow in one spot, if you can get a wind gust that blows 10 miles per hour, you can take that ash, you can take that ember and you can send it two miles downstream and start another fire. and thats what this mop-up is all about, to stop those ashes, stop those em...

Speak to the families and find out if actually all students have been accounted for as the government says. >> son inchi, i wonder we heard story of a girl inside that closet two days. do you know? and maybe they havent said. but do you know if the search of the campus has been complete for possibly any other students who are still hiding? >> reporter: as late as yesterday, they were still looking for more students and still mopping up the area of the school, and this is what kenyans have taken ...

This is 2014. did you believe back in 2003 that there would be a press conference at the white house exclusively on iraq? its been a long time since president obama has had to do this one, but you know what today was? today was mop-up. thats what today was. today was the mop-up for america. this is mopping up iraq. he didnt have anything to do with it. he became elected, re-elected, hes dealing with it and heres what weve got to do. you know what was interesting is watching the president today i...

The amount of putting out the fire, but $20,000 to do a mop up on the fire is ridiculous. >> so eric, starting with you, do you agree with me if he had obama care everything would be all right? >> that is obama care. heres what happened. the the homeowners house burned down and now hes mad he didnt buy the insurance prior to hit. its the pre-existing insurance thing. obama care guarantees pre-existing insurance. instead im in favor of this. im sorry mr. homeowner. your house burned down. you sho...

It is thick black sludge. and the rescue teams, the mop-up teams have been working around the clock. they say theyve probably got about 70% of the oil so far. they say they will have completed the task by saturday. but certainly if you look at this area, there is a lot of oil on the beach still. no one has taken responsibility for human error in this. but theres a lot of questions being raised on the impact on tourism. this is a big tourist area, its quite close to bangkok, the capital of thaila...

Passengers strappeded for more than five hours when the bottom deck became filled with water. police had to row up in dinghies and get people out one by one. more than 400,000 people in homes are without power which adds insult to injury, youre dealing with this mop-up and without power, a concerning time in toronto to be sure. >> and another train incident going on. boy, oh, boy. >> thank you. were going to take a break and when we come back something very interested happened in the zimmerman...

For standing with him. >> did you catch the first line from sununu? here it is. >> when you take a look at colin powell -- >> he said, when you take a look at colin powell. as if its obvious why powell would endorse a black president because hes a black guy too, right? this is outrageous. this morning a radio host had an interview with the president and asked the president if he was offended by sununus remarks. >> any suggestion that general powell would make such a profound statement in such an...

Anything other than what he thought was what is going to be best for america i think doesnt make much sense. >> well, here comes the mop-up. sununu has now issued a statement calling general powell a friend and says that he respects the endorsement. he says, i do not doubt that it was based on anything but his support for the presidents policies. its not exactly an apology, is it, folks? sununu clearly stated he thought powells decision was influenced by race. its certainly not about race. its a...