Mission boulevard, still in the green at 14. Northbound 85, wide open in the green at just 17 minutes. Well take a closer look at the south bay commute coming up in less than ten. We have developing news now. Ten american sailors are missing. Five are hurt. Following a collision between a Navy Destroyer and a merchant ship. Ship. The uss President Trump will address the nation on his strategy for the war in afghanistan. And the New York Times is reporting the president will likely announce plans to increase the number of troops there. The number of Additional Forces not clear at this point. This will be mr. Trumps first formal address to the nation. Hes scheduled to speak at 6 00 tonight our time. And developing news out of iraq where the next phase of the countrys war on the Islamic State is under way. U. S. Backed iraqi forces have launched a multipronged assault to retake the town of talafar. The forces have recaptured a series of villages. One of the last pockets of Islamic State h
Affected by gun violence. Now, it was a shocking crime, a Television News crew gunned down on Live Television by a former coworker. Well, today, the father of the reporter who was murdered hes going to be on capitol hill calling on lawmakers for tougher to pass tougher gun control measures. Andy parker is still reeling from the death of his daughter allison and photographer adam ward. Hes working to prevent more deaths and hes asking lawmakers to do what ever it takes to stop the violence. Now thats a slogan for todays day of action, what ever it takes. Andy parker will be joined by survivors and relatives of the Virginia Tech, the Charleston Church and sandy hook shooters. The sponsor is encouraging people to upload messages to Congress Calling on lawmakers to pass tougher gun control legislation. This will be rallies there will be rallies held across the country, but the event here in washington gets under way at 11 00. Back to you in the studio. Thank you. A virginia senator has int
Hi, everybody, great to have you with me. We have breaking news this hour, an update on americas longest war, afghanistan, with the president addressing troops in the nation tomorrow night in ft. Meyer, thats tomorrow night just outside of washington. And the president session says hes going to give information on the way forward in afghanistan and southeast asia. Some 2,400 americans have been killed in afghanistan since going in after the terror attacks of september 11 of 2001. Msnbc military analyst and retired army general barry mccaffrey, explain to us what americans need to know from the president tomorrow night, because we had military officials saying that they were going to put more troops in afghanistan. What do you expect that the president will deliver tomorrow night . Its hard to know, with this president. Let me just state categorically, there are no good options in afghanistan. We have had a huge presence there, there has not been a strong centralized government based on